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.

Summary

Nation	Men								Women						Crews	Athletes
	M1x	M2-	M2x	M4-	M4x	M8+	LM2x	LM4-	W1x	W2-	W2x	W4x	W8+	LW2x
Algeria	X								X						2	2
Angola							X								1	2
Argentina	X								X						2	2
Australia		X	X	X	X				X		X	X			7	19
Austria							X		X						2	3
Azerbaijan			X												1	2
Bahamas									X						1	1
Belarus	X			X						X	X				4	9
Bermuda									X						1	1
Brazil							X							X	2	4
Bulgaria			X												1	2
Canada				X				X	X	X			X	X	6	22
Chile							X							X	2	4
China							X	X	X		X			X	5	11
Croatia	X		X												2	3
Cuba	X		X				X							X	4	7
Czech Republic	X							X	X						3	6
Denmark								X		X				X	3	8
Ecuador	X														1	1
Egypt	X								X						2	2
Estonia					X										1	4
France		X	X				X	X		X	X				6	14
Germany			X	X	X	X	X			X	X	X		X	9	31
Great Britain	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X		X	X	12	43
Greece				X							X				2	6
Hong Kong							X								1	2
India	X														1	1
Indonesia	X								X						2	2
Iran									X						1	1
Iraq	X														1	1
Ireland							X							X	2	4
Italy		X	X	X			X	X							5	14
Japan							X							X	2	4
Kazakhstan	X								X						2	2
Lithuania	X		X		X				X		X				5	10
Mexico	X								X						2	2
Netherlands		X		X		X		X		X		X			6	25
New Zealand	X	X	X			X		X		X	X		X	X	9	33
Nigeria									X						1	1
Norway	X						X								2	3
Paraguay									X						1	1
Peru	X								X						2	2
Poland	X				X		X				X	X		X	6	15
Romania		X		X						X					3	8
Russia				X		X							X	X	4	24
Serbia		X													1	2
Singapore									X						1	1
South Africa		X					X			X				X	4	8
South Korea	X								X					X	3	4
Spain		X													1	2
Sweden									X						1	1
Switzerland					X		X	X	X						4	11
Chinese Taipei									X						1	1
Thailand	X														1	1
Trinidad and Tobago									X						1	1
Tunisia	X													X	2	3
Ukraine					X										1	4
United States		X		X			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10	32
Uruguay	X														1	1
Uzbekistan	X														1	1
Vietnam									X					X	2	3
Venezuela	X														1	1
Zimbabwe	X								X						2	2
Total: 63 NOCs	27	11	11	11	8	5	18	11	27	11	11	5	5	18	155	410

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[3]
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 22–25, 2016	Lucerne[1]

Men's events

Single sculls

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rower
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Lithuania	Mindaugas Griškonis
	2	Czech Republic
	3	Cuba
	4	New Zealand	Mahé Drysdale
	5	Croatia	Damir Martin
	6	Norway
	7	Belarus
	8	Great Britain
	9	Poland
Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta	1	South Korea	Kim Dong-yong
	2	India
	3	Indonesia
	4	Thailand
	5	Kazakhstan
	6	Iraq
	7	Uzbekistan	Shakhboz Kholmirzayev
African Qualification Regatta	1	Egypt	Abdelkhalek El-Banna
	2	Tunisia	Mohamed Taieb
	3	Algeria	Sid Ali Boudina
	4	Zimbabwe	Peter Purcell-Gilpin
Latin American Qualification Regatta	1	Mexico	Juan Carlos Contreras
	2	Argentina	Brian Rosso
	3	Peru	Renzo Leon Garcia
	4	Uruguay	Jhonatan Esquievel
	5	Venezuela	Vicent Jackson
	6	Ecuador	Bryan Sola Zambrano
	7	Paraguay	Arturo Rivarola
European Qualification Regatta	1
	2
	3
Tripartite Invitation	N/A
	N/A
Total	32

Information updated after choices made by NOCs after Latin American qualification regatta.^[4]

Double sculls

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Croatia	Martin Sinković Valent Sinković
	2	Australia
	3	New Zealand	Chris Harris Robbie Manson
	4	Germany
	5	Lithuania	Rolandas Maščinskas Saulius Ritter
	6	France
	7	Azerbaijan
	8	Great Britain
	9	Cuba
	10	Italy
	11	Bulgaria	Georgi Bozhilov Kristian Vasilev
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1
	2
Total	13

Lightweight double sculls

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	France
	2	Italy
	3	South Africa
	4	Great Britain
	5	Norway	Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli
	6	Germany
	7	Poland
	8	United States	Andrew Campbell Joshua Konieczny
	9	Austria	Bernhard Sieber Paul Sieber
	10	Switzerland
	11	Ireland
Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta	1	China
	2	Japan
	3	Hong Kong
African Qualification Regatta	1	Angola+	André Matias Jean-Luc Rasamoelina
Latin American Qualification Regatta	1	Brazil	William Giaretton Xavier Vela
	2	Cuba
	3	Chile
European Qualification Regatta	1
	2
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.^[4]

Quadruple sculls

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Lithuania	Aurimas Adomavičius Martynas Džiaugys Žygimantas Gališanskis Dominykas Jančionis
	2	Australia
	3	Switzerland
	4	Germany
	5	Estonia
	6	Great Britain
	7	Poland
	8	Ukraine
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1
	2
Total	10

Pair

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	New Zealand	Hamish Bond Eric Murray
	2	Great Britain
	3	Serbia	Nenad Beđik Miloš Vasić
	4	Netherlands
	5	Italy
	6	Australia
	7	South Africa
	8	France
	9	United States
	10	Spain
	11	Romania
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1
	2
Total	13

Four

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Italy
	2	Great Britain
	3	Canada
	4	Netherlands
	5	Australia
	6	Germany
	7	United States
	8	Belarus
	9	Greece
	10	Russia
	11	Romania
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1
	2
Total	13

Lightweight four

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Denmark
	2	Netherlands
	3	New Zealand	Alistair Bond James Hunter James Lassche Peter Taylor
	4	Switzerland	Mario Gyr Simon Niepmann Simon Schürch Lucas Tramèr
	5	France
	6	Italy
	7	United States
	8	China
	9	Great Britain
	10	Czech Republic
	11	Canada
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1
	2
Total	13

Eight

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Great Britain
	2	Germany
	3	Netherlands
	4	New Zealand	Michael Brake Isaac Grainger Stephen Jones Alex Kennedy Shaun Kirkham Tom Murray Brook Robertson Caleb Shepherd (cox) Joe Wright
	5	Russia
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1
	2
Total	7

Women's events

Single sculls

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rower
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	China
	2	Czech Republic
	3	United States	Gevvie Stone
	4	Australia
	5	Switzerland	Jeannine Gmelin
	6	Canada	Carling Zeeman
	7	Sweden
	8	Lithuania
	9	Austria	Magdalena Lobnig
Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta	1	South Korea *
	2	Iran	Mahsa Javar
	3	Chinese Taipei
	4	Vietnam *
	5	Kazakhstan
	6	Indonesia
	7	Singapore	Saiyidah Aisyah
African Qualification Regatta	1	Zimbabwe	Micheen Thornycroft
	2	Algeria	Amina Rouba
	3	Nigeria	Chierika Ukogu
	4	Egypt	Heba Ahmed
Latin American Qualification Regatta	1	Bermuda	Michelle Parson
	2	Mexico	Kenia Lechuga
	3	Trinidad and Tobago	Felice Chow
	4	Argentina	Lucia Palermo
	5	Paraguay	Gabriela Mosqueira
	6	Peru	Camila Valle
	7	Bahamas	Emily Morley
European & Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1
	2
	3
Tripartite Invitation	N/A
	N/A
Total	32

Information updated after choices made by NOCs after Latin American qualification regatta.^[4]

* NOC must decide which boats to confirm for the Games due to the one-boat quota rule on each gender at the Continental Qualification Regatta.

Double sculls

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	New Zealand	Eve MacFarlane Zoe Stevenson
	2	Great Britain
	3	Lithuania	Milda Valčiukaitė Donata Vištartaitė
	4	Greece
	5	Poland
	6	Germany
	7	China
	8	France
	9	Belarus
	10	Australia
	11	United States	Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1
	2
Total	13

Lightweight double sculls

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	New Zealand	Julia Edward Sophie Mackenzie
	2	Great Britain
	3	Germany
	4	Canada	Lindsay Jennerich Patricia Obee
	5	South Africa
	6	Denmark	Anne Lolk Juliane Elander Rasmussen
	7	China
	8	Poland
	9	Ireland
	10	Russia
	11	United States	Kate Bertko Devery Karz
Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta	1	Japan
	2	South Korea *
	3	Vietnam *
African Qualification Regatta	1	Tunisia	Nour El-Houda Ettaieb Khadija Krimi
Latin American Qualification Regatta	1	Brazil	Fernanda Nunes Vanessa Cozzi
	2	Cuba
	3	Chile	Melita Abraham Josefa Veliz
European Qualification Regatta	1
	2
Total	20

* NOC must decide which boats to confirm for the Games due to the one-boat quota rule on each gender at the Continental Qualification Regatta.

Quadruple sculls

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	United States
	2	Germany
	3	Netherlands
	4	Poland
	5	Australia
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1
	2
Total	7

Pair

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	Great Britain
	2	New Zealand	Genevieve Behrent Rebecca Scown
	3	United States
	4	Denmark	Anne Dsane Andersen Lærke Rasmussen
	5	South Africa
	6	Canada	Jennifer Martins Cristy Nurse
	7	Romania
	8	Germany
	9	Netherlands
	10	France
	11	Belarus
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1
	2
	3
	4
Total	15

Eight

Event	#	Nation	Qualified rowers
2015 World Rowing Championships	1	United States
	2	New Zealand	Genevieve Behrent Kelsey Bevan Emma Dyke Kerri Gowler Grace Prendergast Kayla Pratt Rebecca Scown Ruby Tew Frances Turner (cox)
	3	Canada	Lisa Roman Cristy Nurse Jennifer Martins Ashley Brzozowicz Christine Roper Susanne Grainger Natalie Mastracci Lauren Wilkinson Lesley Thompson (cox)
	4	Great Britain
	5	Russia
Final Olympic Qualification Regatta	1
	2
Total	7

References

1. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rowing" (PDF). FISA. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
2. "World Rowing will meet in Aiguebelette". FISA. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
3. "2016 FISA African Olympic Qualification Regatta". FISA. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
4. "Olympic qualification spots confirmed for the Americas". FISA. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.