Alan Campbell set a new record to the Barrier in his heat of the Diamonds Challenge Sculls.

Double Olympic champion Olaf Tufte from Norway, New Zealand world champion, Mahe Drysdale, and Belgian Tim Maeyens, fourth in Beijing won the other quarter finals

In the same event, Zhang Shumying became the first from China to race at Henley.

For only the second time since 1976, gentlemen were permitted to remove their jackets in the Stewards Enclosure because of soaring temperatures. The previous occasion was the day before.