Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This article details the qualifying phase for rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The majority of the spots were awarded based on the results at the 2015 World Rowing Championships, held at Lac d'Aiguebelette, France from August 30 to September 6, 2015. Places gained there were awarded to National Olympic Committees, not to specific athletes. Further berths are distributed to the nations at four continental qualifying regattas in Asia and Oceania, Africa, Latin America, and Europe (with the additional participation of the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand), the latter being the final Olympic qualification regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland. In July 2016, four Russian crews were removed because of doping concerns, and FISA announced which NOCs would replace them.

Summary

Nation	Men								Women						Crews	Athletes
	M1x	M2-	M2x	M4-	M4x	M8+	LM2x	LM4-	W1x	W2-	W2x	W4x	W8+	LW2x
Algerien	X								X						2	2
Angola							X								1	2
Argentinien	X								X						2	2
Australien	X	X	X	X	X				X		X	X	X		9	29
Österreich							X		X						2	3
Aserbaidschan			X												1	2
Bahamas									X						1	1
Weißrussland	X			X					X	X	X				5	10
Belgien	X														1	1
Bermuda									X						1	1
Brasilien							X							X	2	4
Bulgarien			X												1	2
Kanada				X	X			X	X	X			X	X	7	26
Chile							X							X	2	4
China							X	X	X	X	X	X		X	7	17
Kroatien	X		X												2	3
Cuba	X		X				X							X	4	7
Tschechische Republik	X	X						X	X		X				5	8
Dänemark							X	X	X	X	X			X	6	12
Ecuador	X														1	1
Ägypten	X								X						2	2
Estland					X										1	4
Frankreich		X	X	X			X	X		X	X				7	18
Deutschland			X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X		X	10	35
Great Britain	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X		X	X	12	43
Griechenland				X				X			X				3	10
Hongkong							X							X	2	4
Ungarn	X	X													2	3
Indien	X														1	1
Indonesien	X								X						2	2
Iran									X						1	1
Iraq	X														1	1
Irland							X		X					X	3	5
Italien		X	X	X		X	X	X		X				X	8	27
Japan							X							X	2	4
Kasachstan	X								X						2	2
Libyen	X														1	1
Litauen	X		X		X				X		X				5	10
Mexiko	X								X						2	2
Niederlande		X		X		X		X		X		X	X	X	8	36
Neuseeland	X	X	X		X	X		X	X	X	X		X	X	11	38
Nigeria									X						1	1
Norwegen	X		X				X								3	5
Paraguay	X								X						2	2
Peru	X								X						2	2
Polen	X				X	X	X			X	X	X		X	8	26
Rumänien		X		X						X			X	X	5	19
Russland				X											1	4
Serbien		X	X												2	4
Singapur									X						1	1
Südafrika		X		X			X			X				X	5	12
Südkorea	X								X						2	2
Spanien		X								X					2	4
Schweden									X						1	1
Schweiz					X		X	X	X						4	11
Chinese Taipei									X						1	1
Thailand	X								X						2	2
Togo									X						1	1
Trinidad und Tobago									X						1	1
Tunesien	X													X	2	3
Türkei							X								1	2
Ukraine					X							X			2	8
Vereinigte Staaten		X		X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11	41
Uruguay	X														1	1
Usbekistan	X														1	1
Vanuatu	X														1	1
Venezuela	X														1	1
Vietnam														X	1	2
Simbabwe	X								X						2	2
Total: 69 NOCs	32	13	13	13	10	7	20	13	32	15	13	7	7	20	215	550

Timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2015 World Rowing Championships	August 30 – September 6, 2015	Lac d'Aiguebelette
African Continental Qualification Regatta	October 5–7, 2015	Tunis
Latin America Continental Qualification Regatta	March 22–24, 2016	Valparaiso
Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta	April 23–25, 2016	Chungju
European and Final Qualification Regatta	May 22–24, 2016	Lucerne

Men's events

Single sculls

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rower
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Tschechische Republik	Ondřej Synek
	2	Neuseeland	Mahé Drysdale
	3	Litauen	Armandas Kelmelis
	4	Norwegen	Nils Jakob Hoff
	5	Kroatien	Damir Martin
	6	Cuba	Ángel Fournier
	7	Weißrussland	Stanislau Shcharbachenia
	8	Great Britain	Alan Campbell
	9	Polen	Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk
Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta	1	Südkorea	Kim Dong-yong
	2	Indien	Dattu Baban Bhokanal
	3	Indonesien	Memo
	4	Thailand	Jaruwat Saensuk
	5	Kasachstan	Vladislav Yakovlev
	6	Iraq	Mohammed Riyadh
	7	Usbekistan	Shakhboz Kholmirzayev
African Qualification Regatta	1	Ägypten	Abdelkhalek El-Banna
	2	Tunesien	Mohamed Taieb
	3	Algerien	Sid Ali Boudina
	4	Simbabwe	Andrew Peebles
Latin American Qualification Regatta	1	Mexiko	Juan Carlos Cabrera
	2	Argentinien	Brian Rosso
	3	Peru	Renzo Leon Garcia
	4	Uruguay	Jhonatan Esquivel
	5	Venezuela	Jakson Vicent Monasterio
	6	Ecuador	Bryan Sola Zambrano
	7	Paraguay	Arturo Rivarola
European Qualification Regatta	1	Belgien	Hannes Obreno
	2	Australien	Rhys Grant
	3	Ungarn	Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár
Tripartite Invitation	1	Libyen	Al-Hussein Gambour
	1	Vanuatu	Luigi Teilemb
Total	32

Information updated after choices made by NOCs after Latin American qualification regatta.

Double sculls

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Kroatien	Martin Sinković Valent Sinković
	2	Litauen	Mindaugas Griškonis Saulius Ritter
	3	Neuseeland	Chris Harris Robbie Manson
	4	Deutschland	Marcel Hacker Stephan Krüger
	5	Australien	Chris Morgan David Watts
	6	Frankreich	Matthieu Androdias Hugo Boucheron
	7	Aserbaidschan	Aleksandar Aleksandrov Boris Yotov
	8	Great Britain	John Collins Jonathan Walton
	9	Cuba	Adrián Oquendo Eduardo Rubio
	10	Italien	Romano Battisti Francesco Fossi
	11	Bulgarien	Georgi Bozhilov Kristian Vasilev
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1	Norwegen	Kjetil Borch Olaf Tufte
	2	Serbien	Marko Marjanovic Andrija Sljukic
Total	13

Lightweight double sculls

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Frankreich	Jérémie Azou Pierre Houin
	2	Great Britain	Richard Chambers Will Fletcher
	3	Norwegen	Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli
	4	Südafrika	John Smith James Thompson
	5	Italien	Marcello Miani Andrea Micheletti
	6	Deutschland	Moritz Moos Jason Osborne
	7	Polen	Miłosz Jankowski Artur Mikołajczewski
	8	Vereinigte Staaten	Andrew Campbell Joshua Konieczny
	9	Österreich	Bernhard Sieber Paul Sieber
	10	Schweiz	Michael Schmid Daniel Wiederkehr
	11	Irland	Paul O'Donovan Gary O'Donovan
Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta	1	China	Sun Man Wang Chunxin
	2	Japan	Hiroshi Nakano Hideki Omoto
	3	Hongkong	Chiu Hin Chun Tang Chiu Mang
African Qualification Regatta	1	Angola+	André Matias Jean-Luc Rasamoelina
Latin American Qualification Regatta	1	Brasilien	William Giaretton Xavier Vela
	2	Cuba	Raúl Hernández Liosbel Hernández
	3	Chile	Felipe Cárdenas Bernardo Guerrero
European Qualification Regatta	1	Türkei	Hüseyin Kandemir Enes Kuşku
	2	Dänemark	Mads Rasmussen Rasmus Quist Hansen
Total	20

+ EGY won LM2x and M1x at Continental Qualification Regatta, but NOC had to decide which boat to confirm for the Games due to the one-boat quota rule on each gender at the Continental Qualification Regatta. EGY chose M1x, hence LM2x place went to ANG.

Information updated after choices made by NOCs after Latin American qualification regatta.

BEL chose M1x after European Qual Regatta, hence LM2x place went to DEN.

Quadruple sculls

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Deutschland	Hans Gruhne Lauritz Schoof Karl Schulz Philipp Wende
	2	Australien	Alexander Belonogoff Karsten Forsterling Cameron Girdlestone James McRae
	3	Estland	Tõnu Endrekson Andrei Jämsä Allar Raja Kaspar Taimsoo
	4	Great Britain	Angus Groom Peter Lambert Sam Townsend Graeme Thomas
	5	Schweiz	Barnabé Delarze Augustin Maillefer Roman Röösli Nico Stahlberg
	6	Litauen	Aurimas Adomavičius Martynas Džiaugys Dominykas Jančionis Dovydas Nemeravičius
	7	Polen	Mateusz Biskup Wiktor Chabel Dariusz Radosz Mirosław Ziętarski
	8	Ukraine	Dmytro Mikhay Artem Morozov Oleksandr Nadtoka Ivan Dovhodko
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	—	Russland	Nikita Morgachyov Artyom Kosov Vladislav Ryabtsev Sergey Fedorovtsev *
	1	Kanada	Julien Bahain Robert Gibson Will Dean Pascal Lussier
	2	Neuseeland	George Bridgewater Nathan Flannery John Storey Jade Uru
Total	10

• Russia were disqualified on 1 July 2016 following the nullification of all results following a failure in an anti-doping test by Sergey Fedorovtsev. Their quota place was transferred to New Zealand.

Pair

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Neuseeland	Hamish Bond Eric Murray
	2	Great Britain	Stewart Innes Alan Sinclair
	3	Serbien	Nenad Beđik Miloš Vasić
	4	Niederlande	Roel Braas Mitchel Steenman
	5	Italien	Giovanni Abagnale Vincenzo Capelli
	6	Australien	Alexander Lloyd Spencer Turrin
	7	Südafrika	Lawrence Brittain Shaun Keeling
	8	Frankreich	Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette
	9	Vereinigte Staaten	Nareg Guregian Anders Weiss
	10	Spanien	Alex Sigurbjornsson Pau Vela
	11	Rumänien	Cristi-Ilie Pârghie George Alexandru Pălămariu
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1	Tschechische Republik	Jakub Podrazil Lukáš Helešic
	2	Ungarn	Béla Simon Adrián Juhász
Total	13

Four

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Italien	Marco Di Costanzo Matteo Lodo Domenico Montrone Giuseppe Vicino
	2	Australien	Josh Booth Josh Dunkley-Smith Alexander Hill William Lockwood
	3	Great Britain	Alex Gregory Constantine Louloudis George Nash Moe Sbihi
	4	Kanada	Will Crothers Kai Langerfeld Conlin McCabe Tim Schrijver
	5	Deutschland	Anton Braun Maximilian Korge Max Planer Felix Wimberger
	6	Niederlande	Harold Langen Peter van Schie Govert Viergever Vincent van der Want
	7	Vereinigte Staaten	Charlie Cole Henrik Rummel Matt Miller Seth Weil
	8	Weißrussland	Vadzim Lialin Dzianis Mihal Mikalai Sharlap Ihar Pashevich
	9	Griechenland	Dionisis Angelopoulos Ioannis Christou Ioannis Tsilis Georgios Tziallas
	10	Russland	Anton Zarutskiy Artyom Kosov Vladislav Ryabtsev Nikita Morgachyov
	11	Rumänien	Vlad-Dragos Aicoboae Constantin Adam Marius Cozmiuc Toader-Andrei Gontaru
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1	Südafrika	David Hunt Jonty Smith Vincent Breet Jake Green
	2	Frankreich	Benjamin Lang Mickaël Marteau Théophile Onfroy Valentin Onfroy
Total	13

Lightweight four

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Schweiz	Mario Gyr Simon Niepmann Simon Schürch Lucas Tramèr
	2	Dänemark	Jacob Barsøe Morten Jørgensen Kasper Winther Jørgensen Jacob Larsen
	3	Frankreich	Thomas Baroukh Thibault Colard Guillaume Raineau Franck Solforosi
	4	Neuseeland	Alistair Bond James Hunter James Lassche Peter Taylor
	5	Niederlande	Björn van den Ende Jort van Gennep Tim Heijbrock Joris Pijs
	6	Italien	Martino Goretti Livio La Padula Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta
	7	Vereinigte Staaten	Anthony Fahden Edward King Tyler Nase Robin Prendes
	8	China	Jin Wei Zhao Jingbin Yu Chenggang Wang Tiexin
	9	Great Britain	Mark Aldred Chris Bartley Peter Chambers Jono Clegg
	10	Tschechische Republik	Jiří Kopáč Jan Vetešník Ondřej Vetešník Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
	11	Kanada	Brendan Hodge Maxwell Lattimer Nicolas Pratt Eric Woelfl
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1	Russland
	1	Deutschland	Tobias Franzmann Jonathan Koch Lucas Schäfer Lars Wichert
	2	Griechenland	Spyridon Giannaros Panagiotis Magdanis Stefanos Ntouskos Ioannis Petrou
Total	13

Eight

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Great Britain	Paul Bennett Scott Durant Matt Gotrel Matt Langridge Tom Ransley Pete Reed Will Satch Andrew Triggs Hodge Phelan Hill (cox)
	2	Deutschland	Felix Drahotta Malte Jakschik Eric Johannesen Andreas Kuffner Maximilian Munski Hannes Ocik Maximilian Reinelt Richard Schmidt Martin Sauer (cox)
	3	Niederlande	Kaj Hendriks Robert Lücken Boaz Meylink Boudewijn Röell Olivier Siegelaar Dirk Uittenbogaard Mechiel Versluis Tone Wieten Peter Wiersum (cox)
	4	Neuseeland	Michael Brake Isaac Grainger Stephen Jones Alex Kennedy Shaun Kirkham Tom Murray Brook Robertson Joe Wright Caleb Shepherd (cox)
	5	Russland
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1	Vereinigte Staaten	Mike DiSanto Sam Dommer Austin Hack Alex Karwoski Stephen Kasprzyk Rob Munn Glenn Ochal Hans Struzyna Sam Ojserkis (cox)
	2	Polen	Zbigniew Schodowski Mateusz Wilangowski Marcin Brzeziński Robert Fuchs Krystian Aranowski Michał Szpakowski Mikołaj Burda Piotr Juszczak Daniel Trojanowski (cox)
	3	Italien	Luca Agamennoni Vincenzo Capelli Pierpaolo Frattini Fabio Infimo Emanuele Liuzzi Mario Paonessa Matteo Stefanini Simone Venier Enrico D’Aniello (cox)
Total	7

Women's events

Single sculls

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rower
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Australien	Kim Brennan
	2	Tschechische Republik	Miroslava Knapková
	3	China	Duan Jingli
	4	Vereinigte Staaten	Genevra Stone
	5	Schweiz	Jeannine Gmelin
	6	Kanada	Carling Zeeman
	7	Schweden	Anna Malvina Svennung
	8	Litauen	Lina Šaltytė
	9	Österreich	Magdalena Lobnig
Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta	1	Südkorea	Kim Ye-ji
	2	Iran	Mahsa Javar
	3	Chinese Taipei	Huang Yi-ting
	4	Kasachstan	Svetlana Germanovich
	5	Indonesien	Dewi Yuliawati
	6	Singapur	Saiyidah Aisyah
	7	Thailand	Phuttharaksa Neegree
African Qualification Regatta	1	Simbabwe	Micheen Thornycroft
	2	Algerien	Amina Rouba
	3	Nigeria	Chierika Ukogu
	4	Ägypten	Heba Ahmed
Latin American Qualification Regatta	1	Bermuda	Michelle Pearson
	2	Mexiko	Kenia Lechuga
	3	Trinidad und Tobago	Felice Chow
	4	Argentinien	Lucia Palermo
	5	Paraguay	Gabriela Mosqueira
	6	Peru	Camila Valle
	7	Bahamas	Emily Morley
European & Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1	Neuseeland	Emma Twigg
	2	Irland	Sanita Pušpure
	3	Weißrussland	Ekaterina Karsten
	4	Dänemark	Fie Udby Erichsen
Tripartite Invitation	—	Togo	Claire Akossiwa
Total	32

Information updated after choices made by NOCs after Latin American qualification regatta.

Double sculls

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Neuseeland	Eve MacFarlane Zoe Stevenson
	2	Griechenland	Sofia Asoumanaki Aikaterini Nikolaidou
	3	Deutschland	Mareike Adams Marie-Cathérine Arnold
	4	Polen	Magdalena Fularczyk Natalia Madaj
	5	Litauen	Milda Valčiukaitė Donata Vištartaitė
	6	Great Britain	Katherine Grainger Victoria Thornley
	7	China	Lü Yang Zhu Weiwei
	8	Frankreich	Hélène Lefebvre Elodie Ravera
	9	Weißrussland	Yuliya Bichyk Tatsiana Kukhta
	10	Australien	Genevieve Horton Sally Kehoe
	11	Vereinigte Staaten	Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1	Tschechische Republik	Lenka Antošová Kristýna Fleissnerová
	2	Dänemark	Lisbet Jakobsen Nina Hollensen
Total	13

Lightweight double sculls

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Neuseeland	Julia Edward Sophie MacKenzie
	2	Great Britain	Katherine Copeland Charlotte Taylor
	3	Südafrika	Ursula Grobler Kirsten McCann
	4	Kanada	Lindsay Jennerich Patricia Obee
	5	Dänemark	Anne Lolk Thomsen Juliane Rasmussen
	6	Deutschland	Marie-Louise Dräger Fini Sturm
	7	China	Huang Wenyi Pan Feihong
	8	Polen	Weronika Deresz Martyna Mikolajczak
	9	Irland	Sinéad Jennings Claire Lambe
		Russland
	10	Vereinigte Staaten	Kate Bertko Devery Karz
Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta	1	Japan	Ayami Oishi Chiaki Tomita
	2	Vietnam	Tạ Thanh Huyền Hồ Thị Lý
	3	Hongkong	Lee Yuen Yin Lee Ka Man
African Qualification Regatta	1	Tunesien	Nour El-Houda Ettaieb Khadija Krimi
Latin American Qualification Regatta	1	Brasilien	Fernanda Nunes Vanessa Cozzi
	2	Cuba	Yislena Hernandez Licet Hernandez
	3	Chile	Melita Abraham Josefa Vila
European Qualification Regatta	1	Niederlande	Ilse Paulis Maaike Head
	2	Rumänien	Gianina-Elena Beleaga Ionela-Livia Lehaci
	3	Italien	Laura Milani Valentina Rodini
Total	20

Quadruple sculls

Ukrainian quad sculls at the 2016 Final Olympic Qualification Regatta

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Vereinigte Staaten	Tracy Eisser Megan Kalmoe Grace Latz Adrienne Martelli
	2	Deutschland	Carina Bär Julia Lier Lisa Schmidla Annekatrin Thiele
	3	Niederlande	Chantal Achterberg Nicole Beukers Carline Bouw Inge Janssen
	4	Polen	Monika Ciaciuch Maria Springwald Joanna Leszczyńska Agnieszka Kobus
	5	Australien	Jennifer Cleary Madeleine Edmunds Jessica Hall Kerry Hore
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1	China	Zhang Ling Jiang Yan Wang Yuwei Zhang Xinyue
	2	Ukraine	Daryna Verkhohliad Olena Buryak Anastasiya Kozhenkova Ievgeniia Nimchenko
Total	7

Pair

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Great Britain	Helen Glover Heather Stanning
	2	Neuseeland	Genevieve Behrent Rebecca Scown
	3	Vereinigte Staaten	Grace Luczak Felice Mueller
	4	Dänemark	Anne Dsane Andersen Lærke Rasmussen
	5	Südafrika	Lee-Ann Persse Kate Christowitz
	6	Kanada	Jennifer Martins Nicole Hare
	7	Rumänien	Cristina Grigoraș Laura Oprea
	8	Deutschland	Kerstin Hartmann Kathrin Marchand
	9	Frankreich	Noémie Kober Marie Le Nepvou
	10	Weißrussland	Alena Furman Ina Nikulina
	11	Niederlande	Aletta Jorritsma Karien Robbers
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1	Spanien	Anna Boada Aina Cid
	2	China	Zhang Min Miao Tian
	3	Italien	Alessandra Patelli Sara Bertolasi
	4	Polen	Anna Wierzbowska Maria Wierzbowska
Total	15

Eight

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Vereinigte Staaten	Amanda Elmore Tessa Gobbo Elle Logan Meghan Musnicki Amanda Polk Emily Regan Lauren Schmetterling Kerry Simmonds Katelin Snyder (cox)
	2	Neuseeland	Genevieve Behrent Kelsey Bevan Emma Dyke Kerri Gowler Grace Prendergast Kayla Pratt Rebecca Scown Ruby Tew Francie Turner (cox)
	3	Kanada	Ashley Brzozowicz Susanne Grainger Jennifer Martins Natalie Mastracci Cristy Nurse Lisa Roman Christine Roper Lauren Wilkinson Lesley Thompson (cox)
	4	Great Britain	Karen Bennett Olivia Carnegie-Brown Jessica Eddie Katie Greves Frances Houghton Zoe Lee Polly Swann Melanie Wilson Zoe de Toledo (cox)
	5	Russland
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1	Rumänien	Mădălina Bereș Andreea Boghian Adelina Bogus Roxana Cogianu Irina Dorneanu Laura Oprea Mihaela Petrilă Ioana Strungaru Daniela Druncea (cox)
	2	Niederlande	Wianka van Dorp Sophie Souwer Lies Rustenburg José van Veen Ellen Hogerwerf Claudia Belderbos Monica Lanz Olivia van Rooijen Ae-Ri Noort (cox)
	3	Australien	Fiona Albert Olympia Aldersey Molly Goodman Alexandra Hagan Jessica Morrison Lucy Stephan Charlotte Sutherland Meaghan Volker Sarah Banting (cox)
Total	7