List of world best times in rowing

This is a list of the world's best times in rowing . In rowing , the World Rowing Association maintains world record times instead of world records, as the times that can be achieved depend heavily on external influences and therefore only give a limited indication of the performance of the rowers.

Dependency on the world's best times

Since the world best times in rowing are highly dependent on external influences, they are not called world records , as was done until the mid- 1950s .

You are u. a. depending on wind, water depth, temperature and quality, current, undercurrent and waves. Therefore, they can only be reached under favorable weather conditions. Best times are achieved with continuous wind (approx. 3 to 7 m / s), no significantly disturbing waves and warm water (approx. 20 ° C or more). If there is too much wind, the waves are too big, which disturb and slow down the boat speed (e.g. the regatta course in Oberschleißheim , where the wind usually comes from the side or from the starting system). The current also makes the boat faster, and countercurrent makes it slower. At the 2005 World Championships in Gifu , Japan , the records fell by the dozen, but were not recognized by FISA because the current was too strong.

The conditions on a regatta course do not always have to be favorable. During the U23 World Rowing Championships in 2011 on the Bosbaan in Amsterdam , almost all world best times were undercut. This was also due to the fact that the weather conditions were very favorable on both final days.

In a gender comparison, the world best times in all competitive classes differ by around 10%. This difference in performance can also be found in many other sports.

World best times

The world best times in the open performance classes for women and men relate to the Olympic competition distance of 2000 meters.

Women

Boat class	Time (2000 m)	team	date	place	Remarks
One (W1x)	7: 07.71	Bulgaria Rumiana Nejkowa	21 Sep 2002	Spain Guadalquivir , Seville	In the final of the 2002 World Rowing Championships
Double scull (W2x)	6: 37.31	Australia Olympics Aldersey Sally Kehoe	29 Aug 2014	Netherlands Bosbaan , Amsterdam	In the semifinals of the 2014 World Rowing Championships
Two people without a helmsman (W2-)	6: 49.08	New Zealand Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler	18th June 2017	Poland Lake Malta , Poznan	In the finals of the Rowing World Cups 2017
Double quad (W4x)	6: 06.84	Germany Annekatrin Thiele Carina Bär Julia Lier Lisa Schmidla	Aug 30, 2014	Netherlands Bosbaan , Amsterdam	In the final of the 2014 World Rowing Championships
Foursome without a helmsman (W4-)	6: 14.36	New Zealand Kayla Pratt Kelsey Bevan Grace Prendergast Kerri Gowler	29 Aug 2014	Netherlands Bosbaan , Amsterdam	In the final of the 2014 World Rowing Championships
Eighth (W8 +)	5: 54.16	United States Amanda Polk Kerry Simmonds Emily Regan Lauren Butterfly Grace Luczak Caroline Lind Victoria Opitz Heidi Robbins Katelin Snyder (Stf.)	July 14, 2013	Switzerland Rotsee , Lucerne	In the final of the Rowing World Cup 2013
Lightweight single (LW1x)	7: 24.46	New Zealand Zoe McBride	20th June 2015	Italy Varese	In the semifinals of the Rowing World Cup 2015
Lightweight double scull (LW2x)	6: 47.69	Netherlands Ilse Paulis Maaike Head	19th June 2016	Poland Lake Malta , Poznan	In the final of the Rowing World Cup 2016
Lightweight twos without helmsman (LW2-)	7: 18.32	Australia Eliza Blair Justine Joyce	0Sep 7 1997	France Lac d'Aiguebelette , Aiguebelette-le-Lac	In the final of the 1997 World Rowing Championships
Lightweight Quads (LW4x)	6: 15.95	Netherlands Mirte Kraaijkamp Elisabeth Woerner Maaike Head Ilse Paulis	29 Aug 2014	Netherlands Bosbaan , Amsterdam	In the final of the 2014 World Rowing Championships

Men

Boat class	Time (2000 m)	team	date	place	Remarks
One (M1x)	6: 30.74	New Zealand Robert Manson	18th June 2017	Poland Lake Malta , Poznan	In the final of the Rowing World Cup 2017
Double scull (M2x)	5: 59.72	Croatia Martin Sinković Valent Sinković	29 Aug 2014	Netherlands Bosbaan , Amsterdam	In the semifinals of the 2014 World Rowing Championships
Two without a helmsman (M2-)	6: 08.50	New Zealand Eric Murray Hamish Bond	July 28, 2012	United Kingdom Dorney Lake , Eton	In the run-up to the 2012 Summer Olympics
Two with helmsman (M2 +)	6: 33.26	New Zealand Eric Murray Hamish Bond Caleb Shepherd (Stm.)	29 Aug 2014	Netherlands Bosbaan , Amsterdam	In the final of the 2014 World Rowing Championships
Sculls (M4x)	5: 32.26	Ukraine Dmytro Michai Artem Morosow Oleksandr Nadtoka Ivan Dowhodko	Aug 30, 2014	Netherlands Bosbaan , Amsterdam	In the final of the 2014 World Rowing Championships
Foursome without a helmsman (M4-)	5: 37.86	United Kingdom Alex Gregory Peter Reed Tom James Andrew Triggs Hodge	May 25, 2012	Switzerland Rotsee , Lucerne	In the run-up to the Rowing World Cup 2012
Foursome with helmsman (M4 +)	5: 58.96	Germany Armin Eichholz Armin Weyrauch Bahne Rabe Matthias Ungemach Jörg Dederding (Stm.)	Aug 24, 1991	Austria New Danube , Vienna	Oldest still existing world record; Scored in the final of the 1991 World Rowing Championships . This discipline has not been played at the Olympic Games since 1996 and at World Championships since 2008.
Figure eight (M8 +)	5: 18.68	Germany Hannes Ocik Richard Schmidt Malte Jakschik Jakob Schneider Torben Johannesen Max Planer Felix Wimberger Johannes Weißenfeld Martin Sauer (Stm.)	18th June 2017	Poland Lake Malta , Poznan	In the final of the Rowing World Cup 2017
Lightweight Single (LM1x)	6: 41.03	Germany Jason Osborne	0Sep 9 2018	Bulgaria rowing channel , Plovdiv	In the run-up to the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Lightweight double scull (LM2x)	6: 05.36	South Africa James Thompson John Smith	Aug 30, 2014	Netherlands Bosbaan , Amsterdam	In the final of the 2014 World Rowing Championships
Lightweight twos without a helmsman (LM2-)	6: 22.91	Switzerland Simon Niepmann Lucas Tramèr	29 Aug 2014	Netherlands Bosbaan , Amsterdam	In the final of the 2014 World Rowing Championships
Lightweight Quads (LM4x)	5: 42.75	Greece Georgios Konsolas Spyridon Giannaros Panagiotis Magdanis Eleftherios Konsolas	29 Aug 2014	Netherlands Bosbaan , Amsterdam	In the final of the 2014 World Rowing Championships
Lightweight four without a helmsman (LM4-)	5: 43.16	Denmark Jacob Barsøe Kasper Winther Jacob Larsen Morten Jørgensen	29 Aug 2014	Netherlands Bosbaan , Amsterdam	In the semifinals of the 2014 World Rowing Championships
Lightweight figure eight (LM8 +)	5: 30.24	Germany Klaus Altena Christian Dahlke Michael Kobor Bernhard Stomporowski Thomas Melges Uwe Maerz Michael Buchheit Kai von Warburg Olaf Kaska (Stm.)	Aug 18, 1992	Canada Île Notre-Dame , Montreal	During the 1992 World Rowing Championships

Para oars

The world best times in para rowing refer to the Paralympic competition distance of 1000 meters.

Boat class	Time (1000 m)	team	date	place	Remarks
One (ASM1x)	4: 35.98	Australia Erik Horrie	28 Aug 2013	South Korea Tangeumsee , Chungju	In the final of the 2013 World Rowing Championships
One (ASW1x)	5: 13.95	Russia Natalia Bolshakova	28 Aug 2013	South Korea Tangeumsee , Chungju	In the final of the 2013 World Rowing Championships
Double scull (TAMix2x)	3: 54.92	People's Republic of China Xiaoxian Lou Tianming Fei	31 Aug 2012	United Kingdom Dorney Lake , Eton	In the run-up to the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Double scull (LTAMix2x)	3: 27.98	Ukraine Kateryna Morozova Dmytro Aleksieiev	28 Aug 2013	South Korea Tangeumsee , Chungju	In the final of the 2013 World Rowing Championships
Foursome with helmsman (LTAMix4 +)	3: 15.91	Germany Anke Molkenthin Astrid Hengsbach Tino Kolitscher Kai Kruse Katrin Splitt (Stf.)	31 Aug 2012	United Kingdom Dorney Lake , Eton	In the run-up to the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Ergometer rowing

The company Concept2 , on whose rowing ergometers the national and international competitions in indoor rowing are held, keeps a list of world records in this discipline. Here, too, the route is 2000 meters long.

Women

Age group	time	athlete	season
Women	6: 22.8	Olena Burjak	2017
Women lightweight	6: 54.7	Ursula Grobler	2010

Men

Age group	time	athlete	season
Men	5: 35.8	Joshua Dunkley-Smith	2018
Men lightweight	5: 56.7	Henrik Stephansen	2013

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of the world's best times on worldrowing.com. Retrieved October 10, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Werner Kollmann: world best times in rowing (2000 m). (No longer available online.) German Rowing Association , archived from the original on December 24, 2015 ; accessed on January 2, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ The making of a World Best Time. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, June 9, 2017, accessed on June 10, 2017 . 
4. ^ Robinson Meyer: The "Golden" Ratio: The One Number That Describes How Men's World Records Compare With Women. In: www.theatlantic.com. The Atlantic , August 7, 2012, accessed June 10, 2017 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Ergoweltbestzeiten on Concept2.com. Retrieved November 18, 2012 .