The Olympic Games are held every four years, where only select boat classes are raced (14 in total):
Men: quad scull, double scull, single scull, eight, coxless four, and coxless pair
Lightweight Men: double scull
Women: quad scull, double scull, single scull, eight, coxless four, and coxless pair
Lightweight Women: double scull
At the end of each year, the FISA holds the World Rowing Championships with events in 22 different boat classes.
Athletes generally consider the Olympic classes to be premier events .
In 2017 FISA voted to adopt a new Olympic programme for 2020, whereby the lightweight men's coxless four event was replaced by the women's heavyweight coxless four.
This was done to ensure that rowing had a gender equal Olympic programme.
During Olympic years only non-Olympic boats compete at the World Championships.
The Olympic Games are held every four years, where only select boat classes are raced (14 in total):
Men: quad scull, double scull, single scull, eight, coxless four, and coxless pair
Lightweight Men: double scull
Women: quad scull, double scull, single scull, eight, coxless four, and coxless pair
Lightweight Women: double scull
At the end of each year, the FISA holds the World Rowing Championships with events in 22 different boat classes. Athletes generally consider the Olympic classes to be premier events . In 2017 FISA voted to adopt a new Olympic programme for 2020, whereby the lightweight men's coxless four event was replaced by the women's heavyweight coxless four. This was done to ensure that rowing had a gender equal Olympic programme. During Olympic years only non-Olympic boats compete at the World Championships.
Rowing (sport)