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List of rowing venues

List of rowing venues is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of rowing venues rather than just read about it. In short: 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.

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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 Arungen, Oslo, Norway 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 Sydney International Regatta Centre New South Wales, 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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