Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Rowing
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue Central Breakwater
Dates 25 July – 1 August 2020
No. of events 14

The rowing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will be held between 25 July and 1 August at Central Breakwater in Tokyo Bay. Fourteen medal events will be contested by 526 athletes (263 men and women each).[1]

Competition format

There are seven events each for men and women. Events included categories for open weight and restricted weight (lightweight) athletes, and two styles of rowing: sweep, where competitors each use a single oar, and sculling, where they used two.

Sculling events include men's and women's singles, doubles, lightweight doubles, and quads. Sweep events include men's and women's coxless pairs, coxless fours, and eights.[1]

The women's coxless four replaces the men's lightweight coxless four from the previous Games, which is the first change made to the rowing programme since 1996.[2] This was driven by the IOC's desire to seek gender parity and eventually remove all lightweight events.[3]

Qualification

Each competing nation may qualify one boat for each of the fourteen events.

The majority of the qualifying berths will be awarded at the 2019 World Rowing Championships, which take place in Ottensheim, Austria[4] between 25 August and 1 September 2019. They are awarded to National Olympic Committees (rather than specific competitors) for both genders as follows:

  • Single sculls - top 9
  • Coxless pair - top 11
  • Double sculls - top 11
  • Lightweight double sculls - top 7
  • Coxless four - top 8
  • Quadruple sculls - top 8
  • Eight - top 5

Further berths will be distributed to NOCs (and in this case to specific competitors) at four continental qualifying regattas in Asia & Oceania / Africa / the Americas / Europe, plus a final Olympic qualification regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.[1]

All qualifying NOCs are limited to one berth per event, and only NOCs with fewer than two berths from the World Championships may contest the continental qualifying regattas. Should it fail to qualify for any event at the various regattas, Japan will be granted host nation berths in both single sculls events.[5]

Timeline

EventDateVenue
2019 World Rowing Championships25 August – 1 September 2019Austria Ottensheim[6]
Asian & Oceania Continental Qualification RegattaTBDTBD
African Continental Qualification RegattaTBDTBD
Americas Continental Qualification RegattaTBDTBD
European Continental Qualification Regatta27–29 April 2020Italy Varese
Final Qualification Regatta17–19 May 2020Switzerland Lucerne

Men's events

Single sculls

Event # Nation Qualified rower
Host nation (if required)  Japan
2019 World Rowing Championships 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Asian & Oceania Qualification Regatta 1
2
3
4
5
African Qualification Regatta 1
2
3
4
5
Americas Qualification Regatta 1
2
3
4
5
European Qualification Regatta 1
2
3
Final Qualification Regatta 1
2
Tripartite Invitation 1
2
TotalUp to 32

Double sculls

Event # Nation Qualified rowers
2019 World Rowing Championships 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final Qualification Regatta 1
2
Total13

Lightweight double sculls

Event # Nation Qualified rower
2019 World Rowing Championships 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Asian & Oceania Qualification Regatta 1
2
3
African Qualification Regatta 1
Americas Qualification Regatta 1
2
3
European Qualification Regatta 1
2
Final Qualification Regatta 1
2
Total18

Quadruple sculls

Event # Nation Qualified rowers
2019 World Rowing Championships 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final Qualification Regatta 1
2
Total10

Coxless pair

Event # Nation Qualified rowers
2019 World Rowing Championships 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final Qualification Regatta 1
2
Total13

Coxless four

Event # Nation Qualified rowers
2019 World Rowing Championships 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final Qualification Regatta 1
2
Total10

Eight

Event # Nation Qualified rowers
2019 World Rowing Championships 1
2
3
4
5
Final Qualification Regatta 1
2
Total7

Women's events

Single sculls

Event # Nation Qualified rower
Host nation (if required)  Japan
2019 World Rowing Championships 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Asian & Oceania Qualification Regatta 1
2
3
4
5
African Qualification Regatta 1
2
3
4
5
Americas Qualification Regatta 1
2
3
4
5
European Qualification Regatta 1
2
3
Final Qualification Regatta 1
2
Tripartite Invitation 1
2
TotalUp to 32

Double sculls

Event # Nation Qualified rowers
2019 World Rowing Championships 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final Qualification Regatta 1
2
Total13

Lightweight double sculls

Event # Nation Qualified rower
2019 World Rowing Championships 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Asian & Oceania Qualification Regatta 1
2
3
African Qualification Regatta 1
Americas Qualification Regatta 1
2
3
European Qualification Regatta 1
2
Final Qualification Regatta 1
2
Total18

Quadruple sculls

Event # Nation Qualified rowers
2019 World Rowing Championships 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final Qualification Regatta 1
2
Total10

Coxless pair

Event # Nation Qualified rowers
2019 World Rowing Championships 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final Qualification Regatta 1
2
Total13

Coxless four

Event # Nation Qualified rowers
2019 World Rowing Championships 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final Qualification Regatta 1
2
Total10

Eight

Event # Nation Qualified rowers
2019 World Rowing Championships 1
2
3
4
5
Final Qualification Regatta 1
2
Total7

References

  1. 1 2 3 "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXII OLYMPIAD – TOKYO 2020: WORLD ROWING FEDERATION (FISA) - Rowing" (PDF). IOC / FISA. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. "Richard Chambers criticises lightweight four axing for Tokyo 2020". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. Rowbottom, Mike (10 February 2017). "IOC against more Olympic lightweight rowing events, FISA Congress warned". insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media Company Limited. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  4. Mackay, Duncan (7 September 2015). "Linz-Ottensheim awarded 2019 World Rowing Championships". insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media Company Limited. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
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