| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time | | M1x | {{GDR}}
Thomas Lange | 6:58.14 | {{TCH}}
Václav Chalupa | 7:01.05 | {{URS}}
Jüri Jaanson | 7:01.31 |
| M2x | {{NOR}}
Rolf Thorsen
Lars Bjønness | 6:23.40 | {{NED}}
Ronald Florijn
Nico Rienks | 6:24.68 | {{AUT}}
Christoph Zerbst
Arnold Jonke | 6:25.80 |
| M4x | {{NED}}
Hans Kelderman
Koos Maasdijk
Herman van den Eerenbeemt
Rutger Arisz | 6:03.99 | {{ITA}}
Gianluca Farina
Filippo Soffici
Davide Tizzano
Giovanni Calabrese | 6:04.26 | {{SWE}}
Per-Olof Claeson
David Svensson
Tommy Oesterlund
Fredrik Hulten | 6:05.66 |
| M2+ | {{ITA}}
Carmine Abbagnale
Giuseppe Abbagnale
Giuseppe Di Capua | 6:54.81 | {{ROM}}
Dragoș Neagu
Ioan Snep
Marin Gheorghe | 6:56.90 | {{YUG}}
Milan Janša
Robert Krasovec
Gorazd Slilvnik | 6:57.97 |
| M2- | {{GDR}}
Thomas Jung
Uwe Kellner | 6:39.95 | {{GBR2}}
Simon Berrisford
Steve Redgrave | 6:42.84 | {{AUT}}
Karl Sinziger Sr
Herman Bauer | 6:43.40 |
| M4+ | {{ROM}}
Vasile Năstase
Dimitrie Popescu
Valentin Robu
Vasile Tomoiagă
Marin Gheorghe | 6:14.90 | {{TCH}}
Michal Šubrt
Pavel Menšík
Dusan Vicik
Dušan Macháček
Jiří Pták | 6:17.37 | {{GBR2}}
Steve Turner
Matthew Pinsent
Gavin Stewart
Terence Dillon
Thomas Vaughan | 6:17.57 |
| M4- | {{GDR}}
Jens Luedecke
Thomas Greiner
Ralf Brudel
Olaf Förster | 6:06.94 | {{USA}}
Raul Rodriguez
Jack Rusher[2]
Thomas Bohrer
Richard Kennelly | 6:07.92 | {{NZL}}
Bill Coventry
Ian Wright
Alastair Mackintosh
Campbell Clayton-Greene
| 6:08.63 |
| M8+ | {{FRG}}
Jörg Puttlitz
Norbert Keßlau
Martin Steffes-Mies
Dirk Balster
Frank Dietrich
Marc Mauerwerk
Ansgar Wessling
Roland Baar
Manfred Klein | 5:43.88 | Stefan Schulz
Mario Gruessel
Roland Schröder
Thomas Woddow
{{Ill>Mario Kliesch|de}}
Holger Rose
Thomas Baensch
Hans Sennewald
Peter Thiede | 5:45.70 | {{GBR2}}
Tim Foster
Matthew Brittin
Jim Walker
Anton Obholzer
Jonny Singfield
Richard Phelps
Jonny Searle
Jonathan Hulls
Adrian Ellison | 5:47.01 |
| Men's lightweight events |
|---|
| LM1x | {{NED}}
Frans Göbel | 7:17.07 | {{BEL}}
Wim Van Belleghem | 7:20.03 | {{FRG}}
Alwin Otten | 7:21.80 |
| LM2x | {{AUT}}
Christoph Schmölzer
Walter Rantasa | 7:03.33 | {{ESP}}
José María de Marco Pérez
Fernando Climet Huerta | 7:03.53 | {{TCH}}
Petr Kovac
Tibor Groeppel | 7:04.68 |
| LM4x | {{FRG}}
Peter Uhrig
Jan Fischer
Björn Gehlsen
Thomas Melges | 6:04.78 | {{SUI}}
Reto Fierz
Philipp Ferlber
Cirillo Ghielmetti
Markus Gier | 6:07.24 | {{FRA}}
Bruno Boucher
Bruno Lebeda
Rolland Galliac
Thierry Renault | 6:07.50 |
| LM4- | {{FRG}}
Klaus Altena
Stephan Fahrig
Michael Buchheit
Bernhard Stomporowski | 6:28.70 | {{ITA}}
Nerio Gainotti
Alfredo Striani
Dario Longhin
Mauro Torta | 6:32.36 | {{GBR2}}
Nicholas Strange
Nicholas Howe
Rob Williams
Stuart Forbes | 6:34.35 |
| LM8+ | {{ITA}}
Enrico Barbaranelli
Roberto Romanini
Franco Falossi
Danilo Fraquelli
Vittorio Torcellan
Carlo Gaddi
Andrea Re
Fabrizio Ravasi
Giuseppe Lamberti | 5:47.95 | {{DEN}}
Bo Vestergaard
Svend Blitskov
Jens Lindhardt
Lars Rasmussen
Flemming Meyer
Michael Soeresen
Vagn Nielsen
Niels Henriksen
Stephen Masters | 5:49.38 | {{FRG}}
Alexander Trautmann
Felix Prinz
Detlef Glitsch
Ingo Grevenmeyer
Udo Hennig
Sebastian Franke
Thomas Palm
Erik Ring
Jörg Dederding | 5:51.15 |
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time | | W1x | {{ROM}}
Elisabeta Lipă | 7:27.96 | {{GDR}}
Birgit Peter | 7:31.47 | {{HUN}}
Katalin Sarlós | 7:34.15 |
| W2x | {{GDR}}
Jana Sorgers-Rau
Beate Schramm | 7:01.71 | {{ROM}}
Veronica Cochelea
Elisabeta Lipă | 7:07.32 | {{BUL}}
Pavlina Alexandrova
Magdalena Georgieva | 7:11.55 |
| W4x | {{GDR}}
Kathrin Boron
Sybille Schmidt
Jutta Behrendt
Jana Thieme | 6:16.62 | {{URS}}
Natalia Kvasja
Mariya Omelianovych
Svitlana Mazii
Irina Kalimbet | 6:22.39 | {{BUL}}
Pavlina Alexandrova
Magdalena Georgieva
Galina Yahorova
Krasimira Tocheva | 6:23.63 |
| W2- | {{GDR}}
Kathrin Haacker
Judith Zeidler | 7:26.97 | {{ROM}}
Doina Șnep-Bălan
Marioara Curelea | 7:30.70 | {{FRG}}
Stefani Werremeier
Ingeburg Schwerzmann | 7:31.13 |
| W4- | {{GDR}}
Christiane Harzendorf
Ina Justh
Annegret Strauch
Ute Wild | 6:45.81 | {{CHN}}
Cao Mianying
Hu Yadong
Liu Xirong
Zhou Shouying | 6:48.45 | {{ROM}}
Adriana Bazon
Mihaela Armășescu
Livia Leonte
| 6:50.58 |
| W8+ | {{ROM}}
Anișoara Bălan
Marioara Curelea
Anca Tănase
Georgeta Soare
Adriana Chelariu
Viorica Neculai
Livia Leonte
Mihaela Armășescu
Ecaterina Oancia | 6:07.92 | {{GDR}}
Liane Justh
Ute Wild
Ina Grapenthin
Anette Hohn
Anja Kluge
Katrin Schröder
Ramona Balthasar
Martina Walther
Daniela Neunast | 6:08.19 | {{CHN}}
| 6:11.84 |
| Women's lightweight events |
|---|
| LW1x | {{USA}}
Kristine Karlson | 8:01.12 | {{BEL}}
Rita Defauw | 8:03.14 | {{NED}}
Laurien Vermulst | 8:04.78 |
| LW2x | {{USA}}
Carey Sands-Marden
Kristine Karlson | 7:11.04 | {{NZL}}
Philippa Baker
Linda de Jong | 7:13.70 | {{FRG}}
Christiane Weber
Alrun Urbach | 7:14.94 |
| LW4- | {{CHN}}
Liang Sanmei
Zeng Meilan
Zhang Huajie
Lin Zhi-ai | 7:01.70 | {{GBR2}}
Sue Key
Rachel Hirst
Joanna Toch
Katharine Brownlow | 7:04.88 | {{FRG}}
Karin Zobeley
Cornelia Cichy
Ute Zobeley
Claudia Engels | 7:06.12 |
1. ^{{cite web |title=1989 World Rowing Championships |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1989-world-championships/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |accessdate=18 March 2016}}
2. ^{{cite news |title=Penn Ac Four Is Best Hope For U. S. In Yugoslavia |author=Diane Pucin |url=http://articles.philly.com/keyword/doug-burden |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date= 3 September 1989|accessdate=31 August 2013}}
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