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

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.

At the 2017 FISA Ordinary Congress there were further revisions, removing M2+ and LM4- from the World Championships, and reinstating LW2-.

For the 2025 World championships further changes were made to the roster of boat classes with the removal of the LM2-, LW2-, LM4x, LW4x and the addition of the mixed 2x and mixed 8+

BoatMenLwt menWomenLwt women1xSingle scullsOWCOWC2xDouble scullsOWCOWC2-Coxless pairsOO2+Coxed pairs4xQuad scullsOO4-Coxless foursOO4+Coxed fours8+EightsOO

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).

EditionYearHost cityHost countryRowing eventsPararowing events1 1962 Lucerne 7 -2 1966 Bled 7 -3 1970 St. Catharines 7 -4 1974 Lucerne 17 -5 1975 Nottingham 17 -6 1976 Villach 3 -7 1977 Amsterdam 17 -8 1978 Copenhagen 4 -8 1978 Cambridge 14 -9 1979 Bled 18 -10 1980 Heindonk 4 -11 1981 Oberschleißheim 18 -12 1982 Lucerne 18 -13 1983 Duisburg 18 -14 1984 Montreal 8 -15 1985 Heindonk 21 -16 1986 Nottingham 21 -17 1987 Copenhagen 21 -18 1988 Milan 7 -19 1989 Bled 22 -20 1990 Tasmania 22 -21 1991 Vienna 22 -22 1992 Montreal 8 -23 1993 Račice 23 -24 1994 Indianapolis 23 -25 1995 Tampere 24 -26 1996 Motherwell 10 -27 1997 Aiguebelette-le-Lac 24 -28 1998 Cologne 24 -29 1999 St. Catharines 24 -30 2000 Zagreb 10 -31 2001 Lucerne 24 -32 2002 Seville 24 233 2003 Milan 24 434 2004 Banyoles 9 335 2005 Kaizu 23 336 2006 Dorney 23 437 2007 Oberschleißheim 23 438 2008 Ottensheim 8 -39 2009 Poznań 22 540 2010 Cambridge 22 5 41 2011 Bled 22 542 2012 Plovdiv 7 -43 2013 Chungju 22 544 2014 Amsterdam 22 545 2015 Aiguebelette-le-Lac 22 446 2016 Rotterdam 7 147 2017 Sarasota 21 548 2018 Plovdiv 20 949 2019 Ottensheim 20 9 2020 Bled 2021 Shanghai 50 2022 Račice 20 951 2023 Belgrade 19 852 2024 St. Catharines 5153 2025 Shanghai 18 554 2026 Amsterdam 18 555 2027 Lucerne

Hosts (1962–2024) Times hosted Host country54 (including West Germany), , 3 , , 2 , , , , , , , , 1 , , , , , , ,

Medals Source:

Rowing (1962–2026)

Pararowing (2002–2024)

Multiple medallists AthleteNationBornTot. Daniele Gilardoni 1976111113 Matthew Pinsent 1970100212 Steve Redgrave 196292112 Franco Sancassani 197492112 Francesco Esposito 195591111 Giuseppe Di Capua 195883112 Andrea Re 196381211 Simona Radis 19998109

Scull and sweep medalists incomplete list

Rower Total Scull Sweep Disciplines# ofdisciplines # ofdisciplines # ofdisciplines Scull Sweep Michiel Bartman 3 41 12 3M4x M4+, M8+ Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar 3 51 32 2W2x W4-, W8+ Karolien Florijn 3 42 31 1W1x, W4x W4- Ronald Florijn 3 41 11 2M2x M4-, M8+ Daniele Gilardoni 2 131 121 1LM4x LM8+ Mario Gyr 2 21 11 1LM2x LM4- Katherine Grainger 5 83 62 2W1x, W2x, W4x W2-, W8+ Kathleen Heddle 4 52 32 2W2x, W4x W2-, W8+ Elisabeta Lipă 5 133 92 4W1x, W2x, W4x W2-, W8+ Marnie McBean 5 72 33 4W2x, W4x W2-, W4-, W8+ Simona Radiș 4 91 33 6W2x W2-, W8+, mix8+ Nico Rienks 2 41 21 2M2x M8+ Franco Sancassani 3 121 102 2LM4x LM2-, LM8+ Simon Schürch 2 21 11 1LM2x LM4- Greg Searle 4 71 13 6M1x M2+, M4-, M8+ Diederik Simon 2 21 11 1M4x M8+ Martin Sinković 3 92 61 3M2x, M4x M2- Valent Sinković 3 92 61 3M2x, M4x M2- Olivia van Rooijen 2 31 31 1W4x W8- Henk-Jan Zwolle 2 31 11 2M2x M8+ Michael Buchheit 3 51 12 4LM2x 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.

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