The World Rowing Championships were the 53rd edition, held from 21 to 28 September 2025 in Shanghai, China, under the organization of the International Federation of Rowing Societies (FISA) and the Chinese Rowing Federation.
Shanghai was supposed to hold the 2021 World Rowing Championships at the Shanghai Water Sports Centre on Dianshan Lake, but the competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2025 event used the venue that had been chosen for the 2021 competition. The competition consisted of all 12 Olympic flatwater events (but not coastal rowing), and a full programme of Paralympic pararowing events. in addition to a further series of non-Olympic lightweight events, and mixed sex events for able-bodied rowers.
Medal summary Medal table
Non-Olympic/Paralympic classes
Medalists Men Openweight events 6:36.75 6:37.17 6:38.60 (b) Mirosław Ziętarski(s) Mateusz Biskup 6:11.97 (b) Martin Mačković(s) Nikolaj Pimenov 6:13.57 (b) Philip Doyle(s) Fintan McCarthy 6:15.13 (b) Luca Chiumento(2) Luca Rambaldi(3) Andrea Panizza(s) Giacomo Gentili 5:48.08 (b) Cedol Dafydd(2) Callum Dixon(3) Matt Haywood(s) Rory Harris 5:50.06 (b) Dominik Czaja(2) Piotr Płomiński(3) Jakub Woźniak(s) Konrad Domański 5:51.34 (b) Oliver Welch(s) Benjamin Taylor 6:37.87 (b) Florin Arteni(s) Florin Lehaci 6:42.85 (b) Jonah Plock(s) Patrick Brunner 6:43.84 (b) Daniel Graham(2) James Robson(3) Douwe De Graaf(s) George Bourne 5:48.48 (b) Ștefan Berariu(2) Sergiu Bejan(3) Andrei Mândrilă(s) Ciprian Tudosă 5:50.56 (b) Lennart van Lierop(2) Melvin Twellaar(3) Guillaume Krommenhoek(s) Gert-Jan van Doorn 5:52.01 Eli BrouwerFinn FlorijnWibout RustenburgJorn SalverdaSander de GraafPieter van VeenJan van der BijMick MakkerJonna de Vries (F) (c) 5:27.67 William StewartArchie DrummondDavid Bewicke-CopleyFergus WoolnoughMiles BeesonSamuel NunnMatt AldridgeMatthew RoweWilliam Denegri (c) 5:29.93 Christian TabashJacob HudginsMichael HermanAlexander HedgeMadison MolitorBilly BenderGus RodríguezPieter QuintonRachel Rane (F) (c) 5:30.09 Lightweight events 6:54.10 6:57.85 6:59.07 (b) Li Yawei(s) Sun Man 6:44.90 (b) Ali Mardiansyah(s) Rafiq Wijdan Yasir 6:47.40 (b) Joachim Agne(s) Paul Maissenhälter 6:50.24
Women Openweight events 7:12.27 7:12.30 7:15.89 (b) Roos de Jong(s) Benthe Boonstra 6:49.34 (b) Chen Yunxia(s) Zhang Ling 6:50.22 Individual Neutral Athletes(b) Tatsiana Klimovich(s) Alena Furman 6:53.26 (b) Lisa Bruijnincx(2) Margot Leeuwenburgh(3) Willemijn Mulder(s) Tessa Dullemans 6:32.92 (b) Sarah McKay(2) Hannah Scott(3) Lola Anderson(s) Becky Wilde 6:34.52 (b) Sarah Wibberenz(2) Frauke Hundeling(3) Lisa Gutfleisch(s) Pia Greiten 6:36.00 (b) Maria Magdalena Rusu(s) Simona Radiș 7:08.52 (b) Emma Cornelis(s) Hézékia Péron 7:13.31 (b) Jessica Thoennes(s) Holly Drapp 7:13.93 (b) Camille Vandermeer(2) Azja Czajkowski(3) Teal Cohen(s) Kaitlin Knifton 6:27.71 (b) Ancuța Bodnar(2) Dumitrița Juncănariu(3) Adriana Adam(s) Amalia Bereș 6:28.44 (b) Juliette Lequeux(2) Rebecca Leigh(3) Isla Blake(s) Alana Sherman 6:31.11 Linn van AanholtNika Johanna VosLisanne Van Der LelijVera SneijdersHermijntje DrenthIlse KolkmanYmkje CleveringTinka OffereinsDieuwke Fetter (c) 6:08.10 Cristina DrugaRoxana AnghelIulia-Liliana BalaucaMaria LehaciAncuța BodnarDumitrița JuncănariuAdriana AdamAmalia BereșVictoria-Ștefania Petreanu (c) 6:10.83 Eleanor BrinkhoffJuliette PerryAmelia StandingMartha BirtlesLauren IrwinEve StewartHeidi LongMegan SlabbertJack Tottem (M) (c) 6:12.66 Lightweight events 7:30.14 7:30.45 7:32.23 (b) Zou Jiaqi(s) Fu Ling 7:26.12 (b) Khadija Krimi(s) Selma Dhaouadi 7:40.90 (b) Alessia Palacios(s) Valeria Palacios 7:46.04
Mixed (b) Fintan McCarthy(s) Margaret Cremen 6:24.22 (b) Roos de Jong(s) Melvin Twellaar 6:24.91 (b) Celia Dupre(s) Raphael Ahumada 6:27.18 Maria Magdalena RusuMaria LehaciAndrada-Maria MoroșanuFlorin LehaciFlorin ArteniCiprian TudosăȘtefan BerariuSimona RadișVictoria-Ștefania Petreanu (c) 5:34.46 Laura MerianoElisa MondelliAisha RocekAlice CodatoGiacomo GentiliAndrea PanizzaNunzio Di ColandreaGiovanni CodatoAlessandra Faella (c) 5:39.58 Isla BlakeJuliette LequeuxRebecca LeighFlynn Eliadis-WatsonCampbell CrouchBenjamin TaylorOliver WelchAlana ShermanHarrison Molloy (c) 5:41.06
Pararowing 8:55.65 9:02.74 9:04.10 10:18.49 10:47.53 10:50.78 (b) Liu Shuang(s) Jiang Jijian 8:07.75 (b) Jasmina Bier(s) Paul Umbach 8:15.58 (b) Shahar Milfelder(s) Saleh Shahin 8:17.15 Valentin LuzKathrin Marchand 6:58.64 Stanislav SamoliukDariia Kotyk 7:05.33 Lisa GreisslSam Stunell 7:06.60 (b) Francesca Allen(2) Giedrė Rakauskaitė(3) Edward Fuller(s) Joshua O'Brien(c) Tom Bryce 6:52.12 (b) Wang Xixi(2) Zeng Wanbin(3) Wu Yunlong(s) Jiang Lingtao(c) Yu Li 6:59.06 (b) Kathrin Marchand(2) Hermine Krumbein(3) Philipp Dosse(s) Marc Lembeck(c) Inga Thöne 7:04.98
Participating nations 672 rowers from 56 countries participated:Entry list by country
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