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See also: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Rowing
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueLagoa Rodrigo de Freitas
Dates6–13 August
Competitors550
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The rowing competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are taking place from 6 to 13 August 2016 at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon in Copacabana. Fourteen medal events are being contested by 550 athletes, 331 men and 219 women.[1]

Competition format

There are eight events for men and six for women. Events include categories for open weight and restricted weight (lightweight) athletes, and two styles of rowing: sweep, where competitors each use a single oar, and sculling, where they use two.

Sculling events include men's and women's singles, doubles, lightweight doubles, and quads. Sweep events are men's and women's pairs and eights, and men's fours and lightweight fours.[1]

Although the size and composition of the 14 Olympic classes remain unchanged from the 2012 format, the number of boats for men has been reduced in the single sculls, quadruple sculls, and eight, spurring a change towards an increased proportion of boats for women in the single sculls, pair, double sculls, and lightweight double sculls.[2]

Qualification

Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Each competing nation may qualify one boat for each of the fourteen events. The majority of the qualifying places were awarded based on the results at the 2015 World Rowing Championships, held at Lac d'Aiguebelette, France from August 30 to September 4, 2015.[3] Places are awarded to National Olympic Committees, not to specific athletes, finishing in the top 9 in the single sculls (both men and women), top 5 in the eights, and top 11 in the pairs, doubles, and lightweight doubles, and (only for men) in the coxless four and lightweight four. In the quadruple sculls, the first eight nations will be qualified in the men's event, and the first five in the women's.[4] Further berths are distributed to the nations (and in this case to specific competitors) at four continental qualifying regattas in Asia and Oceania (except for Australia and New Zealand), Africa, Latin America, and Europe (with the additional participation of the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand), and at a final Olympic qualification regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.[2]

Zeitplan

After the first day of the competition, many rowers voiced their frustration about the rough conditions on the water. New Zealand rowers Emma Twigg and Mahé Drysdale talked about the regatta being about "survival rather than skill", and Rowing New Zealand lodged an official complaint with the organisers for not postponing the first day when conditions became "unrowable". With the water even more choppy at the start of the second day, that day's rowing was postponed.[5] Template:2016OlympicRowingSchedule

Participating

Participating nations (number of rowers)

Competitors

Medal summary

Medal table

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Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Single sculls
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Double sculls
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Quadruple sculls
details 		 Deutschland (GER)
Philipp Wende
Lauritz Schoof
Karl Schulz
Hans Gruhne 		 Australien (AUS)
Karsten Forsterling
Alexander Belonogoff
Cameron Girdlestone
James McRae 		 Estland (EST)
Andrei Jämsä
Allar Raja
Tõnu Endrekson
Kaspar Taimsoo
Coxless pair
details
Coxless four
details
Coxed eight
details
Lightweight
double sculls
details
Lightweight
coxless four
details

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Single sculls
details
Double sculls
details
Quadruple sculls
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Coxless pair
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Coxed eight
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Lightweight
double sculls
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References

  1. ^ a b "Rio 2016: Rowing". Rio 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b Butler, Nick (16 March 2015). "Changes to Rio 2016 qualification announced by rowing to boost female and global participation". Inside the Games. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. ^ "World Rowing will meet in Aiguebelette". FISA. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Rio 2016 – FISA Rowing Qualification System" (PDF). FISA. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Rowing races could be cancelled after day abandoned". The New Zealand Herald. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
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