Rowing has been contested at every Asian Games since its introduction to the program at the 1982 Asian Games. [1]
| Games | Year | Host city | Best nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| IX | 1982 | New Delhi, India |  China |
| X | 1986 | Seoul, South Korea | China |
| XI | 1990 | Beijing, China | China |
| XII | 1994 | Hiroshima, Japan | China |
| XIII | 1998 | Bangkok, Thailand | China |
| XIV | 2002 | Busan, South Korea | China |
| XV | 2006 | Doha, Qatar | China |
| XVI | 2010 | Guangzhou, China | China |
| XVII | 2014 | Incheon, South Korea | China |
| XVIII | 2018 | Jakarta–Palembang, Indonesia | China |
| XIX | 2022 | Hangzhou, China | China |
| Event | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | ||||||||||||
| Single sculls | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| Double sculls | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 | ||
| Quadruple sculls | X | X | X | 3 | ||||||||
| Coxless pair | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||||
| Coxed pair | X | X | 2 | |||||||||
| Coxless four | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | ||||
| Coxed four | X | X | 2 | |||||||||
| Eight | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | ||||
| Lightweight single sculls | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | ||||
| Lightweight double sculls | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 | ||
| Lightweight quadruple sculls | X | 1 | ||||||||||
| Lightweight coxless four | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||||
| Lightweight eight | X | 1 | ||||||||||
| Women | ||||||||||||
| Single sculls | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 | |
| Double sculls | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||||
| Quadruple sculls | X | X | 2 | |||||||||
| Coxless pair | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 | |||
| Coxless four | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 | |||
| Coxed four | X | 1 | ||||||||||
| Eight | X | 1 | ||||||||||
| Lightweight single sculls | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | ||||
| Lightweight double sculls | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 | ||
| Lightweight quadruple sculls | X | X | X | X | 4 | |||||||
| Lightweight coxless four | X | X | 2 | |||||||||
| Total | 4 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 103 | 6 | 2 | 111 |
| 2 |  Japan (JPN) | 9 | 38 | 13 | 60 |
| 3 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 |  South Korea (KOR) | 4 | 23 | 23 | 50 |
| 5 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 2 | 12 | 8 | 22 |
| 6 |  India (IND) | 2 | 7 | 19 | 28 |
| 7 |  Iran (IRI) | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 |  Vietnam (VIE) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 |  Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 |
| 10 |  North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 11 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 12 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 |  Thailand (THA) | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 14 |  Turkmenistan (TKM) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 |  Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 |  Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 129 | 129 | 128 | 386 | |
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