Rowing (sport)
Rowing is one of the oldest Olympic sports. It was on the programme for the 1896 games but the  race did not happen because of bad weather.  Since then Male rowers have competed in all the Olympics. Women's rowing was added to the Olympic programme in 1976. Today, there are fourteen boat classes which race at the Olympics. 150 countries now have rowing federations. The World Rowing Federation, holds annual World Rowing Championships with twenty-two boat classes.