List of Olympic best times in rowing
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In rowing, there are no world records due to the variability of weather conditions. Instead there are world best times, which are set over the international rowing distance of 2000 meters.[citation needed]
Men's records
† denotes a performance that is also a current world best time.
| Event | Record | Athlete(s) | Country | Games | Date | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past events | ||||||
| Coxed four – Inriggers[a] | 7:39.2 |  Sweden |
1912 Stockholm | 17 July 1912 | ||
| Coxed pair | 6:49.83 |  Great Britain |
1992 Barcelona | 2 August 1992 | ||
| Coxed four | 5:59.37 |  Romania |
1992 Barcelona | 1 August 1992 | ||
| Lightweight coxless four | 5:47.76 |  Denmark |
2008 Beijing | 17 August 2008 | ||
| Current events | ||||||
| Single sculls | 6:35.77 | Oliver Zeidler |  Germany |
2024 Paris | 1 August 2024 | [1] |
| Double sculls | 6:00.33 |  France |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | ||
| Quadruple sculls | 5:32.03† |  Netherlands |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [2] | |
| Coxless pair | 6:08.50† |  New Zealand |
2012 London | 28 July 2012 | [3] | |
| Coxless four | 5:42.76 |  Australia |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [4] | |
| Eight | 5:19.85 |  United States |
2004 Athens | 15 August 2004 | ||
| Lightweight double sculls | 6:05.33† |  Ireland |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [5] | |
Women's records
† denotes a performance that is also a current world best time.
| Event | Record | Athlete(s) | Country | Games | Date | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past events | ||||||
| Coxed four | 6:56.00 |  East Germany |
1988 Seoul | 24 September 1988 | ||
| Current events | ||||||
| Single sculls | 7:13.97 | Emma Twigg | New Zealand |
2020 Tokyo | 30 July 2021 | [6] |
| Double sculls | 6:41.03 | Romania |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | ||
| Quadruple sculls | 6:05.13† |  China |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [7] | |
| Coxless pair | 6:47.41 | New Zealand |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [8] | |
| Coxless four | 6:15.37 | Australia |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [9] | |
| Eight | 5:52.99 | Romania |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [10] | |
| Lightweight double sculls | 6:41.36 |  Italy |
2020 Tokyo | 28 July 2021 | [11] | |