Other sportsRowing world best time
Eight, men, 2,000 m
5 min 17.75 s
- Holder
- Ralf Rienks Finn Florijn Wibout Rustenburg Jorn Salverda Sander de Graaf Pieter van Veen Jan van der Bij Mick Makker Jonna de Vries (cox)
- Date
- Place
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Standing since
- 2026
What to remember
Nine people on board, including a cox: the Dutch eight covered 2,000 m in 5 min 17.75 s on August 30, 2026, in the final of the World Championships in Amsterdam, on home water. Ralf Rienks, Finn Florijn, Wibout Rustenburg, Jorn Salverda, Sander de Graaf, Pieter van Veen, Jan van der Bij and Mick Makker rowed, with Jonna de Vries as cox.
Known in French as the "king boat", the eight is rowing's most prestigious shell. Each rower holds a single oar, four on each side, facing the stern, while the cox steers with the rudder. At about 18 m long, it has to be taken apart in two pieces to travel by road, and it can reach 23 km/h.
Because weather conditions make times vary, rowing recognises world best times over 2,000 m rather than world records. This one was set by a crew that included Ralf Rienks, Olympic silver medallist in the eight in 2024.
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- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of world best times in rowing” (revision used 1377189194). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo: Ailura, Photo licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons). Remove this photo.
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