Rowing
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Rowing pictogram for the 2020 Summer Olympics
VenueSea Forest Waterway
Dates23–30 July 2021
No. of events14
Competitors526 from 79 nations

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		HR¼/½ ½F
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.

Event Number of boats per gender
Single sculls 32
Pair 13
Double sculls 13
Lightweight double sculls 18
Coxless four 10
Quadruple sculls 10
Eight 7

Participating nations (number of rowers)

Medalists

Medal table

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 New Zealand3205
2 Australia2024
3 Netherlands1225
4 Romania1203
5 France1102
6 China1023
 Italy1023
8 Canada1012
 Croatia1012
 Ireland1012
11 Greece1001
12 Germany0202
 ROC0202
14 Great Britain0112
15 Norway0101
 Poland0101
17 Austria0011
 Denmark0011
Totals (18 entries)14141442

Men’s

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

Women’s

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

Records

Event Round Name Nation Time Date Record
Men's double scullsHeatsMelvin Twellaar
Stef Broenink		 Netherlands6:08.3824 JulyOR[11]
Women's coxless fourHeatsLucy Stephan
Rosemary Popa
Jessica Morrison
Annabelle McIntyre		 Australia6:28.7624 JulyOR[lower-alpha 2]
Women's double scullsFinalNicoleta-Ancuța Bodnar
Simona Radiș		 Romania6:41.0328 JulyOR
Men's double scullsFinalHugo Boucheron
Matthieu Androdias		 France6:00.3328 JulyOR
Women's coxless fourFinalLucy Stephan
Rosemary Popa
Jessica Morrison
Annabelle McIntyre		 Australia6:15.3728 JulyOR
Men's coxless fourFinalAlexander Purnell
Spencer Turrin
Jack Hargreaves
Alexander Hill		 Australia5:42.7628 JulyOR
Men's quadruple scullsFinalDirk Uittenbogaard
Abe Wiersma
Tone Wieten
Koen Metsemakers		 Netherlands5:32.0328 JulyOR, WR
Women's quadruple scullsFinalChen Yunxia
Zhang Ling
Lü Yang
Cui Xiaotong		 China6:05.1328 JulyOR, WR
Men's lightweight double scullsSemifinalFintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan		 Ireland6:05.3328 JulyOR, WR

See also

References

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.

Citations

  1. 1 2 "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020" (PDF). IOC, FISA. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "IOC confirm gender equality in rowing events for Tokyo 2020 with introduction of women's four". British Rowing. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Championships Junior Rowing World 2019" (PDF). e Organising Championships Junior Rowing World 20. 2019. p. 6. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Mackay, Duncan (7 September 2018). "Linz-Ottensheim awarded 2019 World Rowing Championships". insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media Company Limited. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Tokyo 2020 – FISA Rowing Qualification System" (PDF). FISA. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Rowing Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Rowing Regatta of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020" (PDF). www.worldrowing.com. International Rowing Federation. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Olympic Rowing Schedule Changes". row2k.com. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Russian archer faints in Tokyo heat". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Official Communication 3" (PDF). World Rowing. 25 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Results – Race 15" (PDF). olympics.com. 23 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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