Dragon boat at the 2025 World Games

Dragon boat
at the 2025 World Games
VenueXinglong Lake
Dates9-10 August 2025
No. of events6
Competitors12 teams from 12 nations

The dragon boat competition at the 2025 World Games took place from 9 to 10 August 2025, in Chengdu in China, at the Xinglong Lake.[1][2] The competition had six mixed events. This marked the first games where dragon boat was an official sport after being and invitational one at the 2005 and 2009 World Games.

Qualification

A total of twelve teams qualified, one quota for the host nation, two from the 2024 ICF Dragon Boat World Cup, and nine from the 2024 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships.[3]

Event Location Dates Total places Qualified NOCs
Mixed– 12 teams
Host nation 1  China
2024 ICF Dragon Boat World Cup[4] China Yichang 24–27 October 2024 2  Indonesia
 Thailand
2024 ICF Dragon Boat World
Championships
Philippines Puerto
Princesa
30 October–
3 November 2024
9  Cambodia
 Chinese Taipei
 Czech Republic
 Hungary
 Myanmar
 Philippines
 South Korea
 Spain
 Ukraine

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Indonesia3205
2 Ukraine2114
3 Thailand1124
4 China*0202
5 Spain0022
6 Chinese Taipei0011
Totals (6 entries)66618

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed 10-seater 200 m
 Thailand (THA)  China (CHN)  Ukraine (UKR)
Mixed 10-seater 500 m
 Indonesia (INA)  Ukraine (UKR)  Thailand (THA)
Mixed 10-seater 2000 m
 Ukraine (UKR)  Indonesia (INA)  Spain (ESP)
Open 8-seater 200 m
 Indonesia (INA)  Thailand (THA)  Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Open 8-seater 500 m
 Ukraine (UKR)  Indonesia (INA)  Thailand (THA)
Open 8-seater 2000 m
 Indonesia (INA)  China (CHN)  Spain (ESP)

Results

Mixed 10-seater

200 m

Heats

The results were as follows:[5][6]

Heat 1 Heat 2 Notes
Rank Lane Nation Time Rank Lane Nation Time
1 6  Indonesia (INA) 49.17 1 1  Myanmar (MYA) 49.22 F
2 1  Ukraine (UKR) 49.98 2 6  China (CHN) 50.32 F
3 5  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 50.12 3 4  Thailand (THA) 50.43 SF
4 4  Philippines (PHI) 52.07 4 3  Spain (ESP) 50.70 SF
5 3  Cambodia (CAM) 53.19 5 2  Czech Republic (CZE) 57.34 SF
6 2  South Korea (KOR) 1:08.83 5  Hungary (HUN) DSQ
Semifinals

The results were as follows:[7]

Rank Lane Nation Time Notes
1 3  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 49.53 F
2 4  Thailand (THA) 49.99 F
3 2  Spain (ESP) 50.69
4 5  Philippines (PHI) 50.80
5 1  Cambodia (CAM) 52.68
6 6  Czech Republic (CZE) 53.79
Final

The results were as follows:[8]

Rank Lane Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6  Thailand (THA) 47.15
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5  China (CHN) 48.81
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2  Ukraine (UKR) 48.85
4 1  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 49.03
5 4  Indonesia (INA) 49.28
6 3  Myanmar (MYA) 49.38

500 m

Heats

The results were as follows:[9][10]

Heat 1 Heat 2 Notes
Rank Lane Nation Time Rank Lane Nation Time
1 1  China (CHN) 2:09.16 1 1  Thailand (THA) 2:07.88 F
2 6  Spain (ESP) 2:09.98 2 6  Ukraine (UKR) 2:08.32 F
3 2  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2:10.55 3 4  Indonesia (INA) 2:08.42 SF
4 5  Czech Republic (CZE) 2:11.19 4 3  Hungary (HUN) 2:10.99 SF
5 4  Myanmar (MYA) 2:14.26 5 5  Philippines (PHI) 2:13.08 SF
6 3  South Korea (KOR) 2:38.80 6 2  Cambodia (CAM) 2:35.05
Semifinals

The results were as follows:[11]

Rank Lane Nation Time Notes
1 3  Indonesia (INA) 2:06.66 F
2 2  Hungary (HUN) 2:07.93 F
3 6  Myanmar (MYA) 2:08.19
4 1  Philippines (PHI) 2:11.20
5 5  Czech Republic (CZE) 2:17.73
6 4  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2:37.17
Final

The results were as follows:[12]

Rank Lane Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6  Indonesia (INA) 2:06.64
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5  Ukraine (UKR) 2:07.02
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2  Thailand (THA) 2:07.80
4 2  Spain (ESP) 2:09.11
5 1  Hungary (HUN) 2:09.12
6 4  China (CHN) 2:09.28

2000 m

The results were as follows:[13]

Rank Lane Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6  Ukraine (UKR) 9:19.87
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8  Indonesia (INA) 9:22.43
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1  Spain (ESP) 9:23.84
4 3  Hungary (HUN) 9:26.57
5 9  Czech Republic (CZE) 9:28.09
6 5  China (CHN) 9:28.80
7 2  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 9:29.04
8 7  Thailand (THA) 9:31.06
9 4  Myanmar (MYA) 9:33.86
10 11  Philippines (PHI) 9:40.57
11 12  South Korea (KOR) 10:00.71
10  Cambodia (CAM) DSQ

Open 8-seater

200 m

Heats

The results were as follows:[14][15]

Heat 1 Heat 2 Notes
Rank Lane Nation Time Rank Lane Nation Time
1 5  Myanmar (MYA) 50.76 1 5  Indonesia (INA) 47.10 F
2 4  Cambodia (CAM) 52.64 2 2  Thailand (THA) 47.30 F
3 1  South Korea (KOR) 1:08.79 3 6  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 48.73 SF
4 2  Ukraine (UKR) 1:10.78 4 1  Spain (ESP) 49.18 SF
5 6  Hungary (HUN) 1:35.12 5 4  China (CHN) 49.61 SF
6 3  Czech Republic (CZE) 1:41.74 6 3  Philippines (PHI) 50.94
Semifinals

The results were as follows:[16]

Rank Lane Nation Time Notes
1 4  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 48.59 F
2 2  Ukraine (UKR) 49.20 F
3 5  Spain (ESP) 49.32
4 1  Hungary (HUN) 50.78
5 3  South Korea (KOR) 53.76
6 6  China (CHN) 57.15
Final

The results were as follows:[17]

Rank Lane Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  Indonesia (INA) 45.79
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2  Thailand (THA) 46.32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 47.27
4 3  Myanmar (MYA) 47.37
5 6  Ukraine (UKR) 47.39
6 5  Cambodia (CAM) 51.05

500 m

Heats

The results were as follows:[18][19]

Heat 1 Heat 2 Notes
Rank Lane Nation Time Rank Lane Nation Time
1 6  Myanmar (MYA) 2:07.43 1 2  Indonesia (INA) 2:06.67 F
2 3  Thailand (THA) 2:07.56 2 4  Ukraine (UKR) 2:07.76 F
3 2  Spain (ESP) 2:09.54 3 1  Czech Republic (CZE) 2:13.69 SF
4 4  Hungary (HUN) 2:11.27 4 3  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2:14.59 SF
5 5  China (CHN) 2:12.15 5 5  South Korea (KOR) 2:20.86 SF
6 1  Philippines (PHI) 2:13.63 6 6  Cambodia (CAM) 2:23.73
Semifinals

The results were as follows:[20]

Rank Lane Nation Time Notes
1 2  Hungary (HUN) 2:07.43 F
2 3  Spain (ESP) 2:07.95 F
3 4  Czech Republic (CZE) 2:10.73
4 6  South Korea (KOR) 2:15.39
5 1  China (CHN) 2:23.89
6 5  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2:29.99
Final

The results were as follows:[21]

Rank Lane Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5  Ukraine (UKR) 2:05.53
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3  Indonesia (INA) 2:05.71
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2  Thailand (THA) 2:06.48
4 4  Myanmar (MYA) 2:07.50
5 1  Spain (ESP) 2:08.20
6 6  Hungary (HUN) 2:09.32

2000 m

The results were as follows:[22]

Rank Lane Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1  Indonesia (INA) 9:08.12
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2  China (CHN) 9:19.22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10  Spain (ESP) 9:23.75
4 12  Ukraine (UKR) 9:28.25
5 8  Thailand (THA) 9:31.48
6 11  Czech Republic (CZE) 9:32.11
7 9  Myanmar (MYA) 9:33.35
8 5  Hungary (HUN) 9:33.65
9 6  Philippines (PHI) 9:37.26
10 7  Cambodia (CAM) 9:41.58
11 7  South Korea (KOR) 9:59.68
12 4  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 11:14.75

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