August 31-September 7, 1997

Aiguebelette, France

(Top six make finals.)

Women's Single Sculls

1. Belarus, Ekaterina Khodotovitch, 7:29.30; 2. Denmark, Trine Hansen, 7:30.73; 3. Sweden, Maria Brandin, 7:31.39; 4. Bulgaria, Roumiana Neykova, 7:34.42; 5. Germany, Katrin Rutschow, 7:34.68; 6. Great Britain, Guin Batten, 7:36.95; 7. United States, Monica Tranel Michini, 7:48.65.

Men's Single Sculls

1. United States, Jamie Koven, 6:44.86; 2. Germany, Andre Willms, 6:47.49; 3. Great Britain, Greg Searle, 6:47.57; 4. Slovenia, Iztok Cop, 6:49.64; 5. Czech Republic, Vaclav Chalupa, 6:49.82; 6. Egypt, Ali Ibrahim, 7:02.07.

Women's Lightweight Single Sculls

1. United States, Sarah Garner, 7:38.39; 2. France, Benedicte Luzuy, 7:42.48; 3. Sweden, Kristina Knejp, 7:46.98; 4. Germany, Karin Stephan, 7:50.98; 5. Great Britain, Jane Hall, 7:52.51; 6. Argentina, Maria Julia Garisoain, 7:53.71.

Men's Lightweight Single Sculls

1. Denmark, Karsten Nielsen, 6:57.16; 2. Switzerland, Michael Baenninger, 6:59.62; 3. Czech Republic, Tomas Kacovsky, 7:00.92; 4. United States, Steve Tucker, 7:01.38; 5. Austria, Wolfgang Sigl, 7:08.01; 6. The Netherlands, Pepijn Aardewijn, 7:11.16.

Women's Double Sculls

1. Germany, 6:51.07; 2. Great Britain, 6:52.56; 3. Romania, 6:52.63; 4. The Netherlands, 6:58.63; 5. Switzerland, 6:58.92; 6. Australia, 7:00.52; 12. United States, Olwen Huxley, Karin Hughes, 7:28.04.

Men's Double Sculls

1. Germany, 6:13.35; 2. Norway, 6:14.98; 3. Australia, 6:16.05; 4. Italy, 6:17.95; 5. Poland, 6:19.62; 6. Belgium, 6:31.85; 14. United States, Andy McMarlin, Stephen George, 6:38.74.

Women's Lightweight Double Sculls

1. Germany, 7:00.93; 2. Denmark, 7:01.77; 3. Romania, 7:03.86; 4. Canada, 7:04.77; 5. United States, Teresa Z. Bell, Whitney Post, 7:08.95; 6. France, 7:09.45.

Men's Lightweight Double Sculls

1. Poland, 6:14.57; 2. Italy, 6:15.98; 3. Germany, 6:18.38; 4. Switzerland, 6:18.59; 5. Australia, 6:21.17; 6. Spain, 6:25.26; 11. United States, Barry Klein, Ransom Weaver, 6:51.91.

Women's Quadruple Sculls

1. Germany, 6:16.15; 2. Denmark, 6:19.35; 3. Ukraine, 6:20.16; 4. Russia, 6:20.51; 5. Belarus, 6:26.64; 6. Canada, 6:28.18; 9. United States, Jennifer Dore, Heather Bauman, Laurel Korholz, Melissa Iverson, 6:53.51.

Men's Quadruple Sculls

1. Italy, 5:42.50; 2. Germany, 5:45.88; 3. Ukraine, 5:46.11; 4. Austria, 5:48.31; 5. Switzerland, 5:49.50; 6. France, 5:49.68; 10. United States, Chris Duffy, Brian Jamieson, Cyrus Beasley, Brad Layton, 6:10.80.

Women's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls

1. Germany, 6:36.63; 2. Canada, 6:37.16; 3. The Netherlands, 6:39.38; 4. Great Britain, 6:41.07; 5. Sweden, 6:41.41; 6. United States, Megan Taylor, Cass Cunningham, Kathryn Ackerman, Grace Mowery, 6:43.00.

Men's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls

1. Italy, 5:50.68; 2. Germany, 5:52.90; 3. Ireland, 5:55.04; 4. United States, Sean Groom, Stephen Thomas, Conal Groom, Greg Ruckman, 5:55.33; 5. Greece, 5:57.05; 6. Japan, 6:01.21.

Women's Pair

1. Canada, 7:08.09; 2. Romania, 7:14.77; 3. Russia, 7:17.10; 4. Australia, 7:20.98; 5. Denmark, 7:21.41; 6. United States, Betsy McCagg, Mary McCagg, 7:21.85.

Men's Pair

1. France, 6:27.69; 2. Italy, 6:31.51; 3. United States, Adam Holland, Ted Murphy, 6:32.10; 4. Canada, 6:33.00; 5. Great Britain, 6:42.20; 6. Norway, 6:42.95.

Women's Lightweight Pair

1. Australia, 7:18.32; 2. United States, Michelle Borkhuis, Linda Muri, 7:20.34; 3. Great Britain, 7:23.97; 4. France, 7:35.72; 5. Germany, 7:48.46; 6. China, 8:10.23.

Men's Lightweight Pair

1. Switzerland, 6:31.82; 2. Ireland, 6:33.51; 3. Denmark, 6:34.11; 4. France, 6:39.34; 5. Sweden, 6:42.22; 6. Hungary, 6:47.24; 11. United States, Erik Miller, David Sanderson, 7:05.22.

Men's Pair with Coxswain

1. United States, Scott Fentress, Jordan Irving, and Nick Anderson (c), 6:56.30; 2. Australia, 6:56.36; 3. Greece, 6:57.62; 4. Italy, 7:01.97; 5. Ukraine, 7:02.04; 6. Romania, 7:09.31.

Women's Four

1. Great Britain, 6:40.30; 2. Romania, 6:41.13; 3. Germany, 6:45.70; 4. United States, Emily Wood, Deanna Groark, Katie Maloney, Sarah Jones, 6:46.08; 5. Belarus, 6:48.92; 6. Ukraine, 6:49.19

Men's Four

1. Great Britain, 5:52.40; 2. France, 5:56.34; 3. Romania, 5:57.10; 4. Slovenia, 5:57.53; 5. Italy, 5:57.67; 6. Germany, 5:59.32; 7. United States, Ben Holbrook, Kurt Borcherding, Jonathan Gibbons, Michael Callahan, 6:12.68.

Men's Lightweight Four

1. Denmark, 5:54.35; 2. France, 5:54.91; 3. Germany, 5:57.87; 4. Italy, 6:02.16; 5. United States, Eric DenBesten, Kevin Cotter, Paul Teti, Bill Carlucci, 6:04.43; 6. Russia, 6:06.75.

Men's Four with Coxswain

1. France, 6:04.17; 2. Italy, 6:05.98; 3. Great Britain, 6:09.80; 4. United States, Martin Crotty, Wolfgang Moser, Matt Madigan, Robert Desino, Charles Lozner (c), 6:14.55; 5. Croatia, 6:15.34; 6. Czech Republic, 6:18.13.

Women's Eight

1. Romania, 6:02.40; 2. Canada, 6:07.18; 3. Great Britain, 6:10.00; 4. Belarus, 6:12.72; 5. Germany, 6:14.24; 6. United States, Sally Scovel, Linda Miller, Tristine Glick, Helen Betancourt, Torrey Folk, Wendy Wilbur, Amy Martin, Amy Fuller, Raj Shah (c), 6:15.58.

Men's Eight

1. United States, Garrett Miller, Bob Cummins, Tim Richter, Bob Kaehler, Michael Wherley, Phil Henry, Sebastian Bea, Chris Ahrens, Pete Cipollone (c), 5:27.20; 2. Romania, 5:27.76; 3. Australia, 5:28.14; 4. Great Britain, 5:29.78; 5. Germany, 5:30.59; 6. Russia, 5:30.84.

Men's Lightweight Eight

1. Australia, 5:40.00; 2. Great Britain, 5:40.03; 3. Canada, 5:40.91; 4. Italy, 5:41.28; 5. Germany, 5:42.68; 6. United States, Tom Grace, Sean Kammann, Jeffrey Mork, Kane Larin, Bill Plifka, Chris Kerber, Bill Belden, Josh Crosby, Sean Mulligan (c), 5:44.89.