World Rowing Championships
World Rowing Championships | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Rowing World championship |
Date(s) | Varying |
Frequency | Annual |
Country | Varying |
Inaugurated | 1962 (1962) |
Most recent | 2024 |
Next event | 2025 |
Organised by | World Rowing |
Website | worldrowing |
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 mmen's and women's events were contested over a 2000-metre course.[citation needed]
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 | |
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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).
- ^ a b Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ Excluding Under 23 and Under 19 Championships.
Hosts (1962–2024)
Times hosted | Host country |
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5 | Canada |
4 | 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]
Rowing (1962–2024)
| Pararowing (2002–2024)
|
Multiple medallists
Athlete | Nation | Born | Tot. | |||
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Daniele Gilardoni | Italy | 1976 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
Matthew Pinsent | Great Britain | 1970 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
Steve Redgrave | Great Britain | 1962 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
Franco Sancassani | Italy | 1974 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
Francesco Esposito | Italy | 1955 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
Giuseppe Di Capua | Italy | 1958 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
Andrea Re | Italy | 1963 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
Scull and sweep medalists
incomplete list
Rower | Total | Scull | Sweep | Disciplines | ||||
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# of disciplines | # of disciplines | # of disciplines | Scull | Sweep | ||||
Michiel Bartman | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | M4x | M4+, M8+ |
Karolien Florijn | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | W1x, W4x | W4- |
Ronald Florijn | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | M2x | M4-, M8+ |
Daniele Gilardoni | 2 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | LM4x | LM8+ |
Mario Gyr | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | LM2x | LM4- |
Katherine Grainger | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | W1x, W2x, W4x | W2-, W8+ |
Kathleen Heddle | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | W2x, W4x | W2-, W8+ |
Elisabeta Lipă | 5 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | W1x, W2x, W4x | W2-, W8+ |
Marnie McBean | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | W2x, W4x | W2-, W4-, W8+ |
Nico Rienks | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | M2x | M8+ |
Franco Sancassani | 3 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | LM4x | LM2-, LM8+ |
Simon Schürch | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | LM2x | LM4- |
Greg Searle | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | M1x | M2+, M4-, M8+ |
Diederik Simon | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | M4x | M8+ |
Martin Sinković | 3 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | M2x, M4x | M2- |
Valent Sinković | 3 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | M2x, M4x | M2- |
Olivia van Rooijen | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | W4x | W8- |
Henk-Jan Zwolle | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | M2x | M8+ |
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.[7]
References
- ^ The Origins of the Championships, Rowing History, Australia.
- ^ Previous Venues Archived 11 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 2010 World Rowing Championships, New Zealand.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2017 FISA Extraordinary Congress concludes". FISA. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ "Rule 36 – World Rowing Championship Programmes" (PDF). FISA. 2 October 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "BEST sports DB – World Rowing Championship". bestsports.com.br.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Official website of the World Rowing
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- Lucerne 1962
- Bled 1966
- St. Catharines 1970
- Lucerne 1974
- Nottingham 1975
- Villach 1976
- Amsterdam 1977
- Copenhagen 1978 (lightweight)
- Cambridge 1978
- Bled 1979
- Heindonk 1980
- Oberschleißheim 1981
- Lucerne 1982
- Duisburg 1983
- Montreal 1984
- Heindonk 1985
- Nottingham 1986
- Copenhagen 1987
- Milan 1988
- Bled 1989
- Tasmania 1990
- Vienna 1991
- Montreal 1992
- Račice 1993
- Indianapolis 1994
- Tampere 1995
- Motherwell 1996
- Aiguebelette-le-Lac 1997
- Cologne 1998
- St. Catharines 1999
- Zagreb 2000
- Lucerne 2001
- Seville 2002
- Milan 2003
- Banyoles 2004
- Kaizu 2005
- Dorney 2006
- Oberschleißheim 2007
- Ottensheim 2008
- Poznań 2009
- Cambridge 2010
- Bled 2011
- Plovdiv 2012
- Chungju 2013
- Amsterdam 2014
- Aiguebelette-le-Lac 2015
- Rotterdam 2016
- Sarasota 2017
- Plovdiv 2018
- Ottensheim 2019
Bled 2020Shanghai 2021- Račice 2022
- Belgrade 2023
- St. Catharines 2024
- Shanghai 2025
- Amsterdam 2026
- Rotsee (1962)
- Lake Bled (1966)
- Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course (1970)
- Rotsee (1974)
- Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre (1975)
- Lake Ossiach (1976)
- Bosbaan (1977)
- Lake Bagsværd (1978 lightweight)
- Lake Karapiro (1978)
- Lake Bled (1979)
- Hazewinkel (1980)
- Oberschleißheim Regatta Course (1981)
- Rotsee (1982)
- Wedau (1983)
- Notre Dame Island (1984)
- Hazewinkel (1985)
- Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre (1986)
- Lake Bagsværd (1987)
- Idroscalo (1988)
- Lake Bled (1989)
- Lake Barrington (1990)
- New Danube (1991)
- Notre Dame Island (1992)
- Račice (1993)
- Eagle Creek Park (1994)
- Kaukajärvi (1995)
- Strathclyde Country Park (1996)
- Lac d'Aiguebelette (1997)
- Fühlinger See (1998)
- Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course (1999)
- Jarun (2000)
- Rotsee (2001)
- Guadalquivir (2002)
- Idroscalo (2003)
- Lake of Banyoles (2004)
- Nagaragawa International Regatta Course (2005)
- Dorney Lake (2006)
- Oberschleißheim Regatta Course (2007)
- Ottensheim (2008)
- Lake Malta (2009)
- Lake Karapiro (2010)
- Lake Bled (2011)
- Plovdiv (2012)
- Tangeum Lake (2013)
- Bosbaan (2014)
- Lac d'Aiguebelette (2015)
- Willem-Alexander Baan (2016)
- Nathan Benderson Park (2017)
- Plovdiv (2018)
- Ottensheim (2019)
Lake Bled (2020)Dianshan Lake (2021)- Račice (2022)
- Lake Sava (2023)
- Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course (2024)
- Dianshan Lake (2025)
- Bosbaan (2026)