List of rowing venues

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.

Olympic venues[]

(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 (2 lanes)
(1924) Paris, France - River Seine (4 lanes)
(1928) Amsterdam, Netherlands - , 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 - , Meilahti
(1956) Melbourne, Australia - Lake Wendouree, Ballarat (dry – drought)
(1960) Rome, Italy - Lake Albano (origin of the Albano buoy system)
(1964) Tokyo, Japan - , 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 (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 - Central Breakwater, Tokyo Bay
(2024) Paris, France - , Vaires-sur-Marne
(2028) Los Angeles, United States - Lake Perris, Perris
(2032) Brisbane, Australia - TBD

European venues[]

Ada Ciganlija Belgrade, Serbia
Allermöhe, Hamburg, Germany
Bagsvaerd Copenhagen, Denmark
, 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
, Szeged, Hungary
Trakai, Lithuania
Vaires-sur-Marne, France
Varese, Italy
Vienna, Austria
Wedau, Duisburg, Germany
Willem-Alexander Baan, Rotterdam, Netherlands

North American venues[]

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)
Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course, St. Catharines, Canada (8 lane FISA Class A)

Asian venues[]

Jakabaring Lake, Palembang, Indonesia
, Balikpapan, Indonesia
Nagaragawa International Regatta Course, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Samarkand Rowing Canal, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
, Sha Tin, Hong Kong
Shanghai Water Sports Centre, Dianshan Lake, Shanghai, China
Situ Cipule, Karawang Regency, Indonesia
Yarkon River, Tel Aviv, Israel
, Jayapura, Indonesia

Oceania venues[]

Western Australia, Australia
Lake Barrington Tasmania, Australia
Lake Karapiro, Hamilton, New Zealand

South American venues[]

Laguna de los Padres, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Lago Paranoá, Brasília, Brazil

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