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.[1][2] 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.[3]
| Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Qualification | ||
| Single sculls | men | women |
| Coxless pair | men | women |
| Double sculls | men | women |
| Lwt double sculls | men | women |
| Coxless four | men | |
| Quadruple sculls | men | women |
| Eight | men | women |
| Lwt coxless four | men | |
Summary
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Timeline
| Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | August 30 – September 6, 2015 |  Lac d'Aiguebelette[2] |
| African Continental Qualification Regatta | October 5–7, 2015 |  Tunis[4] |
| 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[1] |
Men's events
Single sculls
Information updated after choices made by NOCs after Latin American qualification regatta.[5]
Double sculls
Lightweight double sculls
| Event | # | Nation | Qualified rowers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 1 | France | Jérémie Azou Pierre Houin |
| 2 |  Great Britain | Richard Chambers Will Fletcher | |
| 3 |  Norway | Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli | |
| 4 |  South Africa | John Smith James Thompson | |
| 5 |  Italy | Marcello Miani Andrea Micheletti | |
| 6 |  Germany | Moritz Moos Jason Osborne | |
| 7 |  Poland | Miłosz Jankowski Artur Mikołajczewski | |
| 8 |  United States | Andrew Campbell Joshua Konieczny | |
| 9 |  Austria | Bernhard Sieber Paul Sieber | |
| 10 | Switzerland | Michael Schmid Daniel Wiederkehr | |
| 11 |  Ireland | Paul O'Donovan Gary O'Donovan | |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 1 |  China | Sun Man Wang Chunxin |
| 2 |  Japan | Hiroshi Nakano Hideki Omoto | |
| 3 |  Hong Kong | Chiu Hin Chun Tang Chiu Mang | |
| African Qualification Regatta | 1 |  Angola+ | André Matias Jean-Luc Rasamoelina |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 1 |  Brazil | William Giaretton Xavier Vela |
| 2 |  Cuba | Raúl Hernández Liosbel Hernández | |
| 3 | Chile | Felipe Cárdenas Bernardo Guerrero | |
| European Qualification Regatta | 1 |  Turkey | Hüseyin Kandemir Enes Kuşku |
| 2 |  Denmark | 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.[5]
BEL chose M1x after European Qual Regatta, hence LM2x place went to DEN.
Quadruple sculls
- 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 |  New Zealand | Hamish Bond Eric Murray |
| 2 | Great Britain | Stewart Innes Alan Sinclair | |
| 3 |  Serbia | Nenad Beđik Miloš Vasić | |
| 4 |  Netherlands | Roel Braas Mitchel Steenman | |
| 5 | Italy | Giovanni Abagnale Vincenzo Capelli | |
| 6 |  Australia | Alexander Lloyd Spencer Turrin | |
| 7 | South Africa | Lawrence Brittain Shaun Keeling | |
| 8 | France | Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette | |
| 9 | United States | Nareg Guregian Anders Weiss | |
| 10 |  Spain | Alex Sigurbjornsson Pau Vela | |
| 11 |  Romania | Cristi-Ilie Pârghie George Alexandru Pălămariu | |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 1 |  Czech Republic | Jakub Podrazil Lukáš Helešic |
| 2 |  Hungary | Béla Simon Adrián Juhász | |
| Total | 13 | ||
Four
Lightweight four
Eight
Women's events
Single sculls
Information updated after choices made by NOCs after Latin American qualification regatta.[5]
Double sculls
Lightweight double sculls
| Event | # | Nation | Qualified rowers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 1 | New Zealand | Julia Edward Sophie MacKenzie |
| 2 | Great Britain | Katherine Copeland Charlotte Taylor | |
| 3 | South Africa | Ursula Grobler Kirsten McCann | |
| 4 |  Canada | Lindsay Jennerich Patricia Obee | |
| 5 | Denmark | Anne Lolk Thomsen Juliane Rasmussen | |
| 6 | Germany | Marie-Louise Dräger Fini Sturm | |
| 7 | China | Huang Wenyi Pan Feihong | |
| 8 | Poland | Weronika Deresz Martyna Mikolajczak | |
| 9 | Ireland | Sinéad Jennings Claire Lambe | |
 Russia | |||
| 10 | United States | Kate Bertko Devery Karz | |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 1 | Japan | Ayami Oishi Chiaki Tomita |
| 2 |  Vietnam | Tạ Thanh Huyền Hồ Thị Lỷ | |
| 3 | Hong Kong | Lee Yuen Yin Lee Ka Man | |
| African Qualification Regatta | 1 | Tunisia | Nour El-Houda Ettaieb Khadija Krimi |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 1 | Brazil | Fernanda Nunes Vanessa Cozzi |
| 2 | Cuba | Yislena Hernandez Licet Hernandez | |
| 3 | Chile | Melita Abraham Josefa Vila | |
| European Qualification Regatta | 1 | Netherlands | Ilse Paulis Maaike Head |
| 2 | Romania | Gianina-Elena Beleaga Ionela-Livia Lehaci | |
| 3 | Italy | Laura Milani Valentina Rodini | |
| Total | 20 | ||
Quadruple sculls
Pair
Eight
References
- "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rowing" (PDF). FISA. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- "World Rowing will meet in Aiguebelette". FISA. 5 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- "FISA Determines Six Russian Rowers meet conditions for participation in Rio 2016". FISA. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- "2016 FISA African Olympic Qualification Regatta". FISA. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- "Olympic qualification spots confirmed for the Americas". FISA. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.