World Rowing Championships
StatusActive
GenreRowing World championship
Date(s)Varying
FrequencyAnnual
CountryVarying
Inaugurated1962 (1962)
Most recent2023
Next event2024
Organised byFISA
Websiteworldrowing.com

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.

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]

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

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
11962Lucerne  Switzerland7-
21966Bled Yugoslavia7-
31970St. Catharines Canada7-
41974Lucerne  Switzerland17-
51975Nottingham Great Britain17-
61976Villach Austria3-
71977Amsterdam Netherlands17-
81978Copenhagen Denmark4-
81978Cambridge New Zealand14-
91979Bled Yugoslavia18-
101980Heindonk Belgium4-
111981Oberschleißheim West Germany18-
121982Lucerne  Switzerland18-
131983Duisburg West Germany18-
141984Montreal Canada8-
151985Heindonk Belgium21-
161986Nottingham Great Britain21-
171987Copenhagen Denmark21-
181988Milan Italy7-
191989Bled Yugoslavia22-
201990Tasmania Australia22-
211991Vienna Austria22-
221992Montreal Canada8-
231993Račice Czech Republic23-
241994Indianapolis United States23-
251995Tampere Finland24-
261996Motherwell Great Britain10-
271997Aiguebelette-le-Lac France24-
281998Cologne Germany24-
291999St. Catharines Canada24-
302000Zagreb Croatia10-
312001Lucerne  Switzerland24-
322002Seville Spain242
332003Milan Italy244
342004Banyoles Spain93
352005Kaizu Japan233
362006Dorney Great Britain234
372007Oberschleißheim Germany234
382008Ottensheim Austria8-
392009Poznań Poland225
402010Cambridge New Zealand225
412011Bled Slovenia225
422012Plovdiv Bulgaria7-
432013Chungju South Korea225
442014Amsterdam Netherlands225
452015Aiguebelette-le-Lac France224
462016Rotterdam Netherlands71
472017Sarasota United States215
482018Plovdiv Bulgaria209
492019Ottensheim Austria209
—2020[note 1]Bled Slovenia——
—2021[note 1]Shanghai China——
502022Račice Czech Republic209
512023Belgrade Serbia198
522024St. Catharines Canada
532025Shanghai China
542026Amsterdam Netherlands
  1. 1 2 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hosts (1962–2023)

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

Medals

Source:[6]

Multiple medallists

Athlete Nation Born Tot.
Daniele Gilardoni  Italy1976111113
Matthew Pinsent  Great Britain1970100212
Steve Redgrave  Great Britain196292112
Franco Sancassani  Italy197492112
Francesco Esposito  Italy195591111
Giuseppe Di Capua  Italy195883112
Andrea Re  Italy196381211

Scull and sweep medalists

incomplete list

  Scull and Sweep World Champions
RowerTotalScullSweepDisciplines
# of
disciplines		 # of
disciplines		 # of
disciplines		 ScullSweep
Netherlands Michiel Bartman34 11 23 M4xM4+, M8+
Netherlands Karolien Florijn34 23 11 W1x, W4xW4-
Netherlands Ronald Florijn34 11 12 M2xM4-, M8+
Italy Daniele Gilardoni213 112 11 LM4xLM8+
Switzerland Mario Gyr22 11 11 LM2xLM4-
United Kingdom Katherine Grainger58 36 22 W1x, W2x, W4xW2-, W8+
Canada Kathleen Heddle45 23 22 W2x, W4xW2-, W8+
Romania Elisabeta Lipă513 39 24 W1x, W2x, W4xW2-, W8+
Canada Marnie McBean57 23 34 W2x, W4xW2-, W4-, W8+
Netherlands Nico Rienks24 12 12 M2x M8+
Italy Franco Sancassani312 110 22 LM4xLM2-, LM8+
Switzerland Simon Schürch22 11 11 LM2xLM4-
United Kingdom Greg Searle47 11 36 M1xM2+, M4-, M8+
Netherlands Diederik Simon22 11 11 M4xM8+
Croatia Martin Sinković39 26 13 M2x, M4xM2-
Croatia Valent Sinković39 26 13 M2x, M4xM2-
Netherlands Olivia van Rooijen23 13 11 W4xW8-
Netherlands Henk-Jan Zwolle23 11 12 M2xM8+
Germany Michael Buchheit35 11 24 LM2xLM4-, 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.[7]

References

  1. ↑ The Origins of the Championships, Rowing History, Australia.
  2. ↑ Previous Venues Archived 11 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 2010 World Rowing Championships, New Zealand.
  3. ↑ "Summary of proposed changes to the FISA Rules of Racing, related Bye-Laws and Event Regulations" (PDF). FISA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "2017 FISA Extraordinary Congress concludes". FISA. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Rule 36 – World Rowing Championship Programmes" (PDF). FISA. 2 October 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "BEST sports DB – World Rowing Championship". bestsports.com.br.
  7. ↑ "Sportske novosti – FOTO: MINISTAR OBRANE PRIMIO 16 VRHUNSKIH SPORTAŠA PRIČUVNIKA HRVATSKE VOJSKE, MEĐU NJIMA I BRAĆU SINKOVIĆ 'Vidim veliki napredak na svim razinama'". 17 September 2018.
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