Rowing World Records

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The Rowing World Records are the fastest times set over the international rowing distance of 2,000 m. They are believed to be correct as of August 2006.

Indoor records set on the Concept2 indoor rower. Split refers to the average time to complete 500 m (i.e. the 2,000 m time divided by 4).

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It is worth noting that rowing times are strongly affected by weather conditions, and to a lesser extent by water temperature - the majority of the these times were set in warm water with a strong tailwind. World best rowing times have also decreased because of improvements in technology to both the boats and the oars, along with improvements in the conditioning of the rowers.

Because environmental conditions have a strong impact on boat speed, FISA, recognizes world best times instead of world records. A world best time is one recorded on a regatta course that has previously held the World Championships, Olympic Games, or World Cup since 1980. A number of record times were set at the 2005 World Championships held on the Nagara River at Gifu, Japan, but due to a fast current caused by heavy rainfall from the remnants of Typhoon Mawar, FISA declared that the race results were not eligible to be considered as world best times.

  • Lwt Men: Crew average 70 kg (154 lb) - no rower over 72.5 kg (159 lb)
  • Lwt Women: Crew average 57 kg (125 lb) - no one over 59 kg (130 lb)

Boat Time Split Nation Location Year Crew
M1x 6:35.40 1:38.8 NZL Eton 2006 Mahe Drysdale
M2- 6:14.27 1:33.5 GBR Seville 2002 Matthew Pinsent, James Cracknell
M2+ 6:42.16 1:40.5 CRO Indianapolis 1994 Igor Boraska, Tihomir Frankovic, Milan Razov (coxswain)
M2x 6:03.25 1:30.8 FRA Poznań 2006 Adrien Hardy, Jean-Baptiste Macquet
M4- 5:41.35 1:25.3 GER Seville 2002 Sebastien Thormann, Paul Dienstbach, Philip Stueer, Bernd Heidicker
M4+ 5:58.96 1:29.7 GER Vienna 1991 Matthias Ungemach, Armin Eichholz, Armin Weyrauch, Bahne Rabe, Joerg Dederding (coxswain)
M4x 5:37.31 1:24.3 POL Poznań 2006 Adam Korol, Michał Jeliński, Marek Kolbowicz, Konrad Wasielewski
M8+ 5:19.85 1:19.9 USA Athens 2004 Jason Read, Wyatt Allen, Chris Ahrens, Joseph Hansen, Matt Deakin, Dan Beery, Beau Hoopman, Bryan Volpenhein, Peter Cipollone (coxswain)
LM1x 6:47.82 1:41.9 GBR Eton 2006 Zac Purchase
LM2- 6:28.41 1:37.1 GER Eton 2006 Otto Felix, Ole Rueckbrodt
LM2x 6:10.80 1:32.7 ITA Seville 2002 Elia Luini, Leonardo Pettinari
LM4- 5:45.60 1:26.4 DEN Lucerne 1999 Thomas Poulsen, Thomas Ebert, Eskild Ebbesen, Victor Feddersen
LM4x 5:45.18 1:26.2 ITA Montreal 1992 Francesco Esposito, Massimo Lana, Michelangelo Crispi, Massimo Guglielmi
LM8+ 5:30.24 1:22.5 GER Montreal 1992 Klaus Altena, Christian Dahlke, Thomas Melges, Bernhard Stomporowski, Michael Kobor, Uwe Maerz, Michael Buchheit, Kai von Warburg, Olaf Kaska (coxswain)

Boat Time Split Nation Location Year Crew
W1x 7:07.71 1:46.9 BUL Seville 2002 Roumiana Neykova
W2- 6:53.80 1:43.4 ROM Lucerne 1999 Georgeta Andrunache, Viorica Susanu
W2x 6:38.78 1:39.6 NZL Seville 2002 Georgina Evers-Swindell, Caroline Evers-Swindell
W4- 6:25.35 1:36.3 AUS Eton 2006 Kate Hornsey, Amber Bradley, Jo Lutz, Robyn Selby Smith
W4x 6:10.80 1:32.7 GER Duisburg 1996 Kathrin Boron, Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, Jana Sorgers, Kerstin Koeppen
W8+ 5:55.50 1:28.8 USA Eton 2006 Caryn Davies, Caroline Lind, Susan Francia, Anna Mickelson, Lindsay Shoop, Anna Goodale, Megan Cooke, Brett Sickler, Mary Whipple (coxswain)
LW1x 7:15.88 1:48.9 NED Lucerne 1999 Marit van Eupen
LW2- 7:18.32 1:49.5 AUS Aiguebelette 1997 Eliza Blair, Justine Joyce
LW2x 6:49.77 1:42.4 CHN Poznań 2006 Shimin Yan, Dongxiang Xu
LW4x 6:23.96 1:35.9 CHN Eton 2006 Liu Jing, Fan Xuefei, Chen Haixia, Yu Hua

Category Time Split Nation Year Name
Open Men 5:37.0 1:24.2 GER 2001 Matthias Siejkowski
Lwt Men 6:02.6 1:30.7 ITA 2004 Elia Luini
Open Women 6:28.4 1:37.1 FRA 2005 Sophie Balmary
Lwt Women 6:56.7 1:44.1 USA 2000 Lisa Schlenker
  • Lwt Men: 165 lb (74.8 kg) maximum weight
  • Lwt Women: 135 lb (61.2 kg) maximum weight

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