This article details the qualifying phase for rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics . The majority of the spots were awarded to the National Olympic Committees, not to specific athletes, at the 2019 World Rowing Championships, held in Ottensheim, Austria from 25 August to 1 September 2019. At the World Championships countries qualify boats rather than crews and can make crew changes for the Olympic regatta for qualified boats. Further berths are distributed to the nations at four continental qualifying regattas in Asia and Oceania, Africa, Latin America, and Europe. The last berths were distributed at the Final Olympic Qualification Regatta held in Lucerne, Switzerland 15–16 May 2021.
All qualifying NOCs are limited to one berth per event, and only NOCs with fewer than two berths from the World Championships may compete in the continental qualifying regattas. Host nation Japan will be automatically granted a berth each in the men's and women's single sculls, in case the nation fails to qualify for any rowing event at the various regattas.
Timeline Event Date Venue 2019 World Rowing Championships 25 August – 1 September 2019 Ottensheim African Continental Qualification Regatta 10–12 October 2019 Tunis Americas Continental Qualification Regatta 4–5 March 2021 Rio de Janeiro European Continental Qualification Regatta 5–8 April 2021 Varese Asian & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta 5–7 May 2021 Tokyo Final Qualification Regatta 15–16 May 2021 Lucerne
Qualification summary Nation Men Women Crews Athletes M1x M2- M2x LM2x M4- M4x M8+ W1x W2- W2x LW2x W4- W4x W8+ 1 2 1 2 9 40 2 3 3 5 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 29 1 2 8 28 1 1 2 3 1 1 4 7 4 9 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 12 7 24 10 41 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 6 13 9 23 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 35 9 32 2 2 1 1 3 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 20 1 2 1 1 1 1 9 36 6 10 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 6 1 1 3 6 1 1 1 1 4 9 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 9 37 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 Total: 80 NOCs 32 13 13 20 10 10 7 32 13 13 18 10 10 7 208 526
Men's events Men's single sculls Event # Nation Nominated rower Host nation (if required) 0 — 2019 World Rowing Championships 1 Oliver Zeidler 2 Sverri Sandberg Nielsen 3 Finn Florijn 4 Jan Fleissner 5 Mindaugas Griškonis 6 Kjetil Borch 7 Jordan Parry 8 Damir Martin 9 Gennaro Di Mauro Asian & Oceania Qualification Regatta 1 Ryuta Arakawa 2 Vladislav Yakovlev 3 Cris Nievarez 4 Mohammed Al-Khafaji 5 Abdulrahman Al-Fadhel 6 Husein Alireza African Qualification Regatta 1 Abdelkhalek El-Banna 2 Peter Purcell-Gilpin 3 Privel Hinkati 4 Franck N'Dri 5 Alhussein Ghambour Americas Qualification Regatta 1 Lucas Verthein 2 Álvaro Torres 3 Dara Alizadeh 4 Félix Potoy 5 Ignacio Vásquez European Qualification Regatta 1 Stefanos Ntouskos 2 Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár 3 Onat Kazaklı Final Qualification Regatta 1 Aleksandr Vyazovkin 2 Trevor Jones Tripartite Invitation 1 Quentin Antognelli 2 Rio Rii Total Up to 32
Men's double sculls Event # Nation Nominated rowers 2019 World Rowing Championships 1 Liu ZhiyuZhang Liang 2 Philip DoyleRonan Byrne 3 Mirosław ZiętarskiMateusz Biskup 4 Ioan PrundeanuMarian Enache 5 Roman RöösliBarnabé Delarze 6 John CollinsGraeme Thomas 7 Melvin TwellaarStef Broenink 8 Chris HarrisJack Lopas 9 Matthieu AndrodiasHugo Boucheron 10 Stephan KrügerMarc Weber 11 Saulius RitterAurimas Adomavičius Final Qualification Regatta 1 Ilya KondratyevAndrey Potapkin 2 Jakub PodrazilJan Cincibuch Total 13
Men's lightweight double sculls Event # Nation Nominated rowers 2019 World Rowing Championships 1 Stefano OppoPietro Ruta 2 Manel BalasteguiCaetano Horta 3 Jerzy KowalskiArtur Mikołajczewski 4 Paul O'DonovanFintan McCarthy 5 Jason OsborneJonathan Rommelmann 6 Kristoffer BrunAre Strandli 7 Tim BrysNiels Van Zandweghe Asian & Oceania Qualification Regatta 1 Arjun LalArvind Singh 2 Shakhboz KholmurzaevSobirjon Safaroliyev 3 Siwakorn WongpinNawamin Deenoi African Qualification Regatta 1 Sid Ali BoudinaKamel Ait Daoud Americas Qualification Regatta 1 Bruno CetraroFelipe Klüver 2 Eber SanhuezaCésar Abaroa 3 César AmarisJosé Güipe European Qualification Regatta 1 Stanislav KovalovIhor Khmara 2 Pedro FragaAfonso Costa Final Qualification Regatta 1 Patrick KeaneMaxwell Lattimer 2 Miroslav Vraštil Jr.Jiří Šimánek Total 18
Men's quadruple sculls Event # Nation Nominated rowers 2019 World Rowing Championships 1 Abe WiersmaDirk UittenbogaardKoen MetsemakersTone Wieten 2 Fabian BarańskiSzymon PośnikWiktor ChabelDominik Czaja 3 Simone VenierAndrea PanizzaLuca RambaldiGiacomo Gentili 4 Jack ClearyCaleb AntillCameron GirdlestoneLuke Letcher 5 Max AppelHans GruhneTim Ole NaskeKarl Schulze 6 Yi XudiZang HaLiu DangZhang Quan 7 Martin HelsethOlaf TufteOscar Stabe HelvigErik Solbakken 8 Harry LeaskAngus GroomTom BarrasJack Beaumont Final Qualification Regatta 1 Kaspar TaimsooTõnu EndreksonAllar RajaJüri-Mikk Udam — Artyom KosovNikita EskinNikolay PimenovAlexander Matveev 2 Dominykas JančionisDovydas NemeravičiusArmandas KelmelisMartynas Džiaugys Total 10
Men's coxless pair Event # Nation Nominated rowers 2019 World Rowing Championships 1 Martin SinkovićValent Sinković 2 Giovanni AbagnaleMarco Di Costanzo 3 Jaime CanalejoJavier García 4 Stephen JonesBrook Robertson 5 Sam HardyJoshua Hicks 6 Guillaume TurlanThibaud Turlan 7 Martin MačkovićMiloš Vasić 8 Kai LangerfeldConlin McCabe 9 Luc DaffarnJake Green 10 Marius CozmiucCiprian Tudosă 11 Dzmitry FurmanSiarhei Valadzko Final Qualification Regatta 1 Joachim SuttonFrederik Vystavel 2 Guillaume KrommenhoekNiki van Sprang Total 13
Men's coxless four Event # Nation Nominated rowers 2019 World Rowing Championships 1 Mikołaj BurdaMateusz WilangowskiMarcin BrzezińskiMichał Szpakowski 2 Mihăiță ȚigănescuMugurel SemciucȘtefan BerariuCosmin Pascari 3 Oliver CookMatthew RossiterRory GibbsSholto Carnegie 4 Matteo CastaldoBruno RosettiMatteo LodoGiuseppe Vicino 5 Anders WeissClark DeanMichael GradyAndrew Reed 6 Alexander PurnellSpencer TurrinJack HargreavesAlexander Hill 7 Boudewijn RöellJan van der BijNelson RitsemaSander de Graaf 8 Paul JaquotMarkus KesslerAndrin GulichJoel Schürch Final Qualification Regatta 1 Lawrence BrittainKyle SchoonbeeJohn SmithSandro Torrente 2 Jakub BuczekLuke GadsdonGavin StoneWill Crothers Total 10
Men's eight Event # Nation Nominated rowers 2019 World Rowing Championships 1 Laurits FollertMalte JakschikTorben JohannesenHannes OcikOlaf RoggensackMartin SauerRichard SchmidtJakob SchneiderJohannes Weißenfeld 2 Bjorn van den EndeBram SchwarzJasper TissenMaarten HurkmansMechiel VersluisRobert LückenRuben KnabSimon van DorpEline Berger 3 Josh BugajskiJacob DawsonThomas GeorgeMoe SbihiCharles ElwesOliver Wynne-GriffithJames RudkinThomas FordHenry Fieldman 4 Nicholas LaveryAngus WiddicombeAngus DawsonSimon KeenanNicholas PurnellTimothy MastersJoshua BoothJack O'BrienStuart Sim 5 Austin HackJustin BestLiam CorriganBen DavisonConor HarrityNick MeadAlex MiklasevichAlexander RichardsJulian Venonsky Final Qualification Regatta 1 Dan WilliamsonMatt MacdonaldTom MackintoshPhillip WilsonShaun KirkhamHamish BondMichael BrakeTom MurraySam Bosworth 2 Alexandru ChioseauaFlorin LehaciConstantin RaduSergiu BejanVlad Dragoș AicoboaeConstantin AdamFlorin ArteniCiprian HucAdrian Munteanu(cox) Total 7
Women's events
Women's single sculls Event # Nation Nominated rower Host nation (if required) 0 — 2019 World Rowing Championships 1 Kara Kohler 2 Victoria Thornley 3 Jeannine Gmelin 4 Sanita Pušpure 5 Emma Twigg 6 Carling Zeeman 7 Jiang Yan 8 Sophie Souwer 9 Magdalena Lobnig Asian & Oceania Qualification Regatta 1 Nazanin Malaei 2 Huang Yi-ting 3 Jeong Hye-jeong 4 Winnie Hung 5 Tala Abujbara 6 Joan Poh African Qualification Regatta 1 Maike Diekmann 2 Sarah Fraincart 3 Kathleen Grace Noble 4 Claire Akossiwa 5 Esther Toko Americas Qualification Regatta 1 Kenia Lechuga 2 Alejandra Alonso 3 Felice Chow 4 Milena Venega 5 Veronica Toro European Qualification Regatta 1 Hanna Prakatsen 2 Jovana Arsić 3 Lovisa Claesson Final Qualification Regatta 1 Anneta Kyridou 2 Tatsiana Klimovich Tripartite Invitation 1 Esraa Khogali 2 Evidelia González Jarquin Total Up to 32
Women's double sculls Event # Nation Nominated rowers 2019 World Rowing Championships 1 Brooke DonoghueHannah Osborne 2 Simona RadișNicoleta-Ancuţa Bodnar 3 Lisa ScheenaardRoos de Jong 4 Gabrielle SmithAndrea Proske 5 Genevra StoneKristina Wagner 6 Hélène LefebvreÉlodie Ravera-Scaramozzino 7 Alessandra PatelliChiara Ondoli 8 Lenka AntošováKristýna Fleissnerová 9 Donata KaralienėMilda Valčiukaitė 10 Shen ShuangmeiLiu Xiaoxin 11 Amanda BatemanTara Rigney Final Qualification Regatta 1 Ekaterina PitirimovaEkaterina Kurochkina 2 Leonie MenzelAnnekatrin Thiele Total 13
Women's lightweight double sculls Event # Nation Nominated rowers 2019 World Rowing Championships 1 Ilse PaulisMarieke Keijser 2 Emily CraigImogen Grant 3 Ionela-Livia CozmiucGianina-Elena Beleagă — 4 Ina NikulinaAlena Furman 5 Claire BovéLaura Tarantola 6 Valentina RodiniFederica Cesarini 7 Jill MoffattJennifer Casson Asian & Oceania Qualification Regatta 1 Chiaki TomitaAyami Oishi 2 Lường Thị ThảoĐinh Thị Hảo 3 Mutiara Rahma PutriMelani Putri African Qualification Regatta 1 Nour El-Houda EttaiebKhadija Krimi Americas Qualification Regatta 1 Milka KraljevEvelyn Silvestro 2 Yulissa LópezJenniffer Zúñiga — European Qualification Regatta 1 Anastasia LebedevaMaria Botalova 2 Louisa AltenhuberValentina Cavallar Final Qualification Regatta 1 Michelle SechserMolly Reckford 2 Frédérique RolPatricia Merz 3 Aoife CaseyMargaret Cremen Total 18
Women's quadruple sculls Event # Nation Nominated rowers 2019 World Rowing Championships 1 Inge JanssenLaila YoussifouNicole BeukersOlivia van Rooijen 2 Chen YunxiaZhang LingLü YangCui Xiaotong 3 Agnieszka Kobus-ZawojskaMarta WieliczkoKatarzyna ZillmannMaria Sajdak 4 Frieda HämmerlingFranziska KampmannCarlotta NwajideDaniela Schultze 5 Mathilda Hodgkins-ByrneHannah ScottCharlotte Hodgkins-ByrneLucy Glover 6 Olivia LoeEve MacfarlaneRuby TewGeorgia Nugent-O'Leary 7 Meghan O'LearyEllen TomekCicely MaddenAlie Rusher 8 Valentina IseppiAlessandra MontesanVeronica LisiStefania Gobbi Final Qualification Regatta 1 Caitlin CroninHarriet HudsonRowena MeredithRia Thompson 2 Emma LunattiMarie JacquetMargaux BailleulViolaine Aernoudts Total 10
Women's coxless pair Event # Nation Nominated rowers 2019 World Rowing Championships 1 Kerri GowlerGrace Prendergast 2 Annabelle McIntyreJessica Morrison 3 Caileigh FilmerHillary Janssens 4 Megan KalmoeTracy Eisser 5 Aina CidVirginia Díaz 6 Kiri TontodonatiAisha Rocek 7 Adriana AilincăiIuliana Buhuș 8 Aileen CrowleyMonika Dukarska 9 Huang KaifengLiu Jinchao 10 Helen GloverPolly Swann 11 Christina BourmpouMaria Kyridou Final Qualification Regatta 1 Vasilisa StepanovaElena Oriabinskaia 2 Fie Udby ErichsenHedvig Rasmussen Total 13
Women's coxless four Event # Nation Nominated rowers 2019 World Rowing Championships 1 Annabelle McIntyreJessica MorrisonRosemary PopaLucy Stephan 2 Ellen HogerwerfKarolien FlorijnVeronique MeesterYmkje Clevering 3 Ida Gørtz JacobsenChristina Juhl JohansenFrida Sanggaard NielsenTrine Dahl Pedersen 4 Maria WierzbowskaOlga MichałkiewiczJoanna DittmannMonika Chabel 5 Mădălina HegheşElena LogofătuCristina Georgiana PopescuRoxana Anghel 6 Grace LuczakKendall ChaseClaire CollinsMadeleine Wanamaker 7 Rowan McKellarHarriet TaylorKaren BennettRebecca Shorten 8 Stephanie GrauerNicole HareJennifer MartinsKristina Walker Final Qualification Regatta 1 Aifric KeoghEimear LambeFiona MurtaghEmily Hegarty 2 Qin MiaomiaoWang FeiLin XinyuLu Shiyu Total 10
Women's eight