Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Rowing
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Rowing, Tokyo 2020.svg
Rowing pictogram for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Venue Sea Forest Waterway
Dates23–30 July 2021
No. of events14
Competitors526 from 79 nations
  2016
2024  

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

Legend
HHeatsRRepechage¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsFFinal
Men's and women's races held on the same days [6] [7] [8]
Event↓/Date →Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed 28Thu 29Fri 30
Men's single sculls
Women's single sculls
HR¼/½½F
Men's pair
Women's pair
HR½F
Men's double sculls
Women's double sculls
HR½F
Men's lightweight double sculls
Women's lightweight double sculls
HR½F
Men's four
Women's four
HRF
Men's quadruple sculls
Women's quadruple sculls
HRF
Men's eight
Women's eight
HRF

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.

EventNumber of boats per gender
Single sculls32
Pair13
Double sculls13
Lightweight double sculls18
Coxless four10
Quadruple sculls10
Eight7

Participating nations (number of rowers)

Medalists

Medal table

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3205
2Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2024
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1225
4Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1203
5Flag of France.svg  France 1102
6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1023
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1023
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1012
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1012
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1012
11Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1001
12Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0202
Olympic flag.svg  ROC 0202
14Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0112
15Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0101
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0101
17Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0011
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0011
Totals (18 entries)14141442

Men’s

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Single sculls
details
Stefanos Ntouskos
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Kjetil Borch
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Damir Martin
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Double sculls
details
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Hugo Boucheron
Matthieu Androdias
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Melvin Twellaar
Stef Broenink
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Liu Zhiyu
Zhang Liang
Quadruple sculls
details
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Dirk Uittenbogaard
Abe Wiersma
Tone Wieten
Koen Metsemakers
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Harry Leask
Angus Groom
Tom Barras
Jack Beaumont
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Jack Cleary
Caleb Antill
Cameron Girdlestone
Luke Letcher
Coxless pair
details
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)
Martin Sinković
Valent Sinković
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)
Marius Cozmiuc
Ciprian Tudosă
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)
Frederic Vystavel
Joachim Sutton
Coxless four
details
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Alexander Purnell
Spencer Turrin
Jack Hargreaves
Alexander Hill
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)
Mihăiță Țigănescu
Mugurel Semciuc
Ștefan Berariu
Cosmin Pascari
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Matteo Castaldo
Marco Di Costanzo
Matteo Lodo
Giuseppe Vicino
Bruno Rosetti [lower-alpha 1]
Coxed eight
details
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)
Tom Mackintosh
Hamish Bond
Tom Murray
Michael Brake
Dan Williamson
Phillip Wilson
Shaun Kirkham
Matt Macdonald
Sam Bosworth c
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Johannes Weißenfeld
Laurits Follert
Olaf Roggensack
Torben Johannesen
Jakob Schneider
Malte Jakschik
Richard Schmidt
Hannes Ocik
Martin Sauer c
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Josh Bugajski
Jacob Dawson
Thomas George
Moe Sbihi
Charles Elwes
Oliver Wynne-Griffith
James Rudkin
Thomas Ford
Henry Fieldman c
Lightweight double sculls
details
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)
Fintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Jonathan Rommelmann
Jason Osborne
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Stefano Oppo
Pietro Ruta

Women’s

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Single sculls
details
Emma Twigg
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Hanna Prakatsen
Olympic flag.svg  ROC
Magdalena Lobnig
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Double sculls
details
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)
Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar
Simona Radiș
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)
Brooke Donoghue
Hannah Osborne
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Roos de Jong
Lisa Scheenaard
Quadruple sculls
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Chen Yunxia
Zhang Ling
Lü Yang
Cui Xiaotong
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)
Agnieszka Kobus
Marta Wieliczko
Maria Sajdak
Katarzyna Zillmann
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Ria Thompson
Rowena Meredith
Harriet Hudson
Caitlin Cronin
Coxless pair
details
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)
Grace Prendergast
Kerri Gowler
Olympic flag.svg  ROC
Vasilisa Stepanova
Elena Oriabinskaia
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
Caileigh Filmer
Hillary Janssens
Coxless four
details
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Lucy Stephan
Rosemary Popa
Jessica Morrison
Annabelle McIntyre
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Ellen Hogerwerf
Karolien Florijn
Ymkje Clevering
Veronique Meester
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)
Aifric Keogh
Eimear Lambe
Fiona Murtagh
Emily Hegarty
Coxed eight
details
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
Susanne Grainger
Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski
Madison Mailey
Sydney Payne
Andrea Proske
Lisa Roman
Christine Roper
Avalon Wasteneys
Kristen Kit c
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)
Ella Greenslade
Emma Dyke
Lucy Spoors
Kelsey Bevan
Grace Prendergast
Kerri Gowler
Beth Ross
Jackie Gowler
Caleb Shepherd c
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Guo Linlin
Ju Rui
Li Jingjing
Miao Tian
Wang Zifeng
Wang Yuwei
Xu Fei
Zhang Min
Zhang Dechang c
Lightweight double sculls
details
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Valentina Rodini
Federica Cesarini
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Laura Tarantola
Claire Bové
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Marieke Keijser
Ilse Paulis

Records

EventRoundNameNationTimeDateRecord
Men's double sculls Heats Melvin Twellaar
Stef Broenink
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:08.3824 July OR [11]
Women's coxless four Heats Lucy Stephan
Rosemary Popa
Jessica Morrison
Annabelle McIntyre
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:28.7624 July OR [lower-alpha 2]
Women's double sculls Final Nicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar
Simona Radiș
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6:41.0328 July OR
Men's double scullsFinal Hugo Boucheron
Matthieu Androdias
Flag of France.svg  France 6:00.3328 July OR
Women's coxless fourFinal Lucy Stephan
Rosemary Popa
Jessica Morrison
Annabelle McIntyre
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:15.3728 July OR
Men's coxless four Final Alexander Purnell
Spencer Turrin
Jack Hargreaves
Alexander Hill
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 5:42.7628 July OR
Men's quadruple sculls Final Dirk Uittenbogaard
Abe Wiersma
Tone Wieten
Koen Metsemakers
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5:32.0328 July OR, WR
Women's quadruple sculls Final Chen Yunxia
Zhang Ling
Lü Yang
Cui Xiaotong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:05.1328 July OR, WR
Men's lightweight double sculls Semifinal Fintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 6:05.3328 July OR, WR

See also

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Notes

  1. 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.
  2. The Australian women's coxless four rowing team broke the Olympic record for the coxless four event in the Final four days later.

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