2020 Summer Olympics / Rowing / Qualification

Rowing competitions at the 2020 Olympics
qualification
One	Women	Men
Two without a helmsman	Women	Men
Double scull	Women	Men
Lightweight double scull	Women	Men
Foursome without a helmsman	Women	Men
Double fours	Women	Men
Eighth	Women	Men

The qualification for the rowing competitions at the Olympic Summer Games 2020 will take place from August 25, 2019 to May 19, 2020. Most of the quota places will be awarded at the 2019 World Championships in Ottensheim from August 25 to September 1, 2019. The crews of the individual boats fight for starting places for their nation, the crew can be exchanged at the Olympic Games.

In addition, four continental qualification regattas were planned in Asia and Oceania, Africa, America and Europe, of which only the first took place in Africa (October 2019). All other continental qualifying regattas as well as the last opportunity to qualify at the regattas in Lucerne from May 17 to 19, 2020 were canceled in March 2020 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic . The athletes who fight for quota places in the continental qualifying regattas should, according to the original plan, also compete in the Olympic Games.

After the cancellation of the remaining continental qualifying regattas, the World Rowing Federation did not initially decide on alternative qualification options.

All qualified nations may compete in each qualifying competition with a maximum of one boat. Only nations that have less than two starting places at the World Championships are allowed to participate in the continental qualifying regattas. As the host, the Japanese delegation is entitled to a quota place for men and women, provided that no Japanese athlete was able to achieve a quota place in the various regattas.

Qualifications overview

nation	Men							Women							Boats
	One	Double two	Lgw.- double two	Double fours	Two without	Foursome without	Eighth	One	Double two	Lgw.- double two	Double fours	Two without	Foursome without	Eighth
Egypt	X														1
Algeria			X												1
Australia				X	X	X	X		X			X	X	X	8th
Belgium			X												1
Benin	X														1
China		X		X				X	X		X	X			6th
Denmark	X												X		2
Germany	X	X	X	X			X				X				6th
Ivory Coast	X														1
France		X			X				X	X					4th
Greece												X			1
Great Britain		X		X		X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	10
Ireland		X	X					X				X			4th
Italy	X		X	X	X	X			X	X	X	X			9
Japan	X							X							2
Canada					X			X	X			X	X	X	6th
Croatia	X				X										2
Libya	X														1
Lithuania	X	X							X						3
Morocco								X							1
Namibia								X							1
New Zealand	X	X			X			X	X	X	X	X		X	9
Netherlands	X	X		X		X	X	X	X	X	X		X		10
Nigeria								X							1
Norway	X		X	X											3
Austria								X							1
Poland		X	X	X		X					X		X		6th
Romania		X			X	X			X	X		X	X		7th
Switzerland		X				X		X							3
Serbia					X										1
Zimbabwe	X														1
Spain			X		X							X			3
South Africa					X										1
Togo								X							1
Czech Republic	X								X						2
Tunisia										X					1
Uganda								X							1
United States						X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	8th
Belarus					X					X					2
Total: 39 NOKs	15th	11	8th	8th	11	8th	5	15th	12	8th	8th	11	8th	5	132

Men

One

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	nation
Host (unless otherwise qualified)	September 7, 2013	Buenos Aires	0-1	Japan
World Championships 2019	August 25 - September 1, 2019	Ottensheim	9	Germany
				Denmark
				Netherlands
				Czech Republic
				Lithuania
				Norway
				New Zealand
				Croatia
				Italy
African qualifying regatta	10-13 October 2019	Tunis	5	Egypt
				Zimbabwe
				Benin
				Ivory Coast
				Libya
American qualifying regatta	still open		5
Asian and Oceanic Qualification Regatta			5
European qualifying regatta			3
Final qualification regatta			2
Wildcard	-	-	2
total			up to 32	15th

Double scull

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	nation
World Championships 2019	August 25 - September 1, 2019	Ottensheim	11	China
				Poland
				Switzerland
				Ireland
				Romania
				Great Britain
				Netherlands
				New Zealand
				France
				Germany
				Lithuania
Final qualification regatta	still open		2
total			13	11

Lightweight double scull

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	nation
World Championships 2019	August 25 - September 1, 2019	Ottensheim	7th	Italy
				Spain
				Poland
				Ireland
				Germany
				Norway
				Belgium
African qualifying regatta	10-13 October 2019	Tunis	1	Algeria
American qualifying regatta	still open		3
Asian and Oceanic Qualification Regatta			3
European qualifying regatta			2
Final qualification regatta			2
total			18th	8th

Double fours

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	nation
World Championships 2019	August 25 - September 1, 2019	Ottensheim	8th	Italy
				Netherlands
				Poland
				Germany
				Australia
				China
				Norway
				Great Britain
Final qualification regatta	still open		2
total			10	8th

Two without a helmsman

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	nation
World Championships 2019	August 25 - September 1, 2019	Ottensheim	11	Croatia
				Italy
				Spain
				New Zealand
				Australia
				France
				Serbia
				Canada
				South Africa
				Romania
				Belarus
Final qualification regatta	still open		2
total			13	11

Foursome without a helmsman

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	nation
World Championships 2019	August 25 - September 1, 2019	Ottensheim	8th	Romania
				Great Britain
				Italy
				Australia
				Poland
				United States
				Switzerland
				Netherlands
Final qualification regatta	still open		2
total			10	8th

Eighth

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	nation
World Championships 2019	August 25 - September 1, 2019	Ottensheim	5	Germany
				Netherlands
				Great Britain
				Australia
				United States
Final qualification regatta	still open		2
total			7th	5

Women

One

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	nation
Host (unless otherwise qualified)	September 7, 2013	Buenos Aires	0-1	Japan
World Championships 2019	August 25 - September 1, 2019	Ottensheim	9	United States
				Great Britain
				Switzerland
				Ireland
				New Zealand
				Canada
				China
				Netherlands
				Austria
African qualifying regatta	10-13 October 2019	Tunis	5	Namibia
				Morocco
				Uganda
				Togo
				Nigeria
American qualifying regatta	still open		5
Asian and Oceanic Qualification Regatta			5
European qualifying regatta			3
Final qualification regatta			2
Wildcard	-	-	2
total			up to 32	15th

Double scull

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	nation
World Championships 2019	August 25 - September 1, 2019	Ottensheim	11	New Zealand
				Romania
				Canada
				France
				Netherlands
				United States
				Italy
				Czech Republic
				Lithuania
				China
				Australia
Final qualification regatta	still open		2
total			13	11

Lightweight double scull

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	nation
World Championships 2019	August 25 - September 1, 2019	Ottensheim	7th	Netherlands
				Great Britain
				Romania
				New Zealand
				Belarus
				France
				Italy
African qualifying regatta	10-13 October 2019	Tunis	1	Tunisia
American qualifying regatta	still open		3
Asian and Oceanic Qualification Regatta			3
European qualifying regatta			2
Final qualification regatta			2
total			18th	8th

Double fours

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	nation
World Championships 2019	August 25 - September 1, 2019	Ottensheim	8th	Netherlands
				China
				Poland
				Germany
				Great Britain
				New Zealand
				United States
				Italy
Final qualification regatta	still open		2
total			10	8th

Two without a helmsman

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	nation
World Championships 2019	August 25 - September 1, 2019	Ottensheim	11	Australia
				Canada
				Spain
				New Zealand
				United States
				Italy
				Romania
				Ireland
				China
				Great Britain
				Greece
Final qualification regatta	still open		2
total			13	11

Foursome without a helmsman

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	nation
World Championships 2019	August 25 - September 1, 2019	Ottensheim	8th	Australia
				Netherlands
				Denmark
				Poland
				Romania
				United States
				Great Britain
				Canada
Final qualification regatta	still open		2
total			10	8th

Eighth

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	nation
World Championships 2019	August 25 - September 1, 2019	Ottensheim	5	New Zealand
				Australia
				United States
				Canada
				Great Britain
Final qualification regatta	still open		2
total			7th	5

Web links

• Qualification system on worldrowing.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Duncan Mackay: Linz-Ottensheim awarded 2019 World Rowing Championships. In: insidethegames.biz. September 7, 2019, accessed on August 29, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Joint Decisions related to the impact of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) on remaining Olympic and Paralympic qualification events. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, March 14, 2020, accessed on March 15, 2020 .