18 1 1 year, Eton College held the first eight-person rowing competition. 1829, Oxford University and Cambridge University held the first inter-school rowing competition. People are very interested in this kind of competition, and the audience is more. Later, a series of cups were gradually added, and the participants were not limited to two schools. In addition to Britain, dozens of countries sent teams to participate. The rowing cup was held on 1839.
1846, the British installed a paddle rack beside the boat, which increased the length of the paddle and improved the rowing effect; 1847 refitted the outer keel boat with overlapping plates into a smooth inner keel boat, which improved the rowing speed.
1857, babcock of the United States invented the sliding seat, which enabled athletes to move back and forth when paddling, thus effectively utilizing the strength of their legs. 1882, the Russians changed the closed paddle bolt into a movable paddle ring to increase the rowing range. 1890, Britain formulated similar modern rowing competition rules.
1892, the international rowing Federation was established in Turin, Italy, with six members at that time. That year, the 1 European rowing championship was held. Since then, international rowing competitions have been held under the leadership of the International Rowing Federation. At present, the International Rowing Federation has 120 member associations in various countries and regions. The headquarters of the International Rowing Federation was moved from Turin to Switzerland in 1923 and has been located in Lausanne, Switzerland since 1997.
1 World Rowing Championship was held in Switzerland in 1962, and held for 4 times in 1974 * *. Since 1975, a world championship has been held every year. There are many rowing events. At present, there are 23 events in the World Rowing Championships established by the International Rowing Federation, which are divided into 4 levels. Namely: men's open class and lightweight class; Women's open lightweight. Each level is divided into single paddle and double paddle according to the form of movement; Rowing is divided into single, double, four and eight people according to the number of participants; Some events are divided into helmsman and no helmsman. For simplicity, the name of each event is represented by a combination of letters, numbers and symbols: "M" is a man, "W" is a woman, "L" is a lightweight, the number is the number of paddlers, "×" is a double paddle, "+"is a single paddle with a helmsman, and "-"is a single paddle without a helmsman. Therefore, rowing can be divided into eight rowing events according to the number, weight, rowing style and whether there is a helmsman.
Other competitions sponsored by the International Rowing Federation include the World Under-23 Rowing Championships, the World Disabled Rowing Championships, the World Cup Series and the World Veteran Rowing Competition.
Rowing was listed as an official event at the 1 Olympic Games in 1896, but it was temporarily cancelled due to bad weather. Rowing was held in the second Olympic Games in 1900, with 6 events. However, the rules of the game at that time were not perfect, and the distance, channels and rules of the game were not clear. 1934, the international rowing Federation stipulated that the competition must be held on a 2000-meter straight, which is wide enough to accommodate at least three rowing competitions.
As the Olympic Games has set up rowing events, there are many individual events, and countries attach great importance to rowing, which has promoted the development of this sport. The rowing events in previous Olympic Games have changed many times, as shown in the table.
Starting from 1976, female athletes are allowed to participate in the Olympic rowing competition. The changes of women's rowing events in previous Olympic Games are shown in the table. 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, lightweight rowing competition and new rules were introduced into the Olympic Games, and lightweight rowing events were set up for both men and women. 14 events.