List of world best times in rowing

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There are no world records in rowing due to the huge variability that weather conditions can have on times. Instead, there are world best times, which are set over the international rowing distance of 2,000 m.

On-water records

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Rowing times are strongly affected by weather conditions, and to a lesser extent by water temperature – the majority of 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, World Rowing 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 Rowing Championships held on the Nagara River at Kaizu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, but due to a fast current caused by heavy rainfall from the remnants of Typhoon Mawar, World Rowing declared that the race results were not eligible to be considered as world best times.

There is a category for lightweight rowing. For men, the crew average, wearing racing kit, cannot exceed 70 kg (154 lb) and no rower may be over 72.5 kg (160 lb). For women, the limits are 57 kg (126 lb) and 59 kg (130 lb).[1]

Hamish Bond and Eric Murray hold the record for most consecutive wins with 69.[2]

Boat Time Crew Nation Date Event Location Ref
M1x
Single sculls
6:30.74 Robbie Manson   New Zealand 2017 Final
World Cup II
Poznań, Poland [3][4]
M2-
Coxless pair
6:08.50 Hamish Bond
Eric Murray
  New Zealand 2012 Heat
Olympic Games
Dorney, United Kingdom [5][6]
M2+
Coxed pair
6:33.26 Hamish Bond
Eric Murray
Caleb Shepherd (cox)
  New Zealand 2014 Final
World Championships
Amsterdam, Netherlands [3][6]
M2x
Double sculls
5:59.72 Martin Sinković
Valent Sinković
  Croatia 2014 Semi-final
World Championships
Amsterdam, Netherlands [3][7]
M4-
Coxless four
5:37.86 Andrew Triggs Hodge
Tom James
Pete Reed
Alex Gregory
  Great Britain 2012 Heat
World Cup II
Lucerne, Switzerland [3][8]
M4+
Coxed four
5:58.96 Matthias Ungemach
Armin Eichholz
Armin Weyrauch
Bahne Rabe
Jörg Dederding (cox)
  Germany 1991 Final
World Championships
Vienna, Austria [3][9]
M4x
Quadruple sculls
5:32.03 Dirk Uittenbogaard
Abe Wiersma
Tone Wieten
Koen Metsemakers
  Netherlands 28 July 2021 Final
Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan [3][10]
M8+
Eight
5:18.68 Johannes Weißenfeld
Felix Wimberger
Max Planer
Torben Johannesen
Jakob Schneider
Malte Jakschik
Richard Schmidt
Hannes Ocik
Martin Sauer (cox)
  Germany 2017 Final
World Cup II
Poznań, Poland [3][11]
LM1x
Lightweight single sculls
6:39.56 Niels Torre   Italy 18 August 2024 Heat
World Championships
St. Catharines, Canada [3][12]
LM2-
Lightweight coxless pair
6:22.91 Simon Niepmann
Lucas Tramèr
  Switzerland 2014 Final
World Championships
Amsterdam, Netherlands [3][13]
LM2x
Lightweight double sculls
6:05.33 Fintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan
  Ireland 28 July 2021 Semi-final
Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan [3][14]
LM4-
Lightweight coxless four
5:43.16 Kasper Winther Jørgensen
Jacob Larsen
Jacob Barsøe
Morten Jørgensen
  Denmark 2014 Semi-final
World Championships
Amsterdam, Netherlands [3][15]
LM4x
Lightweight quadruple sculls
5:42.75 Georgios Konsolas
Spyridon Giannaros
Panagiotis Magdanis
Eleftherios Konsolas
  Greece 2014 Final
World Championships
Amsterdam, Netherlands [3][16]
LM8+
Lightweight eight
5:30.24 Klaus Altena
Christian Dahlke
Thomas Melges
Bernhard Stomporowski
Michael Kobor
Uwe Maerz
Michael Buchheit
Kai von Warburg
Olaf Kaska (cox)
  Germany 1992 Heat
World Championships
Montreal, Canada [3][17]

The greatest distance rowed in 24 hours is 342 km (212.5 miles) by Hannes Obreno, Pierre de Loof, Tim Brys, Mathieu Foucaud, Thijs Obreno, Giel Vanschoenbeek, Arjan van Belle and Thibaut Schollaert (all Belgians) on the Watersportbaan in Ghent, Belgium, on 2–3 October 2014. All eight participants were members of a student rowing club called VSR (Vlaamse Studentenvereniging der Roeiers [translates to Flanders Student Rowing Club]).

The greatest distance rowed in 1 hour is 17,555 m (10.91 miles) by the Delftse Studenten Roeiverening Proteus-Eretes during the Hour boat race on 17 December 2017.

Women

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Boat Time Crew Nation Date Event Location Ref
W1x
Single sculls
7:07.71 Rumyana Neykova   Bulgaria 2002 Final
World Championships
Seville, Spain [3]
W2-
Coxless pair
6:47.11 Annabelle McIntyre
Jessica Morrison
  Australia 24 June 2023 Final
Holland Beker Regatta
Amsterdam, Netherlands [18][19]
W2x
Double sculls
6:37.31 Olympia Aldersey
Sally Kehoe
  Australia 2014 Semi-final
World Championships
Amsterdam, Netherlands [3][20]
W4-
Coxless four
6:14.36 Grace Prendergast
Kayla Pratt
Kerri Gowler
Kelsey Bevan
  New Zealand 2014 Final
World Championships
Amsterdam, Netherlands [3][21]
W4x
Quadruple sculls
6:05.13 Chen Yunxia
Zhang Ling
Lü Yang
Cui Xiaotong
  China 28 July 2021 Final
Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan [3][22]
W8+
Eight
5:52.99 Magdalena Rusu
Viviana Bejinariu
Georgiana Dedu
Maria Tivodariu
Ioana Vrinceanu
Amalia Beres
Madalina Beres
Denisa Tilvescu
Daniela Druncea (cox)
  Romania 28 July 2021 Repechage
Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan [3][23]
LW1x
Lightweight single sculls
7:23.36 Imogen Grant   Great Britain 9 July 2022 Final
World Cup III
Lucerne, Switzerland [24][3]
LW2-
Lightweight coxless pair
7:17.02 Jessika Sobocinska
Katarzyna Wełna
  Poland 24 August 2024 Final
World Championships
St. Catharines, Canada [25]
LW2x
Lightweight double sculls
6:40.47 Emily Craig
Imogen Grant
  Great Britain 17 June 2023 Semi-final
World Cup II
Varese, Italy [26]
LW4x
Lightweight quadruple sculls
6:15.95 Mirte Kraaijkamp
Elisabeth Woerner
Maaike Head
Ilse Paulis
  Netherlands 2014 Final
World Championships
Amsterdam, Netherlands [27][3]

Indoor records

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These results are based on a standard distance of 2,000 meters.

SIR – Static Indoor Rower (Indoor Rower) – Concept2
IRwS – Indoor Rower with Slides (Slides) – Concept2
DIR – Dynamic Indoor Rower (Dynamic)[28][29]
DIR Concept2
DIR RP3
Type Category Time Split Nation Year Name
SIR Open Men 5:35.8 1:23.9   Australia 2018 Josh Dunkley-Smith
SIR Lightweight Men 5:56.7 1:29.2   Denmark 2012 Henrik Stephansen
SIR Open Women 6:21.1 1:35.3   United States 2021 Brooke Mooney
SIR Lightweight Women 6:53.8 1:43.4   Canada 2019 Jennifer Casson
IRwS Open Men 5:40.6 1:25.1   United States 2024 Marcus Cannon Lorgen
IRwS Lightweight Men 6:06.0 1:31.5   United States 2023 Jamie Copus
IRwS Open Women 6:46.8 1:41.7   United States 2006 Taliesin Davies
IRwS Lightweight Women 7:29.7 1:52.4   United States 2008 Lynn Bender
DIR C2 Open Men 5:41.8 1:25.4   New Zealand 2012 Eric Murray
DIR RP3 5:25.5[30] 1:21.3   Germany 2023 Oliver Zeidler
DIR Lightweight Men 6:15.6 1:33.9   Great Britain 2017 Tom Foster
DIR Open Women 8:00.6 2:00.1   United States 2015 Karen Alt
DIR Lightweight Women 8:10.4 2:02.6   United States 2013 Elizabeth Sheldon
  • Lwt Men: 75 kg (165 lb) maximum weight
  • Lwt Women: 61.5 kg (136 lb) maximum weight[31]

Note: the standard machine for indoor records is the Concept2 indoor rower. "Split" refers to the average time to complete 500 m (i.e., the 2,000 m time divided by 4).

References

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