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A world best time is one recorded on a regatta course that has previously held the World Championships, Olympic Games, or World Cup since 1980. A number of record times were set at the 2005 World Rowing Championships held on the Nagara River at Kaizu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, but due to a fast current caused by heavy rainfall from the remnants ...
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 ...
Since 1996, during (Summer) Olympic years, the World Rowing Junior Championships are held at the same time. In 2002, adaptive rowing events were introduced for the following classes of disability: LTA (legs, trunk and arms), TA (trunk, arms), and A (arms-only). In 2009, the A category was replaced by AS (arms and shoulders), and an ID ...
There are no world or Olympic records in rowing due to the variability of weather conditions. Instead, there are world and Olympic best times that are taken over the standard international rowing distance of 2,000 metres.
The previous shortest time between winning gold medals was less than an hour when the great Peter Snell and Murray Halberg triumphed at the Rome Olympics in 1960. On this magic 45 minutes occasion, New Zealand had five teams in the rowing finals, an achievement that astonished the international rowing fraternity at Gifu.
Rowing the Atlantic first became mainstream when the first Atlantic Rowing Race was launched by Sir Chay Blyth, after reflecting on his own ocean row that propelled him to international renown. This was the Port St. Charles, Barbados Atlantic Rowing Race. Thirty double-handed teams lined up at the start line in a "one design" rowing boat just ...
A member of the Shannon and Neptune Rowing Clubs, he holds the record for most senior Irish Rowing Championship wins (21). He has won 5 medals at the World Rowing Championships in the Men's Lightweight Pair: Gold in 2001; Silvers in 1996 and 1997: Bronzes in 1994 and 1999. He and partner Neville Maxwell held the World Best Time for Men's ...
The time for the Mens 8 is incorrect, i watched the race and it is not the right race or the time is wrong, the winners of the world cup 2 2012 was Germany with 5:27 so someone might want to find the correct world record — Preceding unsigned comment added by Patricthagod (talk • contribs) 20:49, 3 May 2016 (UTC)