2026 World Rowing Championships

2026 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Bosbaan
Location	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates	24–30 August
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The 54th World Rowing Championships were held from 24 to 30 August 2026 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, under the organization of World Rowing and the Royal Dutch Rowing Federation (KNRB). ^{[1] [2]}

The event took place at the Bosbaan, the venue that had previously hosted the World Rowing Championships of 1977 and 2014. ^[3] The Bosbaan underwent extensive renovations in order to be ready for the 2026 championship. ^[1]

Unlike all previous World Rowing Championships, the event had a dual leadership. Former Olympic champions Ilse Paulis and Nico Rienks jointly took on the role of Regatta Director. ^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Netherlands)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands*	4	3	3	10
2	Germany	3	2	0	5
3	United States	3	0	6	9
4	Romania	3	0	0	3
5	Great Britain	2	4	2	8
6	Mexico	2	0	1	3
7	Ireland	1	2	0	3
8	Ukraine	1	1	1	3
9	Greece	1	1	0	2
10	Italy	1	0	1	2
11	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1
13	Australia	0	3	2	5
–	Individual Neutral Athletes	0	2	0	2
14	Belgium	0	1	1	2
	France	0	1	1	2
16	China	0	1	0	1
	Serbia	0	1	0	1
	Uruguay	0	1	0	1
19	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
20	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		23	23	23	69

  Non-Olympic/Paralympic classes

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Openweight events
M1x details	Oliver Zeidler   Germany	6:35.22	Yauheni Zalaty Individual Neutral Athletes 1	6:38.33	Jonas Juel   Norway	6:44.03
M2x details	Netherlands (b) Melvin Twellaar (s) Simon van Dorp	6:04.42	Serbia (b) Martin Mačković (s) Nikolaj Pimenov	6:07.58	Belgium (b) Aaron Andries (s) Tibo Vyvey	6:09.73
M4x details	Italy (b) Luca Chiumento (2) Andrea Panizza (3) Luca Rambaldi (S) Giacomo Gentili	5:33.60	Germany (b) Marc Weber (2) Felix Heinrich (3) Jonas Gelsen (S) Ole Hohensee	5:34.46	Great Britain (b) Cedol Dafydd (2) Callum Dixon (3) Tobias Schroder (S) Rory Harris	5:35.40
M2− details	New Zealand (b) Oliver Welch (s) Benjamin Taylor	6:21.93	Australia (b) Angus Dawson (s) Alexander Hill	6:23.87	Italy (b) Matteo Lodo (s) Giovanni Codato	6:27.45
M4− details	United States (b) Gus Rodriguez (2) Peter Chatain (3) Christopher Carlson (S) Pieter Quinton	5:41.57	Netherlands (b) Lennart van Lierop (2) Gert-Jan van Doorn (3) Eli Brouwer (S) Rik Rienks	5:41.84	Great Britain (b) Daniel Graham (2) James Robson (3) Douwe de Graaf (S) George Bourne	5:44.16
M8+ details	Netherlands Ralf Rienks Finn Florijn Wibout Rustenburg Jorn Salverda Sander de Graaf Pieter van Veen Jan van der Bij Mick Makker Jonna de Vries (F) (c)	5:17.75	Great Britain William Stewart Matthew Rowe Gabriel Obholzer Sam Nunn David Bewicke-Copley Harry Geffen Miles Beeson Archie Drummond Tom Bryce (c)	5:17.81	Australia Rohan Lavery Austin Reinehr Alex Nichol Jack Robertson Harry Manton Fergus Hamilton Patrick Long Mitch Salisbury Nicholas Dunlop (c)	5:18.28
Lightweight events
LM1x details	Petros Gkaidatzis   Greece	6:47.77	Felipe Klüver   Uruguay	6:51.50	Alexis López   Mexico	6:52.06
LM2x details	Uzbekistan (b) Shakhzod Nurmatov (s) Sobirjon Safaroliev	6:21.93	Germany (b) Naveen Shah (s) Maximilian Rühling	6:23.87	United States (b) Jamie Copus (s) Sean Richardson	6:27.45

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Openweight events
W1x details	Lauren Henry   Great Britain	7:15.93	Fiona Murtagh   Ireland	7:18.04	Karolien Florijn   Netherlands	7:18.84
W2x details	Ireland (b) Zoe Hyde (s) Margaret Cremen	6:43.48	Netherlands (b) Roos de Jong (s) Benthe Boonstra	6:44.51	Switzerland (b) Salome Ullrich (s) Fabienne Schweizer	6:48.51
W4x details	Netherlands (b) Marieke Keijser (2) Lisa Bruijnincx (3) Margot Leeuwenburgh (S) Tessa Dullemans	6:08.18	Great Britain (b) Lola Anderson (2) Hannah Scott (3) Finnola Stratton (S) Imogen Grant	6:09.78	United States (b) Kristina Wagner (2) Evan Park (3) Sophia Vitas (S) Emily Kallfelz	6:10.33
W2− details	Romania (b) Adriana Adam (s) Simona Radiș	6:49.86	France (b) Emma Cornelis (s) Hezekia Peron	6:56.21	United States (b) Regina Salmons (s) Mia Levy	6:59.76
W4− details	United States (b) Molly Bruggeman (2) Azja Czajkowski (3) Teal Cohen (S) Kaitlin Knifton	6:09.87	Australia (b) Giorgia Patten (2) Bronwyn Cox (3) Jacqueline Swick (S) Georgina Rowe	6:12.40	Netherlands (b) Ymkje Clevering (2) Nika Johanna Vos (3) Linn van Aanholt (S) Tinka Offereins	6:13.74
W8+ details	Romania Cristina Drugă Geanina Dumitrița Juncănariu Ancuța Bodnar Maria Lehaci Maria-Magdalena Rusu Amalia Chelaru Adriana Adam Simona Radiș Victoria-Ștefania Petreanu (c)	5:51.88	United Kingdom Elizabeth Witt Jade Lindo Amelia Standing Katherine George Lauren Irwin Eve Stewart Heidi Long Annie Campbell-Orde Jack Tottem (M) (c)	5:52.76	United States Dahlia Levine Megan Lee Charlotte Buck Jess Thoennes Claire Collins Camille Vandermeer Alexandria Vallancey-Martinson Etta Carpender Nina Castagna (c)	5:53.76
Lightweight events
LW1x details	Kenia Lechuga   Mexico	7:29.16	Mariia Zhovner Individual Neutral Athletes 1	7:32.73	Femke van de Vliet   Netherlands	7:35.56
LW2x details	Mexico (b) Aylin Ibarra (s) Melissa Márquez	7:10.02	Greece (b) Paschalina Mouratidou (s) Gavriela Lioliou	7:12.05	Tunisia (b) Khadija Krimi (s) Selma Dhaouadi	7:14.90

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Mix2x details	Netherlands Roos de Jong Simon van Dorp	6:15.80	Ireland Konan Pazzaia Margaret Cremen	6:22.34	United States Sophia Vitas Cedar Cunningham	6:22.75
Mix8+ details	Romania Cristina Drugă Amalia Chelaru Adriana Adam Florin Lehaci Cosmin Iulian Plesescu Ciprian Tudosă Ștefan Berariu Simona Radiș Victoria-Ștefania Petreanu (F) (c)	5:35.75	Netherlands Linn van Aanholt Nika Johanna Vos Ymkje Clevering Gert-Jan van Doorn Lennart van Lierop Eli Brouwer Rik Rienks Tinka Offereins Richelle Rietdijk (F) (c)	5:38.42	United States Molly Bruggeman Azja Czajkowski Teal Cohen Gus Rodríguez Peter Chatain Chris Carlson Pieter Quinton Kate Knifton Rachel Rane (F) (c)	5:38.61

Pararowing

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
PR1M1x details	Benjamin Pritchard   Great Britain	8:50.46	Erik Horrie   Australia	8:57.27	Roman Polianskyi   Ukraine	9:01.38
PR1W1x details	Anna Sheremet   Ukraine	9:48.91	Laurence Vandevyver   Belgium	10:17.77	Claire Ghiringhelli   Switzerland	10:39.76
PR2Mix2x details	Germany (b) Jasmina Bier (s) Paul Umbach	8:08.26	China (b) Liu Shuang (s) Jiang Jijian	8:09.24	Israel (b) Shahar Milfelder (s) Saleh Shahin	8:14.46
PR3Mix2x details	Germany (b) Valentin Luz (s) Kathrin Marchand	7:03.97	Ukraine (b) Stanislav Samoliuk (s) Dariia Kotyk	7:09.28	Australia (b) Ella Marshall (s) Sam Stunell	7:12.56
PR3Mix4+ details	United States (b) Gabriella Bigler (2) Skylar Dahl (3) Maxwell Allemeier (s) Alex Flynn (c) Hannah Diaz	6:46.60	Great Britain (b) Francesca Allen (2) Charlotte Coburn (3) Jonty Ridley (s) Joshua O'Brien (c) Omar Al-Miqdadi	6:47.87	France (b) Eva David (2) Helene Balzac (3) Grégoire Bireau (s) Laurent Cadot (c) Maiwenn Dumont	6:50.73

References

1. "World Rowing – 2026 World Rowing Championships: Paulis and Rienks appointed as regatta directors, Staatsloterij as main national sponsor". World Rowing . 10 July 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
2. Athletics, Cal (30 August 2026). "Cal Men's Rowing Collects Medals At Senior Worlds". Cal. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
3. "2026 World Rowing Championships". World Rowing . Retrieved 13 September 2025.

External links

• Official website
• World Rowing event