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, 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, Quebec, 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, 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, Dorney Lake, Eton (8 lane FISA)
(2016) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, Lagoa
(2020) Tokyo, Japan, Central Breakwater, Tokyo Bay

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)
Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course, St. Catharines, Canada (8 lane FISA Class A)

Asian venues

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
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

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