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| Host city |  Beijing, China |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24–28 September 2015 |
| Main venue | Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park |
The 2015 Asian Rowing Championships were the 16th Asian Rowing Championships and took place from 24 to 28 September 2015, in Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, Beijing, China. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Duan Jingli China | Dewi Yuliawati  Indonesia | Mahsa Javar  Iran |
| Double sculls | China Zhu Weiwei Wang Yuwei |  Hong Kong Lee Yuen Yin Lee Ka Man | Iran Nazanin Rahmani Nazanin Malaei |
| Quadruple sculls | China Jiang Yan Shen Xiaoxing Lü Yang Zhang Xinyue |  Kazakhstan Mariya Poida Yekaterina Artemyeva Svetlana Germanovich Viktoriya Chepikova | Indonesia Dewi Yuliawati Julianti Yayah Rokayah Wa Ode Fitri Rahmanjani |
| Coxless pair | China Zhang Min Miao Tian | Kazakhstan Svetlana Germanovich Viktoriya Chepikova | None awarded |
| Lightweight single sculls | Wang Miao China | Nazanin Malaei Iran | Ji Yoo-jin  South Korea |
| Lightweight double sculls | China Chen Cuiming Pan Feihong | Kazakhstan Alexandra Opachanova Yulya Oracheva | Hong Kong Lee Yuen Yin Lee Ka Man |
| Lightweight quadruple sculls | China Xuan Xulian Xu Shibei Zhang Weimiao Yan Xiaohua |  Vietnam Cao Thị Hảo Lê Thị An Tạ Thanh Huyền Phạm Thị Thảo |  Thailand Tippaporn Pitukpaothai Matinee Raruen Rojjana Raklao Phuttharaksa Neegree |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 15 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Iran | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 |  India | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 |  Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 16 | 16 | 15 | 47 | |
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