2008 World Rowing Championships
The 2008 World Rowing Championships were World [Rowing Championships] that were held from 22 to 27 July 2008 in conjunction with the World Rowing [Junior Championships|World Junior Rowing Championships] in Ottensheim near Linz, Austria. Since Rowing at the 2008 [Summer Olympics|2008 was an Olympic year for rowing], the World Championships did not include Olympic events scheduled for the 2008 Summer Olympics, or the adaptive rowing events at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.