An
eight (top) and
single sculls (bottom)
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Highest governing body | World Rowing Federation |
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First modern-day competition | 1715[a] |
Characteristics | |
Contact | No |
Team members | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 9 (depending on boat class and whether there is a coxswain) |
Mixed-sex | Separate competitions |
Type | Water sport, outdoor |
Equipment | Racing shell, oars |
Venue | River, artificial lake, canal, ocean |
Glossary | Glossary of rowing terms |
Presence | |
Olympic | since 1900 (men only); since 1976 (both men and women) |
Paralympic | since 2008 |
World Games | Indoor: 2017 |
An
eight (top) and
single sculls (bottom)
|
|
Highest governing body | World Rowing Federation |
---|---|
First modern-day competition | 1715[a] |
Characteristics | |
Contact | No |
Team members | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 9 (depending on boat class and whether there is a coxswain) |
Mixed-sex | Separate competitions |
Type | Water sport, outdoor |
Equipment | Racing shell, oars |
Venue | River, artificial lake, canal, ocean |
Glossary | Glossary of rowing terms |
Presence | |
Olympic | since 1900 (men only); since 1976 (both men and women) |
Paralympic | since 2008 |
World Games | Indoor: 2017 |