List of Olympic best times in rowing
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Hamish Bond and Murray at the 2012 London Olympics, where they broke the world best time in the coxless pair
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]
Men's records[]
† denotes a performance that is also a current world best time.
Event | Record | Athlete(s) | Country | Games | Date | Ref(s). |
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Past events | ||||||
Coxed four – Inriggers[a] | 7:39.2 | ![]() |
1912 Stockholm | 17 July 1912 | ||
Coxed pair | 6:49.83 | ![]() |
1992 Barcelona | 2 August 1992 | ||
Coxed four | 5:59.37 | ![]() |
1992 Barcelona | 1 August 1992 | ||
Lightweight coxless four | 5:47.76 | ![]() |
2008 Beijing | 17 August 2008 | ||
Current events | ||||||
Single sculls | 6:41.34[b] | Mahé Drysdale | ![]() |
2016 Rio | 13 August 2016 | [1] |
Double sculls | 6:08.38 | ![]() |
2020 Tokyo | 23 July 2021 | [2][3] | |
Quadruple sculls | 5:32.03† | ![]() |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [4] | |
Coxless pair | 6:08.50† | ![]() |
2012 London | 28 July 2012 | [5] | |
Coxless four | 5:42.76 | ![]() |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [6] | |
Eight | 5:19.85 | ![]() |
2004 Athens | 15 August 2004 | ||
Lightweight double sculls | 6:05.33† | ![]() |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [7] |
Women's records[]
† denotes a performance that is also a current world best time.
Event | Record | Athlete(s) | Country | Games | Date | Ref(s). |
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Past events | ||||||
Coxed four | 6:56.00 | ![]() |
1988 Seoul | 24 September 1988 | ||
Current events | ||||||
Single sculls | 7:13.97 | Emma Twigg | ![]() |
2020 Tokyo | 30 July 2021 | |
Double sculls | 6:44.33 | ![]() |
2012 London | 30 July 2012 | ||
Quadruple sculls | 6:05.13† | ![]() |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [8] | |
Coxless pair | 6:57.29 | ![]() |
2012 London | 28 July 2021 | ||
Coxless four | 6:15.37 | ![]() |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [9] | |
Eight | 5:56.55 | ![]() |
2004 Athens | 15 August 2004 | ||
Lightweight double sculls | 6:49.90 | ![]() |
2004 Athens | 15 August 2004 |
References[]
Notes
- ^ Coxed four with inriggers was only held once (1912).
- ^ Drysdale's winning time of the Final of the Men's Single sculls rowing event at the 2016 Summer Olympics was tied down to the second with Damir Martin (Croatia), only split by centiseconds.
Citations
- ^ "RIO 2016 ROWING SINGLE SCULLS 1X MEN RESULTS". International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Rowing – Heat 3 Results". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ Tennery, Amy (23 July 2021). "Rowing-Twigg, Borch blaze through field as Tokyo competition kicks off". Reuters. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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.
- ^ "Men's Quadruple Sculls Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "OLYMPIC ROWING ROCKS OFF WITH WORLD BEST TIME". World Rowing Federation. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Australian Four set Olympic best – London 2012 – Rowing". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Men's Lightweight Double Sculls Semi-Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Women's Quadruple Sculls Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ @7olympics (24 July 2021). "It keeps getting better for the Aussie rowers. The women's four of Jessica Morrison, Annabelle McIntyre, Rosemary Popa & Lucy Stephan are through to final A with a new Olympic Best time" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 July 2021 – via Twitter.
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