| 2015 World Rowing Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | Lac d'Aiguebelette |
| Location | Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France |
| Dates | 30 August to 6 September |
| Competitors | 1300 from 77 nations |
The2015 World Rowing Championships wereWorld Rowing Championships that were held from 30 August to 6 September 2015 at theLac d'Aiguebelette,Aiguebelette-le-Lac in France.[1][2]
The annual week-longrowingregatta was organized byFISA (the International Rowing Federation). In non-Olympic years the regatta is the highlight of the international rowing calendar; as 2015 was a pre-Olympic year, the championships were also the mainqualification event for the following year'sOlympics andParalympics.[3][4]
For the first time,Rowing New Zealand started in all (14) Olympic boat classes.[5]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain | 5 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 |  New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 |  Germany | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 |  Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 |  United States | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 |  France | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 |  Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Israel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  Denmark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 |  Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Serbia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 18 |  Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 China | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Norway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 21 |  Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 South Africa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 | |
Non-Olympic classes
Non-Olympic classes
| Single sculls | Double sculls | Quadruple sculls | Coxless pair | Coxless four | Coxed pair | Coxed four | Eight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's | M1x[7] | M2x[8] | M4x[9] | M2−[10] | M4−[11] | M2+[12] | M8+[13] | |
| Lightweight men's | LM1x[14] | LM2x[15] | LM4x[16] | LM2−[17] | LM4−[18] | LM8+[19] | ||
| Women's | W1x[20] | W2x[21] | W4x[22] | W2−[23] | W4−[24] | W8+[25] | ||
| Lightweight women's | LW1x[26] | LW2x[27] | LW4x[28] | |||||
| AS men's | ASM1x[29] | |||||||
| AS women's | ASW1x[30] | |||||||
| TA mixed | TAMix2x[31] | |||||||
| LTA mixed | LTAMix4+[32] |
