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World Rowing Championships

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.

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

History edit

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.[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 edit

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 edit

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

Hosts (1962–2023) edit

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 edit

Source:[6]

Multiple medallists edit

Athlete Nation Born       Tot.
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 edit

incomplete list

  Scull and Sweep World Champions
Rower Total Scull Sweep Disciplines
# 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 edit

  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.

External links edit

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