List of rowing venues
This list of rowing venues contains the rowing sites, that allow for international rowing regattas (2,000 m), as described by FISA. Most of these sites have hosted an Olympic or world championship regatta.
Olympic venues
(1896) Athens, Greece, Port of Piraeus, Piraeus (bad weather cancelled racing)
(1900) Paris, France, River Seine (4 lanes)
(1904) St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Creve Coeur Lake (overgrown – short)
(1908) London, England, Henley-on-Thames (2 lanes)
(1912) Stockholm, Sweden, Djurgårdsbrunnsviken
(1920) Brussels, Antwerp, Belgium Brussels-Antwerp Canal (2 lanes)- (1924) Paris, France, River Seine (4 lanes)
(1928) Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sloten Canal, Sloten (2 lanes)- (1932) Los Angeles, United States, Long Beach Marine Stadium, Long Beach, California
(1936) Berlin, Germany, Langer See, Grünau (6 lane FISA)- (1948) London, England, Henley-on-Thames (3 lanes)
(1952) Helsinki, Finland, Seurasaarenselkä Bay, Meilahti
(1956) Melbourne, Australia, Lake Wendouree, Ballarat (dry – drought)
(1960) Rome, Italy, Lake Albano (origin of the Albano buoy system)
(1964) Tokyo, Japan, Toda Olympic Rowing Center, Toda, Saitama (6 lane FISA)
(1968) Mexico City, Mexico, Lake Xochimilco (6 lane FISA)- (1972) Munich, Germany, Regattastrecke Oberschleißheim (6 lane FISA)
(1976) Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Montreal Rowing Basin (6 lane FISA)
(1980) Moscow, Russia, Krylatskoye Sports Complex, Krylatskoye (8 lane FISA)- (1984) Los Angeles, United States, Lake Casitas
(1988) Seoul, Korea, Misari Regatta (8 lane FISA)
(1992) Barcelona, Spain, L'estany de Banyoles, Banyoles, (8 lane FISA)- (1996) Atlanta, United States, Lake Lanier, Gainesville, Georgia
- (2000) Sydney, Australia, Sydney International Regatta Centre (8 lane FISA)
- (2004) Athens Greece, Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre, Marathon (8 lane FISA)
(2008) Beijing, China, Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, Shunyi District (8 lane FISA)- (2012) London, England, Dorney Lake, Eton (8 lane FISA)
(2016) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, Lagoa- (2020) Tokyo, Japan, Central Breakwater, Tokyo Bay
European venues
Ada Ciganlija Belgrade, Serbia- Allermöhe, Hamburg, Germany
Bagsvaerd Copenhagen, Denmark- Baldeneysee, Essen, Germany
- Beetzsee, Brandenburg, Germany
- Bosbaan, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Brest, Belarus- Lac du Causse, Brive-la-Gaillarde France
- Canal Olímpic de Catalunya, Castelldefels, Catalonia, Spain
- Centro Sportivo Remiero della Marina Militare, Sabaudia, Italy
- Elfrather See, Krefeld, Germany
- Fühlingen, Cologne, Germany
- Gravelines, France
- Hazewinkel (Bloso Sports Center), Belgium
- Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre, Nottingham, England
- Idroscalo, Milan, Italy
- Ioannina, Greece
- Kaukajärvi, Tampere, Finland
Klagenfurt, Austria
Kruszwica, Poland- Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette, France
Lake Bled, Bled, Slovenia
Lake Jarun, Zagreb, Croatia- La Cartuja, Guadalquivir, Seville, Spain
- Lake Malta, Poznań, Poland
- London Regatta Centre, London, England
- Minsk, Belarus
Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal- Ottensheim, Austria
- Piediluco, Italy
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Račice, Roudnice, Czech Republic- Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake, Caversham, England
Rotsee, Lucerne, Switzerland- Strathclyde Country Park, Motherwell, Scotland
Szegedi Olimpiai Központ, Szeged, Hungary
Trakai, Lithuania- Vaires-sur-Marne, France
- Varese, Italy
- Vienna, Austria
- Wedau, Duisburg, Germany
- Willem-Alexander Baan, Rotterdam, Netherlands
North American venues
- Nathan Benderson Park, Sarasota, United States (Class C, Wind, Heat)
- Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis, United States
- Oklahoma River, Oklahoma City, United States (Class C, Wind, Heat)
- Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course, St. Catharines, Canada (8 lane FISA Class A)
Asian venues
- Nagaragawa International Regatta Course, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Samarkand Rowing Canal, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Sha Tin Rowing Centre, Sha Tin, Hong Kong- Shanghai Water Sports Centre, Dianshan Lake, Shanghai, China
Yarkon River, Tel Aviv, Israel
Oceania venues
- Lake Barrington Tasmania, Australia
Lake Karapiro, Hamilton, New Zealand
South American venues
Laguna de los Padres, Mar del Plata, Argentina
