Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics
| Rowing at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |
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 Rowing pictogram for the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
| Venue | Sea Forest Waterway |
| Dates | 23–30 July 2021 |
| No. of events | 14 |
| Competitors | 526 from 79 nations |
| Rowing at the 2020 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 | women |
| Quadruple sculls | men | women |
| Eight | men | women |
The rowing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place between 23 and 30 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway (Central Breakwater) in Tokyo Bay. Fourteen medal events were contested by 526 athletes (263 men and women each).[1]
Competition format
The rowing programme featured a total of fourteen events, seven each for both men and women in identical boat classes. This gender equality was suggested by the World Rowing Federation at its February 2017 congress, with the recommendation adopted by the International Olympic Committee in June 2017. This balancing was achieved by deleting the men's lightweight four and adding the women's coxless four boat classes. The women's coxless four previously ran at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics; the only time this boat class was an Olympic event. The changes to the Olympic rowing schedule were the first since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.[2]
Events for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics included both disciplines of rowing: sweep rowing, where competitors each use a single oar, and sculling, where they use two placed on opposite sides of the boat. There was also one lightweight (weight restricted) event for each gender: the lightweight double sculls. Sculling events include men's and women's singles, doubles, lightweight doubles, and quads. Sweep events included men's and women's coxless pairs, coxless fours, and eights.[1]
Regatta venue
The event took at the Sea Forest Waterway, a new venue constructed specifically for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. The water is about 6 metres deep. The course is 2335 meters long and 198 meters wide. Each lane is 12.5 m wide. There were 8 lanes.[3]
Qualification
A total of 526 quota spots were available. Each qualified nation entered one boat for each of the fourteen events. The majority of the berths were awarded based on the results at the 2019 World Rowing Championships, held in Ottensheim, Austria from 25 August to 1 September 2019.[4] Places were 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, top 8 in the fours and quadruple sculls, top 7 in the lightweight double sculls, and top 11 each in the pairs and double sculls.[5] Further berths were distributed to the nations (and in this case to specific competitors) at four continental qualifying regattas in Asia and Oceania, Africa, Latin America, and Europe, and at a final Olympic qualification regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Competition schedule
| H | Heats | R | Repechage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Fri 23 | Sat 24 | Sun 25 | Mon 26 | Tue 27 | Wed 28 | Thu 29 | Fri 30 |
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| Men's single sculls Women's single sculls |
H | R | ¼/½ | ½ | F | |||
| Men's pair Women's pair |
H | R | ½ | F | ||||
| Men's double sculls Women's double sculls |
H | R | ½ | F | ||||
| Men's lightweight double sculls Women's lightweight double sculls |
H | R | ½ | F | ||||
| Men's four Women's four |
H | R | F | |||||
| Men's quadruple sculls Women's quadruple sculls |
H | R | F | |||||
| Men's eight Women's eight |
H | R | F |
On 23 July, World Rowing announced changes to the schedule due to forecasted inclement weather for 26 July. All racing originally scheduled for 26 July was moved to 25 July. The eights heats were also moved from 25 to 24 July to accommodate the new schedule.[9] Further revisions were made on 25 July, cancelling racing on 27 July due to Tropical Storm Nepartak hitting parts of Japan.[10]
Participation
Events by number of boats entered
Each event has the same number of boats entered for men and women.
| Event | Number of boats per gender |
|---|---|
| Single sculls | 32 |
| Pair | 13 |
| Double sculls | 13 |
| Lightweight double sculls | 18 |
| Coxless four | 10 |
| Quadruple sculls | 10 |
| Eight | 7 |
Participating nations (number of rowers)
Algeria (2)
Argentina (2)
Australia (40)
Austria (3)
Belarus (5)
Belgium (2)
Benin (1)
Bermuda (1)
Brazil (1)
Canada (29)
Chile (2)
China (28)
Ivory Coast (1)
Croatia (3)
Cuba (1)
Czech Republic (7)
Denmark (9)
Dominican Republic (1)
Egypt (1)
Estonia (4)
France (12)
Germany (24)
Great Britain (41)
Greece (4)
Guatemala (2)
Hong Kong (1)
Hungary (1)
India (2)
Indonesia (2)
Iran (1)
Iraq (1)
Ireland (13)
Italy (23)
Japan (3)
Kazakhstan (1)
Kuwait (1)
Libya (1)
Lithuania (9)
Mexico (1)
Monaco (1)
Morocco (1)
Namibia (1)
Netherlands (35)
New Zealand (32)
Nicaragua (2)
Nigeria (1)
Norway (7)
Paraguay (1)
Peru (1)
Philippines (1)
Poland (20)
Portugal (2)
Puerto Rico (1)
Qatar (1)
Romania (36)
ROC (10)
Saudi Arabia (1)
Serbia (3)
Singapore (1)
South Africa (6)
South Korea (1)
Spain (6)
Sudan (1)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (9)
Chinese Taipei (1)
Thailand (2)
Togo (1)
Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Tunisia (2)
Turkey (1)
Uganda (1)
Ukraine (2)
United States (37)
Uruguay (2)
Uzbekistan (2)
Vanuatu (1)
Venezuela (2)
Vietnam (2)
Zimbabwe (1)
Medalists
Medal table
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 |  Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 |  Netherlands | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |  Romania | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  China | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 Italy | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 8 |  Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Croatia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
 Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 |  Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |  Germany | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 ROC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 14 |  Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 |  Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 |  Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
Men’s
Women’s
Records
| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Date | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's double sculls | Heats | Melvin Twellaar Stef Broenink |
Netherlands |
6:08.38 | 24 July | |
| Women's coxless four | Heats | Lucy Stephan Rosemary Popa Jessica Morrison Annabelle McIntyre |
Australia |
6:28.76 | 24 July | |
| Women's double sculls | Final | Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar Simona Radiș |
Romania |
6:41.03 | 28 July | OR |
| Men's double sculls | Final | Hugo Boucheron Matthieu Androdias |
France |
6:00.33 | 28 July | OR |
| Women's coxless four | Final | Lucy Stephan Rosemary Popa Jessica Morrison Annabelle McIntyre |
Australia |
6:15.37 | 28 July | OR |
| Men's coxless four | Final | Alexander Purnell Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Hill |
Australia |
5:42.76 | 28 July | OR |
| Men's quadruple sculls | Final | Dirk Uittenbogaard Abe Wiersma Tone Wieten Koen Metsemakers |
Netherlands |
5:32.03 | 28 July | OR, WR |
| Women's quadruple sculls | Final | Chen Yunxia Zhang Ling Lü Yang Cui Xiaotong |
China |
6:05.13 | 28 July | OR, WR |
| Men's lightweight double sculls | Semifinal | Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan |
Ireland |
6:05.33 | 28 July | OR, WR |
See also
References
Notes
- ^ A few hours before the A final Rosetti tested positive to Covid-2019 and was replaced by Di Costanzo. As he had rowed in the heat, he was eligible for a medal.
- ^ The Australian women's coxless four rowing team broke the Olympic record for the coxless four event in the Final four days later.
Citations
- ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020" (PDF). IOC, FISA. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "IOC confirm gender equality in rowing events for Tokyo 2020 with introduction of women's four". British Rowing. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Championships Junior Rowing World 2019" (PDF). e Organising Championships Junior Rowing World 20. 2019. p. 6. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ Mackay, Duncan (7 September 2018). "Linz-Ottensheim awarded 2019 World Rowing Championships". insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media Company Limited. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FISA Rowing Qualification System" (PDF). FISA. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "Rowing Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ "Rowing Regatta of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020" (PDF). www.worldrowing.com. International Rowing Federation. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Olympic Rowing Schedule Changes". row2k.com. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "Russian archer faints in Tokyo heat". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "Official Communication 3" (PDF). World Rowing. 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Results – Race 15" (PDF). olympics.com. 23 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
External links
- Official website
- "2020 Olympic Games Regatta". worldrowing.com.
- Results book Archived 12 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine
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