2025 World Rowing Championships
| 2025 World Rowing Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Dianshan Lake |
| Location | Shanghai, China |
| Dates | 21–28 September |
| 2025 World Rowing Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Openweight events | |||
| Single sculls | men | women | |
| Double sculls | men | mixed | women |
| Quadruple sculls | men | women | |
| Coxless pair | men | women | |
| Coxless four | men | women | |
| Eight | men | mixed | women |
| Lightweight events | |||
| Lwt single sculls | men | women | |
| Lwt double sculls | men | women | |
| Para-rowing events | |||
| PR1 single sculls | men | women | |
| PR2 double sculls | mixed | ||
| PR3 double sculls | mixed | ||
| PR3 coxed four | mixed | ||
The World Rowing Championships were the 53rd edition, held from 21 to 28 September 2025 in Shanghai, China, under the organization of the International Federation of Rowing Societies (FISA) and the Chinese Rowing Federation.[1]
Shanghai was supposed to hold the 2021 World Rowing Championships at the Shanghai Water Sports Centre on Dianshan Lake, but the competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The 2025 event used the venue that had been chosen for the 2021 competition.[3] The competition consisted of all 12 Olympic flatwater events (but not coastal rowing), and a full programme of Paralympic pararowing events. in addition to a further series of non-Olympic lightweight events, and mixed sex events for able-bodied rowers.
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | China* | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Romania | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Ireland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| United States | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 7 | Germany | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Individual Neutral Athletes | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 23 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (26 entries) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 | |
Non-Olympic/Paralympic classes
Medalists
Men
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Openweight events | ||||||
| W1x |
Fiona Murtagh Ireland |
7:12.27 | Lauren Henry Great Britain |
7:12.30 | Frida Sanggaard Nielsen Denmark |
7:15.89 |
| W2x |
Netherlands (b) Roos de Jong (s) Benthe Boonstra |
6:49.34 | China (b) Chen Yunxia (s) Zhang Ling |
6:50.22 | Individual Neutral Athletes (b) Tatsiana Klimovich (s) Alena Furman |
6:53.26 |
| W4x |
Netherlands (b) Lisa Bruijnincx (2) Margot Leeuwenburgh (3) Willemijn Mulder (s) Tessa Dullemans |
6:32.92 | Great Britain (b) Sarah McKay (2) Hannah Scott (3) Lola Anderson (s) Becky Wilde |
6:34.52 | Germany (b) Sarah Wibberenz (2) Frauke Hundeling (3) Lisa Gutfleisch (s) Pia Greiten |
6:36.00 |
| W2− |
Romania (b) Maria Magdalena Rusu (s) Simona Radiș |
7:08.52 | France (b) Emma Cornelis (s) Hézékia Péron |
7:13.31 | United States (b) Jessica Thoennes (s) Holly Drapp |
7:13.93 |
| W4− |
United States (b) Camille Vandermeer (2) Azja Czajkowski (3) Teal Cohen (s) Kaitlin Knifton |
6:27.71 | Romania (b) Ancuța Bodnar (2) Dumitrița Juncănariu (3) Adriana Adam (s) Amalia Bereș |
6:28.44 | New Zealand (b) Juliette Lequeux (2) Rebecca Leigh (3) Isla Blake (s) Alana Sherman |
6:31.11 |
| W8+ |
Netherlands Linn van Aanholt Nika Johanna Vos Lisanne Van Der Lelij Vera Sneijders Hermijntje Drenth Ilse Kolkman Ymkje Clevering Tinka Offereins Dieuwke Fetter (c) |
6:08.10 | Romania Cristina Druga Roxana Anghel Iulia-Liliana Balauca Maria Lehaci Ancuța Bodnar Dumitrița Juncănariu Adriana Adam Amalia Bereș Victoria-Ștefania Petreanu (c) |
6:10.83 | Great Britain Eleanor Brinkhoff Juliette Perry Amelia Standing Martha Birtles Lauren Irwin Eve Stewart Heidi Long Megan Slabbert Jack Tottem (M) (c) |
6:12.66 |
| Lightweight events | ||||||
| LW1x |
Michelle Sechser United States |
7:30.14 | Pan Dandan China |
7:30.45 | Kenia Lechuga Mexico |
7:32.23 |
| LW2x |
China (b) Zou Jiaqi (s) Fu Ling |
7:26.12 | Tunisia (b) Khadija Krimi (s) Selma Dhaouadi |
7:40.90 | Peru (b) Alessia Palacios (s) Valeria Palacios |
7:46.04 |
Mixed
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mix2x |
Ireland (b) Fintan McCarthy (s) Margaret Cremen |
6:24.22 | Netherlands (b) Roos de Jong (s) Melvin Twellaar |
6:24.91 | Switzerland (b) Celia Dupre (s) Raphael Ahumada |
6:27.18 |
| Mix8+ |
Romania Maria Magdalena Rusu Maria Lehaci Andrada-Maria Moroșanu Florin Lehaci Florin Arteni Ciprian Tudosă Ștefan Berariu Simona Radiș Victoria-Ștefania Petreanu (c) |
5:34.46 | Italy Laura Meriano Elisa Mondelli Aisha Rocek Alice Codato Giacomo Gentili Andrea Panizza Nunzio Di Colandrea Giovanni Codato Alessandra Faella (c) |
5:39.58 | New Zealand Isla Blake Juliette Lequeux Rebecca Leigh Flynn Eliadis-Watson Campbell Crouch Benjamin Taylor Oliver Welch Alana Sherman Harrison Molloy (c) |
5:41.06 |
Pararowing
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR1M1x |
Benjamin Pritchard Great Britain |
8:55.65 | Roman Polianskyi Ukraine |
9:02.74 | Erik Horrie Australia |
9:04.10 |
| PR1W1x |
Anna Sheremet Ukraine |
10:18.49 | Kim Se-jeong South Korea |
10:47.53 | Shao Shasha China |
10:50.78 |
| PR2Mix2x |
China (b) Liu Shuang (s) Jiang Jijian |
8:07.75 | Germany (b) Jasmina Bier (s) Paul Umbach |
8:15.58 | Israel (b) Shahar Milfelder (s) Saleh Shahin |
8:17.15 |
| PR3Mix2x |
Germany Valentin Luz Kathrin Marchand |
6:58.64 | Ukraine Stanislav Samoliuk Dariia Kotyk |
7:05.33 | Australia Lisa Greissl Sam Stunell |
7:06.60 |
| PR3Mix4+ |
Great Britain (b) Francesca Allen (2) Giedrė Rakauskaitė (3) Edward Fuller (s) Joshua O'Brien (c) Tom Bryce |
6:52.12 | China (b) Wang Xixi (2) Zeng Wanbin (3) Wu Yunlong (s) Jiang Lingtao (c) Yu Li |
6:59.06 | Germany (b) Kathrin Marchand (2) Hermine Krumbein (3) Philipp Dosse (s) Marc Lembeck (c) Inga Thöne |
7:04.98 |
Participating nations
672 rowers from 56 countries participated:[4]
- Australia (41)
- Austria (3)
- Belgium (4)
- Brazil (12)
- Canada (26)
- Chile (26)
- China (56) (host)
- Croatia (9)
- Czech Republic (17)
- Denmark (14)
- Egypt (3)
- Estonia (3)
- France (24)
- Georgia (2)
- Germany (46)
- Ghana (1)
- Great Britain (48)
- Greece (6)
- Hong Kong (12)
- Hungary (2)
- India (2)
- Individual Neutral Athletes (13)
- Indonesia (6)
- Iraq (2)
- Ireland (22)
- Israel (2)
- Italy (40)
- Japan (9)
- Kazakhstan (4)
- Kuwait (2)
- Lithuania (10)
- Malaysia (5)
- Mexico (7)
- Moldova (1)
- Netherlands (35)
- New Zealand (18)
- Norway (4)
- Peru (3)
- Poland (31)
- Romania (40)
- Serbia (4)
- Slovenia (1)
- South Africa (5)
- South Korea (8)
- Spain (22)
- Sudan (1)
- Sweden (4)
- Switzerland (15)
- Togo (1)
- Tunisia (5)
- Turkey (4)
- Ukraine (18)
- United States (44)
- Uruguay (3)
- Uzbekistan (11)
References
- ^ "2022 World Rowing Congress attributes 2025 World Rowing Championships to Shanghai". World Rowing. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "World Rowing – Definitive Cancellation of the 2021 World Rowing Championships". World Rowing. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "2025 World Rowing Championships". World Rowing. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ Entry list by country