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, United Kingdom - 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, California, United States - Long Beach Marine Stadium, Long Beach, California
(1936) Berlin, Germany - Langer See, Grünau (6 lane FISA)- (1948) London, England, United Kingdom - 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 Rowing Course, Toda, Saitama (6 lane FISA)
(1968) Mexico City, Mexico - Lake Xochimilco (6 lane FISA)
(1972) Munich, West Germany - Regattastrecke Oberschleißheim (6 lane FISA)
(1976) Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Montreal Rowing Basin (6 lane FISA)
(1980) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union - Krylatskoye Rowing Canal, Krylatskoye (8 lane FISA)
(1984) Los Angeles, California, United States - Lake Casitas
(1988) Seoul, South Korea - Misari Regatta (8 lane FISA)
(1992) Barcelona, Spain - L'estany de Banyoles, Banyoles, (8 lane FISA)- (1996) Atlanta, Georgia, 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, United Kingdom - Dorney Lake, Eton (8 lane FISA)
(2016) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, Lagoa
(2020) Tokyo, Japan - Sea Forest Waterway, Tokyo Bay- (2024) Paris, France - Vaires-Sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, Vaires-sur-Marne
- (2028) Los Angeles, California, United States - Lake Perris, Perris
- (2032) Brisbane, Australia - TBD
European venues
Ada Ciganlija Belgrade, Serbia- Allermöhe, Hamburg, Germany
Bagsvaerd Copenhagen, Denmark- Baldeneysee, 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
Szegedi Olimpiai Központ, 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)
- Mercer Lake, West Windsor, New Jersey United States
- Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course, St. Catharines, Canada (8 lane FISA Class A)
Asian venues
Jakabaring Lake, Palembang, Indonesia- Manggar Reservoir, Balikpapan, Indonesia
- Nagaragawa International Regatta Course, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Samarkand Rowing Canal, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Sha Tin Rowing Centre, Sha Tin, Hong Kong- Shanghai Water Sports Centre, Dianshan Lake, Shanghai, China
- Situ Cipule, Karawang Regency, Indonesia
Yarkon River, Tel Aviv, Israel- Youtefa Bay, Jayapura, Indonesia
Oceania venues
- Champion Lakes, Perth 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
Laguna Grande, San Pedro de la Paz, Chile
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Rowing
- Rowing Australia
- Rowing Championships
- Head of the River
- Head of the Schoolgirls (Victoria)
- King's Cup
- Head of the River (New South Wales)
- Head of the River (Victoria)
- Head of the River (Western Australia)
- Boston Marathon
- British Rowing
- British Rowing Championships
- Head of the River Race
- Henley Boat Races
- Henley Women's Regatta
- National Schools' Regatta
- Schools' Head of the River Race
- Scottish Boat Race
- Scottish Rowing
- The Boat Race
- University rowing
- Welsh Rowing
- Wingfield Sculls
- Women's Boat Race
- Women's Eights Head of the River Race
- Grand Challenge Cup
- Stewards' Challenge Cup
- Queen Mother Challenge Cup
- Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup
- Double Sculls Challenge Cup
- Diamond Challenge Sculls
- Ladies' Challenge Plate
- Visitors' Challenge Cup
- Prince of Wales Challenge Cup
- Thames Challenge Cup
- Wyfold Challenge Cup
- Britannia Challenge Cup
- Temple Challenge Cup
- Prince Albert Challenge Cup
- Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup
- Fawley Challenge Cup
- Remenham Challenge Cup
- Princess Grace Challenge Cup
- Princess Royal Challenge Cup
- College rowing
- CRASH-B Sprints
- Dad Vail Regatta
- Eastern Sprints
- Harvard–Yale Regatta
- Head of the Charles Regatta
- Head of the Fish
- Head of the Hooch
- Head of the Ohio
- Head of the Schuylkill Regatta
- Poughkeepsie Regatta
- Scholastic Rowing Association of America
- Stotesbury Cup
- NCAA Division I Rowing Championship
- Intercollegiate Rowing Association
- American Collegiate Rowing Association
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