World Rowing Championships

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).

Boats

Rowing takes place in 23 different boat classes, apart from during Olympic years when only non-Olympic boat classes race. Rowers 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.

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

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 Catherine's 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	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
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

External links

• World Championship Medal Winners
• 2005 World Champs Official Site
• 2006 World Champs Official Site
• 2007 World Champs Official Site