List of Olympic venues in rowing

For the Summer Olympics, there are 28 venues that have been or will be used for rowing. These venues have occurred at lakes, rivers, shipping canals, and their own specialized courses. The first specialized course took place at 1932 and would serve as a model for other Olympic venues, most notably in 1972, 1976, 1980, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012.

Games Venue Other sports hosted at
venues for those games		 Capacity Ref.
1900 Paris Seine Swimming, Water polo Not listed. [1]
1904 St. LouisCreve Coeur LakeNoneNot listed. [2]
1908 LondonHenley Royal RegattaNoneNot listed. [3]
1912 StockholmDjurgårdsbrunnsvikenDiving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Swimming, Water poloNot listed. [4]
1920 AntwerpBrussels–Scheldt Maritime CanalNoneNot listed. [5]
1924 ParisBassin d'ArgentuilNone2,216 [6]
1928 AmsterdamSlotenNone2,230 [7]
1932 Los AngelesLong Beach Marine StadiumNone17,000 [8]
1936 BerlinBerlin-Grünau Regatta CourseCanoeing19,000 [9]
1948 LondonHenley Royal RegattaCanoeingNot listed. [10]
1952 HelsinkiMeilahtiNone12,763 [11]
1956 MelbourneLake WendoureeCanoeing14,300 [12]
1960 RomeLake AlbanoCanoeing10,000 [13]
1964 TokyoToda Rowing CourseNone8,300[14][15]
1968 Mexico CityVirgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing CourseCanoeing17,600 [16]
1972 MunichRegattastrecke OberschleißheimCanoeing (sprint)41,000 [17]
1976 MontrealNotre Dame IslandCanoeing27,000 [18]
1980 MoscowKrylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing BasinCanoeing21,600 [19]
1984 Los AngelesLake CasitasCanoeing4,680 [20]
1988 SeoulHan River Regatta Course/Canoeing SiteCanoeing25,000 [21]
1992 BarcelonaLake of BanyolesNone4,500 [22]
1996 AtlantaLake LanierCanoeing (sprint)17,300 [23][24]
2000 SydneySydney International Regatta CentreCanoeing (sprint)20,000 [25]
2004 AthensSchinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing CentreCanoeing (sprint)14,000 [26]
2008 BeijingShunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing ParkCanoeing, Swimming (marathon)37,000 [27]
2012 LondonDorney LakeCanoeing (sprint)30,000 maximum [28]
2016 Rio de JaneiroLagoa Rodrigo de FreitasCanoeing (sprint)14,000[29]
2020 TokyoSea Forest Waterway Canoeing (sprint)24,000[30]
Creve Coeur Lake hosted the rowing events for the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis.
Lake Albano hosted the rowing events for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
Lake of Banyoles hosted the rowing events for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

References
  1. 1900 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 17-18. Accessed 14 November 2010. (in French)
  2. Spalding's report of the 1904 Summer Olympics. Archived 2011-08-29 at the Wayback Machine p. 213. Accessed 4 October 2010.
  3. 1908 Summer Olympics official report. p. 237. Accessed 5 October 2010.
  4. 1912 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 211-7, 221-2. Accessed 5 October 2010.
  5. Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics rowing website.
  6. 1924 Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 165-7. (in French)
  7. 1928 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-08 at the Wayback Machine pp. 172, 267-72.
  8. 1932 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 70-73.
  9. 1936 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2007-07-09 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. pp. 996-1029. Accessed 17 October 2010.
  10. 1948 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine pp. 43, 47-8. Accessed 19 October 2010.
  11. 1952 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-11 at the Wayback Machine pp. 54-5. Accessed 21 October 2010.
  12. 1956 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-09-12 at the Wayback Machine p. 42. Accessed 25 October 2010.
  13. 1960 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 82-3. Accessed 28 October 2010.
  14. 1964 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. p. 115. Accessed 31 October 2010.
  15. 1964 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 130-1. Accessed 31 October 2010.
  16. 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 75. Accessed 4 November 2010. (in English and French)
  17. 1972 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 2. pp. 204-5. Accessed 8 November 2010.
  18. 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 112-7. Accessed 14 November 2010.
  19. 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 91-4. Accessed 18 November 2010.
  20. 1984 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2010-11-02 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 108-12. Accessed 24 November 2010.
  21. 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 186-7. Accessed 1 December 2010.
  22. 1992 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 288-92. Accessed 6 December 2010.
  23. 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 541. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  24. 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Volume 3. pp. 452, 460. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  25. 2000 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2000-11-09 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. p. 389. Accessed 17 December 2010.
  26. 2004 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. pp. 283, 372. Accessed 24 December 2010.
  27. "Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-08-09. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  28. London2012.com profile of Dorney Lake (Eton Dorney). Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today Accessed 30 December 2010.
  29. "Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas", Rio de Janeiro 2016 Candidate File (PDF), 2, (BOC), February 16, 2009, pp. 70–73, archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2013, retrieved December 2, 2009.
  30. "8 Sports and venues", Tokyo 2020 Candidate File (PDF), 2, Tokyo 2020, archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2013, retrieved September 10, 2013.
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