List of rowing venues

Updated on Sep 27, 2024

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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 Brussels-Antwerp Canal (2 lanes)

(1924) Paris, France, River Seine (4 lanes)

(1928) Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sloten Canal, 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, Seurasaarenselkä Bay, Meilahti

(1956) Melbourne, Australia, Lake Wendouree, Ballarat (dry - drought)

(1960) Rome, Italy, Lake Albano (origin of the Albano buoy system)

(1964) Tokyo, Japan, Toda Olympic Rowing Center, Toda, Saitama (6 lane FISA)

(1968) Mexico City, Mexico, Lake Xochimilco (6 lane FISA)

(1972) Munich, Germany, Regattastrecke Oberschleißheim (6 lane FISA)

(1976) Montreal, Canada, Montreal Rowing Basin (6 lane FISA)

(1980) Moscow, Russia, Krylatskoye Sports Complex, 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, Penrith Lakes (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

European venues

Ada Ciganlija Belgrade, Serbia

Bagsvaerd Copenhagen, Denmark

Bosbaan, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Brive-la-Gaillarde France

Fühlingen, Cologne, Germany

Guadalquivir, Seville, Spain

Harkstede, Groningen, Netherlands

Hazewinkel (Bloso Sports Center), Belgium

Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre, Nottingham, England

Idroscalo, Milan, Italy

Kaukajaervi, Tampere, Finland

Klagenfurt, Austria

Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette, France

Lake Bled, Bled, Slovenia

Lake Jarun, Zagreb, Croatia

Lake Malta, Poznań, Poland

London Regatta Centre, London, England

Ottensheim, Austria

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake, Caversham, England

Rotsee, Lucerne, Switzerland

Roudnice, Račice, Czech Republic

Strathclyde Country Park, Motherwell, Scotland

Trakai, Lithuania

Vaires-sur-Marne, France

Vienna, Austria

Wedau, Duisburg, Germany

Willem Alexanderbaan, Rotterdam, Netherlands

North American venues

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

Nagaragawa International Regatta Course, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Sha Tin Rowing Centre, Sha Tin, Hong Kong

Yarkon River, Tel Aviv, Israel

Oceania venues

Lake Barrington Tasmania, Australia

Lake Karapiro, Hamilton, New Zealand

South American venues

Laguna de los Padres, Mar del Plata, Argentina

References

List of rowing venues Wikipedia

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