World Rowing Championships
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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).
[edit] 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. After 2007, the coxed fours (4+) will no longer run as 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 | |
[edit] 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
[edit] External links
- World Championship Medal Winners
- 2005 World Champs Official Site
- 2006 World Champs Official Site
- 2007 World Champs Official Sitede:Ruder-Weltmeisterschaft
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