ROWING - WORLD BEST TIMES

[archive list including times standing prior to 1999;  also see current list]

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Men

Single Scull (1x) Senior
Marcel Hacker (GER)		 Seville 2002 6:36.33
Single Scull (1x) Senior
Rob Waddell (NZL)		 St Catharines 1999 6.36.68
Single Scull (1x) Junior
Leonid Gulov (EST)		 Plovdiv 1999 6.31.67
6.35.67
Single Scull (1x)
Jüri Jaanson (EST)		 Lucerne 1995 6.37.03
Double Scull (2x)
Luka Spik/ Iztok Cop (SLO)		 St Catharines 1999 6.04.37
Double Scull (2x)
Zwolle/ Rienks (NED)		 Vienna 1991 6.06.14
Quadruple Scull (4x)
Massimo Paradiso/ Alessio Sarrtori/ Rossano Galtarossa/ Alessandro Corona (ITA)		 Indianapolis 1994 5.37.68
Coxless Pair (2-)
James Cracknell/ Matthew Pinsent (GBR)		 Seville 2002 6:14.27
Coxless Pair (2-)
Steven Redgrave/ Matthew Pinsent (GBR)		 Lucerne 1994 6.18.37
Coxed Pair (2+)
Igor Boraska/ Tihomir Frankovic/ Milan Razov (CRO)		 Indianapolis 1994 6.42.16
Coxless Four (4-)
Sebastian Thormann/ Paul Dienstbach/ Philipp Stüer/ Bernd Heidicker (GER)		 Seville 2002 5:41.35
Coxless Four [open weight] (4-)
Kjetil Undset/ Sture Bjoervig/ Steffen Stoerseth/ Nils Torolv Simondsen (NOR)		 Lucerne 1999 5.46.12
Coxless Four (4-)
Molea/ Dei Rossi/ Leonardo/ Mornati (ITA)		 Lucerne 1995 5.47.89
Coxed Four (4+)
Matthias Ungemach/ Armin Eichholz/ Armin Weyrauch/ Bahne Rabe/ Joerg Dederding (GER)		 Vienna 1991 5.58.96
Eight (8+)
Jason Read, Wyatt Allen, Chris Ahrens, Joseph Hansen, Matt Deakin, Dan Beery, Beau Hoopman, Bryan Volpenhein, Pete Cipollone (USA)		 Schinias 2004 (heat) 5:19.85
Eight (8+) Senior
Adri Middag/ Derk Fontein/ Niels Van der Zwan/ Stephan Van Dongen/ Geert Jan Derksen/ Gijs Kind/ Joeri Van Leeuwen/ Nico Rienks/ Merijn Van Oijen (NED)		 St Catharines 1999 5.22.80
Eight (8+) Junior
(POL)		 Plovdiv 1999 5.20.92
Eight (8+)
A Middag/ D Fontein/ N Van de Zwan/ S Van Dongen/ G J Derksen/ G Kind/ J Van Leuwen/ N Rienks/ M Van Oijen (NED)		 Lucerne 1999 5.23.15
Eight (8+)
Henk-Jan Zwolle/ Diederik Simon/ Michiel Bartman/ Koos Maasdijk/ Niels van der Zwan/ Niels van Steenis/ Ronald Florijn/ Nico Rienks/ Jeroen Duijster (NED)		 Duisburg 1996 5.23.90

Women

Single Scull (1x)
Rumyana Neykova (BUL)		 Seville 2002 7:07.71
Single Scull (1x)
Ekaterina Karsten (BLR)		 St Catharines 1999 7.11.68
Single Scull (1x)
Silken Laumann (CAN)		 Lucerne 1994 7.17.09
Double Scull (2x)
Georgina Evers-Swindell/ Caroline Evers-Swindell (NZL)		 Seville 2002 6:38.78
Double Scull (2x)
Jana Thieme/ Kathrin Boron (GER)		 St Catharines 1999 6.41.98
Double Scull (2x)
Boron/ Koeppen (GER)		 Duisburg 1994 6.42.02
Quadruple Scull (4x)
Kathrin Boron/ Katrin Rutschow/ Jana Sorgers/ Kerstin Koeppen (GER)		 Duisburg 1996 6.10.80
[time not on FISA list: Quadruple Scull (4x) (GER) Essen 1992 6.10.47]
Coxless Pair (2-)
Georgeta Andrunache/ Viorica Susanu (ROM)		 Seville 2002 6:53.80
Coxless Pair (2-)
Emma Robinson/ Theresa Luke (CAN)		 Lucerne 1999 6.56.27
Coxless Pair (2-)
Heddle/ McBean (CAN)		 Vienna 1991 6.57.42
Coxless Four (4-)
Kirsten Barnes/ Brenda Taylor/ Jessica Monroe/ Jennifer Doey (CAN)		 Vienna 1991 6.25.47
Eight (8+)
Kate Johnson, Samantha Magee, Megan Dirkmaat,  Alison Cox, Caryn Davies,  Laurel Korholz, Anna Mickelson, Lianne Nelson, Mary Whipple (USA)		 Schinias 2004 (heat) 5:56.55
Eight (8+)
Georgeta Damien/ Viorica Susanu/ Ioana Olteanu/ Aurica Chirita/ Magdalena Dumitrache/ Doina Spircu/ Marioara Popescu/ Doina Ignat/ Elena Georgescu (ROM)		 Lucerne 1999 5.57.02
Eight (8+)
Ignat/ Popescu/ Lipa/ Gafencu/ Spircu/ Oleanu/ Cochela/ Tanase (ROM)		 Duisburg 1996 5.58.50

Lightweight

Lightweight Men

Single Sculls (1x)
Karsten Nielsen (DEN)		 St Catherines 1999 6.47.97
Single Sculls (1x)
([Pepijn Aaredwijn ?] NED) Amsterdam '94 time apparently invalid		 Amsterdam 1994 6.47.19
Double Scull (2x)
Elia Luini/ Leonardo Pettinari (ITA)		 Seville 2002 6:10.80
Double Scull (2x)
Tomasz Kucharski/ Robert Sycz (POL)		 Aiguebelette 1997 6.14.57
Quadruple Scull (4x)
Francesco Esposito/ Massimo Lana/ Michelangelo Crispi/ Massimo Guglielmi (ITA)		 Racice 1993 (heat) 5.45.96
Coxless Pair (2-)
(IRL)		 Paris 1994 6.26.21
Coxless Four (4-)
Thomas Ebert/ Thomas Poulsen/ Eskild Ebbesen/ Victor Feddersen (DEN)		 Lucerne 1999 5.45.60
Coxless Four (4-)
Poulsen/ Ebert/ Ebbesen/ Feddersen (DEN)		 Paris 1997 5.51.54
Eight (8+)
(GER)		 Montreal 1992 (heat) 5.30.24

Lightweight Women

Single Scull (1x)
Constanta Burcica-Pipota (ROM)		 Paris 1994 7.28.15
Single Scull (1x)
(Marit van Eupen NED) Lucerne '99 time erroneous		 Lucerne 1999 (heat) 7.15.88
Double Scull (2x)
Dongxiang Xu/ Shimin Yan (CHN)		 Poznan 2006 6:49.77
Double Scull (2x)
Sally Newmarch, Amber Halliday (AUS)		 Schinias 2004 (heat) 6:49.90
Double Scull (2x)
Berit Christoffersen/ Lene Andersson (DEN)		 Copenhagen 1995 6.50.63
Quadruple Scull (4x)
Yu Hua/ Chen Haixia/ Fan Xuefei/ Liu Jing (CHN)		 Eton 2006 6:29.24
Quadruple Scull (4x)
Zita Van der Walle/ Marguerite Helen Houston/ Miranda Jane Bennett/ Hannah Every  (AUS)		 Seville 2002 6:29.55
Quadruple Scull (4x)
Catriona Roach, Amber Halliday, Sally Causby, Josephine Lips (AUS)		 Lucerne 2001 6.29.68
6:31.51
Quadruple Scull (4x)
Christiane Brand/ Nicole Faust/ Christine Moriwietz/ Gunda Reimers (GER)		 Aiguebelette 1997 6.36.63
Coxless Pair (2-)
Eliza Blair/ Justine Joyce (AUS)		 Aiguebelette 1997 7.18.32

The World Best Times recognised by FISA for Olympic events are those recorded on regatta courses which have held either World Championships, Olympic Games or World Cups since 1980.

Page created 26 Aug 2000, last updated 21 Aug 2006.   Junior times (set in Plovdiv) are shown here where they are faster than Senior best times, but Senior best times are also shown.

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