Rowing at the Summer Paralympics

Rowing at the Summer Paralympics has been part of the competition since the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Rowing as a sport has been part of the Summer Olympics since 1896 Summer Olympics. Rowing at the paralympics is under the jurisdiction of the International Rowing Federation (or FISA, its French acronym) the same as the Olympics.

Rowing at the Summer Paralympics
Governing bodyFISA
Events4 (men: 1; women: 1; mixed: 2)
Games
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2004
  • 2008
  • 2012
  • 2016

Disciplines and events

Discipline Event Year Introduced
Men's single sculls AS (Arms and Shoulders) 2008, as A (Arms only)
Women's Single Sculls AS (Arms and Shoulders) 2008, as A (Arms only)
Mixed Double Sculls TA (Trunk and Arms) 2008
Mixed Four Coxed LTA (Legs, Trunk and Arms) 2008

Race distances

All races are raced over a 1000 m[1] straight course, whereas the Olympic distance is 2000 m.

Qualification

There is a limited number of crews permitted to race, so the International Rowing Federation holds qualification events in order to determine who competes at the Paralympic Games. At the Paralympic Games, each National Olympic Committee can only have one boat per event.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain (GBR)6028
2 China (CHN)3205
3 Ukraine (UKR)2114
4 Italy (ITA)1001
5 Australia (AUS)0303
6 United States (USA)0224
7 France (FRA)0213
8 Belarus (BLR)0112
9 Germany (GER)0101
10 Israel (ISR)0022
11 Brazil (BRA)0011
 Canada (CAN)0011
 Russia (RUS)0011
Totals (13 nations)12121236

Nations

List of all athletes that participated in all events (both men's and women's).

Event606468727680848892960004081216Years
 Argentina (ARG)            112
 Australia (AUS)            3373
 Austria (AUT)            41
 Belarus (BLR)            1713
 Brazil (BRA)            9843
 Canada (CAN)            8543
 China (CHN)            9783
 Denmark (DEN)            51
 France (FRA)            1763
 Germany (GER)            7553
 Great Britain (GBR)            9783
 Hong Kong (HKG)            11
 Hungary (HUN)            1113
 Ireland (IRL)            41
 Israel (ISR)            9333
 Italy (ITA)            9363
 Japan (JPN)            2123
 Kenya (KEN)            11
 Latvia (LAT)            21
 Lithuania (LTU)            11
 Netherlands (NED)            532
 New Zealand (NZL)            11
 Norway (NOR)            11
 Poland (POL)            3333
 Portugal (POR)            112
 Russia (RUS)            572
 South Africa (RSA)            5153
 South Korea (KOR)            1223
 Spain (ESP)            112
 Ukraine (UKR)            4873
 United States (USA)            9783
 Zimbabwe (ZIM)            41
Nations232325
Competitors1089696
Year606468727680848892960004081216

See also

References

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