2008 Summer Olympics / Rowing

Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Beijing
Competition venue	Shunyi
Nations	60
Athletes	555 ( 191/364 )
date	August 9-17, 2008
decisions	14th
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics , 14 rowing competitions were held, six for women and eight for men. Each NOK was allowed to send a maximum of one boat per competition, provided that they could fight for a quota place in various qualifying places in 2007 and 2008. The main qualification competition was the 2007 World Championships (WM) in Munich .

qualification

In order to participate in the 2008 Olympic rowing regatta , a qualification was necessary that could be achieved in advance in various international rowing regattas . Starting places for 544 participants in 200 boats and 14 boat classes were provided as part of the regular qualification path . In addition, two starting places were provided for the one of the men and women for the host nation in the event that it would not have qualified in any boat class, as well as starting places for four participants invited by the World Rowing Association .

The main qualification competition was the 2007 World Rowing Championships at the Oberschleißheim regatta course in Munich . Further starting places could be won in continental regattas in Africa, Asia and Latin America as well as in an international qualification as part of the World Cup regatta 2008 on Lake Malta in Poznan .

Each NOK was allowed to register exactly one boat in each boat class in which the qualification was achieved. However, individual rowers were allowed to start in more than one boat class (double start), which was also done by six athletes. In the case of a qualification in all 14 boat classes so could a maximum of 28 men and 20 women per nation participate (each including a helmsman / controller woman).

Qualification competitions with number of quota places

Overview of qualification competitions with the number of boat quota places to be allocated
			Women						Men
competition	venue	date	W1x	W2-	W2x	W4x	W8 +	LW2x	M1x	M2-	M2x	M4-	M4x	M8 +	LM2x	LM4-	Boats total	Total athletes
African qualification	Algiers	17th-19th July 2007	3	-	-	-	-	1	4th	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	9	11
Rowing World Championships	Munich-Oberschleissheim	26. Aug. – 2. Sep 2007	9	8th	8th	7th	5	8th	11	11	11	11	11	7th	11	11	129	402
Latin American qualification	Rio de Janeiro	16.-18. November 2007	5	-	-	-	-	3	6th	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	17th	23
Asian qualification	Shanghai	25-27 April 2008	5	-	-	-	-	3	6th	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	17th	23
International qualification	Lake Malta, Poznan	15-18 June 2008	3	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	28	85
total			25th	10	10	8th	7th	17th	30th	13	13	13	13	8th	20th	13	200	544

In addition, starting places were awarded by the World Rowing Association:

• Two starting places in one of the men and women for the host nation People's Republic of China in the event that no Chinese boat would have qualified. Since this did not occur, teams from other nations moved up.
• Four participants by regular invitation from the World Rowing Association.
• Four participants by invitation from the World Rowing Association due to exceptions in the qualification regulations.

Quota places won

Won boat quota places after NOKs
	Women						Men								Boats total	Total athletes
competition	W1x	W2-	W2x	W4x	W8 +	LW2x	M1x	M2-	M2x	M4-	M4x	M8 +	LM2x	LM4-
Egypt	X						X							X	3	6th
Algeria							X						X		2	3
Argentina	X						X								2	2
Australia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14th	48
Belgium							X		X						2	3
Brazil	X					X	X						X		4th	6th
Bulgaria	X								X						2	3
Chile	X						X								2	2
China	X	X	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X	X	11	32
Chinese Taipei							X								1	1
Denmark						X		X					X	X	4th	10
Germany		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13	45
El Salvador	X														1	1
Estonia							X		X		X				3	7th
Finland						X									1	2
France	X	X						X	X	X	X		X	X	8th	21st
Greece						X	X						X		3	5
Honduras							X								1	1
Hong Kong	X						X						X		3	4th
India							X						X		2	3
Iraq									X						1	2
Iran	X						X								2	2
Ireland										X				X	2	8th
Italy	X		X					X		X	X		X	X	7th	19th
Japan						X							X		2	4th
Cameroon							X								1	1
Canada		X		X	X	X		X				X	X	X	8th	34
Kazakhstan	X					X									2	3
Kenya							X								1	1
Colombia							X								1	1
Croatia								X	X						2	4th
Cuba	X					X					X		X		4th	9
Lithuania							X								1	1
Mexico						X	X								2	3
Monaco							X								1	1
Myanmar	X														1	1
New Zealand	X	X	X				X	X	X	X			X		8th	16
Netherlands					X	X	X			X		X		X	6th	29
Norway							X								1	1
Poland	X							X			X	X		X	5	20th
Portugal													X		1	2
Romania		X	X		X										3	11
Russia				X					X		X				3	10
Sweden	X						X								2	2
Switzerland							X								1	1
Serbia	X							X							2	3
Zimbabwe	X														1	1
Slovenia									X	X	X				3	10
Spain	X														1	1
South Africa	X					X		X							3	5
South Korea	X					X							X		3	5
Czech Republic	X		X				X	X		X	X				6th	14th
Ukraine			X	X							X				3	10
Hungary													X		1	2
Uruguay							X						X		2	3
Uzbekistan							X								1	1
Venezuela							X								1	1
United States	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	13	45
United Kingdom		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	12	43
Belarus	X	X							X	X	X				5	13
Total quota places	26th	10	10	8th	7th	17th	33	14th	15th	13	13	8th	20th	13	207	548

Notes on the table:

1. ↑ Double start by Zhang Liang
2. ↑ Double start by Maren Derlien and Lenka Wech
3. ↑ Double start by Georgeta Andrunache and Viorica Susanu
4. ↑ Double start by Anna Cummins

The starting places reserved for the host were given to other nations because of the qualifications of the People's Republic of China in 11 boat classes. Nuria Domínguez was allowed to start in the women's one for Spain , while Ioannis Christou competed in the men's one for Greece .

The four participants invited by the World Rowing Federation were Norberto Bernárdez for Honduras and Mathias Raymond for Monaco in the men's singles and Hamzah Al-Hilfi and Haider Nawzad for Iraq in the men's double sculls .

The men's double scull from Bulgaria with Iwo Janakiew and Martin Janakiew and the lightweight double scull for the men from Canada with Douglas Vandor and Cameron Sylvester were invited to start.

Olympic regatta

In each boat class, the first eight places are listed with the final time because they have received an Olympic diploma. The A-final was occupied by six boats each, which is why positions 7 and 8 in the B-final were achieved (marking (B) after the final time).

Men

One

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	Norway	Olaf Tufte	6: 59.83
2	Czech Republic	Ondřej Synek	7: 00.63
3	New Zealand	Mahé Drysdale	7: 01.56
4th	Belgium	Tim Maeyens	7: 03.40
5	United Kingdom	Alan Campbell	7: 04.47
6th	Sweden	Lassi Karonen	7: 07.64
7th	Germany	Marcel Hacker	7: 07.82 (B)
8th	Lithuania	Mindaugas Griškonis	7: 09.23 (B)

Date: August 16, 2008, 3:50 p.m.

Two without a helmsman

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Australia	Drew Ginn Duncan Free	6: 37.44
2	Canada	David Calder Scott Frandsen	6: 39.55
3	New Zealand	Nathan Twaddle George Bridgewater	6: 44.19
4th	Germany	Tom Lehmann Felix Drahotta	6: 47.40
5	South Africa	Shaun Keeling Ramon di Clemente	6: 47.83
6th	United States	Tyler Winklevoss Cameron Winklevoss	7: 05.58
7th	Serbia	Goran Jagar Nikola Stojić	6: 49.12 (B)
8th	Czech Republic	Jakub Makovička Václav Chalupa	6: 52.57 (B)

Date: August 16, 2008, 4:30 p.m.

Double scull

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Australia	David Crawshay Scott Brennan	6: 27.77
2	Estonia	Tõnu Endrekson Jüri Jaanson	6: 29.05
3	Society. King	Matthew Wells Stephen Rowbotham	6: 29.10
4th	New Zealand	Rob Waddell Nathan Cohen	6: 30.97
5	France	Jean-Baptiste Macquet Adrien Hardy	6: 33.36
6th	Slovenia	Luka Špik Iztok Čop	6: 33.96
7th	Belarus	Dzjanis Mihal Stanislau Shcharbatschenja	6: 34.39 (B)
8th	Belgium	Bart Poelvoorde Christophe Raes	6: 35.55 (B)

Date: August 16, 2008, 5:10 p.m.

Foursome without a helmsman

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Society. King	Tom James Steve Williams Peter Reed Andrew Triggs Hodge	6: 06.57
2	Australia	Matt Ryan James Marburg Cameron McKenzie-McHarg Francis Hegerty	6: 07.58
3	France	Julien Desprès Benjamin Rondeau Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette	6: 09.31
4th	Slovenia	Tomaž Pirih Rok Rozman Rok Kolander Miha Pirih	6: 11.62
5	Czech Republic	Jan Gruber Michal Horváth Milan Bruncvík Karel nephew	6: 16.56
6th	Germany	Jochen Urban Richard Schmidt Urs buyer Gregor Hauffe	6: 19.63
7th	New Zealand	Carl Meyer James Dallinger Eric Murray Hamish Bond	6: 06.30 (B)
8th	Netherlands	Geert Cirkel Matthijs Vellenga Jan-Willem Gabriëls Gijs Vermeulen	6: 06.37 (B)

Date: August 16, 2008, 5:30 p.m.

Double fours

The victorious double quad from Poland

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Poland	Konrad Wasielewski Marek Kolbowicz Michał Jeliński Adam Korol	5: 41.33
2	Italy	Luca Agamennoni Simone Venier Rossano Galtarossa Simone Raineri	5: 43.57
3	France	Jonathan Coeffic Pierre-Jean Peltier Julien Bahain Cédric Berrest	5: 44.34
4th	Australia	Christopher Morgan James McRae Brendan Long Daniel Noonan	5: 44.68
5	United States	Matt Hughes Samuel Stitt Jamie Schroeder Scott Gault	5: 47.64
6th	Germany	Stephan Krüger René Bertram Hans Gruhne Christian Schreiber	5: 50.96
7th	Russia	Nikita Morgachev Sergei Fedorowzew Igor Salow Nikolai Spinjow	5: 46.17 (B)
8th	Ukraine	Serhiy Hryn Volodymyr Pawlowskyi Oleh Lykow Serhiy Bilouschtschenko	5: 47.89 (B)

Date: August 17, 2008, 4:50 pm

Eighth

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Canada	Kevin Light Ben Rutledge Andrew Byrnes Jake Wetzel Malcolm Howard Dominic Seiterle Adam Kreek Kyle Hamilton Brian Price (stm.)	5: 23.89
2	Society. King	Alex Partridge Tom Stallard Tom Lucy Richard Egington Josh West Alastair Heathcote Matt Langridge Colin Smith Acer Nethercott (Stm.)	5: 25.11
3	United States	Beau Hoopman Matt Schnobrich Micah Boyd Wyatt Allen Daniel Walsh Steven Coppola Joshua Inman Bryan Volpenhein Marcus McElhenney (stm.)	5: 25.34
4th	Netherlands	Meindest Klem Rogier Blink Olivier Siegelaar Jozef Klaassen David Kuiper Mitchel Steenman Olaf van Andel Diederik Simon Peter Wiersum (st.)	5: 29.26
5	Poland	Sebastian Kosiorek Michał Stawowski Patryk Brzeziński Sławomir Kruszkowski Wojciech Gutorski Marcin Brzeziński Rafał Hejmej Mikołaj Burda Daniel Trojanowski (st.)	5: 31.42
6th	Australia	David Dennis Samuel Loch James Chapman Tom Laurich Jeremy Stevenson James Tomkins Sam Conrad Stephen Stewart Marty Rabjohns (stm.)	5: 35.10
7th	People's Republic of China	Qu Xiaoming Wang Jingfeng Liu Zhen Zhang Shunyin Zheng Chuanqi Zhou Yinan Zhang Yongqiang Wang Xiangdang Zhang Dechang (st.)	5: 34.59 (B)
8th	Germany	Florian Eichner Sebastian Schmidt Matthias Flach Philipp Naruhn Jörg Lehnigk Florian Mennigen Kristof Wilke Andreas Penkner Peter Thiede (st.)	5: 36.89 (B)

Date: August 17, 2008, 5:30 p.m.

Lightweight double scull

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United Kingdom	Zac Purchase Mark Hunter	6: 10.99
2	Greece	Dimitrios Mougios Vasileios Polymeros	6: 11.72
3	Denmark	Mads Rasmussen Rasmus Quist	6: 12.45
4th	Italy	Marcello Miani Elia Luini	6: 16.15
5	People's Republic of China	Zhang Guolin Sun Jie	6: 16.69
6th	Cuba	Eyder Batista Yunior Pérez	6: 19.96
7th	New Zealand	Storm Uru Peter Taylor	6: 27.14 (B)
8th	Portugal	Pedro Fraga Nuno Mendes	6: 28.47 (B)

Date: August 17, 2008, 3:50 p.m.

Lightweight four without a helmsman

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Denmark	Thomas Ebert Morten Jørgensen Mads Kruse Andersen Eskild Ebbesen	5: 47.76
2	Poland	Łukasz Pawłowski Bartłomiej Pawełczak Miłosz Bernatajtys Paweł Rańda	5: 49.39
3	Canada	Iain Brambell Jon Beare Mike Lewis Liam Parsons	5: 50.59
4th	France	Franck Solforosi Guillaume Raineau Jean-Christophe Bette Fabien Tilliet	5: 51.22
5	United Kingdom	Richard Chambers James Lindsay-Fynn Paul Mattick James Clarke	5: 52.12
6th	Netherlands	Gerard van der Linden Marshall Godschalk Ivo Snijders Paul Drewes	5: 54.06
7th	Italy	Jiri Vlcek Salvatore Amitrano Catello Amarante Bruno Mascarenhas	6: 03.12 (B)
8th	People's Republic of China	Huang Zhongming Wu Chongkui Zhang Lin Tian Jun	6: 04.48 (B)

Date: August 17, 2008, 4:10 p.m.

Women

One

space	country	Athlete	Time (min)
1	Bulgaria	Rumiana Nejkowa	7: 22.34
2	United States	Michelle Guerette	7: 22.78
3	Belarus	Ekaterina Karsten	7: 23.98
4th	People's Republic of China	Zhang Xiuyun	7: 25.48
5	Czech Republic	Miroslava Knapková	7: 35.52
6th	Poland	Julia Michalska	7: 43.44
7th	Sweden	Frida Svensson	7: 48.19 (B)
8th	Italy	Gabriella Bascelli	7: 48.91 (B)

Date: August 16, 2008, 3:30 p.m.

Two without a helmsman

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Romania	Georgeta Andrunache Viorica Susanu	7: 20.60
2	People's Republic of China	Wu You Gao Yulan	7: 22.28
3	Belarus	Julija Bitschyk Natallja Helach	7: 22.91
4th	Germany	Lenka Wech Maren Derlien	7: 25.73
5	New Zealand	Juliette Haigh Nicola Coles	7: 28.80
6th	United Kingdom	Louisa Reeve Olivia Whitlam	7: 33.61
7th	United States	Portia McGee Anna Cummins	7: 33.17 (B)
8th	France	Inene Pascal-Pretre Stephanie Dechand	7: 36.25 (B)

Date: August 16, 2008, 4:10 p.m.

Double scull

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	New Zealand	Georgina Evers-Swindell Caroline Evers-Swindell	7: 07.32
2	Germany	Annekatrin Thiele Christiane Huth	7: 07.33
3	Society. King	Elise Laverick Anna Bebington	7: 07.55
4th	People's Republic of China	Li Qin Tian Liang	7: 15.85
5	United States	Megan Kalmoe Ellen Tomek	7: 17.53
6th	Czech Republic	Miroslava Knapková Gabriela Vařeková	7: 25.09
7th	Ukraine	Kateryna Tarassenko Jana Dementjewa	7: 17.82 (B)
8th	Australia	Catriona Sens Sonia Mills	7: 19.73 (B)

Date: August 16, 2008, 4:50 pm

Double fours

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	People's Republic of China	Tang Bin Jin Ziwei Xi Aihua Zhang Yangyang	6: 16.06
2	United Kingdom	Annabel Vernon Deborah Flood Frances Houghton Katherine Grainger	6; 17.37
3	Germany	Britta Oppelt Manuela Lutze Kathrin Boron Stephanie Schiller	6: 19.56
4th	Ukraine	Switlana Spirjuchowa Tetjana Kolesnikowa Olena Olefirenko Nataliya Lyalchuk	6: 20.02
5	United States	Lia Pernell Lindsay Meyer Jen Kaido Margot Shumway	6: 25.86
6th	Australia	Zoe Uphill Amber Bradley Kerry Hore Amy Ives	6: 30.05
7th	Russia	Oksana Dorodnowa Julija Levina Larissa Merk Julija Kalinovskaya	6: 28.10 (B)
8th	Canada	Rachelle de Jong Anna-Marie de Zwager Janine Hanson Krista Guloien	6: 28.78 (B)

Date: August 17, 2008, 4:30 p.m.

Eighth

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Erin Cafaro Lindsay Shoop Anna Goodale Elle Logan Anna Cummins Zsuzsanna Francia Caroline Lind Caryn Davies Mary Whipple (Stf.)	6: 05.34
2	Netherlands	Femke Dekker Marlies Smulders Nienke Kingma Roline Repelaer van Driel Annemarieke van Rumpt Helen Tanger Sarah Siegelaar Annemiek de Haan Ester Workel (Stf.)	6: 07.22
3	Romania	Constanța Burcică Viorica Susanu Rodica Șerban Enikő Barabás Simona Mușat Ioana Papuc Georgeta Andrunache Doina Ignat Elena Georgescu (Stf.)	6: 07.25
4th	Canada	Heather Mandoli Andréanne Morin Sarah Bonikowsky Ashley Brzozowicz Romina Stefancic Buffy-Lynne Williams Darcy Marquardt Jane Rumball Lesley Thompson-Willie (Stf.)	6:08:04
5	United Kingdom	Carla Ashford Beth Rodford Louisa Reeve Alice Freeman Natasha Page Sarah Winckless Jessica Eddie Catherine Greves Caroline O'Connor (Stf.)	6: 13.74
6th	Australia	Pauline Frasca Brooke Pratley Sally Kehoe Natalie Bale Elizabeth Kell Kate Hornsey Sarah Tait Sarah Heard Elizabeth Patrick (Stf.)	6: 14.22
7th	Germany	Christina Hennings Katrin Reinert Nina Wengert Nadine Schmutzler Lenka Wech Maren Derlien Nicole Zimmermann Elke Hipler Annina Ruppel (Dep.)	no race (B)

Date: August 17th, 2008, 5:10 pm
The German women's eighth did not have to row in the B-final, as only seven teams took part in the women's eighth and the seventh place was therefore fixed even without the final.

Lightweight double scull

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Netherlands	Kirsten van der Kolk Marit van Eupen	6: 54.74
2	Finland	Sanna Stén Minna Nieminen	6: 56.03
3	Canada	Melanie Kok Tracy Cameron	6: 56.68
4th	Germany	Berit Carow Marie-Louise Dräger	6: 56.72
5	People's Republic of China	Xu Dongxiang Yu Hua	7: 01.90
6th	Greece	Chrysi Biskitzi Alexandra Tsiavou	7: 04.61
7th	Denmark	Katrin Olsen Juliane Elander Rasmussen	7: 07.17 (B)
8th	Australia	Amber Halliday Marguerite Houston	7: 06.94 (B)

Date: August 17, 2008, 3:30 p.m.

Medal table

space	team				total
01	United Kingdom	2	2	2	6th
02	Australia	2	1		3
03	Canada	1	1	2	4th
04th	United States	1	1	1	3
05	People's Republic of China	1	1		2
	Netherlands	1	1		2
	Poland	1	1		2
08th	New Zealand	1		2	3
09	Denmark	1		1	2
	Romania	1		1	2
11	Bulgaria	1			1
	Norway	1			1
13	Germany		1	1	2
14th	Estonia		1		1
	Italy		1		1
	Finland		1		1
	Greece		1		1
	Czech Republic		1		1
19th	France			2	2
	Belarus			2	2
total		14th	14th	14th	42

Web links

Commons : Rowing at the 2008 Olympics  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Qualification system for the 2008 Olympic Rowing Regatta. (PDF; 151 kB) Australian Olympic Committee , accessed on February 20, 2013 .  (English)
2. ^ Bulgarian Mens Double going to the Olympics. World Rowing Association , accessed on February 21, 2013 . 
3. ↑ We're off to row at the Olympics - 29 boats qualify. World Rowing Association, accessed on February 21, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Olympic Rowing Regatta 2008: Result of the final in the men's singles. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 . 
5. ^ Olympic rowing regatta 2008: Result of the final in the men's two-man without a helmsman. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 . 
6. ^ Olympic rowing regatta 2008: result of the final in the men's double scull. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 . 
7. ↑ Olympic Rowing Regatta 2008: Result of the final in the men's foursome without a helmsman. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 . 
8. ^ Olympic rowing regatta 2008: result of the final in the men's quadruple scull. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 . 
9. ^ Olympic rowing regatta 2008: result of the final in the men's eighth. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 . 
10. ↑ Olympic Rowing Regatta 2008: Result of the final in the lightweight men's double scull. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 . 
11. ↑ Olympic Rowing Regatta 2008: Result of the final in the lightweight men's foursome without a helmsman. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 . 
12. ↑ Olympic Rowing Regatta 2008: Result of the final in the women's singles. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 . 
13. ↑ Olympic rowing regatta 2008: Result of the final in the women's two-man without a helmsman. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 . 
14. ^ Olympic rowing regatta 2008: result of the final in the women's double scull. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 . 
15. ^ Olympic rowing regatta 2008: result of the final in the women's quadruple. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 . 
16. ↑ Olympic Rowing Regatta 2008: Result of the final in the women's eighth. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 . 
17. ↑ Olympic Rowing Regatta 2008: Result of the final in the lightweight women's double scull. World Rowing Association, accessed on October 9, 2014 .