List of world records in indoor rowing

The indoor rowing world records are the fastest times and distances for the world record events as set by Concept2, achieved on Concept2 rowers.

Record events

There are nine world records for the fastest time to cover a distance, and three world records for the greatest distance achieved in a set time, as follows. Lists are held for both lightweight and heavyweight (open) categories. Lightweight men are those weighing and under, while lightweight women weigh and below. Lightweights are able to race and break records in either lightweight or open categories, but due to the nature of weight advantages in indoor rowing, it is extremely rare for a lightweight to hold any open records. The indoor rowing 'season' runs from May 1 until April 30 of the specified year. In addition to standard individual events, there are also individual and team ultra-distance events, the latter of which are often attempted by various indoor rowing clubs.

Standard events

For time

For distance

100 metres

1 minute

500 metres

30 minutes

1000 metres

60 minutes

2000 metres

5000 metres

6000 metres

10000 metres

21097 metres (Half marathon)

42195 metres (Full marathon)

Ultra-distance events

For time

For distance

100000 metres

24 hours

1000000 metres

Longest continual row

Heavyweight men

Event

Name

Nationality

Result

Season

Split

100 metres

Ross Love

12.8

2017

1:04.0

500 metres

Leo Young

1:10.5

1991

1:10.5

1000 metres

Sam Loch

2:39.5

2017

1:19.7

2000 metres

Rob Waddell

5:36.6

2008

1:24.1

5000 metres

Mohamed Sbihi

14:54.5

2016

1:29.4

6000 metres

Martin Sinkovic

18:03.1

2016

1:30.2

10000 metres

Eric Murray

31:05.2

2015

1:33.2

Half marathon

Eric Murray

1:07:58.1

2014

1:36.6

Full marathon

Ben de Wit

2:21:08.7

2016

1:40.3

1 minute

Sam Loch

428

2017

1:10.0

30 minutes

Kjetil Borch

9434

2016

1:35.4

60 minutes

Hamish BOND

18443

2014

1:37.6

Lightweight men

Event

Name

Nationality

Result

Season

Split

100 metres

Nick Molloy

14.7

2017

1:13.5

500 metres

Gregg Stephens

1:20.1

2005

1:20.1

1000 metres

Jason Osborne

2:54.2

2014

1:27.1

2000 metres

Henrik Stephansen

5:56.7

2013

1:29.1

5000 metres

Tim Male

16:05.6

2000

1:36.5

6000 metres

Lucas Schäfer

19:21.8

2017

1:36,8

10000 metres

Augusto Farfan

32:15.7

2005

1:36.7

Half marathon

Jesper Jensen

1:13:12.9

2017

1:44.1

Full marathon

Jesper Jensen

2:29:31.7

2012

1:46.3

1 minute

Matthew Segal

379

2016

1:19.1

Jasper Liu

379

2017

30 minutes

Donald Evans

8893

2016

1:41.2

60 minutes

William Solberg

17402

2017

1:43.4

Heavyweight women

Event

Name

Nationality

Result

Season

Split

100 metres

Cecilia Velin

15.7

2016

1:18.5

500 metres

Olena Buryak

1:24.5

2017

1:24.5

1000 metres

Olena Buryak

3:05.9

2017

1:32.9

2000 metres

Olena Buryak

6:22.8

2017

1:35.7

5000 metres

Emma Twigg

16:55.8

2016

1:41.5

6000 metres

Ieva Adomavičiūtė

21:00.1

2017

1:45.0

10000 metres

Line Espedal

35:55.0

2003

1:47.7

Half marathon

Esther Lofgren

1:20:12.1

2015

1:54.0

Full marathon

Erin-Monique O'Brien

2:47:18.5

2017

1:58.9

1 minute

Cecilia Velin

356

2016

1:24.2

30 minutes

Cecilia Velin

8143

2017

1:50.5

60 minutes

Emma Twigg

16699

2016

1:47.7

Lightweight women

Event

Name

Nationality

Result

Season

Split

100 metres

Anna Lewis

17.6

2017

1:28.0

500 metres

Samantha Briggs

1:33.4

2016

1:33.4

1000 metres

Anna Lewis

3:21.1

2017

1:40.5

2000 metres

Ursula Grobler

6:54.7

2010

1:43.6

5000 metres

Julia Edward

18:15.2

2016

1:49.5

6000 metres

Michelle Sechser

21:56.7

2017

1:49.7

10000 metres

Anna Lewis

37:54.4

2017

1:53.7

Half marathon

Anna Lewis

1:22:50.2

2016

1:57.7

Full marathon

Anna Lewis

2:53:21.0

2016

2:03.2

1 minute

Anna Lewis

328

2017

1:31.4

30 minutes

Anna Lewis

7972

2017

1:52.9

60 minutes

Luanne Suplick

16193

2005

1:51.1

See also

  • List of world records in rowing
  • Concept2