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.

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. In 1985, Women's lightweight events were added to the schedule.

Since 1996, during (Summer) 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). In 2009 the A category was replaced by AS (arms and shoulders), and an ID (intellectually disabled) category was added.

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Boats

Rowing takes place in 22 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.

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
8+ Eights O WC O

Venues

Ed. Year City Country Date
1. 1962 Lucerne
Rotsee		  Switzerland
2. 1966 Bled
Lake Bled		  Yugoslavia
3. 1970 St. Catharines
Martindale Pond		  Canada
4. 1974 Lucerne
Rotsee		  Switzerland
5. 1975 Nottingham
Holme Pierrepont		  Great Britain
6. 1977 Amsterdam
Bosbaan		  Netherlands
7. 1978 Hamilton
Lake Karapiro		  New Zealand
8. 1979 Bled
Lake Bled		  Yugoslavia September 3 – September 9
9. 1980 Hazewinkel  Belgium
10. 1981 Munich
Oberschleißheim		  Germany
11. 1982 Lucerne
Rotsee		  Switzerland
12. 1983 Duisburg  Germany
13. 1984 Montreal
Île Notre-Dame		  Canada
14. 1985 Hazewinkel  Belgium
15. 1986 Nottingham
Holme Pierrepont		  Great Britain
16. 1987 Copenhagen  Denmark
17. 1988 Milan  Italy
18. 1989 Bled
Lake Bled		  Yugoslavia September 3 – September 10
19. 1990 Tasmania
Lake Barrington		  Australia October 24 – November 4
20. 1991 Vienna  Austria August 24 – August 25
21. 1992 Montreal
Île Notre-Dame		  Canada
22. 1993 Račice
Roudnice		  Czech Republic May 8 – May 9
23. 1994 Indianapolis
Eagle Creek Park		  United States September 17 – September 18
24. 1995 Tampere
Kaukajaervi		  Finland August 25 – August 27
25. 1996 Motherwell
Strathclyde Country Park		  Great Britain August 5 – August 11
26. 1997 Aiguebelette  France August 31 – September 7
27. 1998 Cologne
Fuehlingen		  Germany September 6 – September 13
28. 1999 St. Catharines
Martindale Pond		  Canada August 22 – August 29
29. 2000 Zagreb
Jarun		  Croatia August 1 – August 6
30. 2001 Lucerne
Rotsee		  Switzerland August 19 – August 26
31. 2002 Seville
Guadalquivir		  Spain September 15 – September 22
32. 2003 Milan
Idroscalo		  Italy August 24 – August 31
33. 2004 Banyoles
Lake of Banyoles		  Spain July 27 – August 1
34. 2005 Kaizu, Gifu
Nagaragawa International Regatta Course		  Japan August 29 – September 4
35. 2006 Dorney
Dorney Lake		  Great Britain August 20 – August 27
36. 2007 Munich
Oberschleißheim		  Germany August 26 – September 2
37. 2008 Ottensheim  Austria July 20 – July 27
38. 2009 Poznań
Lake Malta		  Poland August 23 – August 30
39. 2010 Hamilton
Lake Karapiro		  New Zealand October 29 – November 7
40. 2011 Bled
Lake Bled		  Slovenia August 28 – September 4
41. 2012 Plovdiv  Bulgaria July 18 – July 21
42. 2013 Chungju
Tangeum Lake		  South Korea August 25 – September 1
43. 2014 Amsterdam
Bosbaan		  Netherlands August 24 – August 31
44. 2015 Aiguebelette  France August 30 – September 6
Times Hosted Host Country
4 Switzerland, Canada, Great Britain, Germany
3 Yugoslavia
2 New Zealand, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Spain, France
1 South Korea, Denmark, Australia, Czech Republic, United States, Finland, Croatia, Japan, Poland, Slovenia, Bulgaria

References

  1. ^ The Origins of the Championships, Rowing History, Australia.
  2. ^ Previous Venues, 2010 World Rowing Championships, New Zealand.

External links

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Years
1962 • 1966 • 1970 • 1974 • 1975 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015
Venues
Lucerne 1962 • Bled 1966 • St. Catharines 1970 • Lucerne 1974 • Nottingham 1975 • Amsterdam 1977 • Lake Karapiro 1978 • Bled 1979 • Hazewinkel 1980 • Oberschleißheim 1981 • Lucerne 1982 • Duisburg 1983 • Montreal 1984 • Hazewinkel 1985 • Nottingham 1986 • Copenhagen 1987 • Milan 1988 • Bled 1989 • Lake Barrington 1990 • Vienna 1991 • Montreal 1992 • Račice 1993 • Indianapolis 1994 • Tampere 1995 • Glasgow 1996 • Aiguebelette 1997 • Cologne 1998 • St. Catharines 1999 • Zagreb 2000 • Lucerne 2001 • Seville 2002 • Milan 2003 • Banyoles 2004 • Kaizu, Gifu 2005 • Eton 2006 • Oberschleißheim 2007 • Ottensheim 2008 • Poznań 2009 • Lake Karapiro 2010 • Bled 2011 • Plovdiv 2012 • Chungju 2013 • Amsterdam 2014 • Aiguebelette 2015