The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and World Rowing have announced the addition of Beach Sprint Rowing to the Olympic program for the 2028 Olympic Games. This inclusion of the emerging discipline marks a significant milestone in the history of rowing.

Beach Sprint Rowing combines traditional rowing skills with running, navigation, and power on a field of play where anything can happen.
Beach Sprint Rowing is an exciting, fast-rowing format of Rowing where your ability to adapt to an ever-changing landscape of competition will be tested alongside your physical abilities, and it’s all over in a matter of minutes.

Beach sprint racing starts with a beach run to the boat, a slalom row, a turn, a sprint back to the beach and a run up the beach to the finish line. Races take around two to four minutes and are about 600m in length (500m of rowing and 100m of sprinting).
Coastal rowing boats are used for beach sprint racing. They’re wider and more stable than classic rowing boats with the stern flat to let water flow out of the boat. The unpredictability of beach sprint racing, with athletes having to compete with waves and tides, makes it very different to classic rowing and requires a separate skill set to go with it.

World Rowing will propose Beach Sprint three medal events for LA28.

• Men’s solo (one athlete)
• Women’s solo (one athlete)
• Mixed double sculls (two athletes)