Who is the fastest rower in the world?

Answer 1

Boat Time Crew Nation Date Meet Location Ref M1x
Single sculls 6:33.35 Mahé Drysdale New Zealand 2009 Poznań, Poland M2-
Coxless pairs 6:08.50 Hamish Bond
Eric Murray New Zealand 2012 Summer Olympics Eton, England [2] M2+
Coxed pairs 6:42.16 Igor Boraska
Tihomir Franković
Milan Razov (coxswain) Croatia 1994 Indianapolis, United States M2x
Double sculls 6:03.25 Adrien Hardy
Jean-Baptiste Macquet France 2006 Poznań, Poland M4-
Coxless four 5:37.86 Andrew Triggs-Hodge
Tom James
Pete Reed
Alex Gregory Great Britain 2012 Lucerne, Switzerland M4+
Coxed four 5:58.96 Matthias Ungemach
Armin Eichholz
Armin Weyrauch
Bahne Rabe
Joerg Dederding (coxswain) Germany 1991 Vienna, Austria M4x
Quad sculls 5:33.15 Vladislav Ryabcev
Alexey Svirin
Nikita Morgachev
Sergei Fedorovtsev Russia 2012 Lucerne,Switzerland M8+
Eight 5:19.35 Gabriel Bergen
Douglas Csima
Robert Gibson
Conlin McCabe
Malcolm Howard
Andrew Byrnes
Jeremiah Brown
Will Crothers
Brian Price (coxswain) Canada 2012 Lucerne, Switzerland LM1x
Lightweight single sculls 6:46.93 Jeremie Azou France 2011 Amsterdam, Netherlands LM2-
Lightweight coxless pairs 6:26.21 Tony O'Connor
Neville Maxwell Ireland 1994 Paris, France LM2x
Lightweight double sculls 6:10.02 Mads Rasmussen
Rasmus Quist Denmark 2007 Amsterdam, Netherlands LM4-
Lightweight coxless four 5:45.60 Thomas Poulsen
Thomas Ebert
Eskild Ebbesen
Victor Feddersen Denmark 1999 Lucerne, Switzerland LM4x
Lightweight quad sculls 5:45.18 Francesco Esposito
Massimo Lana
Michelangelo Crispi
Massimo Guglielmi Italy 1992 Montreal, Canada LM8+
Lightweight eight 5:30.24 Klaus Altena
Christian Dahlke
Thomas Melges
Bernhard Stomporowski
Michael Kobor
Uwe Maerz
Michael Buchheit
Kai von Warburg
Olaf Kaska (coxswain) Germany 1992 Montreal, Canada

[edit]WomenBoat Time Crew Nation Year Meet Location Ref W1x
Single sculls 7:07.71 Rumyana Neykova Bulgaria 2002 Seville, Spain W2-
Coxless pairs 6:53.80 Georgeta Andrunache
Viorica Susanu Romania 1999 Lucerne, Switzerland W2x
Double sculls 6:38.78 Georgina Evers-Swindell
Caroline Evers-Swindell New Zealand 2002 Seville, Spain W4-
Coxless four 6:25.35 Kate Hornsey
Amber Bradley
Jo Lutz
Robyn Selby Smith Australia 2006 Eton, England W4x
Quad sculls 6:09.38 Julia Richter
Carina Baer
Tina Manker
Stephanie Schiller Germany 2012 Lucerne, Switzerland W8+
Eight 5:54.17 Esther Lofgren
Zsuzsanna Francia
Jamie Redman
Amanda Polk
Meghan Musnicki
Taylor Ritzel
Caroline Lind
Caryn Davies
Mary Whipple (coxswain) United States 2012 Lucerne, Switzerland LW1x
Lightweight single sculls 7:28.15 Constanţa Burcică Romania 1994 Paris, France LW2-
Lightweight coxless pairs 7:18.32 Eliza Blair
Justine Joyce Australia 1997 Lac d'Aiguebelette, France LW2x
Lightweight double sculls 6:49.43 Louise Ayling
Julia Edward New Zealand 2012 Lucerne, Switzerland LW4x
Lightweight coxless four 6:23.96 Liu Jing
Fan Xuefei
Chen Haixia
Yu Hua (rower) China 2006 Eton, England [edit]Indoor RecordsCategory Time Split Nation Year Name Open Men 5:36.6 1:24.1 New Zealand 2008 Rob Waddell Lightweight Men 5:57.4 1:29.3 Denmark 2011 Henrik Stephansen Open Women 6:28.4 1:37.1 France 2005 Sophie Balmary Lightweight Women 6:54.7 1:43.7 United States 2010 Ursula Grobler

Answer 2

Determining the single fastest rower in the world is difficult as it can vary based on the type of rowing and competition. However, some notable names in the rowing world include Mahe Drysdale, Hamish Bond, and Ekaterina Karsten, who have achieved significant success at the international level.