World rowing biography
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World Rowing Championships
International rowing event
The World Rowing Championships is an international rowingregatta organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation).
It is a week-long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer and in non-Olympic years is the highlight of the international rowing calendar.
World rowing biography
History
The first event was held in Lucerne, Switzerland, in 1962.[1][2] The event then was held every four years until 1974, when it became an annual competition. Also in 1974, men's lightweight and women's open weight events were added to the championships.
Initially, men's events were 2000 metres long and women's events 1000 metres. At the 1984 World Championships in Montreal, Canada, women's lightweight demonstration events were raced over a 2000-metre course for the first time.
In 1985, Women's lightweight events were officially added to the schedule and all mmen's and women's events were contested over a 2000-metre cours