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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

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† denotes a performance that is also a current world best time.

Event Record Athlete(s) Country Games Date Ref(s).
Past events
Coxed four – Inriggers[a] 7:39.2
 Sweden 1912 Stockholm 17 July 1912
Coxed pair 6:49.83
 Great Britain 1992 Barcelona 2 August 1992
Coxed four 5:59.37
 Romania 1992 Barcelona 1 August 1992
Lightweight coxless four 5:47.76
 Denmark 2008 Beijing 17 August 2008
Current events
Single sculls 6:35.77 Oliver Zeidler  Germany 2024 Paris 1 August 2024 [1]
Double sculls 6:00.33
 France 2020 Tokyo 28 July 2021
Quadruple sculls 5:32.03†
 Netherlands 2020 Tokyo 28 July 2021 [2]
Coxless pair 6:08.50†
 New Zealand 2012 London 28 July 2012 [3]
Coxless four 5:42.76
 Australia 2020 Tokyo 28 July 2021 [4]
Eight 5:19.85
 United States 2004 Athens 15 August 2004
Lightweight double sculls 6:05.33†
 Ireland 2020 Tokyo 28 July 2021 [5]

Women's records

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† denotes a performance that is also a current world best time.

Event Record Athlete(s) Country Games Date Ref(s).
Past events
Coxed four 6:56.00
 East Germany 1988 Seoul 24 September 1988
Current events
Single sculls 7:13.97 Emma Twigg  New Zealand 2020 Tokyo 30 July 2021 [6]
Double sculls 6:41.03
 Romania 2020 Tokyo 28 July 2021
Quadruple sculls 6:05.13†
 China 2020 Tokyo 28 July 2021 [7]
Coxless pair 6:47.41
 New Zealand 2020 Tokyo 28 July 2021 [8]
Coxless four 6:15.37
 Australia 2020 Tokyo 28 July 2021 [9]
Eight 5:52.99
 Romania 2020 Tokyo 28 July 2021 [10]
Lightweight double sculls 6:41.36
 Italy 2020 Tokyo 28 July 2021 [11]

References

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Notes

  1. ^ Coxed four with inriggers was only held once (1912).

Citations

  1. ^ "Men's Single Scull Semifinal A/B2 Result" (PDF). olympics.com. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Men's Quadruple Sculls Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ "OLYMPIC ROWING ROCKS OFF WITH WORLD BEST TIME". World Rowing Federation. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Men's Coxless Four Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Men's Lightweight Double Sculls Semi-Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Women's Single Sculls Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Women's Quadruple Sculls Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Women's Pair Semifinal A/B 2 Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Women's Four Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Women's Eight Repechage Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Women's Lightweight Double Sculls Semifinal A/B 2 Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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