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.
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]
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]
ScheduleEdit
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]
^ ab. Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
^ abButler, 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.
^. FISA. 16 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
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Main article Rowing at the 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 Rowingat the Games of the XXXI OlympiadVenueRodrigo de Freitas LagoonDates6 13 August 2016No of events14Competitors547 from 69 nations 20122020 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 Contents 1 Competition format 2 Qualification 3 Schedule 4 Participation 4 1 Participating nations number of rowers 4 2 Competitors 5 Medal summary 5 1 Medal table 5 2 Men s events 5 3 Women s events 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksCompetition format EditThere 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 EditMain article Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics Qualification 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 EditAfter the first day of the competition many rowers voiced their frustration about the rough conditions on the water New Zealand rowers Emma Twigg and Mahe 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 Quarterfinals Semifinals F FinalMen 6 Event Date Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13Single sculls H R FPair H R FDouble sculls H R FLightweight double sculls H R FFour H R FQuadruple sculls H R FLightweight four H R FEight H R FWomen 6 Event Date Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13Single sculls H R FPair H R FDouble sculls H R FLightweight double sculls H R FQuadruple sculls H R FEight H R FParticipation EditParticipating nations number of rowers Edit nbsp Algeria 2 nbsp Angola 2 nbsp Argentina 2 nbsp Australia 29 nbsp Austria 3 nbsp Azerbaijan 2 nbsp Bahamas 1 nbsp Belarus 10 nbsp Belgium 1 nbsp Bermuda 1 nbsp Brazil 4 nbsp Bulgaria 2 nbsp Canada 26 nbsp Chile 4 nbsp China 17 nbsp Croatia 3 nbsp Cuba 7 nbsp Czech Republic 10 nbsp Denmark 13 nbsp Ecuador 1 nbsp Egypt 2 nbsp Estonia 4 nbsp France 18 nbsp Germany 35 nbsp Great Britain 43 nbsp Greece 10 nbsp Hong Kong 4 nbsp Hungary 3 nbsp India 1 nbsp Indonesia 2 nbsp Iran 1 nbsp Iraq 1 nbsp Ireland 5 nbsp Italy 27 nbsp Japan 4 nbsp Kazakhstan 2 nbsp Libya 1 nbsp Lithuania 10 nbsp Mexico 2 nbsp Netherlands 36 nbsp New Zealand 36 nbsp Nigeria 1 nbsp Norway 5 nbsp Paraguay 2 nbsp Peru 2 nbsp Poland 26 nbsp Romania 18 nbsp Russia 4 nbsp Serbia 4 nbsp Singapore 1 nbsp South Africa 12 nbsp South Korea 2 nbsp Spain 4 nbsp Sweden 1 nbsp Switzerland 11 nbsp Chinese Taipei 1 nbsp Thailand 2 nbsp Togo 1 nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 1 nbsp Tunisia 3 nbsp Turkey 2 nbsp Ukraine 8 nbsp United States 41 nbsp Uruguay 1 nbsp Uzbekistan 1 nbsp Vanuatu 1 nbsp Venezuela 1 nbsp Vietnam 2 nbsp Zimbabwe 2 Competitors Edit Main article Qualified rowersMedal summary EditMedal table Edit RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp Great Britain32052 nbsp Germany2103 nbsp New Zealand21034 nbsp Australia12035 nbsp Netherlands11136 nbsp Croatia1102 nbsp United States11028 nbsp France1012 nbsp Poland101210 nbsp Switzerland100111 nbsp Denmark0112 nbsp Lithuania011213 nbsp Canada0101 nbsp Ireland0101 nbsp South Africa010116 nbsp China0022 nbsp Italy0022 nbsp Norway002219 nbsp Czech Republic0011 nbsp Estonia0011 nbsp Romania0011Totals 21 entries 14141442Men s events Edit Games Gold Silver BronzeSingle sculls details Mahe Drysdale nbsp New Zealand Damir Martin nbsp Croatia Ondrej Synek nbsp Czech RepublicDouble sculls details nbsp Martin Sinkovic and Valent Sinkovic CRO nbsp Mindaugas Griskonis and Saulius Ritter LTU nbsp Kjetil Borch and Olaf Tufte NOR Quadruple sculls details nbsp Germany GER Philipp WendeLauritz SchoofKarl SchulzeHans Gruhne nbsp Australia AUS Karsten ForsterlingAlexander BelonogoffCameron GirdlestoneJames McRae nbsp Estonia EST Andrei JamsaAllar RajaTonu EndreksonKaspar TaimsooCoxless pair details nbsp Eric Murray and Hamish Bond NZL nbsp Lawrence Brittain and Shaun Keeling RSA nbsp Marco Di Costanzo and Giovanni Abagnale ITA Coxless four details nbsp Great Britain GBR Alex GregoryMoe SbihiGeorge NashConstantine Louloudis nbsp Australia AUS Will LockwoodJosh Dunkley SmithJosh BoothAlexander Hill nbsp Italy ITA Domenico MontroneMatteo CastaldoMatteo LodoGiuseppe VicinoCoxed eight details nbsp Great Britain GBR Paul BennettScott DurantMatt GotrelMatt LangridgeTom RansleyPete ReedWill SatchAndrew Triggs HodgePhelan Hill nbsp Germany GER Maximilian MunskiMalte JakschikAndreas KuffnerEric JohannesenMaximilian ReineltFelix DrahottaRichard SchmidtHannes OcikMartin Sauer nbsp Netherlands NED Kaj HendriksRobert LuckenBoaz MeylinkBoudewijn RoellOlivier SiegelaarDirk UittenbogaardMechiel VersluisTone WietenPeter WiersumLightweight double sculls details nbsp Pierre Houin and Jeremie Azou FRA nbsp Gary O Donovan and Paul O Donovan IRL nbsp Kristoffer Brun and Are Strandli NOR Lightweight coxless four details nbsp Switzerland SUI Lucas TramerSimon SchurchSimon NiepmannMario Gyr nbsp Denmark DEN Jacob BarsoeJacob LarsenKasper Winther JorgensenMorten Jorgensen nbsp France FRA Franck SolforosiThomas BaroukhGuillaume RaineauThibault ColardWomen s events Edit Games Gold Silver BronzeSingle sculls details Kim Brennan nbsp Australia Genevra Stone nbsp United States Duan Jingli nbsp ChinaDouble sculls details nbsp Magdalena Fularczykand Natalia Madaj POL nbsp Victoria Thornleyand Katherine Grainger GBR nbsp Donata Vistartaiteand Milda Valciukaite LTU Quadruple sculls details nbsp Germany GER Annekatrin ThieleCarina BarJulia LierLisa Schmidla nbsp Netherlands NED Chantal AchterbergNicole BeukersInge JanssenCarline Bouw nbsp Poland POL Maria SpringwaldJoanna LeszczynskaAgnieszka KobusMonika CiaciuchCoxless pair details nbsp Helen Glover and Heather Stanning GBR nbsp Genevieve Behrent and Rebecca Scown NZL nbsp Hedvig Rasmussen and Anne Andersen DEN Coxed eight details nbsp United States USA Emily ReganKerry SimmondsAmanda PolkLauren SchmetterlingTessa GobboMeghan MusnickiElle LoganAmanda ElmoreKatelin Snyder nbsp Great Britain GBR Katie GrevesMelanie WilsonFrances HoughtonPolly SwannJessica EddieOlivia Carnegie BrownKaren BennettZoe LeeZoe de Toledo nbsp Romania ROU Roxana CogianuIoana StrungaruMihaela PetrilăIuliana PopaMădălina BeresLaura OpreaAdelina BogușAndreea BoghianDaniela DrunceaLightweight double sculls details nbsp Ilse Paulis and Maaike Head NED nbsp Lindsay Jennerich and Patricia Obee CAN nbsp Huang Wenyi and Pan Feihong CHN See also EditRowing at the 2016 Summer ParalympicsReferences Edit a b Rio 2016 Rowing Rio 2016 Archived from the original on 13 January 2015 Retrieved 31 January 2015 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 World Rowing will meet in Aiguebelette FISA 16 March 2015 Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Retrieved 5 September 2011 Rio 2016 FISA Rowing Qualification System PDF FISA Retrieved 16 March 2015 Rio Olympics 2016 Rowing races could be cancelled after day abandoned The New Zealand Herald 8 August 2016 Retrieved 8 August 2016 a b World Rowing Rio 2016 Olympic Schedule pdf FISA Retrieved 26 July 2016 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rio2016 com Archived from the original on 26 August 2016 Retrieved 23 July 2018 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR Olympics archived International Rowing Federation NBC Olympics Rowing Results Book Rowing Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics amp oldid 1037340167, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
