Men: quad scull, double scull, single scull, eight, coxless four, and coxless pair Lightweight Men: double scull (discontinued after 2024 games) Women: quad scull, double scull, single scull, eight, coxless four, and coxless pair Lightweight Women: double scull (discontinued after 2024 games) Coastal rowing (from 2028) At the end of each year, the World Rowing Federation holds the World Rowing Championships with events in 22 different boat classes. Athletes generally consider the Olympic classes to be premier events. In 2017 FISA (now the World Rowing Federation) voted to adopt a new Olympic programme for 2020, whereby the lightweight men's coxless four event was replaced by the women's heavyweight coxless four. This was done to ensure that rowing had a gender equal Olympic programme. During Olympic years only non-Olympic boats compete at the World Championships.
Men: quad scull, double scull, single scull, eight, coxless four, and coxless pair Lightweight Men: double scull (discontinued after 2024 games) Women: quad scull double scull, single scull, eight, coxless four, and coxless pair Lightweight Women: double scull (discontinued after 2024 games) Coastal rowing (from 2028) At the end of each year, the World Rowing Federation holds the World Rowing Championships with events in 22 different boat classes. Athletes generally consider the Olympic classes to be premier events. In 2017 FISA (now the World Rowing Federation) voted to adopt a new Olympic programme for ,2020, whereby the lightweight men's coxless four event was replaced by the women's heavyweight coxless four. This was done to ensure that rowing had a gender equal Olympic programme. During Olympic years only non-Olympic boats compete at the World Championships.