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An official WUC sport since 1984, Rowing also appeared as an optional sport on the programme of several Summer Universiades. Traditional university sport by excellence, the rowing competitions always bring an exciting competition.

EVENTS World University Championship

All Events Rowing

2024
Rotterdam (NED)
4-6 July 2024
2018
Shanghai (CHN)
10-12 Aug 2018
2016
Poznan (POL)
4 Oct 2016
2015
Gwangju (KOR)
3-14 Jul 2015
2014
Gravelines (FRA)
14 Oct 2014
2013
Kazan (RUS)
6-17 Jul 2013

Rowing

FISU Technical Committee Chairs

Matthew DRAPER (SUI)

Christine JACOBSEN (GER)

International Federation

World Rowing

FISU Regulations

You can download the latest version here.

The History of Rowing in FISU 

After two successful editions of the International University Rowing Championships staged by CUSI and the city of Milan in 1980 and 1982, FISU undertook this sport on a world scale. It was Italy that put up its candidature for staging of the first World University Rowing Championship in 1984 in Milan. This first edition had a great success, welcoming 177 male and female rowers from 14 countries. The contest was led by Italy, Poland and the Netherlands. Traditionally strong in this discipline, the Polish distinguished themselves on several occasions, and finally staged the edition on their home ground in Poznan in 1992, which proved another magnificent success in terms of spectator support. This sport is often included in the Summer Universiade programme. Indeed, in 1987, 1989, 1993 and 2009, it featured as an optional sport in the Summer Universiades in Zagreb, Duisburg, Buffalo and Belgrade respectively. Rowing is a university sport par excellence. Everyone is familiar with the legendary Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race held on the River Thames. But we must not forget that nearly 50 percent of rowers taking part in civil events are university students or are associated with university. This is why some people consider it paradoxical that the sport is not included in the compulsory Summer Universiade programme.

 

In 1989, the city of Zagreb staged the WUC at Jarun, a very nice site where the 1987 Summer Universiade had been held. In this championship 217 male and 74 female rowers from 23 countries took part. This strong participation level demonstrated how booming this sport was within FISU. In 2000, a rowing regatta was organised in the Polish city of Poznan, where 294 participants were present. The new millennium almost doubled the number of participating athletes and in 2006 in Trakai (LTU), 259 male and 99 female rowers achieved their best results.

Statistics WUC Rowing

Edition

Year

Country

City

N° of Countries

M

W

Athletes

Officials

Total

1

1984

ITA

Milano

14

145

32

 177

 39

 216

2

1986

NED

Amsterdam

13

136

42

 178

 67

 245

3

1992

POL

Poznan

11

132

23

 155

 49

 204

4

1994

NED

Groningen

17

147

33

 180

 70

 250

5

1998

CRO

Zagreb

23

217

74

 291

 86

 377

6

2000

POL

Poznan

16

162

67

 229

 65

 294

7

2002

GBR

Nottingham

22

213

80

 293

 87

 380

8

2004

FRA

Brive-la-Gaillarde

30

262

92

 354

 109

 463

9

2006

LTU

Trakai

26

259

99

 358

 115

 473

10

2008

SRB

Belgrade

27

220

108

 328

 124

 452

11

2010

HUN

Szeged

28

251

99

 350

 98

 448

12

2012

RUS

Kazan

26

189

84

 273

 88

 361

13

2014

FRA

Gravelines

33

239

97

 336

 106

 442

14

2016

POL

Poznan

26

229 109 338 93 431
15 2018 CHN Shanghai 23 186 133 319 72 391

 

Statistics Rowing as an optional sport at the Summer Universiade

Edition

Year

Country

City

N° of Countries

M

W

Athletes

Officials

Total

14 1987 YUG Zagreb            
15 1989 GER Duisburg            
17 1993 USA Buffalo            
25 2009 SRB Belgrade            
27 2013 RUS Kazan            
28 2015 KOR Gwangju