Rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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Rowing
at the XV Paralympic Games
Rowing, Rio 2016 (Paralympics).png
Venue Lagoa Stadium
Dates9–11 September 2016
Competitors96
2012
2020

Rowing competitions at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro were held from 9 to 11 September 2016, at Lagoa Stadium at the Games' Copacabana hub.

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Classification

Rowers are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows rowers to compete against others with a similar level of function.

The three rowing classes are:

Events

Four rowing events were scheduled to be held, each over a course of 1000 metres:

Qualification

96 athletes (48 male, 48 female) were expected to take part in this sport.

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. Places are awarded to National Olympic Committees, not to specific athletes. Further berths are distributed at the final Paralympic qualification regatta in Gavirate, Italy. [1] A minimum of two places were held over for the host, Brazil, one rower of each gender. In the event, however, Brazil qualified that minimum number via the World Championships, and the host nation places were therefore added to the Bipartite commission quota distribution. Russia was excluded from the 2016 Paralympics, and Germany and USA, as the fastest non-qualifiers in AS M1x and TA X2x respectively, took Russia's place in those events. [2]

Qualifiers for the Paralympic Games 2016 - Rowing
Qualification eventAS M1xAS W1xTA X2xLTA X4+
2015 World Rowing Championships
Lucerne, Switzerland
(top 8 boats per event - 64 athletes)
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of France.svg  France
2016 Final Paralympic Regatta
Gavirate, Italy
(top 2 boats per event - 16 athletes)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Host nation quotas
Bipartite Commission quotas
(8 male, 8 female rowers - 16 athletes) [3]
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)3014
2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)1001
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)0202
4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)0101
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)0101
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0011
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0011
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)0011
Totals (8 entries)44412

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's single sculls
details
Roman Polianskyi
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Erik Horrie
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Tom Aggar
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Women's single sculls
details
Rachel Morris
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Wang Lili
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Moran Samuel
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Mixed double sculls
details
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Lauren Rowles
Laurence Whiteley
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Liu Shuang
Fei Tianming
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Perle Bouge
Stéphane Tardieu
Mixed coxed four
details
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Grace Clough
Daniel Brown
Pam Relph
James Fox
Oliver James
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Jaclyn Smith
Danielle Hansen
Zachary Burns
Dorian Weber
Jennifer Sichel
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
Victoria Nolan
Meghan Montgomery
Andrew Todd
Curtis Halladay
Kristen Kit

[4]

See also

References

  1. Paralympic rowing- Rio 2016 qualification scheme. ~ rio2016.com Archived 8 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Para-rowing entries for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games confirmed". World Rowing. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. "Eight bipartite rowing berths awarded for Rio 2016 Paralympics". Inside the Games. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  4. "Startlists & results". FISA . Retrieved 31 December 2016.