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Rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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Rowing
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueLagoa Stadium
Dates9–11 September
Competitors96
2012
2020

Rowing competitions at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro were held from 9 to 11 September 2016, at Lagoa Stadium at the Games' Copacabana hub.

Classification

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Rowers are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows rowers to compete against others with a similar level of function.

The three rowing classes are:

  • LTA (Legs, Trunk and Arms) - Mixed coxed fours
  • TA (Trunk and Arms) - Mixed double sculls
  • AS (Arms and shoulders) - Men's and women's singles

Events

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Four rowing events are scheduled to be held, each over a course of 1000 metres:

  • Men's single sculls AS
  • Women's single sculls AS
  • Mixed double sculls TA
  • Mixed four coxed LTA

Qualification

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Ninety-six athletes (48 male, 48 female) are expected to take part in this sport.

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 are awarded to National Olympic Committees, not to specific athletes. Further berths are distributed at the final Paralympic qualification regatta in Gavirate, Italy.[1] A minimum of two places were held over for the host, Brazil, one rower of each gender. In the event, however, Brazil qualified that minimum number via the World Championships, and the host nation places were therefore added to the Bipartite commission quota distribution. Russia have now been excluded from the 2016 Paralympics, and Germany and USA, as the fastest non-qualifiers in AS M1x and TA X2x respectively, will take Russia's place in those events.[2]

Qualifiers for the Paralympic Games 2016 - Rowing
Qualification Event AS M1x AS W1x TA X2x LTA X4+
2015 World Rowing Championships
Lucerne, Switzerland
(Top 8 boats per event - 64 athletes)
 Australia
 Great Britain
 Ukraine
 Russia
 United States
 Netherlands
 Brazil
 Italy
 Israel
 Great Britain
 Norway
 Brazil
 Belarus
 Italy
 South Africa
 United States
 Australia
 Great Britain
 France
 Ukraine
 Netherlands
 Poland
 Brazil
 Israel
 Great Britain
 United States
 Canada
 Italy
 South Africa
 Ukraine
 Germany
 France
2016 Final Paralympic Regatta
Gavirate, Italy
(Top 2 boats per event - 16 athletes)
 China
 South Korea
 Germany
 China
 South Korea
 China
 Russia
 United States
 Australia
 China
Host Nation Quotas
Bipartite Commission quotas
(8 male, 8 female rowers - 16 athletes)[3]
 Lithuania
 Kenya
 Hungary
 Argentina
 Japan
 Latvia
 Austria
 Zimbabwe

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain (GBR)3014
2 Ukraine (UKR)1001
3 China (CHN)0202
4 Australia (AUS)0101
 United States (USA)0101
6 Canada (CAN)0011
 France (FRA)0011
 Israel (ISR)0011
Totals (8 entries)44412

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's single sculls
details
Roman Polianskyi
 Ukraine
Erik Horrie
 Australia
Tom Aggar
 Great Britain
Women's single sculls
details
Rachel Morris
 Great Britain
Wang Lili
 China
Moran Samuel
 Israel
Mixed double sculls
details
 Great Britain (GBR)
Lauren Rowles
Laurence Whiteley
 China (CHN)
Liu Shuang
Fei Tianming
 France (FRA)
Perle Bouge
Stéphane Tardieu
Mixed coxed four
details
 Great Britain (GBR)
Grace Clough
Daniel Brown
Pam Relph
James Fox
Oliver James
 United States (USA)
Jaclyn Smith
Danielle Hansen
Zachary Burns
Dorian Weber
Jennifer Sichel
 Canada (CAN)
Victoria Nolan
Meghan Montgomery
Andrew Todd
Curtis Halladay
Kristen Kit

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Paralympic rowing- Rio 2016 qualification scheme. ~ rio2016.com Archived 8 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Para-rowing entries for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games confirmed". World Rowing. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Eight bipartite rowing berths awarded for Rio 2016 Paralympics". Inside the Games. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Startlists & results". FISA. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
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