World Rowing Championships

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The World Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organised 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.

The first event was held in Lucerne, Switzerland in 1962. The event then was held every 4 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. In 1985 Women's lightweight events were added to the schedule.

Since 1996, during Olympic years, the Junior World Rowing 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).

[edit] Boats

Rowing takes place in 23 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+) will no longer run as a world championship event.

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
2+	Coxed pairs	WC
4x	Quad sculls	O	WC	O	WC
4-	Coxless fours	O	O	WC
4+	Coxed fours	WC
8+	Eights	O	WC	O

[edit] Venues

1999 St. Catharines, Canada (22-29 August)
1998 Fuehlingen, Cologne, Germany (6-13 September)
1997 Aiguebelette, France (31 August - 7 September)
1996 Strathclyde Country Park, Motherwell, Scotland (5-11 August)
1995 Kaukajaervi, Tampere, Finland (25-27 August)
1994 Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis, U.S. (17-18 September)
1993 Roudnice, Račice, Czech Republic (8-9 May)
1992 Montreal, Canada
1991 Vienna, Austria (24-25 August)
1990 Lake Barrington Tasmania, Australia (24 October - 4 November)
1989 Lake Bled, Yugoslavia
1988 Milan, Italy
1987 Copenhagen, Denmark
1986 Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham, England
1985 Hazewinkel, Belgium
1984 Montreal, Canada
1983 Duisburg, Germany
1982 Rotsee, Lucerne, Switzerland
1981 Munich, Germany
1980 Hazewinkel, Belgium
1979 Lake Bled, Yugoslavia
1978 Lake Karapiro, Hamilton, New Zealand
1977 Amsterdam, Netherlands
1975 Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham, England
1974 Rotsee, Lucerne, Switzerland
1970 St. Catharines, Canada
1966 Lake Bled, Yugoslavia
1962 Rotsee, Lucerne, Switzerland

Year	City	Country	Date
1999	St. Catharines Ontario	Canada
2000	Zagreb Jarun	Croatia	August 1 – August 6
2001	Lucerne Rotsee	Switzerland	August 19 – August 26
2002	Seville Guadalquivir	Spain	September 15 – September 22
2003	Milan Idroscalo	Italy	August 24 – August 31
2004	Banyoles Lake of Banyoles	Spain	July 27 – August 1
2005	Kaizu, Gifu Nagaragawa International Regatta Course	Japan	August 29 – September 4
2006	Eton Dorney Lake	Great Britain	August 20 – August 27
2007	Munich Oberschleißheim	Germany	August 26 – September 2
2008	Ottensheim	Austria	August 22 – August 28
2009	Poznań Lake Malta	Poland	August 23 – August 30
2010	Hamilton Lake Karapiro	New Zealand	September 12 – September 19
2011	Bled Lake Bled	Slovenia

Times Hosted	Host Country
4	Switzerland, Canada, Great Britain, Germany
3	Yugoslavia
2	New Zealand, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Spain
1	Netherlands, Denmark, Australia, Czech Republic, United States, Finland, France, Croatia, Japan, Poland, Slovenia