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]
† 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] |
† 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 | [8] |
Double sculls | 6:44.33 | ![]() |
2012 London | 30 July 2012 | ||
Quadruple sculls | 6:05.13† | ![]() |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [9] | |
Coxless pair | 6:47.41 | ![]() |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [10] | |
Coxless four | 6:15.37 | ![]() |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [11] | |
Eight | 5:52.99 | ![]() |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [12] | |
Lightweight double sculls | 6:41.36 | ![]() |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [13] |