World Best Times

Senior

Event Time Team Date Location
M1x 6:33.35 New Zealand
  • Mahe Drysdale
 29th Aug 09 Poznan, POL
M2- 6:14.27 Great Britain
  • James Cracknell
  • Matthew Pinsent
 21st Sep 02 Seville, ESP
M2x 6:03.25 France
  • Jean-Baptiste Macquet
  • Adrien Hardy
 17th Jun 06 Poznan, POL
M4- 5:41.35 Germany
  • Sebastian Thormann
  • Paul Dienstbach
  • Philip Stüer
  • Bernd Heidicker
 21st Sep 02 Seville, ESP
LM2x 6:10.02 Denmark
  • Mads Rasmussen
  • Rasmus Quist
 23rd Jun 07 Amsterdam, NED
LM4- 5:45.60 Denmark
  • Thomas Ebert
  • Thomas Poulsen
  • Eskild Ebbesen
  • Victor Feddersen
 9th Jul 99 Lucerne, SUI
M4x 5:36.20 Australia
  • Christopher Morgan
  • James McRae
  • Brendan Long
  • Daniel Noonan
 10th Aug 08 Beijing, CHN
M8+ 5:19.85 United States
  • Jason Read
  • Wyatt Allen
  • Chris Ahrens
  • Joseph Hansen
  • Matthew Deakin
  • Dan Beery
  • Beau Hoopman
  • Bryan Volpenheim
  • Pete Cipollone
 15th Aug 04 Athens, GRE
M2+ 6:42.16 Croatia
  • Igor Boraska
  • Tihomir Frankovic
  • Milan Razov
 18th Sep 94 Indianapolis, USA
LM8+ 5:30.24 Germany
  • Klaus Altena
  • Christian Dahlke
  • Mike Kobor
  • Bernhard Stomporowski
  • Thomas Melges
  • Uwe Maerz
  • Michael Buchheit
  • Kai von Warburg
  • Olaf Kaska
 18th Aug 92 Montreal, CAN
M4+ 5:58.96 Germany
  • Joerg Dederding
  • Armin Weyrauch
  • Bahne Rabe
  • Matthias Ungemach
  • Armin Eichholz
 24th Aug 91 Vienna, AUT
LM1x 6:46.93 France
  • Jeremie Azou
 24th Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED
Event Time Team Date Location
LM2- 6:26.61 Ireland
  • Tony O'Connor
  • Neville Maxwell
 18th Sep 94 Paris, FRA
LM4x 5:45.18 Italy
  • Michelangelo Crispi
  • Massimo Guglielmi
  • Francesco Esposito
  • Massimo Lana
 16th Aug 92 Montreal, CAN
W1x 7:07.41 Bulgaria
  • Rumyana Neykova
 21st Sep 02 Seville, ESP
W2- 6:53.80 Romania
  • Georgeta Andrunache
  • Viorica Susanu
 21st Sep 02 Seville, ESP
W2x 6:38.78 New Zealand
  • Georgina Evers-Swindell
  • Caroline Evers-Swindell
 21st Sep 02 Seville, ESP
W4- 6:25.35 Australia
  • Robyn Selby Smith
  • Joanna Lutz
  • Amber Bradley
  • Kate Hornsey
 26th Aug 06 Eton, GBR
LW2x 6:49.77 China
  • Dongxiang Xu
  • Shimin Yan
 17th Jun 06 Poznan, POL
W4x 6:10.80 Germany
  • Kerstin Koeppen
  • Kathrin Boron
  • Katrin Rutschow-Stomporovski
  • Jana Sorgers
 19th May 96 Duisburg, GER
W8+ 5.55.50 United States
  • Brett Sickler
  • Megan Cooke
  • Anna Goodale
  • Lindsay Shoop
  • Anna Mickelson
  • Susan Francia
  • Caroline Lind
  • Caryn Davies
  • Mary Whipple
 27th Aug 06 Eton, GBR
LW1x 7:28.15 Romania
  • Constanta Burcica
 19th Jul 94 Paris, FRA
LW2- 7:18.32 Australia
  • Eliza Blair
  • Justine Joyce
 7th Sep 97 Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA
LW4x 6:23.96 China
  • Hua Yu
  • Haixia Chen
  • Xuefei Fan
  • Jing Liu
 27th Aug 06 Eton, GBR

World Cup

Event Time Team Date Location
M1x 6:39.12 New Zealand
  • Mahe Drysdale
 17th Jun 06 Poznan, POL
M2- 6:18.73 Croatia
  • Oliver Martinov
  • Ninoslav Saraga
 9th Jul 99 Lucerne, SUI
M2x 6:03.25 France
  • Jean-Baptiste Macquet
  • Adrien Hardy
 17th Jun 06 Poznan, POL
M4- 5:46.12 Norway
  • Kjetil Undset
  • Sture Bjoervig
  • Steffen Stoerseth
  • Nils Torolv Simonsen
 9th Jul 99 Lucerne, SUI
LM2x 6:10.02 Denmark
  • Mads Rasmussen
  • Rasmus Quist
 23rd Jun 07 Amsterdam, NED
LM4- 5:45.60 Denmark
  • Thomas Ebert
  • Thomas Poulsen
  • Eskid Ebbesen
  • Victor Feddersen
 9th Jul 99 Lucerne, SUI
M4x 5:37.31 Poland
  • Konrad Wasielewski
  • Marek Kilbowicz
  • Michal Jelinski
  • Adam Korol
 17th Jun 06 Poznan, POL
Event Time Team Date Location
M8+ 5:21.21 Australia
  • Dave McGowan
  • James Marburg
  • Matthew Ryan
  • Samuel Conrad
  • Thomas Laurich
  • Karsten Forsterling
  • Cameron McKenzie McHarg
  • Jeremy Stevenson
  • Martin Rabjohns
 17th Jun 06 Poznan, POL
W1x 7:14.12 Germany
  • Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski
 13th Jul 03 Lucerne, SUI
W2- 6:56.27 Canada
  • Emma Robinson
  • Theresa Luke
 9th Jul 99 Lucerne, SUI
W2x 6:47.02 New Zealand
  • Caroline Evers-Swindell
  • Georgina Evers-Swindell
 13th Jul 03 Lucerne, SUI
LW2x 6:49.77 China
  • Xu Dongxiang
  • Yan Shimin
 17th Jun 06 Poznan, POL
W4x 6:11.69 Germany
  • Maren Derlien
  • Meike Evers
  • Manuela Lutze
  • Kerstin Kowalski
 9th Jul 99 Lucerne, SUI
W8+ 5:57.02 Romania
  • Georgeta Damian
  • Viorica Susanu
  • Ioana Olteanu
  • Aurica Chirita
  • Magdalena Dumitrache
  • Donia Spircu
  • Marioara Popescu
  • Doina Ignat
  • Elena Georgescu
 9th Jul 99 Lucerne, SUI

Under 23

Under 23 World Best Times are recognised by FISA since the World Rowing Under 23 event received championship status in 2005.

Event Time Team Date Location
BM4- 5:48.12 Germany
  • Jann-Edzard Junkmann
  • Hannes Ocik
  • Kay Rueckbrodt
  • Alexander Egler
 23rd Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED
BM1x 6:46.61 Germany
  • Hubert Trzybinski
 24th Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED
BM2- 6:20.43 Great Britain
  • George Nash
  • Constantine Louloudis
 24th Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED
BM2x 6:08.43 Latvia
  • Lauris Sire
  • Dairis Adamaitis
 24th Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED
BM4+ 6:03.01 Serbia
  • Veselin Savic
  • Jovan Jovanovic
  • Igor Lucic
  • Il Luka Djordjevic
  • Mateja Josic
 23rd Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED
BM4x 5:39.62 Ukraine
  • Yuriy Ivanov
  • Ivan Futryk
  • Olexandr Nadtoka
  • Ivan Dovgodko
 24th Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED
BM8+ 5:24.31 United States
  • Alexander Bunkers
  • Christopher Yeager
  • Robert Munn
  • Austin Hack
  • Robert Otto
  • Thomas Dethlefs
  • Dariush Aghai
  • Michael Gennaro
  • Anthony Altimari
 24th Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED
BLM1x 6:46.93 France
  • Jeremie Azou
 24th Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED
BLM2x 6:14.98 Germany
  • Christian Hochbruck
  • Matthias F. Arnold
 24th Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED
BLM2- 6:26.90 Great Britain
  • Peter Chambers
  • Kieren Emery
 23rd Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED
BLM4x 5:49.69 Italy
  • Jose Casiraghi
  • Andrea Cereda
  • Pietro Ruta
  • Francesco Rigon
 25th Jul 09 Racice, CZE
Event Time Team Date Location
BLM4- 5:54.12 Italy
  • Luca De Maria
  • Catello Amarante
  • Marcello Nicoletti
  • Matteo Pinca
 24th Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED
BLW1x 7:30.19 Great Britain
  • Katherine Copeland
 24th Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED
BLW2x 6:59.31 Greece
  • Triantafyllia Kalampoka
  • Christina Giazitzidou
 24th Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED
BW1x 7:27.23 Czech Republic
  • Jitka Antosova
 26th Jul 09 Racice, CZE
BW2- 7:05.13 United States
  • Grace Luczak
  • Felice Mueller
 23rd Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED
BW2x 6:51.58 Germany
  • Daniela Schultze
  • Mareike Adams
 24th Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED
BW4x 6:22.84 Germany
  • Ulrike Toerpsch
  • Marie-Catherine Arnold
  • Lisa Schmidla
  • Julia Lier
 23rd Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED
BW4- 6:35.00 Germany
  • Clara Karches
  • Lea-Kathleen Kuehne
  • Isabella Reimund
  • Kathrin Marchand
 23rd Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED
BW8+ 6:03.23 Canada
  • Lisa Roman
  • Laura Cowal
  • Susanne Grainger
  • Katharine Goodfellow
  • Christine Roper
  • Sarah Black
  • Jennifer Martins
  • Lauren Wilkinson
  • Luellen C. Fawcett
 24th Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED
BLW4x 6:30.71 China
  • Chengcheng Wang
  • Yueyue Liu
  • Fenglan Wang
  • Yanfei Cao
 23rd Jul 11 Amsterdam, NED

Adaptive

Adaptive Rowing World Best Times are recognised by FISA since 2005, the year rowing became a Paralympic sport, and since adaptive events have been raced over 1000 metres, the standard Paralympic racing distance.

Event Time Team Date Location
ASM1x 4:49.80 Great Britain
  • Tom Aggar
 1st Nov 10 Karapiro, NZL
ASW1x 5:25.17 Ukraine
  • Alla Lysenko
 29th Aug 09 Poznan, POL
Event Time Team Date Location
TAMix2x 4:03.89 France
  • Perle Bouge
  • Stephane Tardieu
 1st Nov 10 Karapiro, NZL
LTAMix4+ 3:21.22 Canada
  • Anthony Theriault
  • Meghan Montgomery
  • Victoria Nolan
  • David Blair
  • Laura Comeau
 1st Nov 10 Karapiro, NZL

Olympic

Event Time Team Date Location
M1x 6:44.85 Switzerland
  • Xeno Mueller
 27th Jul 96 Atlanta, GA, USA
M2- 6:20.09 Great Britain
  • Steve Redgrave
  • Matthew Pinsent
 27th Jul 96 Atlanta, GA, USA
M2x 6:11.49 Italy
  • Rossano Galtarossa
  • Alessio Sartori
 18th Aug 04 Athens, GRE
M4- 5:48.52 Germany
  • Jochen Urban
  • Sebastian Thormann
  • Philipp Stueer
  • Bernd Heidicker
 19th Aug 04 Athens, GRE
LM2x 6:10.99 Great Britain
  • Zac Purchase
  • Mark Hunter
 17th Aug 08 Beijing, CHN
LM4- 5:47.76 Denmark
  • Eskild Ebbesen
  • Mads Andersen
  • Morten Joergensen
  • Thomas Ebert
 17th Aug 08 Beijing, CHN
M4x 5:36.20 Australia
  • Christopher Morgan
  • James McRae
  • Brenden Long
  • Daniel Noonan
 10th Aug 08 Beijing, CHN
Event Time Team Date Location
M8+ 5:19.85 United States
  • Jason Read
  • Wyatt Allen
  • Chris Ahrens
  • Joseph Hansen
  • Matt Deakin
  • Dan Beery
  • Beau Hoopman
  • Bryan Volpenhein
  • Pete Cippolone
 15th Aug 04 Athens, GRE
W1x 7:18.12 Germany
  • Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski
 21st Aug 04 Athens, GRE
W2- 7:01.39 Australia
  • Megan Still
  • Kate Slatter
 27th Jul 96 Atlanta, GA, USA
W2x 6.49.00 Germany
  • Kerstin Kuppen
  • Kathrin Boron
 1st Aug 92 Barcelona, ESP
LW2x 6:49.90 Australia
  • Sally Newmarch
  • Amber Halliday
 15th Aug 04 Athens, GRE
W4x 6:11.83 China
  • Tang Bin
  • Jin Ziwei
  • Xi Aijua
  • Zhang Yangyang
 10th Aug 08 Beijing, CHN
W8+ 5:56.55 United States
  • Kate Johnson
  • Samantha Magee
  • Megan Dirkmaat
  • Alison Cox
  • Caryn Davies
  • Laurel Korholz
  • Anna Mickelson
  • Lianne Nelson (-Bennion)
  • Mary Whipple
 15th Aug 04 Athens, GRE