2016 Summer Olympics / Rowing

Rowing at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games
information
venue	Rio de Janeiro
Competition venue	Rodrigo de Freitas
Nations	69
Athletes	546 (331 male, 215 female)
date	August 6th to 13th, 2016
decisions	14th
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At the 2016 Olympic Games , 14 rowing competitions were held from 6 to 13 August 2016 in Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in the urban area of Rio de Janeiro , six for women and eight for men. In three boat classes, the weight limits for lightweight rowing applied , in the other eleven classes the body weight of the athletes was not limited. The competition program has remained unchanged since the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, only the quotation of the starting places within the individual boat classes has changed since then.

The 2016 Olympic rowing regatta was run over a distance of 2,000 meters and represented the sporting climax of the Olympic cycle in international rowing.

546 rowers from 69 nations took part in the regatta. The number of participating nations in Rio de Janeiro was higher than ever before in an Olympic rowing regatta. The medals of the 14 competitions were distributed among 21 nations, which was also a new record. Ten nations could win gold medals. As the most successful team, the British rowers won three gold and two silver medals.

qualification

Cornerstones

For the Olympic rowing regatta, as has been customary since 1996, a qualification was necessary, with almost all starting places being allocated on the basis of sporting criteria. The qualification process formally began in 2013 when the World Rowing Federation (FISA) was promised the same competitions (14) and the same total number of participants (550) as in 2012 in London by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) . The various qualification paths could then be defined in cooperation with the national member associations of FISA. In comparison to the Olympic Games in London, FISA expressly sought to increase the number of participating teams in the regatta from 58 nations and in the qualification process from 101 nations, as well as to change the gender quota in favor of women. In March 2014, the final version of the qualification regulations was published, according to which 219 women and 331 men could take part in the Olympic regatta. 40% of the athletes were female. Each national association was only allowed to nominate one boat in each competition class in which the qualification was successful. Thus, in the case of qualification, a maximum of 20 women and 28 men per nation could be sent in all 14 classes, but none of the nations succeeded in this.

Qualification paths

Two quota places in the ones would have been reserved for the host Brazil if no boats had qualified regularly. However, since Brazilian teams also qualified regularly, these host places were passed on to the Bahamas (women) and Paraguay (men). The World Rowing Association, together with the IOC, the National Olympic Committees (NOKs) and international sports federations, issued two further quota places in each of the men and women (“ tripartite positions ”) by invitation. The national rowing associations had to register candidates with the appropriate requirement profile with the World Rowing Association by January 15, 2016, which also happened for twelve men and three women. The invitation places for the men were given to Al-Hussein Gambour from Libya and Luigi Teilemb from Vanuatu. Two of the three registered women qualified regularly, so that the only remaining Claire Ayivon from Togo and Fie Udby Erichsen from Denmark were placed fourth in the final qualification in Lucerne.

The main sporting qualification competitions were the 2015 World Rowing Championships on Lac d'Aiguebelette in France from August 30 to September 6, 2015. In the women's category, the nine best singles, the eleven best doubles, doubles and easy doubles and five each best double fours and eights of the world championships quota places for the Olympic regatta. Further quota places were awarded in continental regattas to NOKs from Africa , Asia and Latin America in the competition classes single and lightweight double sculls. Finally, two to four quota places were awarded per competition class in an international qualification regatta that took place on the weekend of the second station of the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne in May 2016. Here, NOKs were only allowed to participate in the competition classes in which they had not yet achieved a quota place. Among the men at the World Championships, the first nine singles, the eleven best twos, doubles, quadruples, lightweight doubles sculls and lightweight quadruples as well as the eight best doubles four and the five best eighth got quota places for their NOK. In continental regattas for Africa, Asia and Latin America, further quota places in the competition classes single and lightweight double sculls were awarded. Similar to the qualification of women, two to three quota places were finally awarded per competition class at the international regatta.

In the continental qualifying regattas, a regulation introduced in 2013 applied, which caused displeasure in some cases due to the placements. Each nation was only allowed to win one quota place per gender in these competitions, even if the required placement was achieved in both classes (single and lightweight double sculls). This regulation affected Egypt, Mexico and Belgium for men, Cuba, South Korea, Vietnam for women and the hosts Brazil and Chile for both sexes. The NOKs of these countries could then only nominate one of the boats that qualified for sport and had to pass the other starting place on to another nation, whereby the successors were also determined on the basis of the results of the qualifying regattas. The background for the introduction of this regulation was the plan of the World Rowing Association to increase the total number of participating nations in the Olympic rowing regatta.

After the main qualification competition in September, 60% of all starting places were already taken. However, this qualification was not yet personal, so the NOKs were allowed to completely replace the rowers of the qualified boats before the games. The qualifications in the continental and international elimination regattas, on the other hand, were personal. Double starts of individual athletes in different competition classes were allowed, and accordingly reduced the total number of participating athletes.

Qualification competitions with number of quota places

Overview of qualification competitions with the number of boat quota places
			Women						Men
competition	venue	date	W1x	W2-	W2x	W4x	W8 +	LW2x	M1x	M2-	M2x	M4-	M4x	M8 +	LM2x	LM4-	Boats total	Total athletes
World Championships 2015	Aiguebelette	30. Aug. – 6. Sep 2015	9	11	11	5	5	11	9	11	11	11	8th	5	11	11	129	380
African qualification	Tunis	9-11 October 2015	4th	-	-	-	-	1	4th	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	10	12
Latin American qualification	Valparaíso	19./20. March 2016	6th	-	-	-	-	3	6th	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	18th	24
Asian qualification	Chungju	23-25 April 2016	7th	-	-	-	-	3	7th	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	20th	26th
European qualification	Lucerne	22.-24. May 2016	3	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	10	14th
International qualification			-	4th	2	2	2	-	-	2	2	2	2	2	-	2	22nd	88
Host and invitation	-	January – May 2016	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	6th
total			32	15th	13	7th	7th	20th	32	13	13	13	10	7th	20th	13	215	550

Remarks

1. ↑ The qualification at the World Championships was not personal, but related to the starting authorization of the NOKs in the boat class. The rowers of the qualified boats could therefore be exchanged between the 2015 World Championships and the 2016 Olympic rowing regatta. The actual nomination of the athletes had to take place by July 18, 2016.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} In the continental qualification regattas a personal start authorization was given. After that, athletes were only allowed to reshuffle their positions in exceptional cases.
3. ↑ The four big overseas rowing nations New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States were part of the European pool in the context of the continental qualifying regattas.

Doping-related disqualifications of qualified rowers and teams

On June 30, 2016, the already qualified double foursome of the men from Russia was banned from participating in the Olympic regatta because of a doping offense committed by the rower Sergei Fedorovzew . The team had only secured a starting place in the international qualification in Lucerne on May 24, 2016. During a training check by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) on May 17, 2016, however, Fedorovzew tested positive for the banned drug trimetazidine . After the opening of the B-sample on June 30, 2016, all results of Fedorovtsev were deleted retrospectively until the day of the inspection, including the qualification of the Russian double foursome. The team from New Zealand, who placed third in the qualifying regatta, moved up to the vacant starting position, as the second-placed Canadians already had a starting place. The three other rowers from the suspended team were used by the Russian Federation to reinforce other qualified teams.

Other Russian rowers were excluded from participation in July 2016. After a commission of inquiry around the Canadian lawyer and sports lawyer Richard McLaren investigated a suspected state doping system in Russia in the so-called McLaren Report and publicly confirmed it on July 18, the exclusion of all Russian athletes from the Olympic Games was demanded. However, the IOC around President Thomas Bach did not make this decision, but delegated it to the international sports associations responsible for the Olympic sports, and made specifications as to which athletes were to be excluded from the games. These included all Russian athletes who had become suspicious in the McLaren Report, all Russian athletes who had been suspected of having committed a doping offense in the past and all athletes who had suspected post-tests of samples from 2011 to 2016.

In the first of two meetings on the subject on July 25, 2016, the World Rowing Association then examined the five rowing teams of Russia and disqualified Anastassija Karabelschtschikowa from the women's eight and Ivan Podschiwalow from the four-without of the men because of doping offenses that had already been sanctioned in 2007, as well as Ivan Balandin from the men's eight because of an abnormality in the McLaren Report. In a second meeting on July 26, 2016, the World Rowing Association looked at the 547 blood and urine samples collected from the registered Russian athletes from 2011 to 2016. Tests at the Moscow doping laboratory, which according to the McLaren Report had been affected by state cover-up measures, were not carried out taken into consideration. After an evaluation of the available tests and a relatively rigorous interpretation of the procedure recommended by the IOC, only six of the remaining 23 athletes and the two registered helmsmen were allowed to start at the Olympic Games. The eligible athletes are Alexander Tschaukin (registered in the lightweight foursome ), Georgi Jefremenko ( foursome without helmsman ), Artjom Kossow ( eighth ), Nikita Morgatschow (eighth), Wladislaw Ryabzew (eighth) and Anton Saruzki (eighth). The approved helmsmen, for whom less rigorous participation criteria were applied, are Pawel Safonkin (eighth of the men) and Ksenija Wolkowa (eighth of the women). All other 17 athletes were not admitted, although there was no evidence of a positive test result - but they were not tested outside of Russia during the period in question.

The Russian rowing federation under the leadership of Weniamin But tried to take action against the decision at the International Sports Court (CAS). In an urgent decision on August 2, 2016 at the temporary CAS office in Rio de Janeiro, the complaints of the 17 excluded rowers were rejected and their ban confirmed. In a further decision, the exclusion of Balandin as well as Karabelschtschikowa and Podschiwalow was judged on August 3rd. Balandin's ban due to a disguised positive doping result for the substance GW1516 on May 21, 2013 was also upheld. The exclusion of Karabelschtschikowas and Podschivaleov due to already served doping offenses from 2007, which came about at the end of the IOC, was lifted. Like the 17 excluded Russian rowers, Karabelschtschikowa was not tested outside of Russia and for this reason, FISA refused to start, while Podschiwalow was henceforth considered to be eligible to start.

No other rowers were allowed to be nominated for the disqualified athletes, so that four of the five registered Russian teams had to be withdrawn. Only in the competition of the four without a helmsman was the Russian federation able to bring a team from the approved athletes to the start, which was also done with the rowers Anton Saruzki, Artjom Kossow, Wladislaw Ryabzew and Nikita Morgachev. Yefremenko, Podschiwalow, Tschaukin and the helmsmen Safonkin and Wolkowa could not start, although they would have been entitled. The starting positions in the four competitions lost by the Russians were assigned to other nations based on the results of the final qualifying regatta in Lucerne: Greece in the men's lightweight four , Italy in the men's eight , Australia in the women's eighth and in the lightweight Double sculls for women also go to Italy. After the decision, all associations have announced to the World Rowing Association that they intend to use the additional starting places, and they managed to do so despite the short lead time of only about one week.

In the Romanian rowing sport, too, there was a change in line-up in connection with a doping test in the run-up to the Olympic regatta. The already nominated rower Irina Dorneanu was scheduled for the women's eight, but showed abnormalities and was banned. She was replaced by Iuliana Popa , so the Romanian eighth could start.

Quota places won

For the first time, no nation has managed to qualify starting places for all competitions. Great Britain had the most teams with 12, ahead of the United States and New Zealand with 11 each and Germany with 10 teams. In total, athletes from 69 nations qualified for the Olympic regatta, 11 more than four years earlier.

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-
Allocated quota places	32	15th	13	7th	7th	20th	32	13	13	13	10	7th	20th	13	215	546/550
Egypt	X						X								2	2
Algeria	X						X								2	2
Angola													X		1	2
Argentina	X						X								2	2
Azerbaijan									X						1	2
Australia	X		X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X				9	29
Bahamas	X														1	1
Belgium							X								1	1
Bermuda	X														1	1
Brazil						X							X		2	4th
Bulgaria									X						1	2
Chile						X							X		2	4th
China	X	X	X	X		X							X	X	7th	17th
Chinese Taipei	X														1	1
Denmark	X	X	X			X							X	X	6th	13
Germany		X	X	X		X			X	X	X	X	X	X	10	35
Ecuador							X								1	1
Estonia											X				1	4th
France		X	X					X	X	X			X	X	7th	18th
Greece			X							X				X	3	10
Great Britain		X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12	43
Hong Kong						X							X		2	4th
India							X								1	1
Indonesia	X						X								2	2
Iraq							X								1	1
Iran	X														1	1
Ireland	X					X							X		3	5
Italy		X				X		X	X	X		X	X	X	8th	27
Japan						X							X		2	4th
Canada	X	X			X	X				X	X			X	7th	26th
Kazakhstan	X						X								2	2
Croatia							X		X						2	3
Cuba						X	X		X				X		4th	7th
Libya							X								1	1
Lithuania	X		X				X		X		X				5	10
Mexico	X						X								2	2
New Zealand	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X		X	11	36/38
Netherlands		X		X	X	X		X		X		X		X	8th	36
Nigeria	X														1	1
Norway							X		X				X		3	5
Austria	X												X		2	3
Paraguay	X						X								2	2
Peru	X						X								2	2
Poland		X	X	X		X	X				X	X	X		8th	26th
Romania		X			X	X		X		X					5	17/19
Russia					-	-				X	-	-		-	1	4th
Sweden	X														1	1
Switzerland	X										X		X	X	4th	11
Serbia								X	X						2	4th
Zimbabwe	X						X								2	2
Singapore	X														1	1
Spain		X						X							2	4th
South Africa		X				X		X		X			X		5	12
South Korea	X						X								2	2
Thailand	X						X								2	2
Togo	X														1	1
Trinidad and Tobago	X														1	1
Czech Republic	X		X				X	X						X	5	10
Tunisia						X	X								2	3
Turkey													X		1	2
Ukraine				X							X				2	8th
Hungary							X	X							2	3
Uruguay							X								1	1
Uzbekistan							X								1	1
Vanuatu							X								1	1
Venezuela							X								1	1
United States	X	X	X	X	X	X		X		X		X	X	X	11	41
Vietnam						X									1	2
Belarus	X	X	X				X			X					5	10

Remarks

1. ↑ Rebecca Scown and Genevieve Behrent started in two boat classes, so the number of participating athletes from New Zealand decreased by two.
2. ↑ Laura Oprea and Mădălina Bereş started in two boat classes, so the number of participating athletes from Romania decreased by two.
3. ↑ Russia lost the starting place in the men's quadruple scull to New Zealand because of a positive doping test by the rower Sergei Fedorowzew . As a result of the findings of the McLaren Report , Russia lost the starting positions in the women's eighth, lightweight double sculls for women, men's eighth and lightweight foursome for men .

Olympic rowing regatta

Competitions and schedule

Rowing competitions and schedule
Competitions	Abbreviation	Boats	Athletes	August 2016
Women				Sat., 6.	Sun, 7.	Mon., 8.	Tue., 9.	Wed., 10.	Thursday, 11.	Fri., 12.	Sat., 13.	Sun., 14.
One	W1x	32	32	VL		HL	VF		HF
Two without a helmsman	W2-	15th	30th			VL	HL		HF
Double scull	W2x	13	26th	VL		HL	HF
Double fours	W4x	7th	28	VL		HL			*
Eighth	W8 +	7th	63			VL			HL
Lightweight double scull	LW2x	20th	40			VL	HL		HF
Men				Sat., 6.	Sun, 7.	Mon., 8.	Tue., 9.	Wed., 10.	Thursday, 11.	Fri., 12.	Sat., 13.	Sun., 14.
One	M1x	32	32	VL		HL	VF		HF
Two without a helmsman	M2-	13	26th	VL		HL	HF
Double scull	M2x	13	26th	VL		HL	HF
Foursome without a helmsman	M4-	13	52			VL	HL		HF
Double fours	M4x	10	40	VL		HL			*
Eighth	M8 +	7th	63			VL			HL
Lightweight double scull	LM2x	20th	40			VL	HL		HF
Lightweight four without a helmsman	LM4-	13	52	VL		HL	HF

VL

leader

HL

Reunion

VF

Quarter finals

HF

Semifinals

final

XX (italic) or *

Runs postponed due to weather conditions

Remarks

• The schedule indicates the actual course of the regatta.
• Already on the first day of the competition (August 6th) there was a strong wind over the regatta course, which caused irregular conditions, especially in the middle part of the distance of 2000 m to be rowed. The two-man without the men from Serbia capsized and could not finish the advance.
• On the second day of the competition (August 7th) the Albano system of the track was damaged by the wind, and the planned competitions were postponed to the next few days.
• After that, the conditions were good on August 8th and 9th, so that almost all the runs that had been postponed could be carried out. On Wednesday, August 10th, the day of the first two finals, the weather was rainy and stormy again and the World Rowing Association postponed all the races planned for the day.
• As planned, the finals from August 11th to 13th took place under fair conditions.
• Sunday, August 14th was intended as a reserve date in the event of delays in the program, but was not needed. The canoe racing competitions began on August 15th on the same route.

Regatta course

The rowing competitions took place on the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio de Janeiro.

The competition site was assigned to the "Copacabana" zone.

The lagoon named Rodrigo de Freitas in the municipal administrative region of Lagoa served as the competition site . At the time of the Olympic Games, the competition site was assigned to the "Copacabana" zone, which is named after the nearby district of the same name. The regatta course , on which the Olympic canoe competitions and the corresponding competitions of the 2016 Summer Paralympics will be held after the rowing competitions , lies roughly in a north-south direction in the lagoon. In the finish area on the southern bank of the water, the “Lagoa Stadium” was built with around 14,000 spectators. The lagoon is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by a channel, which is why the water is salty. Numerous rowing regattas have been held on the Olympic waters in the past, such as the Pan American Games in 2007 and the South American Championships in 2013. As a dress rehearsal, the Junior World Championships in rowing 2015 were also held there.

At the dress rehearsal regatta in 2015, it became apparent that the route often offers wind-prone conditions. During the Olympic rowing regatta, the weather conditions were indeed difficult on a few days. On the first day of the competition, the World Rowing Association had all runs carried out as planned, although considerable waves in the middle part of the route made rowing difficult. The heats in the singles therefore led to some surprising results, a team in two without the men capsized on the track. The planned competitions on the second and fifth competition days were therefore postponed to the next few days due to similarly poor conditions. On all other planned competition days there were slight headwind conditions, which is why the times achieved were mostly well above the world best times . However, the conditions were widely referred to as "fair".

In the run-up to the Olympic Games, there were also discussions about pollution from garbage and possible health risks for the athletes. Numerous athletes fell ill at the Junior World Championships, for example 13 young American rowers were seriously affected. Even if the organizers from Brazil promised clean water, the rowers had strict rules for dealing with water contact. For example, any contact with the face and mouth should be avoided, which was not always easy in view of the waves. The Americans had one-piece suits developed with a special antibacterial coating, but the effect of this was controversial. There were no noticeable illnesses among the rowers during the Olympic regatta.

Results

• The first eight places are listed because they received an Olympic diploma ; detailed results can be found in the linked sub-articles.
• The A-final was occupied by six boats, which is why places 7 and 8 come from the B-final; these are marked with a (B).

Men

One

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NZL	Mahé Drysdale	6: 41.34
2	CRO	Damir Martin	6: 41.34
3	CZE	Ondřej Synek	6: 44.10
4th	BEL	Hannes Obreno	6: 47.42
5	BLR	Stanislau Shcharbatschenja	6: 48.78
6th	CUB	Ángel Fournier	6: 55.90
7th	POLE	Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk	6: 47.95 (B)
8th	MEX	Juan Carlos Cabrera	6: 50.02 (B)

→ Main article : 2016 Summer Olympics / Rowing - One (men)

Final: Saturday, August 13, 2016, 10:32 a.m. ( BRT )

No starter from the German-speaking area was qualified. In the final, the winner had to be determined by photo finish decision, as Drysdale and Martin were rated at the same time. The New Zealander's lead was a few centimeters.

Two without a helmsman

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NZL	Hamish Bond Eric Murray	6: 59.71
2	RSA	Lawrence Brittain Shaun Keeling	7: 02.51
3	ITA	Giovanni Abagnale Marco Di Costanzo	7: 04.52
4th	GBR	Stewart Innes Alan Sinclair	7: 07.99
5	FRA	Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette	7: 09.91
6th	OUT	Alexander Lloyd Spencer Turrin	7: 11.60
7th	CZE	Jakub Podrazil Lukaš Helešic	7: 00.04 (B)
8th	NED	Roel Braas, Mitchel Steenman	7: 01.88 (B)

→ Main article : 2016 Summer Olympics / Rowing - two men without a helmsman

A-final: Thursday, August 11, 2016, 10:44 a.m. ( BRT )

No team from the German-speaking area was able to qualify.

Double scull

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	CRO	Martin Sinković Valent Sinković	6: 50.28
2	LTU	Mindaugas Griškonis Saulius Knight	6: 51.39
3	NOR	Kjetil Borch Olaf Tufte	6: 53.25
4th	ITA	Romano Battisti Francesco Fossi	6: 57.10
5	GBR	John Collins Jonathan Walton	7: 01.25
6th	FRA	Matthieu Androdias Hugo Boucheron	7: 02.06
7th	OUT	David Watts Christopher Morgan	6: 58.11 (B)
8th	GER	Marcel Hacker Stephan Krüger	6: 58.86 (B)

→ Main article : 2016 Summer Olympics / Rowing - double sculls (men)

Final: Thursday, August 11, 2016, 11:24 a.m. ( BRT )

Foursome without a helmsman

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	GBR	Alex Gregory Constantine Louloudis George Nash Mohamed Sbihi	5: 58.61
2	OUT	Joshua Booth Joshua Dunkley-Smith Alexander Hill William Lockwood	6: 00.44
3	ITA	Matteo Castaldo Matteo Lodo Domenico Montrone Giuseppe Vicino	6: 03.85
4th	RSA	David Hunt Jonathan Smith Vincent Breet Jake Green	6: 05.80
5	NED	Harold Langen Peter van Schie Govert Viergever Vincent van der Want	6: 08.38
6th	CAN	Will Crothers Kai Langerfeld Conlin McCabe Tim Schrijver	6: 15.93
7th	United States	Charlie Cole Henrik Rummel Matthew Miller Seth Weil	5: 59.20 (B)
8th	GRE	Dionysios Angelopoulos Ioannis Christou Giannis Tsilis Georgios Tziallas	6: 00.56 (B)

→ Main article : 2016 Summer Olympics / Rowing - foursome without a helmsman

Final: Friday, August 12, 2016, 11:24 a.m. ( BRT )

The four from Germany with Max Planer , Anton Braun , Felix Wimberger and Maximilian Korge reached 12th place overall.

Double fours

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	GER	Hans Gruhne Lauritz Schoof Karl Schulze Philipp Wende	6: 06.81
2	OUT	Alexander Belonogoff Karsten Forsterling Cameron Girdlestone James McRae	6: 07.96
3	EST	Tõnu Endrekson Andrei Jämsä Allar Raja Kaspar Taimsoo	6: 10.65
4th	POLE	Mateusz Biskup Wiktor Chabel Dariusz Radosz Mirosław Ziętarski	6: 12.09
5	GBR	Angus Groom Peter Lambert Sam Townsend Jack Beaumont	6: 13.08
6th	UKR	Ivan Dowhodko Dmytro Michai Artem Morosow Oleksandr Nadtoka	6: 16.30
7th	SUI	Barnabé Delarze Augustin Maillefer Roman Röösli Nico Stahlberg	6: 11.18 (B)
8th	CAN	Julien Bahain Robert Gibson William Dean Pascal Lussier	6: 13.55 (B)

→ Main article : 2016 Summer Olympics / Rowing - quadruple sculls (men)

A-final: Thursday, August 11, 2016, 10:12 a.m. ( BRT )

Eighth

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	GBR	Paul Bennett Scott Durant Matthew Gotrel Matt Langridge Tom Ransley Peter Reed William Satch Andrew Triggs Hodge Phelan Hill (Stm.)	5: 29.63
2	GER	Felix Drahotta Malte Jakschik Eric Johannesen Andreas Kuffner Maximilian Munski Hannes Ocik Maximilian Reinelt Richard Schmidt Martin Sauer (st.)	5: 30.96
3	NED	Kaj Hendriks Robert Lücken Boaz Meylink Boudewijn Röell Olivier Siegelaar Dirk Uittenbogaard Mechiel Versluis Tone Wieten Peter Wiersum (St.)	5: 31.59
4th	United States	Mike DiSanto Samuel Dommer Austin Hack Alexander Karwoski Stephen Kasprzyk Robert Munn Glenn Ochal Hans Struzyna Samuel Ojserkis ( st .)	5: 34.23
5	POLE	Zbigniew Schodowski Mateusz Wilangowski Marcin Brzeziński Robert Fuchs Krystian Aranowski Michał Szpakowski Mikołaj Burda Piotr Juszczak Daniel Trojanowski (stm.)	5: 34.62
6th	NZL	Michael Brake Isaac Grainger Stephen Jones Alex Kennedy Shaun Kirkham Thomas Murray Brook Robertson Joseph Wright Caleb Shepherd (stm.)	5: 36.64

→ Main article : 2016 Summer Olympics / Rowing - figure eight (men)

Final: Saturday, August 13, 2016, 11:24 a.m. ( BRT )

Lightweight double scull

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	FRA	Jérémie Azou Pierre Houin	6: 30.70
2	IRL	Paul O'Donovan Gary O'Donovan	6: 31.23
3	NOR	Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli	6: 31.39
4th	RSA	John Smith James Thompson	6: 33.29
5	United States	Andrew Campbell Joshua Konieczny	6: 35.07
6th	POLE	Miłosz Jankowski Artur Mikołajczewski	6: 42.00
7th	GBR	Richard Chambers William Fletcher	6: 28.81 (B)
8th	ITA	Marcello Miani Andrea Micheletti	6: 29.52 (B)

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Final: Friday, August 12, 2016, 10:44 a.m. ( BRT )

The pairing from Germany with Moritz Moos and Jason Osborne came in 9th place, the brothers Bernhard and Paul Sieber from Austria reached 12th place overall. The Swiss team with Daniel Wiederkehr and Michael Schmid took 13th place.

Lightweight four without a helmsman

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	SUI	Mario Gyr Simon Niepmann Simon Schürch Lucas Tramèr	6: 20.51
2	THE	Jacob Barsøe Morten Jørgensen Kasper Winther Jacob Larsen	6: 21.97
3	FRA	Thomas Baroukh Thibault Colard Guillaume Raineau Franck Solforosi	6: 22.85
4th	ITA	Martino Goretti Livio La Padula Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta	6: 25.52
5	NZL	Alistair Bond James Hunter James Lassche Peter Taylor	6: 28.14
6th	GRE	Panagiotis Magdanis Stefanos Ntouskos Ioannis Petrou Spyridon Giannaros	6: 36.47
7th	GBR	Mark Aldred Chris Bartley Peter Chambers Jono Clegg	6: 31.54 (B)
8th	CHN	Jin Wei Wang Tiexin Yu Chenggang Zhao Jingbin	6: 32.78 (B)

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Final: Thursday, August 11, 2016, 11:44 a.m. ( BRT )

The team from Germany with Tobias Franzmann , Jonathan Koch , Lucas Schäfer and Lars Wichert finished ninth.

Women

One

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	OUT	Kim Brennan	7: 21.54
2	United States	Genevra Stone	7: 22.92
3	CHN	Duan Jingli	7: 24.13
4th	NZL	Emma Twigg	7: 24.48
5	SUI	Jeannine Gmelin	7: 29.69
6th	AUT	Magdalena Lobnig	7: 34.86
7th	CZE	Miroslava Knapková	7: 22.86 (B)
8th	BLR	Ekaterina Karsten	7: 25.03 (B)

→ Main article : 2016 Summer Olympics / Rowing - One (women)

Final: Saturday, August 13, 2016, 10:44 a.m. ( BRT )

Two without a helmsman

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	GBR	Helen Glover Heather Stanning	7: 18.29
2	NZL	Genevieve Behrent Rebecca Scown	7: 19.53
3	THE	Anne Dsane Andersen Hedvig Lærke Rasmussen	7: 20.71
4th	United States	Grace Luczak Felice Mueller	7: 24.77
5	RSA	Kate Christowitz Lee-Ann Persse	7: 28.50
6th	ESP	Anna Boada Aina Cid	7: 35.22
7th	CHN	Zhang Min Miao Tian	7: 17.12 (B)
8th	GER	Kerstin Hartmann Kathrin Marchand	7: 18.57 (B)

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Final: Friday, August 12, 2016, 11:04 am ( BRT )

Double scull

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	POLE	Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozłowska Natalia Madaj	7: 40.10
2	GBR	Katherine Grainger Victoria Thornley	7: 41.05
3	LTU	Milda Valčiukaitė Donata Vištartaitė	7: 43.76
4th	GRE	Sofia Asoumanaki Aikaterini Nikolaidou	7: 48.62
5	FRA	Hélène Lefebvre Elodie Ravera	7: 52.03
6th	United States	Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek	8: 06.18
7th	GER	Mareike Adams Marie-Cathérine Arnold	7: 39.82 (B)
8th	BLR	Julija Bitschyk Tatjana Kuchta	7: 40.48 (B)

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Final: Thursday, August 11, 2016, 11:04 am ( BRT )

Double fours

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	GER	Carina Bär Julia Lier Lisa Schmidla Annekatrin Thiele	6: 49.39
2	NED	Chantal Achterberg Nicole Beukers Carline Bouw Inge Janssen	6: 50.33
3	POLE	Monika Ciaciuch Maria Springwald Joanna Leszczyńska Agnieszka Kobus	6: 50.86
4th	UKR	Daryna Verkhohljad Olena Buryak Anastassija Koschenkowa Yevhenija Nimtschenko	6: 56.09
5	United States	Tracy Eisser Megan Kalmoe Grace Bib Adrienne Martelli	6: 57.67
6th	CHN	Zhang Ling Jiang Yan Wang Yuwei Zhang Xinyue	6: 59.45

→ Main article : 2016 Summer Olympics / Rowing - quadruple sculls (women)

Final: Thursday, August 11, 2016, 10:24 a.m. ( BRT )

Eighth

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	United States	Amanda Elmore Tessa Gobbo Eleanor Logan Meghan Musnicki Amanda Polk Emily Regan Lauren Butterfly Kerry Simmonds Katelin Snyder (Stf.)	6: 01.49
2	GBR	Karen Bennett Olivia Carnegie-Brown Jessica Eddie Catherine Greves Frances Houghton Zoe Lee Polly Swann Melanie Wilson Zoe de Toledo (Stf.)	6: 03.98
3	ROU	Mădălina Bereș Andreea Boghian Adelina Boguș Roxana Cogianu Iuliana Popa Laura Oprea Mihaela Petrilă Ioana Strungaru Daniela Druncea (Stf.)	6: 04.10
4th	NZL	Genevieve Behrent Kelsey Bevan Emma Dyke Kerri Gowler Grace Prendergast Kayla Pratt Rebecca Scown Ruby Tew Frances Turner (Dep.)	6: 05.48
5	CAN	Caileigh Filmer Susanne Grainger Antje von Seydlitz-Kurzbach Natalie Mastracci Cristy Nurse Lisa Roman Christine Roper Lauren Wilkinson Lesley Thompson (Stf.)	6: 06.04
6th	NED	Wianka van Dorp Sophie Souwer Lies Rustenburg Jose van Veen Elisabeth Hogerwerf Claudia Belderbos Monica Lanz Olivia van Rooijen Ae-Ri Noort (Stf.)	6: 08.37

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Final: Saturday, August 13, 2016, 11:04 am ( BRT )

Lightweight double scull

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	NED	Ilse Paulis Maaike Head	7: 04.73
2	CAN	Lindsay Jennerich Patricia Obee	7: 05.88
3	CHN	Huang Wenyi Pan Feihong	7: 06.49
4th	NZL	Julia Edward Sophie MacKenzie	7: 10.61
5	RSA	Ursula Grobler Kirsten McCann	7: 11.26
6th	IRL	Sinéad Lynch Claire Lambe	7: 13.09
7th	POLE	Weronika Deresz Martyna Mikołajczak	7: 24.34 (B)
8th	ROU	Gianina-Elena Beleagă Ionela-Livia Lehaci	7: 24.61 (B)

→ Main article : 2016 Summer Olympics / Rowing - lightweight double sculls (women)

Final: Friday, August 12, 2016, 10:32 a.m. ( BRT )

Medal table

space	team				total
01	Great Britain	3	2		5
02	Germany	2	1		3
	New Zealand	2	1		3
04th	Australia	1	2		3
05	Netherlands	1	1	1	3
06th	Croatia	1	1		2
	United States	1	1		2
08th	France	1		1	2
	Poland	1		1	2
10	Switzerland	1			1
11	Denmark		1	1	2
	Lithuania		1	1	2
13	Ireland		1		1
	Canada		1		1
	South Africa		1		1
16	People's Republic of China			2	2
	Italy			2	2
	Norway			2	2
19th	Estonia			1	1
	Romania			1	1
	Czech Republic			1	1
total		14th	14th	14th	42

Web links

Commons : Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• World Rowing Association website (in English)
• Website at www.rio2016.com (in English)

Individual evidence

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