List of Olympic best times in rowing explained

In rowing, there are no world records due to the variability of weather conditions. Instead there are world best times, which are set over the international rowing distance of 2000 meters.

Men's records

† denotes a performance that is also a current world best time.

EventRecordAthlete(s)Country GamesDate
Past events
Coxed four – Inriggers7:39.21912 Stockholm17 July 1912
6:49.831992 Barcelona2 August 1992
Coxed four5:59.371992 Barcelona1 August 1992
Lightweight coxless four5:47.762008 Beijing17 August 2008
Current events
Single sculls6:35.77 Oliver Zeidler2024 Paris1 August 2024[1]
Double sculls6:00.33 2020 Tokyo28 July 2021
Quadruple sculls5:32.03†2020 Tokyo28 July 2021[2]
Coxless pair6:08.50† 2012 London28 July 2012[3]
5:42.76 2020 Tokyo28 July 2021[4]
Eight5:19.85 2004 Athens15 August 2004
6:05.33†2020 Tokyo28 July 2021[5]

Women's records

† denotes a performance that is also a current world best time.

EventRecordAthlete(s)Country GamesDate
Past events
Coxed four6:56.001988 Seoul24 September 1988
Current events
7:13.97 2020 Tokyo30 July 2021[6]
Double sculls6:41.03 2020 Tokyo28 July 2021
Quadruple sculls6:05.13†2020 Tokyo28 July 2021 [7]
Coxless pair 6:47.412020 Tokyo28 July 2021[8]
Coxless four 6:15.3728 July 2021 [9]
Eight5:52.99 2020 Tokyo28 July 2021 [10]
Lightweight double sculls6:41.36 2020 Tokyo28 July 2021 [11]

References

Notes

Citations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Men's Single Scull Semifinal A/B2 Result. olympics.com. 1 August 2024. 4 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Men's Quadruple Sculls Final Results. olympics.com. 28 July 2021. 26 August 2021. 2 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210802230028/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ROW/OG2020-_ROW_C73_ROWMSCULL4------------FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
  3. Web site: OLYMPIC ROWING ROCKS OFF WITH WORLD BEST TIME . 28 July 2012 . . 24 July 2021 .
  4. Web site: Men's Coxless Four Final Results. olympics.com. 28 July 2021. 22 September 2021. 2 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210802230132/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ROW/OG2020-_ROW_C73_ROWMNOCOX4------------FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
  5. Web site: Men's Lightweight Double Sculls Semi-Final Results. olympics.com. 28 July 2021. 9 September 2021. 2 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210802225702/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ROW/OG2020-_ROW_C73_ROWMSCULL2-L----------SFNL000200--.pdf. dead.
  6. Web site: Women's Single Sculls Final Results. olympics.com. 30 July 2021. 22 September 2021. 2 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210802225418/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ROW/OG2020-_ROW_C73_ROWWSCULL1------------FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
  7. Web site: Women's Quadruple Sculls Final Results. olympics.com. 28 July 2021. 9 September 2021. 2 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210802225438/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ROW/OG2020-_ROW_C73_ROWWSCULL4------------FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
  8. Web site: Women's Pair Semifinal A/B 2 Results. olympics.com. 28 July 2021. 22 September 2021. 2 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210802225434/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ROW/OG2020-_ROW_C73_ROWWNOCOX2------------SFNL000200--.pdf. dead.
  9. Web site: Women's Four Final Results. olympics.com. 28 July 2021. 5 October 2021. 2 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210802230011/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ROW/OG2020-_ROW_C73_ROWWNOCOX4------------FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
  10. Web site: Women's Eight Repechage Results. olympics.com. 28 July 2021. 22 September 2021. 2 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210802230544/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ROW/OG2020-_ROW_C73_ROWWCOXED8------------REP-000100--.pdf. dead.
  11. Web site: Women's Lightweight Double Sculls Semifinal A/B 2 Results. olympics.com. 28 July 2021. 22 September 2021. 2 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210802225624/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ROW/OG2020-_ROW_C73_ROWWSCULL2-L----------SFNL000200--.pdf. dead.

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