| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| M1x |  Soviet Union
Jüri Jaanson | 7:22.15 |  Czechoslovakia
Václav Chalupa | 7:26.98 |  New Zealand
Eric Verdonk | 7:31.70 |
| M2x |  Austria
Arnold Jonke (b)
Christoph Zerbst (s) | 6:56.37 |  East Germany
Thomas Lange (b)
Stefan Ullrich (s) | 6:57.08 |  Australia
Peter Antonie (b)
Paul Reedy (s) | 7:04.49 |
| M4x | Soviet Union
Valeriy Dosenko (b)
Sergey Kinyakin (2)
Mykola Chupryna (3)
Ģirts Vilks (s) | 5:40.44 |  Switzerland
Ueli Bodenmann (b)
Marc-Sven Nater (2)
Alexander Rückstuhl (3)
Beat Schwerzmann (s) | 5:41.81 |  Italy
Alessandro Corona (b)
Gianluca Farina (2)
Massimo Paradiso (3)
Filippo Soffici (s) | 5:42.18 |
| M2+ | Italy
Carmine Abbagnale (b)
Giuseppe Abbagnale (s)
Giuseppe Di Capua (c) | 6:48.30 |  Spain
José Ignacio Bugarín (b)
Ibon Urbieta (s)
Gabriel de Marco (c) | 6:50.52 |  Yugoslavia
Milan Janša (b)
Robert Krašovec (s)
Robert Eržen (c) | 6:51.84 |
| M2- | East Germany
Thomas Jung (b)
Uwe Kellner (s) | 7:07.91 | Soviet Union
Nikolay Pimenov (b)
Yuriy Pimenov (s) | 7:10.20 |  Great Britain
Matthew Pinsent (b)
Steve Redgrave (s) | 7:12.38 |
| M4+ | East Germany
Bernd Eichwurzel (b)
Mario Gruessel (2)
Detlef Kirchhoff (3)
Stefan Schulz (s)
Hendrik Reiher (c) | 6:46.73 |  West Germany
Wolfgang Klapheck (b)
Stefan Scholz (2)
Ansgar Wessling (3)
Volker Zimmermann (s)
Thomas Alt (c) | 6:48.03 | Soviet Union
Igor Bortnitski (b)
Sigitas Kučinskas (2)
Jonas Narmontas (3)
Vladimir Romanishin (s)
Petr Petrinitch (c) | 6:49.40 |
| M4- | Australia
Nick Green (b)
Mike McKay (2)
Samuel Patten (3)
James Tomkins (s)
| 5:52.20 |  Netherlands
Niels van der Zwan (b)
Jaap Krijtenburg (2)
Bart Peters (3)
Sven Schwarz (s)
| 5:53.41 | East Germany
Ralf Brudel (b)
Olaf Förster (2)
Thomas Greiner (3)
Jens Luedecke (s)
| 5:54.71 |
| M8+ | West Germany
Roland Baar (b)
Dirk Balster (2)
Frank Dietrich (3)
Christoph Korte (4)
Frank Richter (5)
Martin Steffes-Mies (6)
Matthias Ungemach (7)
Armin Weyrauch (s)
Manfred Klein (c) | 5:26.62 |  Canada
Darren Barber (b)
Andy Crosby (2)
Robert Bob Marland (3)
Derek Porter (4)
Michael Mike Rascher (5)
Bruce Robertson (6)
Brian Saunderson (7)
John Wallace (s)
Terrence Paul (c) | 5:27.57 | East Germany
Thomas Baensch (b)
Andre Hache (2)
Frank Pawlowski (3)
Michael Peter (4)
Roland Schröder (5)
Hans Sennewald (6)
Thomas Woddow (7)
Lutz Thiede (s)
Peter Thiede (c) | 5:29.88 |
| Men's lightweight events |
|---|
| LM1x | Netherlands
Frans Göbel | 7:21.24 |  Belgium
Wim Van Belleghem | 7:22.49 |  Norway
Per Sætersdal | 7:28.80 |
| LM2x |  United States
Robert Dreher (b)
Stephen Peterson (s) | 7:46.15 | West Germany
Karsten Krueger (b)
Peter Müller (s) | 7:46.38 | Austria
Walter Rantasa (b)
Christoph Schmölzer (s) | 7:46.88 |
| LM4x | Italy
Francesco Esposito (b)
Massimo Lana (2)
Paolo Pittino (3)
Massimo Guglielmi (s) | 5:46.38 |  France
Bruno Boucher (b)
Bruno Lebeda (2)
Laurent Porchier (3)
Thierry Renault (s) | 5:48.58 | Australia
Simon Burgess (b)
Bruce Hick (2)
Gary Lynagh (3)
Stephen Hawkins (s) | 5:48.72 |
| LM4- | West Germany
Klaus Altena (b)
Michael Buchheit (2)
Stephan Fahrig (3)
Bernhard Stomporowski (s) | 7:03.68 | France
Stéphane Guerinot (b)
Laurent Irazusta (2)
Benoit Masson (3)
José Oyarzabal (s) | 7:05.57 | Netherlands
Frank Gerritse (b)
Pim Laken (2)
Mark Emke (3)
Han de Regt (s) | 7:05.84 |
| LM8+ | Italy
Enrico Barbaranelli (b)
Franco Falossi (2)
Carlo Gaddi (3)
Fabrizio Ranieri (4)
Fabrizio Ravasi (5)
Andrea Re (6)
Roberto Romanini (7)
Alfredo Striani (s)
Giuseppe Lamberti (c) | 5:35.03 |  Denmark
Svend Blitskov (b)
Peter Madsen (2)
Flemming Meyer (3)
Vagn Nielsen (4)
Henning Bay Nielsen (5)
Lars Rasmussen (6)
Hans Christian Sørensen (7)
Bo Vestergaard (s)
Stephen Masters (c) | 5:36.98 | Great Britain
Christopher Bates (b)
Marysh Chmiel (2)
Peter Haining (3)
Toby Hessian (4)
Tom Kay (5)
Carl Smith (6)
Neil Staite (7)
Stephen Wright (s)
John Deakin (c) | 5:37.75 |
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