List of rowing venues

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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.

Contents 1 Olympic Venues 2 European Venues 3 North American Venues 4 Asian Venues 5 Oceania Venues

[edit] Olympic Venues

• River Siene, Paris, France (1900) (2 lanes)
• Creve De Coeur Lake, St Louis, USA (1904) (overgrown - short)
• Henley-on-Thames, London, England (1908) (2 lanes)
• Djurgårdsbrunnsviken, Stockholm, Sweden (1912)
• Brussels-Antwerp Canal, Brussels, Antwerp, Belgium (1920) (2 lanes)
• River Siene, Paris, France (1924) (2 lanes)
• Sloten Canal, Stolten, Amsterdam, Belgium (1928) (2 lanes)
• Long Beach Marine Stadium, Long Beach, Los Angeles, USA (1932)
• Langer See, Grunau, Berlin, Germany (1936) (6 Lane FISA)
• Henley-on-Thames, London, England (1948) (2 lanes)
• Lake Wendouree, Ballarat , Melbourne, Australia (1952) (dry -drought)
• Meilahti Bay, Helsinki, Finland (1956)
• Lake Albano, Rome, Italy (1960)
• Toda Olympic Rowing Center, Tokyo, Japan (1964) (6 Lane FISA)
• Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico (1968) (6 Lane FISA)
• Oberschleissheim, Munich, Germany (1972) (6 Lane FISA)
• Montreal Rowing Basin, Canada (1976) (6 Lane FISA)
• Krylatskoye Sports Complex, Moscow, Russia (1980) (8 Lane FISA)
• Lake Casitas, Los Angeles, USA (1984)
• Han River Regatta Course, Seoul, Korea (1988) (8 Lane FISA)
• L'estany de Banyoles, Banyoles, Spain (1992) (8 Lane FISA)
• Lake Lanier, Atlanta (1996)
• Penrith Lakes, Sydney, Australia (2000) (8 Lane FISA)
• Schinias (Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre), near Marathon, Greece (2004) (8 Lane FISA)
• Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, Beijing, China (2008) (8 Lane FISA)
• Dorney Lake, Eton, England (2012) (8 Lane FISA)

[edit] European Venues

• Bagsvaerd Copenhagen, Denmark
• Bosbaan, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Brive-la-Gaillarde France
• Fuehlingen, Cologne, Germany
• Guadalquivir, Seville, Spain
• Hazewinkel (Bloso Sports Center), Belgium
• Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre, Nottingham, England
• Idroscalo, Milan, Italy
• Kaukajaervi, Tampere, Finland
• Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette, France
• Lake Bled, Bled, Slovenia
• Lake Malta, Poznan, Poland
• Ottensheim, Austria
• Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• Rotsee, Lucerne, Switzerland
• Roudnice, Račice, Czech Republic
• Strathclyde Country Park, Motherwell, Scotland
• Trakai, Lithuania
• Vienna, Austria
• Vaires-sur-Marne, France
• Wedau, Duisburg, Germany
• Zagreb, Croatia

[edit] North American Venues

• St. Catharines, Canada
• Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis, USA

[edit] Asian Venues

• Nagaragawa International Regatta Course, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

[edit] Oceania Venues

• Lake Barrington Tasmania, Australia
• Lake Karapiro, Hamilton, New Zealand