The 1982 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 28 to 29 August 1982 at Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Medal summary

Men's events

EventGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
M1xEast Germany Rüdiger Reiche7:00.67Soviet Union Vasil Yakusha7:01.15United States John Biglow7:02.08
M2xNorway Rolf Thorsen Alf Hansen6:23.66East Germany Klaus Kröppelien Joachim Dreifke6:25.36Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Pecka Václav Vochoska6:28.08
M4xEast Germany Karl-Heinz Bußert Uwe Mund Uwe Heppner Martin Winter5:55.50West Germany Albert Hedderich Raimund Hörmann Dieter Wiedenmann Michael Dürsch5:59.10Soviet Union Viktor Rudakovich Vladimir Koldishkin Aleksandr Sdramvomislov Valeriy Kleshnyov6:00.90
M2+Italy Carmine Abbagnale Giuseppe Abbagnale Giuseppe Di Capua (c)6:59.63East Germany Jürgen Seyfarth Karsten Schmeling Hendrik Reiher (c)7:01.55Czechoslovakia Milan Doleček Sr Milan Skopek Oldřich Hejdušek (c)7:02.07
M2-Norway Hans Magnus Grepperud Sverre Løken6:41.98East Germany Carl Ertel Ulf Sauerbrey6:44.88Netherlands Sjoerd Hoekstra Joost Adema6:45.72
M4+East Germany Thomas Greiner Hans Sennewald Ulrich Kons Ullrich Dießner Andreas Gregor (c)6:19.04Czechoslovakia Vojtech Caska Josef Neštický Jan Kabrhel Karel Neffe Jiří Pták (c)6:21.69United States Andy Sudduth Charles Altekruse John Everett Fred Borchelt Robert Jaugstetter (c)6:25.33
M4-Switzerland Bruno Saile Jürg Weitnauer Hans-Konrad Trümpler Stefan Netzle6:10.41Soviet Union Vitaliy Eliseyev Aleksandr Kulagin Valeriy Dolinin Aleksey Kamkin6:11.82Romania Petru Iosub Valer Toma Daniel Voiculescu Constantin Airoaie6:12.32
M8+New Zealand Les O'Connell Mike Stanley Andrew Stevenson George Keys Roger White-Parsons Chris White Tony Brook Dave Rodger Andy Hay (c)5:36.99East Germany Jens Doberschütz Hans-Peter Koppe Gert Uebeler Jörg Friedrich Ralf Brudel Harald Jährling Bernd Niesecke Bernd Höing Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (c)5:39.17Soviet Union Žoržs Tikmers Dimants Krišjānis Dzintars Krišjānis Viktor Omelyanovich Viktor Diduk Vladimir Krilov Zigmantas Gudauskas Nikolai Solomakhin Juris Bērziņš (c)5:39.52
Lightweight events
LM1xAustria Raimund Haberl7:12.57United States Scott Roop7:14.26Italy Luca Migliaccio7:14.58
LM2xItaly Francesco Esposito Ruggero Verroca06:34.85United States Paul Fuchs William Belden6:37.28Switzerland Kurt Steiner Pius Z'rotz06:38.87
LM4-Italy Marco Romano Daniele Boschin Paolo Martinelli Pasquale Aiese6:17.79Spain Guillermo Mueller Gascon José María de Marco Pérez Enrique Briones Luis Marina Moreno Perpina6:19.68Denmark Mikael Espersen Flemming Jensen Lars Porneki Kim Hagsted6:20.33
LM8+Italy Vittorio Valentinis Mauro Torta Franco Pantano Valentino Tontodonati Renzo Borsini Lanfranco Borsini Claudio Castiglioni Leonardo Salani Giuseppe Di Capua (c)5:49.45Denmark Michael Djervig Jørn Jørgensen Ivar Mølgaard Arne Højlund Søren Hansson Søren Christensen Jan Christensen Bent Fransson Jan Rasmussen (c)5:50.47Spain Fernando Climent Angel Sáez Bernardos Francisco Goicoechea García Antonio Elizalde Alberto Molina Castillo Ángel Viana Bravo Javier Puertas Cabezudo Dionisio Redondo González Jose Delgado (c)5:51.90

Women's events

EventGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
W1xSoviet Union Irina Fetisova3:42.83Romania Valeria Răcilă3:42.92New Zealand Stephanie Foster3:44.61
W2xSoviet Union Yelena Bratischko Antonina Makhina3:19.47East Germany Kerstin Kirst Martina Schröter3:23.05Canada Janice Mason Lisa Roy3:26.49
W4x+Soviet Union Larisa Popova Yelena Khloptseva Olga Kaspina Tatiana Bachkatova Maria Zemskova-Korotkova (c)3:32.41East Germany Jutta Hampe Heidi Westphal Cornelia Linse Jutta Ploch Elke Rost (c)3:12.48Romania Maria Micșa Maricica Țăran Elisabeta Lipă Sofia Corban Ecaterina Oancia (c)3:16.63
W2-East Germany Silvia Fröhlich Marita Sandig3:32.41Poland Małgorzata Dłużewska Czesława Kościańska3:34.58Canada Elizabeth Craig Tricia Smith3:35.93
W4+Soviet Union Svetlana Semenova Valentina Semenova Galina Stepanova Larisa Zavarzina Nina Cheremisina (c)3:17.16United States Kathy Keeler Carol Bower Harriet Metcalf Barbara Kirch Valerie McClain-Ward (c)3:19.55Romania Rodica Arba Mihaela Armășescu Aurora Darko Elena Horvat Cristina Dinu (c)3:19.71
W8+Soviet Union Elena Makushkina Ludmila Konopleva Nina Umanets Elena Tereshina Nataliya Yatsenko Marina Studneva Raissa Doligaida Sarmīte Stone Nina Frolova (c)2:57.97United States Liz Miles Shyril O'Steen Kristine Norelius Jan Harville Jennie Marshall Joline Esparza Jane McDougall Kristen Thorsness Nanette Bernadou (c)3:01.50East Germany Claudia Noack Ute Steindorf Sabine Portius Carola Hornig Steffi Götzelt Sigrid Anders Iris Rudolph Karin Metze Kirsten Wenzel (c)3:02.89

Medal table

PlaceNationTotal
1Soviet Union5229
2East Germany46212
3Italy4015
4Norway2002
5New Zealand1012
6Austria1001
6Switzerland1001
8United States0426
9Czechoslovakia0123
9Romania0123
10Denmark0112
10Spain0112
11West Germany0101
11Poland0101
12Canada0022
13Netherlands0011
Total18181854