World Rowing Championships

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The World Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). It is a week-long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer and in non-Olympic years is the highlight of the international rowing calendar.

History

The first event was held in Lucerne, Switzerland, in 1962.[1][2] The event then was held every four years until 1974, when it became an annual competition. Also in 1974, men's lightweight and women's open weight events were added to the championships.

Initially, men's events were 2000 metres long and women's events 1000 metres. At the 1984 World Championships in Montreal, Canada, women's lightweight demonstration events were raced over a 2000-metre course for the first time. In 1985, Women's lightweight events were officially added to the schedule and all men's and women's events were contested over a 2000-metre course.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Since 1996, during (Summer) Olympic years, the World Rowing Junior Championships are held at the same time.

In 2002, adaptive rowing events were introduced for the following classes of disability: LTA (legs, trunk and arms), TA (trunk, arms), and A (arms-only). In 2009, the A category was replaced by AS (arms and shoulders), and an ID (intellectually disabled) category was added (but then removed after the 2011 Championships). From 2017, the designations AS, TA, and LTA have been changed to PR1, PR2, and PR3.[3]

Boats

Rowing takes place in 21 different boat classes, apart from during Olympic years when only non-Olympic boat classes race. National teams generally take less interest in the non-Olympic events, as the Olympic events are considered the "premier" events.

The table below shows the boat classes, "O" indicates the boat races at both the Olympics and World Championships. "WC" indicates this is only a World Championship event. After 2007, the coxed fours (4+) no longer runs as a world championship event. Similarly after 2011 the women's coxless four was no longer included, but it was reintroduced in 2013. Lightweight men's eight was removed after 2015.

As a result of the IOC's aim for gender parity, it has been agreed that for 2020 onwards the lightweight men's coxless four will be removed from the Olympics and replaced by women's coxless four.[4]

At the 2017 FISA Ordinary Congress there were further revisions, removing M2+ and LM4- from the World Championships, and reinstating LW2-.[5]

For the 2025 World championships further changes were made to the roster of boat classes with the removal of the LM2-, LW2-, LM4x, LW4x and the addition of the mixed 2x and mixed 8+ [6]

Boat Men Lwt men Women Lwt women
1x Single sculls O WC O WC
2x Double sculls O WC O WC
2- Coxless pairs O O
2+ Coxed pairs
4x Quad sculls O O
4- Coxless fours O O
4+ Coxed fours
8+ Eights O O

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Editions

World Rowing Championships have been held since 1962; first every four years, then annually since 1974 (except 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

Edition Year Host city Host country Rowing events Pararowing events
1 1962 Lucerne Template:Country data Switzerland 7 -
2 1966 Bled Template:Country data Yugoslavia 7 -
3 1970 St. Catharines Template:Country data Canada 7 -
4 1974 Lucerne Template:Country data Switzerland 17 -
5 1975 Nottingham Template:Country data Great Britain 17 -
6 1976 Villach Template:Country data Austria 3 -
7 1977 Amsterdam Template:Country data Netherlands 17 -
8 1978 Copenhagen Template:Country data Denmark 4 -
8 1978 Cambridge Template:Country data New Zealand 14 -
9 1979 Bled Template:Country data Yugoslavia 18 -
10 1980 Heindonk Template:Country data Belgium 4 -
11 1981 Oberschleißheim Template:Country data West Germany 18 -
12 1982 Lucerne Template:Country data Switzerland 18 -
13 1983 Duisburg Template:Country data West Germany 18 -
14 1984 Montreal Template:Country data Canada 8 -
15 1985 Heindonk Template:Country data Belgium 21 -
16 1986 Nottingham Template:Country data Great Britain 21 -
17 1987 Copenhagen Template:Country data Denmark 21 -
18 1988 Milan Template:Country data Italy 7 -
19 1989 Bled Template:Country data Yugoslavia 22 -
20 1990 Tasmania Template:Country data Australia 22 -
21 1991 Vienna Template:Country data Austria 22 -
22 1992 Montreal Template:Country data Canada 8 -
23 1993 Račice Template:Country data Czech Republic 23 -
24 1994 Indianapolis Template:Country data United States 23 -
25 1995 Tampere Template:Country data Finland 24 -
26 1996 Motherwell Template:Country data Great Britain 10 -
27 1997 Aiguebelette-le-Lac Template:Country data France 24 -
28 1998 Cologne Template:Country data Germany 24 -
29 1999 St. Catharines Template:Country data Canada 24 -
30 2000 Zagreb Template:Country data Croatia 10 -
31 2001 Lucerne Template:Country data Switzerland 24 -
32 2002 Seville Template:Country data Spain 24 2
33 2003 Milan Template:Country data Italy 24 4
34 2004 Banyoles Template:Country data Spain 9 3
35 2005 Kaizu Template:Country data Japan 23 3
36 2006 Dorney Template:Country data Great Britain 23 4
37 2007 Oberschleißheim Template:Country data Germany 23 4
38 2008 Ottensheim Template:Country data Austria 8 -
39 2009 Poznań Template:Country data Poland 22 5
40 2010 Cambridge Template:Country data New Zealand 22 5
41 2011 Bled Template:Country data Slovenia 22 5
42 2012 Plovdiv Template:Country data Bulgaria 7 -
43 2013 Chungju Template:Country data South Korea 22 5
44 2014 Amsterdam Template:Country data Netherlands 22 5
45 2015 Aiguebelette-le-Lac Template:Country data France 22 4
46 2016 Rotterdam Template:Country data Netherlands 7 1
47 2017 Sarasota Template:Country data United States 21 5
48 2018 Plovdiv Template:Country data Bulgaria 20 9
49 2019 Ottensheim Template:Country data Austria 20 9
Template:NA 2020Template:Refn Bled Template:Country data Slovenia Template:NA Template:NA
Template:NA 2021Template:Refn Shanghai Template:Country data China Template:NA Template:NA
50 2022 Račice Template:Country data Czech Republic 20 9
51 2023 Belgrade Template:Country data Serbia 19 8
52 2024 St. Catharines Template:Country data Canada 5Template:Refn 1
53 2025 Shanghai Template:Country data China
54 2026 Amsterdam Template:Country data Netherlands
55 2027 Lucerne Template:Country data Switzerland

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Hosts (1962–2024)

Times hosted Host country
5 Template:Country data Canada
4 Template:Country data Germany (including West Germany), Template:Country data Great Britain, Template:Country data Switzerland
3 Template:Country data Austria, Template:Country data Netherlands, Template:Country data Yugoslavia
2 Template:Country data Belgium, Template:Country data Bulgaria, Template:Country data Czech Republic, Template:Country data Denmark, Template:Country data France, Template:Country data Italy, Template:Country data New Zealand, Template:Country data Spain, Template:Country data United States
1 Template:Country data Australia, Template:Country data Croatia, Template:Country data Finland, Template:Country data Japan, Template:Country data Poland, Template:Country data Serbia, Template:Country data Slovenia, Template:Country data South Korea

Medals

Source:[8]

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Multiple medallists

Athlete Nation Born File:Gold medal world centered-2.svg File:Silver medal world centered-2.svg File:Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Tot.
Daniele Gilardoni Script error: No such module "flag". 1976 11 1 1 13
Matthew Pinsent Template:GBR2 1970 10 0 2 12
Steve Redgrave Template:GBR2 1962 9 2 1 12
Franco Sancassani Script error: No such module "flag". 1974 9 2 1 12
Francesco Esposito Script error: No such module "flag". 1955 9 1 1 11
Giuseppe Di Capua Script error: No such module "flag". 1958 8 3 1 12
Andrea Re Script error: No such module "flag". 1963 8 1 2 11

Scull and sweep medalists

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  Scull and Sweep World Champions
Rower Total Scull Sweep Disciplines
# of
disciplines		 File:Gold medal with cup.svg File:Silver medal with cup.svg File:Bronze medal with cup.svg # of
disciplines		 File:Gold medal with cup.svg File:Silver medal with cup.svg File:Bronze medal with cup.svg # of
disciplines		 File:Gold medal with cup.svg File:Silver medal with cup.svg File:Bronze medal with cup.svg Scull Sweep
Template:Flagicon Michiel Bartman 3 4 1 1 2 3 M4x M4+, M8+
Template:Flagicon Karolien Florijn 3 4 2 3 1 1 W1x, W4x W4-
Template:Flagicon Ronald Florijn 3 4 1 1 1 2 M2x M4-, M8+
Template:Flagicon Daniele Gilardoni 2 13 1 12 1 1 LM4x LM8+
Template:Flagicon Mario Gyr 2 2 1 1 1 1 LM2x LM4-
Template:Flagicon Katherine Grainger 5 8 3 6 2 2 W1x, W2x, W4x W2-, W8+
Template:Flagicon Kathleen Heddle 4 5 2 3 2 2 W2x, W4x W2-, W8+
Template:Flagicon Elisabeta Lipă 5 13 3 9 2 4 W1x, W2x, W4x W2-, W8+
Template:Flagicon Marnie McBean 5 7 2 3 3 4 W2x, W4x W2-, W4-, W8+
Template:Flagicon Nico Rienks 2 4 1 2 1 2 M2x M8+
Template:Flagicon Franco Sancassani 3 12 1 10 2 2 LM4x LM2-, LM8+
Template:Flagicon Simon Schürch 2 2 1 1 1 1 LM2x LM4-
Template:Flagicon Greg Searle 4 7 1 1 3 6 M1x M2+, M4-, M8+
Template:Flagicon Diederik Simon 2 2 1 1 1 1 M4x M8+
Template:Flagicon Martin Sinković 3 9 2 6 1 3 M2x, M4x M2-
Template:Flagicon Valent Sinković 3 9 2 6 1 3 M2x, M4x M2-
Template:Flagicon Olivia van Rooijen 2 3 1 3 1 1 W4x W8-
Template:Flagicon Henk-Jan Zwolle 2 3 1 1 1 2 M2x M8+
Template:Flagicon Michael Buchheit 3 5 1 1 2 4 LM2x LM4-, LM8+

Martin and Valent Sinković are the first crew in rowing history that in the same composition won gold medals at World Championship in sweep and scull rowing.[9]

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ The Origins of the Championships, Rowing History, Australia.
  2. ↑ Previous Venues Template:Webarchive, 2010 World Rowing Championships, New Zealand.
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  6. ↑ https://worldrowing.com/event/2025-world-rowing-championships/
  7. ↑ https://worldrowing.com/event/2025-world-rowing-championships/
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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