Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This article details the qualifying phase for rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

The majority of berths will be awarded at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria^[2] to National Olympic Committees, not to specific competitors. Additional berths will be awarded to NOCs (and tied to specific competitors) at four continental qualifying regattas for Asian & Oceanian / African / American / European nations, plus a final Olympic qualification regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

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.^[1]

Timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2019 World Rowing Championships	25 August – 1 September 2019	Ottensheim^[2]
Asian & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta	TBD	TBD
African Continental Qualification Regatta	TBD	TBD
Americas Continental Qualification Regatta	TBD	TBD
European Continental Qualification Regatta	27–29 April 2020	Varese
Final Qualification Regatta	17–19 May 2020	Lucerne

Men's events

Single sculls

Event	#	Nation
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
Final Qualification Regatta	2
Tripartite Invitation	1
Tripartite Invitation	2
Total	Up 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
Final Qualification Regatta	2
Total	13

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
European Qualification Regatta	2
Final Qualification Regatta	1
Final Qualification Regatta	2
Total	18

Quadruple sculls

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

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
Final Qualification Regatta	2
Total	13

Coxless four

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

Eight

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

Women's events