Abbreviations Used in this History
Country Codes
| ALB | Albania | KUW | Kuwait |
| ALG | Algeria | LAT | Latvia |
| ANG | Angola | LIB | Lebanon |
| ARG | Argentina | LTU | Lithuania |
| ARM | Armenia | MAR | Morocco |
| AUS | Australia | MAS | Malysia |
| AUT | Austria | MEX | Mexico |
| AZE | Azerbaijan | MDA | Moldovia |
| BAN | Bangladesh | MKD | Macedonia |
| BAR | Barbados | MON | Monaco |
| BEL | Belgium | MOZ | Mozambique |
| BLR | Belarus | MYA | Myanmar |
| BRA | Brazil | NCA | Nicaragua |
| BRN | Bahrain | NED | The Netherlands |
| BUL | Bulgaria | NGR | Nigeria |
| BUR | Burkina | NIG | Niger |
| CAN | Canada | NOR | Norway |
| CAY | Cayman Islands | NZL | New Zealand |
| CHI | Chile | PAK | Pakistan |
| CHN | China | PAN | Panama |
| CIV | Ivory Coast | PAR | Paraguay |
| CMR | Cameroon | PER | Peru |
| COL | Colombia | PHI | Phillippines |
| CRC | Costa Rica | PLE | Palestine |
| CRO | Croatia | POL | Poland |
| CUB | Cuba | POR | Portugal |
| CYP | Cyprus | PRK | DRP of Korea |
| CZE | Czech Republic | PUR | Puerto Rico |
| DDR | East Germany (to 1990) | QAT | Qatar |
| DEN | Denmark | ROM | Romania |
| DOM | Dominican Republic | RSA | Republic of South Africa |
| ECU | Ecuador | RUS | Russia |
| EUN | Unified Team 1992 | SAF | South Africa |
| EGY | Egypt | SAM | Samoa |
| ESA | El Salvador | SCG | Serbia and Montengro |
| ESP | Spain | SEN | Senegal |
| EST | Estonia | SIN | Singapore |
| FIN | Finland | SLO | Slovenia |
| FRA | France | SRI | Sri Lanka |
| FRG | West Germany | SUD | Sudan |
| GBR | Great Britain | SUI | Switzerland |
| GDR | East Germany (to 1990) | SVK | Slovakia |
| GEO | Georgia | SWE | Sweden |
| GER | Germany | SWZ | Swaziland |
| GIB | Gibralter | SYR | Syria |
| GRE | Greece | TCH | Czechoslovakia |
| GUA | Guatemala | TGA | Tonga |
| HKG | Hong Kong China | THA | Thailand |
| HOL | Holland | TKM | Turkmenistan |
| HON | Honduras | TOG | Togo |
| HUN | Hungary | TPE | Chinese Taipei |
| INA | Indonesia | TUN | Tunisia |
| IND | India | TUR | Turkey |
| IRI | Iran | UGA | Uganda |
| IRL | Ireland | UKR | Ukraine |
| IRQ | Iraq | URS | Soviet Union (to 1991) |
| ISL | Iceland | URU | Uruguay |
| ISR | Israel | USA | United States of America |
| ITA | Italy | UZB | Uzbekistan |
| JPN | Japan | VEN | Venezuela |
| KAZ | Kazakhstan | VIE | Vietnam |
| KEN | Kenya | YUG | Yugoslavia |
| KOR | Korea | ZIM | Zimbabwe |
| KGZ | Kyrgyzsta |
Stages of Racing
| E | Elimination heat |
| R | Repechage |
| QF | Quarter final |
| SF | Semi-final |
| Final E and beyond | Final for placings for other placings |
| Final D | Final for placings, usually 18-14 |
| Final C | Final for placings, usually 12-18 |
| Final B | Final for placings, usually 6-12 |
| Final | Final |
Boat classes
| M1x | Men's Single Scull |
| M2x | Men's Double Scull |
| M4x | Men's Quad Scull |
| M2- | Men's Coxless Pair |
| M2+ | Men's Coxed Pair |
| M4- | Men's Coxless Four |
| M4+ | Men's Coxed Four |
| M8 | Men's Eight |
| ML1x | Men's Lightweight Single Scull |
| ML2x | Men's Lightweight Double Scull |
| ML4x | Men's Lightweight Quad Scull |
| ML2- | Men's Lightweight Coxless Pair |
| ML4- | Men's Lightweight Coxless Four |
| ML8 | Men's Lightweight Eight |
| W1x | Women's Single Scull |
| W2x | Women's Double Scull |
| W4x | Women's Quad Scull |
| W4x+ | Women's Coxed Quad Scull |
| W2- | Women's Coxless Pair |
| W4- | Women's Coxless Four |
| W8 | Women's Eight |
| WL1x | Women's Lightweight Single Scull |
| WL2x | Women's Lightweight Double Scull |
| WL4x | Women's Lightweight Quad Scull |
| WL2- | Women's Lightweight Coxless Pair |
| WL4- | Women's Lightweight Coxless Four |