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  2. Rowing at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    Before 1912, it was raced over various distances: the course in Paris in 1900 was 1750m, in St. Louis in 1904 it was 3218m, and in London in 1908 it was 2414m. The 1908 and 1948 events were held over the Henley Royal Regatta course. Women's races were raced over 1000m until 1988, when they were changed to 2000m. [5]

  3. Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The rowing program featured a total of fourteen events, seven each for both men and women in identical boat classes. The program was the same as that of the 2020 Olympics. This was the last Olympics where lightweight rowing was featured, to be replaced by coastal rowing at the 2028 Olympics. [3]

  4. List of Olympic best times in rowing - Wikipedia

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    Hamish Bond and Murray at the 2012 London Olympics, where they broke the world best time in the coxless pair 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. Men's records † denotes a performance that is also a current world best time. Event Record ...

  5. List of world best times in rowing - Wikipedia

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    All eight participants were members of a student rowing club called VSR (Vlaamse Studentenvereniging der Roeiers [translates to Flanders Student Rowing Club]). The greatest distance rowed in 1 hour is 17,555 m (10.91 miles) by the Delftse Studenten Roeiverening Proteus-Eretes during the Hour boat race on 17 December 2017.

  6. Head of the Charles Regatta - Wikipedia

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    The last races of the Regatta are generally the most prestigious: Championship 4s, and Championship 8s (both men and women). Championship sculling events (1x/single and 2x/double) race on Saturday afternoon. The Championship events usually include U.S. National Team athletes, as well as national team athletes from other top rowing nations.

  7. Harvard–Yale Regatta - Wikipedia

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    The race distance was increased to three miles (4.8 km) for the second rendition in 1855 and to the current four miles (6.4 km) in 1876. The Oxford–Cambridge Boat Race is the only longer side-by-side rowing event in the world, though slower stream makes the Yale–Harvard Race one to three minutes longer. [16]

  8. Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The rowing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place between 23 and 30 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway (Central Breakwater) in Tokyo Bay.Fourteen medal events were contested by 526 athletes (266 men and 260 women --- three of the seven coxes in the women's eights were male).

  9. Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

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    This rowing event is a coxless pair event, meaning that each boat is propelled by two rowers. The "coxless" portion means that there is no coxswain. Each rower has one oar. The course uses the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912. [1] During the first round three heats were held.