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.
The Vesper Boat Club is an amateur rowing club located at #10 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1865 as the Washington Barge Club, the Club changed its name to Vesper Boat Club in 1870. Vesper's stated goal is "to produce Olympic champions." Most recently, that goal was achieved by Devery Karz and Kathleen Bertko in the 2016 Summer Olympics
Simon Schürch is a Swiss rower. He won gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the men's lightweight four, with the team being coached by New Zealander Ian Wright. He also competed in the Men's lightweight coxless four event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
The rowing competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 13 August 2016 at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon in Lagoa. Fourteen medal events were being contested by 547 athletes, 334 men and 213 women.
The rowing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place between 23 and 30 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo Bay. Fourteen medal events were contested by 526 athletes.
The men's single sculls rowing event at the 2015 Pan American Games was held from July 11–15 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines.
The men's double sculls rowing event at the 2015 Pan American Games was held from July 11–13 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines.
The women's single sculls rowing event at the 2015 Pan American Games was held from July 12–14 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines.
The women's lightweight single sculls rowing event at the 2015 Pan American Games was held from July 12–15 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines.
The women's double sculls rowing event at the 2015 Pan American Games was held from July 11–13 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines.
The men's lightweight double sculls rowing event at the 2015 Pan American Games was held from July 11–14 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines.
The women's lightweight double sculls rowing event at the 2015 Pan American Games was held from July 11–14 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines.
The men's quadruple sculls rowing event at the 2015 Pan American Games was held from July 12–14 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines.
The women's quadruple sculls rowing event at the 2015 Pan American Games was held from July 12–15 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines.
The men's coxless pair rowing event at the 2015 Pan American Games was held from July 12–14 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines.
The men's coxless four rowing event at the 2015 Pan American Games was held from July 11–13 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines.
The women's coxless pair rowing event at the 2015 Pan American Games was held from July 11–13 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines.
The men's lightweight coxless four rowing event at the 2015 Pan American Games was held from July 12–15 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines.
The 1975 World Rowing Championships was the fifth World Rowing Championships. It was held from 21 to 30 August at Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre in Nottingham, England.
Lyall McCarthy OAM is a former Australian national champion lightweight rower and national rowing coach. He has coached Australian crews to gold medals at the World Rowing Championships and the Olympic Games.
