Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The rowing competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 13 August 2016 at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon in Lagoa. Fourteen medal events were being contested by 547 athletes, 334 men and 213 women.[1]

Rowing
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueRodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
Dates6–13 August 2016
No. of events14
Competitors547 from 69 nations
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For the third Olympics in a row, Great Britain was the most successful nation, topping the medal table with three golds and two silvers. Germany and New Zealand finished equal in second place with two golds and one silver each.

Competition format

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There were eight events for men and six for women. Events included 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 used two.

Sculling events included men's and women's singles, doubles, lightweight doubles, and quads. Sweep events were 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 remained unchanged from the 2012 format, the number of boats for men had 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

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Each competing nation might 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 were 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]

Schedule

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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]

Legend
H Heats R Repechage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals F Final
Men[6]
Event↓/Date → Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13
Single sculls H R ¼ ½ F
Pair H R ½ F
Double sculls H R ½ F
Lightweight double sculls H R ½ F
Four H R ½ F
Quadruple sculls H R F
Lightweight four H R ½ F
Eight H R F
Women[6]
Event↓/Date → Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13
Single sculls H R ¼ ½ F
Pair H R ½ F
Double sculls H R ½ F
Lightweight double sculls H R ½ F
Quadruple sculls H R F
Eight H R F

Participation

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Participating nations (number of rowers)

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Competitors

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Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain3205
2  Germany2103
  New Zealand2103
4  Australia1203
5  Netherlands1113
6  Croatia1102
  United States1102
8  France1012
  Poland1012
10  Switzerland1001
11  Denmark0112
  Lithuania0112
13  Canada0101
  Ireland0101
  South Africa0101
16  China0022
  Italy0022
  Norway0022
19  Czech Republic0011
  Estonia0011
  Romania0011
Totals (21 entries)14141442

Men's events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Single sculls
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Mahé Drysdale
  New Zealand
Damir Martin
  Croatia
Ondřej Synek
  Czech Republic
Double sculls
details
Martin Sinković
and Valent Sinković
  Croatia
Mindaugas Griškonis
and Saulius Ritter
  Lithuania
Kjetil Borch
and Olaf Tufte
  Norway
Quadruple sculls
details
  Germany
Philipp Wende
Lauritz Schoof
Karl Schulze
Hans Gruhne
  Australia
Karsten Forsterling
Alexander Belonogoff
Cameron Girdlestone
James McRae
  Estonia
Andrei Jämsä
Allar Raja
Tõnu Endrekson
Kaspar Taimsoo
Coxless pair
details
Eric Murray
and Hamish Bond
  New Zealand
Lawrence Brittain
and Shaun Keeling
  South Africa
Marco Di Costanzo
and Giovanni Abagnale
  Italy
Coxless four
details
  Great Britain
Alex Gregory
Moe Sbihi
George Nash
Constantine Louloudis
  Australia
Will Lockwood
Josh Dunkley-Smith
Josh Booth
Alexander Hill
  Italy
Domenico Montrone
Matteo Castaldo
Matteo Lodo
Giuseppe Vicino
Coxed eight
details
  Great Britain
Paul Bennett
Scott Durant
Matt Gotrel
Matt Langridge
Tom Ransley
Pete Reed
Will Satch
Andrew Triggs Hodge
Phelan Hill
  Germany
Maximilian Munski
Malte Jakschik
Andreas Kuffner
Eric Johannesen
Maximilian Reinelt
Felix Drahotta
Richard Schmidt
Hannes Ocik
Martin Sauer
  Netherlands
Kaj Hendriks
Robert Lücken
Boaz Meylink
Boudewijn Röell
Olivier Siegelaar
Dirk Uittenbogaard
Mechiel Versluis
Tone Wieten
Peter Wiersum
Lightweight double sculls
details
Pierre Houin
and Jérémie Azou
  France
Gary O'Donovan
and Paul O'Donovan
  Ireland
Kristoffer Brun
and Are Strandli
  Norway
Lightweight coxless four
details
  Switzerland
Lucas Tramèr
Simon Schürch
Simon Niepmann
Mario Gyr
  Denmark
Jacob Barsøe
Jacob Larsen
Kasper Winther Jørgensen
Morten Jørgensen
  France
Franck Solforosi
Thomas Baroukh
Guillaume Raineau
Thibault Colard

Women's events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Single sculls
details
Kim Brennan
  Australia
Genevra Stone
  United States
Duan Jingli
  China
Double sculls
details
Magdalena Fularczyk
and Natalia Madaj
  Poland
Victoria Thornley
and Katherine Grainger
  Great Britain
Donata Vištartaitė
and Milda Valčiukaitė
  Lithuania
Quadruple sculls
details
  Germany
Annekatrin Thiele
Carina Bär
Julia Lier
Lisa Schmidla
  Netherlands
Chantal Achterberg
Nicole Beukers
Inge Janssen
Carline Bouw
  Poland
Maria Springwald
Joanna Leszczyńska
Agnieszka Kobus
Monika Ciaciuch
Coxless pair
details
Helen Glover
and Heather Stanning
  Great Britain
Genevieve Behrent
and Rebecca Scown
  New Zealand
Hedvig Rasmussen
and Anne Andersen
  Denmark
Coxed eight
details
  United States
Emily Regan
Kerry Simmonds
Amanda Polk
Lauren Schmetterling
Tessa Gobbo
Meghan Musnicki
Elle Logan
Amanda Elmore
Katelin Snyder
  Great Britain
Katie Greves
Melanie Wilson
Frances Houghton
Polly Swann
Jessica Eddie
Olivia Carnegie-Brown
Karen Bennett
Zoe Lee
Zoe de Toledo
  Romania
Roxana Cogianu
Ioana Strungaru
Mihaela Petrilă
Iuliana Popa
Mădălina Beres
Laura Oprea
Adelina Boguș
Andreea Boghian
Daniela Druncea
Lightweight double sculls
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Ilse Paulis
and Maaike Head
  Netherlands
Lindsay Jennerich
and Patricia Obee
  Canada
Huang Wenyi
and Pan Feihong
  China

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Rio 2016: Rowing". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. 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. Archived from the original on 2 April 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.
  6. ^ a b "World Rowing: Rio 2016 Olympic Schedule" (PDF). FISA. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
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