1980 World Rowing Championships

1980 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Hazewinkel
Location	Heindonk, Willebroek, Belgium
Dates	16 August

The 9th World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held in August 1980 at Hazewinkel in Belgium.^[1] Since 1980 was an Olympic year for rowing, the World Championships did not include the 14 Olympic classes scheduled for the 1980 Summer Olympics. Only the four lightweight men's event formed part of the competition, and all finals were raced on 16 August.

Medal summary

Medalists at the 1980 World Rowing Championships were:

Men's lightweight events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
LM1x[2]	West Germany	07:00.94	United States	07:06.32	Spain	07:08.80
LM2x[3]	Italy	06:29.18	United States	06:31.10	Switzerland	06:33.44
LM4-[4]	Australia	06:12.35	Denmark	06:23.75	Great Britain	06:25.76
LM8+[5]	Great Britain	05:42.76	France	05:45.62	Spain	05:45.87

References

1. "1980 World Rowing Championships". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
2. "(LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls - Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
3. "(LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls - Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
4. "(LM4-) Lightweight Men's Four - Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
5. "(LM8+) Lightweight Men's Eight - Final". FISA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.