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 X X 22 X 12 X X 22 XXXXX X XXX 929 X X 23 X 12 X 11 X X XXX 510 X 11 X 11 X X24 X 12 XX XXX XX726 X X24 XXXXXX X717 X X 23 X X X X47 XX XX X 58 XXXXX X612 X 11 X X 22 X 14 XXX XX XX 718 XXXXXX XXX X1035 XXXXXXXX XX XX1243 X X X 310 X X24 XX 23 X 11 X X 22 X 11 X 11 X X X35 XXX XXX X X827 X X24 X X 22 X 11 X X X X X 510 X X 22 X X X X X XXX836 XXX XX XXXX XX1138 X 11 X X X 35 X X 22 X X 22 X XXX XXX X826 X X X XX519 X 14 XX 24 X 11 X X X X X512 X X 22 X X 24 X 11 X XXX 411 X 11 X X 22 X 11 X 11 X X23 X 12 X X 28 X X XXXXXXXXX1141 X 11 X 11 X 11 X 11 X12 X X 22 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 Valparaíso 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 Ondřej Synek 2 Mahé Drysdale 3 Armandas Kelmelis 4 Nils Jakob Hoff 5 Damir Martin 6 Ángel Fournier 7 Stanislau Shcharbachenia 8 Alan Campbell 9 Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta 1 Kim Dong-yong 2 Dattu Baban Bhokanal 3 Memo 4 Jaruwat Saensuk 5 Vladislav Yakovlev 6 Mohammed Riyadh 7 Shakhboz Kholmirzayev African Qualification Regatta 1 Abdelkhalek El-Banna 2 Mohamed Taieb 3 Sid Ali Boudina 4 Andrew Peebles Latin American Qualification Regatta 1 Juan Carlos Cabrera 2 Brian Rosso 3 Renzo Leon Garcia 4 Jhonatan Esquivel 5 Jakson Vicent Monasterio 6 Bryan Sola Zambrano 7 Arturo Rivarola European Qualification Regatta 1 Hannes Obreno 2 Rhys Grant 3 Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár Tripartite Invitation 1 Al-Hussein Gambour 1 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 Martin SinkovićValent Sinković 2 Mindaugas GriškonisSaulius Ritter 3 Chris HarrisRobbie Manson 4 Marcel HackerStephan Krüger 5 Chris MorganDavid Watts 6 Matthieu AndrodiasHugo Boucheron 7 Aleksandar AleksandrovBoris Yotov 8 John CollinsJonathan Walton 9 Adrián OquendoEduardo Rubio 10 Romano BattistiFrancesco Fossi 11 Georgi BozhilovKristian Vasilev Final Olympic Qualification Regatta 1 Kjetil BorchOlaf Tufte 2 Marko MarjanovicAndrija Sljukic Total 13
Lightweight double sculls Event # Nation Qualified rowers 2015 World Rowing Championships 1 Jérémie AzouPierre Houin 2 Richard ChambersWill Fletcher 3 Kristoffer BrunAre Strandli 4 John SmithJames Thompson 5 Marcello MianiAndrea Micheletti 6 Moritz MoosJason Osborne 7 Miłosz JankowskiArtur Mikołajczewski 8 Andrew CampbellJoshua Konieczny 9 Bernhard SieberPaul Sieber 10 Michael SchmidDaniel Wiederkehr 11 Paul O'DonovanGary O'Donovan Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta 1 Sun ManWang Chunxin 2 Hiroshi NakanoHideki Omoto 3 Chiu Hin ChunTang Chiu Mang African Qualification Regatta 1 + André MatiasJean-Luc Rasamoelina Latin American Qualification Regatta 1 William GiarettonXavier Vela 2 Raúl HernándezLiosbel Hernández 3 Felipe CárdenasBernardo Guerrero European Qualification Regatta 1 Hüseyin KandemirEnes Kuşku 2 Mads RasmussenRasmus 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 Hans GruhneLauritz SchoofKarl SchulzPhilipp Wende 2 Alexander BelonogoffKarsten ForsterlingCameron GirdlestoneJames McRae 3 Tõnu EndreksonAndrei JämsäAllar RajaKaspar Taimsoo 4 Angus GroomPeter LambertSam TownsendGraeme Thomas 5 Barnabé DelarzeAugustin MailleferRoman RöösliNico Stahlberg 6 Aurimas AdomavičiusMartynas DžiaugysDominykas JančionisDovydas Nemeravičius 7 Mateusz BiskupWiktor ChabelDariusz RadoszMirosław Ziętarski 8 Dmytro MikhayArtem MorozovOleksandr NadtokaIvan Dovhodko Final Olympic Qualification Regatta — Nikita MorgachyovArtyom KosovVladislav RyabtsevSergey Fedorovtsev * 1 Julien BahainRobert GibsonWill DeanPascal Lussier 2 George BridgewaterNathan FlanneryJohn StoreyJade 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 Hamish BondEric Murray 2 Stewart InnesAlan Sinclair 3 Nenad BeđikMiloš Vasić 4 Roel BraasMitchel Steenman 5 Giovanni AbagnaleVincenzo Capelli 6 Alexander LloydSpencer Turrin 7 Lawrence BrittainShaun Keeling 8 Germain ChardinDorian Mortelette 9 Nareg GuregianAnders Weiss 10 Alex SigurbjornssonPau Vela 11 Cristi-Ilie PârghieGeorge Alexandru Pălămariu Final Olympic Qualification Regatta 1 Jakub PodrazilLukáš Helešic 2 Béla SimonAdrián Juhász Total 13
Four Event # Nation Qualified rowers 2015 World Rowing Championships 1 Marco Di CostanzoMatteo LodoDomenico MontroneGiuseppe Vicino 2 Josh BoothJosh Dunkley-SmithAlexander HillWilliam Lockwood 3 Alex GregoryConstantine LouloudisGeorge NashMoe Sbihi 4 Will CrothersKai LangerfeldConlin McCabeTim Schrijver 5 Anton BraunMaximilian KorgeMax PlanerFelix Wimberger 6 Harold LangenPeter van SchieGovert ViergeverVincent van der Want 7 Charlie ColeHenrik RummelMatt MillerSeth Weil 8 Vadzim LialinDzianis MihalMikalai SharlapIhar Pashevich 9 Dionisis AngelopoulosIoannis ChristouIoannis TsilisGeorgios Tziallas 10 Anton ZarutskiyArtyom KosovVladislav RyabtsevNikita Morgachyov 11 Vlad-Dragos AicoboaeConstantin AdamMarius CozmiucToader-Andrei Gontaru Final Olympic Qualification Regatta 1 David HuntJonty SmithVincent BreetJake Green 2 Benjamin LangMickaël MarteauThéophile OnfroyValentin Onfroy Total 13
Lightweight four Event # Nation Qualified rowers 2015 World Rowing Championships 1 Mario GyrSimon NiepmannSimon SchürchLucas Tramèr 2 Jacob BarsøeMorten JørgensenKasper Winther JørgensenJacob Larsen 3 Thomas BaroukhThibault ColardGuillaume RaineauFranck Solforosi 4 Alistair BondJames HunterJames LasschePeter Taylor 5 Björn van den EndeJort van GennepTim HeijbrockJoris Pijs 6 Martino GorettiLivio La PadulaStefano OppoPietro Ruta 7 Anthony FahdenEdward KingTyler NaseRobin Prendes 8 Jin WeiZhao JingbinYu ChenggangWang Tiexin 9 Mark AldredChris BartleyPeter ChambersJono Clegg 10 Jiří KopáčJan VetešníkOndřej VetešníkMiroslav Vraštil Jr. 11 Brendan HodgeMaxwell LattimerNicolas PrattEric Woelfl Final Olympic Qualification Regatta 1 1 Tobias FranzmannJonathan KochLucas SchäferLars Wichert 2 Spyridon GiannarosPanagiotis MagdanisStefanos NtouskosIoannis Petrou Total 13
Eight Event # Nation Qualified rowers 2015 World Rowing Championships 1 Paul BennettScott DurantMatt GotrelMatt LangridgeTom RansleyPete ReedWill SatchAndrew Triggs HodgePhelan Hill (cox) 2 Felix DrahottaMalte JakschikEric JohannesenAndreas KuffnerMaximilian MunskiHannes OcikMaximilian ReineltRichard SchmidtMartin Sauer (cox) 3 Kaj HendriksRobert LückenBoaz MeylinkBoudewijn RöellOlivier SiegelaarDirk UittenbogaardMechiel VersluisTone WietenPeter Wiersum (cox) 4 Michael BrakeIsaac GraingerStephen JonesAlex KennedyShaun KirkhamTom MurrayBrook RobertsonJoe WrightCaleb Shepherd (cox) 5 Final Olympic Qualification Regatta 1 Mike DiSantoSam DommerAustin HackAlex KarwoskiStephen KasprzykRob MunnGlenn OchalHans StruzynaSam Ojserkis (cox) 2 Zbigniew SchodowskiMateusz WilangowskiMarcin BrzezińskiRobert FuchsKrystian AranowskiMichał SzpakowskiMikołaj BurdaPiotr JuszczakDaniel Trojanowski (cox) 3 Luca AgamennoniVincenzo CapelliPierpaolo FrattiniFabio InfimoEmanuele LiuzziMario PaonessaMatteo StefaniniSimone VenierEnrico D’Aniello (cox) Total 7
Women's events
Single sculls Event # Nation Qualified rower 2015 World Rowing Championships 1 Kim Brennan 2 Miroslava Knapková 3 Duan Jingli 4 Genevra Stone 5 Jeannine Gmelin 6 Carling Zeeman 7 Anna Malvina Svennung 8 Lina Šaltytė 9 Magdalena Lobnig Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta 1 Kim Ye-ji 2 Mahsa Javar 3 Huang Yi-ting 4 Svetlana Germanovich 5 Dewi Yuliawati 6 Saiyidah Aisyah 7 Phuttharaksa Neegree African Qualification Regatta 1 Micheen Thornycroft 2 Amina Rouba 3 Chierika Ukogu 4 Heba Ahmed Latin American Qualification Regatta 1 Michelle Pearson 2 Kenia Lechuga 3 Felice Chow 4 Lucia Palermo 5 Gabriela Mosqueira 6 Camila Valle 7 Emily Morley European & Final Olympic Qualification Regatta 1 Emma Twigg 2 Sanita Pušpure 3 Ekaterina Karsten 4 Fie Udby Erichsen Tripartite Invitation 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 Eve MacfarlaneZoe Stevenson 2 Sofia AsoumanakiAikaterini Nikolaidou 3 Mareike AdamsMarie-Cathérine Arnold 4 Magdalena FularczykNatalia Madaj 5 Milda ValčiukaitėDonata Vištartaitė 6 Katherine GraingerVictoria Thornley 7 Lü YangZhu Weiwei 8 Hélène LefebvreElodie Ravera 9 Yuliya BichykTatsiana Kukhta 10 Genevieve HortonSally Kehoe 11 Meghan O'LearyEllen Tomek Final Olympic Qualification Regatta 1 Lenka AntošováKristýna Fleissnerová 2 Lisbet JakobsenNina Hollensen Total 13
Lightweight double sculls Event # Nation Qualified rowers 2015 World Rowing Championships 1 Julia EdwardSophie MacKenzie 2 Katherine CopelandCharlotte Taylor 3 Ursula GroblerKirsten McCann 4 Lindsay JennerichPatricia Obee 5 Anne Lolk ThomsenJuliane Rasmussen 6 Marie-Louise DrägerFini Sturm 7 Huang WenyiPan Feihong 8 Weronika DereszMartyna Mikolajczak 9 Sinéad JenningsClaire Lambe 10 Kate BertkoDevery Karz Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta 1 Ayami OishiChiaki Tomita 2 Tạ Thanh HuyềnHồ Thị Lý 3 Lee Yuen YinLee Ka Man African Qualification Regatta 1 Nour El-Houda EttaiebKhadija Krimi Latin American Qualification Regatta 1 Fernanda NunesVanessa Cozzi 2 Yislena HernandezLicet Hernandez 3 Melita AbrahamJosefa Vila European Qualification Regatta 1 Ilse PaulisMaaike Head 2 Gianina-Elena BeleagaIonela-Livia Lehaci 3 Laura MilaniValentina Rodini Total 20
Quadruple sculls
Event # Nation Qualified rowers 2015 World Rowing Championships 1 Tracy EisserMegan KalmoeGrace LatzAdrienne Martelli 2 Carina BärJulia LierLisa SchmidlaAnnekatrin Thiele 3 Chantal AchterbergNicole BeukersCarline BouwInge Janssen 4 Monika CiaciuchMaria SpringwaldJoanna LeszczyńskaAgnieszka Kobus 5 Jennifer ClearyMadeleine EdmundsJessica HallKerry Hore Final Olympic Qualification Regatta 1 Zhang LingJiang YanWang YuweiZhang Xinyue 2 Daryna VerkhohliadOlena BuryakAnastasiya KozhenkovaIevgeniia Nimchenko Total 7
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