2009 TOP 10 ROWERS

To be eligible to appear as a Top 10 Male or Female rower, athletes had to have been active at elite international level in the current year by taking part at an Olympic Games, Final Olympic Qualification Regatta, World Rowing Championships or Rowing World Cup. All-Time Olympic and World Championship results have been taken into account with a weighting to favour Olympic medals three times higher than World Championship medals. World Championship medals in international boat classes are attributed half the value of a World Championship medal in an Olympic boat class.

Regarding points attribution to Olympic boat classes: Past Olympic boat classes cease to be considered as Olympic boat classes at the end of the year in which they were part of the Olympic programme for the last time. Present Olympic boat classes began to be considered as an Olympic boat class two years prior to the year in which they were part of the Olympic programme for the first time.

Ranking is sorted according to gold medal points, then silver, then bronze. Athletes are listed in order of ranking.

POINTS SYSTEM
Olympic medal = 3 points
World Championship medal in Olympic boat class = 1 point
World Championship medal in International boat class = 0.5 point

Top 10 male rowers active in 2009

Top 10 female rowers active in 2009