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.[ citation needed ]
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.[ citation needed ]
† denotes a performance that is also a current world best time.
| Event | Record | Athlete(s) | Country | Games | Date | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past events | ||||||
| Coxed four – Inriggers [lower-alpha 1] | 7:39.2 |  Sweden | 1912 Stockholm | 17 July 1912 | ||
| Coxed pair | 6:49.83 |  Great Britain | 1992 Barcelona | 2 August 1992 | ||
| Coxed four | 5:59.37 |  Romania | 1992 Barcelona | 1 August 1992 | ||
| Lightweight coxless four | 5:47.76 |  Denmark | 2008 Beijing | 17 August 2008 | ||
| Current events | ||||||
| Single sculls | 6:41.34 [lower-alpha 2] | Mahé Drysdale |  New Zealand | 2016 Rio | 13 August 2016 | [1] |
| Double sculls | 6:08.38 |  Netherlands | 2020 Tokyo | 23 July 2021 | [2] [3] | |
| Quadruple sculls | 5:32.03† | Netherlands | 2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [4] | |
| Coxless pair | 6:08.50† | New Zealand | 2012 London | 28 July 2012 | [5] | |
| Coxless four | 5:42.76 |  Australia | 2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [6] | |
| Eight | 5:19.85 |  United States | 2004 Athens | 15 August 2004 | ||
| Lightweight double sculls | 6:05.33† |  Ireland | 2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [7] | |
† denotes a performance that is also a current world best time.
| Event | Record | Athlete(s) | Country | Games | Date | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past events | ||||||
| Coxed four | 6:56.00 |  East Germany | 1988 Seoul | 24 September 1988 | ||
| Current events | ||||||
| Single sculls | 7:13.97 | Emma Twigg | New Zealand | 2020 Tokyo | 30 July 2021 | [8] |
| Double sculls | 6:44.33 | Great Britain | 2012 London | 30 July 2012 | ||
| Quadruple sculls | 6:05.13† |  China | 2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [9] | |
| Coxless pair | 6:47.41 | New Zealand | 2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [10] | |
| Coxless four | 6:15.37 | Australia | 2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [11] | |
| Eight | 5:52.99 | Romania | 2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [12] | |
| Lightweight double sculls | 6:41.36 |  Italy | 2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [13] | |
Rowing at the Summer Olympics has been part of the competition since its debut in the 1900 Summer Olympics. Rowing was on the program at the 1896 Summer Olympics but was cancelled due to bad weather. Only men were allowed to compete until the women's events were introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal which gave national federations the incentive to support women's events and catalysed growth in women's rowing. Lightweight rowing events were introduced to the games in 1996. Qualifying for the rowing events is under the jurisdiction of the World Rowing Federation. World Rowing predates the modern Olympics and was the first international sport federation to join the modern Olympic movement.
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The Netherlands dominated across the board as men's double sculls pair Melvin Twellaar and Stef Broenink set a new Olympic best, scorching their opening heat in 6:08.38 and upending an Olympic best set minutes earlier by 2018 World Champions Hugo Boucheron and Matthieu Androdias of France.