List of rowing blades – National team oars

Last updated August 27, 2024

The table below shows the way the rowing blades are painted in international competitions of rowing in which national teams participate. Each team associated with the International Rowing Federation uses a specific model. This pattern may be a reproduction of the national flag on the oar blade, but it may also be a fanciful motif chosen by a given rowing federation. The left oar is usually a mirror image of the right oar.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Blade	Nation	Description
	Afghanistan	Colours of flag of Afghanistan, without the Emblem of Afghanistan.
	Albania	Similar to the civil ensign of Albania.
	Algeria	Flag of Algeria.
	American Samoa	Flag of American Samoa, but with a different arrangement and without the emblem.
	Angola	Flag of Angola.
	Argentina	Flag of Argentina, but with white stripe vertical.
	Armenia	Flag of Armenia.
	Australia	White blade with green, yellow, and green strips running vertically across the blade, near the tip.
	Austria	Flag of Austria.
	Azerbaijan	Flag of Azerbaijan.
	Bahamas	Flag of the Bahamas.
	Bahrain	Flag of Bahrain.
	Bangladesh	white/light blue blade.
	Barbados	Transformed flag of Barbados.
	Belarus	Flag of Belarus.
	Belgium	Flag of Belgium.
	Benin	Flag of Benin.
	Bermuda	Flag of Bermuda, without the coat of arms.
	Bolivia	Flag of Bolivia with the coat of arms.
	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Flag of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
	Botswana	Flag of Botswana.
	Brazil	White with vertical stripes: yellow-green-yellow-green.
	Bulgaria	Flag of Bulgaria, but stripes are vertical.
	Burkina Faso	Flag of Burkina Faso.
	Cameroon	Flag of Cameroon.
	Canada	Flag of Canada.
	Cape Verde	Flag of Cape Verde.
	Cayman Islands	Light blue blade.
	Chile	A blue blade with a white star and a red and white stripe.
	China	White blade and red bow with 5 yellow stars.
	Colombia	Flag of Colombia, but the stripes are vertical..
	Costa Rica	Civil flag of Costa Rica.
	Croatia	White blade with red checkers in top right corner. Based on Croatian coat of arms.
	Cuba	blade with 3 stripes: red, white and blue.
	Cyprus	Flag of Cyprus.
	Czechia	Flag of Czechia.
	Denmark	White blade with red horizontal stripe.
	Djibouti	Flag of Djibouti.
	Dominican Republic	The layout is similar to the flag of the Dominican Republic, but without coat of arms.
	Ecuador	Flag of Ecuador without the coat of arms.
	Egypt	Flag of Egypt, without the coat of arms.
	El Salvador	White blade with 5 vertical blue stripes.
	Estonia	Flag of Estonia.
	Eswatini	A blue blade with two white stripes at the end.
	Fiji	A white blade with a black vertical stripe in front of the tip.
	Finland	Flag of Finland.
	France	Flag of France.
	Georgia	Flag of Georgia.
	Germany	Flag of Germany.
	Ghana	Flag of Ghana.
	Gibraltar	A white blade with a red stripe at the tip.
	Great Britain	White blade with red tip with Union Flag.
	Greece	Blue blade with white cross, part of Greece's coat of arms.
	Guatemala	White blade with 2 vertical, wide, blue stripes.
	Haiti	Flag of Haiti.
	Honduras	A blue blade with a white sash across and the stars of the Honduran flag.
	Hong Kong	A slightly altered Flag of Hong Kong.
	Hungary	Flag of Hungary.
	Iceland	Flag of Iceland without vertical stripes.
	India	Two horizontal stripes: light sky blue and dark blue.
	Indonesia	Two vertical stripes: white and red.
	Iraq	Flag of Iraq.
	Iran	Simplified flag of Iran.
	Ireland	Green blade with a white clover.
	Israel	Two horizontal stripes: blue and white.
	Italy	Flag of Italy.
	Ivory Coast	A white blade with orange, white and green stripes at the tip.
	Jamaica	Flag of Jamaica.
	Japan	Flag of Japan plus two diagonal red stripes.
	Jordan	Flag of Jordan.
	Kazakhstan	A blue blade with a yellow tip and a diagonal red stripe.
	Kenya	A white blade with black, white and red stripes on the tip.
	Kuwait	Flag of Kuwait.
	Kyrgyzstan	Flag of Kyrgyzstan.
	Latvia	Flag of Latvia.
	Lebanon	Flag of Lebanon.
	Libya	Flag of Libya.
	Lithuania	Flag of Lithuania.
	Luxembourg	Appearance similar to the coat of arms of Luxembourg.
	Madagascar	Flag of Madagascar.
	Malawi	Flag of Malawi.
	Malaysia	A variation using the colors and emblem of the flag of Malaysia.
	Maldives	Flag of Maldives.
	Mali	Flag of Mali.
	Malta	Flag of Malta.
	Mauritius	Flag of Mauritius.
	Mexico	A green blade with a white and red stripe at the tip.
	Morocco	Flag of Morocco with a simplified star.
	Moldova	Flag of Moldova, but horizontally and without the coat of arms.
	Monaco	A red blade with a narrow horizontal white stripe.
	Mongolia	Flag of Mongolia.
	Mozambique	Flag of Mozambique without the emblem.
	Myanmar	A white blade with blue-white-red stripes on the tip.
	Namibia	Flag of Namibia.
	Nepal	A variation using the colors and emblems of the Nepalese flag.
	Netherlands	Flag of the Netherlands.
	New Zealand	Black blade with silver fern and letters N and Z on either side of the silver fern.
	Nicaragua	Flag of Nicaragua, without the coat of arms.
	Niger	Flag of Niger.
	Nigeria	Flag of Nigeria with changed proportions.
	North Korea	White blade and selected elements from the North Korean flag.
	North Macedonia.	Flag of North Macedonia.
	Norway	Flag of Norway without the vertical stripes.
	Pakistan	blade with 3 horizontal stripes: dark green/white/dark green.
	Palestine	Flag of Palestine.
	Panama	White blade with a navy blue star and a red one.
	Paraguay	A variation using the colors of the Paraguayan flag.
	Peru	A red blade with a diagonal wide white stripe.
	Philippines	Red and blue blade with a large white chevron.
	Poland	Flag of Poland.
	Portugal	A white blade with a green and red stripe at the tip.
	Puerto Rico	Simplified Flag of Puerto Rico (fewer stripes).
	Qatar	Flag of Qatar
	Romania	Flag of Romania.
	Russia	Flag of Russia.
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
	Samoa	Flag of Samoa.
	Saudi Arabia	Flag of Saudi Arabia.
	Senegal	Flag of Senegal.
	Serbia	Colors from the flag of Serbia, but in a different arrangement.
	Singapore	White and red blade divided diagonally.
	Slovakia	Colors and coat of arms from the flag of Slovakia, but in a different arrangement.
	Slovenia	A white blade with a transverse stripe in the colors of the Slovenian flag.
	Somalia	Flag of Somalia.
	South Africa	Flag of South Africa.
	South Korea	Elements from the flag of South Korea with a changed color scheme.
	Spain	Flag of Spain, but stripes are vertical.
	Sri Lanka	An orange blade with a diagonal wide black stripe.
	Sudan	Flag of Sudan.
	Sweden	Coat of Arms of Sweden.
	Switzerland	Flag of Switzerland.
	Syria	Flag of Syria.
	Thailand	Flag of Thailand.
	Chinese Taipei	Horizontal 3 stripes: navy blue-white-red with a variation of the Chinese Taipei symbol.
	Togo	Flag of Togo.
	Tonga	A white blade with an altered flag of Tonga.
	Trinidad and Tobago	Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.
	Tunisia	Flag of Tunisia.
	Türkiye	A white blade with a stripe with the Turkish Flag on the tip.
	Turkmenistan	Colors and emblem of the flag of Turkmenistan, but a different arrangement.
	Uganda	Three horizontal stripes in the colors of the flag of Uganda.
	Ukraine	Flag of Ukraine.
	United Arab Emirates	Flag of the United Arab Emirates.
	United States	Colors from the US Flag, but in a different arrangement.
	Uruguay	Blue blade.
	Uzbekistan	Flag of Uzbekistan, but without the emblem and slightly different colors.
	Vanuatu	Flag of Vanuatu, without the emblem.
	Venezuela	Flag of Venezuela without the emblem.
	Vietnam	Flag of Vietnam with an inverted star.
	Zambia	Flag of Zambia.
	Zimbabwe	A variation using the colors of the flag of Zimbabwe.

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References

↑ "Blades of the World". OarSpotter.com. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
↑ "Oar power - the symbol on the end of the blade". World Rowing. October 28, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
↑ "Do you know all 151 FISA member rowing blades?". World Rowing. June 1, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2024.

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List of national team oars

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[1] "Blades of the World". OarSpotter.com. Retrieved August 25, 2024.

[2] "Oar power - the symbol on the end of the blade". World Rowing. October 28, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2024.

[3] "Do you know all 151 FISA member rowing blades?". World Rowing. June 1, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2024.

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