This list of rowing venues contains the rowing sites, that allow for international rowing regattas (2,000 m), as described by FISA. Most of these sites have hosted an Olympic or world championship regatta.
This list of rowing venues contains the rowing sites, that allow for international rowing regattas (2,000 m), as described by FISA. Most of these sites have hosted an Olympic or world championship regatta.
(1896) Athens, Greece - Port of Piraeus, Piraeus (bad weather cancelled racing)
(1900) Paris, France - River Seine (4 lanes)
(1904) St. Louis, Missouri, United States - Creve Coeur Lake (overgrown – short)
(1908) London, England - Henley-on-Thames (2 lanes)
(1912) Stockholm, Sweden - Djurgårdsbrunnsviken 
(1920) Brussels, Antwerp - Belgium Brussels-Antwerp Canal (2 lanes) (1924) Paris, France - River Seine (4 lanes)
(1928) Amsterdam, Netherlands - Sloten Canal, Sloten (2 lanes) (1932) Los Angeles, United States - Long Beach Marine Stadium, Long Beach, California 
(1936) Berlin, Germany - Langer See, Grünau (6 lane FISA) (1948) London, England - Henley-on-Thames (3 lanes)
(1952) Helsinki, Finland - Seurasaarenselkä Bay, Meilahti 
(1956) Melbourne, Australia - Lake Wendouree, Ballarat (dry – drought)
(1960) Rome, Italy - Lake Albano (origin of the Albano buoy system)
(1964) Tokyo, Japan - Toda Rowing Course, Toda, Saitama (6 lane FISA)
(1968) Mexico City, Mexico - Lake Xochimilco (6 lane FISA) (1972) Munich, Germany - Regattastrecke Oberschleißheim (6 lane FISA)
(1976) Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Montreal Rowing Basin (6 lane FISA)
(1980) Moscow, Russia - Krylatskoye Rowing Canal, Krylatskoye (8 lane FISA) (1984) Los Angeles, United States - Lake Casitas 
(1988) Seoul, Korea - Misari Regatta (8 lane FISA)
(1992) Barcelona, Spain - L'estany de Banyoles, Banyoles, (8 lane FISA) (1996) Atlanta, United States - Lake Lanier, Gainesville, Georgia (2000) Sydney, Australia - Sydney International Regatta Centre (8 lane FISA) (2004) Athens Greece - Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre, Marathon (8 lane FISA)
(2008) Beijing, China - Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, Shunyi District (8 lane FISA) (2012) London, England - Dorney Lake, Eton (8 lane FISA)
(2016) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, Lagoa (2020) Tokyo, Japan - Sea Forest Waterway, Tokyo Bay (2024) Paris, France - Vaires-Sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, Vaires-sur-Marne (2028) Los Angeles, United States - Lake Perris, Perris (2032) Brisbane, Australia - TBD
Ada Ciganlija Belgrade, Serbia Allermöhe, Hamburg, Germany
Bagsvaerd Copenhagen, Denmark Baldeneysee, Essen, Germany Beetzsee, Brandenburg, Germany Bosbaan, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Brest, Belarus Lac du Causse, Brive-la-Gaillarde France Canal Olímpic de Catalunya, Castelldefels, Catalonia, Spain Centro Sportivo Remiero della Marina Militare, Sabaudia, Italy Elfrather See, Krefeld, Germany Fühlingen, Cologne, Germany Gravelines, France Hazewinkel (Bloso Sports Center), Belgium Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre, Nottingham, England Idroscalo, Milan, Italy Ioannina, Greece Kaukajärvi, Tampere, Finland
Klagenfurt, Austria
Kruszwica, Poland Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette, France
Lake Bled, Bled, Slovenia
Lake Jarun, Zagreb, Croatia La Cartuja, Guadalquivir, Seville, Spain Lake Malta, Poznań, Poland London Regatta Centre, London, England Minsk, Belarus
Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal Ottensheim, Austria Piediluco, Italy
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Račice, Roudnice, Czech Republic Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake, Caversham, England
Rotsee, Lucerne, Switzerland Strathclyde Country Park, Motherwell, Scotland
Szegedi Olimpiai Központ, Szeged, Hungary
Trakai, Lithuania Vaires-sur-Marne, France Varese, Italy Vienna, Austria Wedau, Duisburg, Germany Willem-Alexander Baan, Rotterdam, Netherlands Nathan Benderson Park, Sarasota, United States (Class C, Wind, Heat) Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis, United States Oklahoma River, Oklahoma City, United States (Class C, Wind, Heat) Mercer Lake, West Windsor, New Jersey United States Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course, St. Catharines, Canada (8 lane FISA Class A)
Jakabaring Lake, Palembang, Indonesia Manggar Reservoir, Balikpapan, Indonesia Nagaragawa International Regatta Course, Gifu Prefecture, Japan 
Samarkand Rowing Canal, Samarkand, Uzbekistan 
Sha Tin Rowing Centre, Sha Tin, Hong Kong Shanghai Water Sports Centre, Dianshan Lake, Shanghai, China Situ Cipule, Karawang Regency, Indonesia 
Yarkon River, Tel Aviv, Israel Youtefa Bay, Jayapura, Indonesia Champion Lakes, Perth Western Australia, Australia Lake Barrington Tasmania, Australia
Lake Karapiro, Hamilton, New Zealand
Laguna de los Padres, Mar del Plata, Argentina Lago Paranoá, Brasília, Brazil
Laguna Grande, San Pedro de la Paz, Chile 
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