2012 Summer Olympics / Rowing

Rowing at the 2012 Olympic Summer Games
information
venue	London
Competition venue	Dorney Lake
Nations	58
Athletes	549 ( 196/353 )
date	July 28 to August 4, 2012
decisions	14th
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At the 2012 Olympic Games , 14 rowing competitions will be held from July 28 to August 4, 2012 on Dorney Lake near the cities of Windsor and Eton , six for women and eight for men. The competition program is identical to that in Beijing 2008 . The Olympic regattas are run over a distance of 2,000 meters.

Competitions and schedule

The rowing competitions were held on Dorney Lake.

Rowing competitions and schedule
Competitions	Abbreviation	Boats	Athletes	July August
Women				Sat., 28.	Sun., 29.	Mon., 30.	Tue., 31.	Wed., 1.	Thursday, 2.	Fri., 3.	Sat., 4.
One	W1x	28	28	VL	HL		VF		HF
Two without a helmsman	W2-	10	20th	VL		HL
Double scull	W2x	10	20th			VL	HL
Double fours	W4x	8th	32	VL		HL
Eighth	W8 +	7th	63		VL		HL
Lightweight double scull	LW2x	17th	34		VL		HL		HF
Men				Sat., 28.	Sun., 29.	Mon., 30.	Tue., 31.	Wed., 1.	Thursday, 2.	Fri., 3.	Sat., 4.
One	M1x	33	33	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	13	52	VL		HL		HF
Eighth	M8 +	8th	72	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

qualification

Qualification criteria

A total of 550 athletes took part in the competitions, 197 women and 353 men. Two quota places were reserved for the host if no boats from the host country had qualified properly. The World Rowing Federation FISA awarded four more quota places by invitation after the qualification phase. Each country was allowed to nominate a boat in each boat class if they had the appropriate qualifications and thus use a maximum of 20 women or 28 men. The main qualifying competition was the 2011 World Championships in Bled .

For women, the nine best singles, the eight best twos, double sculls and easy double sculls, the seven best double sculls and the five best eighth of the world championships received quota places for the Olympic regatta. Further quota places were awarded in continental regattas to NOKs from Africa , Asia and Latin America in the boat classes singles and lightweight double sculls. Finally, two quota places were awarded per boat class (double fours only one quota place, one three) in an international qualifying regatta. Here NOKs were only allowed to participate in the boat classes in which they could not yet achieve a quota place. In the men's world championships, the first eleven boats of each boat class were given quota places for their NOK, only seven quota places were awarded for the eighth. In continental regattas for Africa, Asia and Latin America further quota places were then awarded in the boat classes single and light double sculls. Similar to the qualification of the women, two more quota places per boat class (eighth only one quota place, one three) were awarded in an international regatta.

The quota places reserved for the host were ultimately also awarded at the final qualifying regatta, so that four singles could secure their right to start.

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
World championships	Bled	28 Aug. – 4. Sep 2011	9	8th	8th	7th	5	8th	11	11	11	11	11	7th	11	11	129	402
African qualification	Alexandria	1st - 3rd November 2011	3	-	-	-	-	1	4th	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	9	11
Latin American qualification	Buenos Aires	22-25 March 2012	5	-	-	-	-	3	6th	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	17th	23
Asian qualification	Chungju	26.-29. April 2012	5	-	-	-	-	3	6th	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	17th	23
International qualification	Lucerne	20.-23. May 2012	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

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	5
Algeria	X														1	1
Argentina	X	X				X	X		X				X		6th	10
Azerbaijan	X						X								2	2
Australia	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13	46
Belgium							X								1	1
Brazil	X					X	X								3	4th
Chile							X								1	1
China	X	X	X	X		X	X						X	X	8th	18th
Denmark	X					X	X						X	X	5	10
Germany	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14th	48
El Salvador	X						X								2	2
Estonia									X		X				2	6th
France								X	X		X		X	X	5	14th
Greece						X		X		X			X		4th	10
Great Britain		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13	47
Hong Kong							X						X		2	3
India							X						X		2	3
Iran	X						X								2	2
Ireland	X														1	1
Italy		X						X	X	X	X		X	X	7th	20th
Japan	X					X							X		3	5
Cameroon							X								1	1
Canada					X	X		X	X	X		X	X		7th	30th
Kazakhstan	X						X								2	2
Croatia							X				X				2	5
Cuba	X					X	X						X		4th	6th
Lithuania	X						X		X						3	4th
Mexico	X						X								2	2
Monaco							X								1	1
Myanmar	X														1	1
New Zealand	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X		X		11	26th
Netherlands			X		X	X		X		X		X		X	7th	32
Niger							X								1	1
Norway							X		X				X		3	5
Paraguay	X														1	1
Peru							X								1	1
Poland			X	X			X	X			X	X		X	7th	26th
Portugal													X		1	2
Republic of China							X								1	1
Romania		X			X					X					3	15th
Russia	X										X				2	5
Sweden	X						X								2	2
Switzerland											X			X	2	8th
Serbia								X		X					2	6th
Zimbabwe	X						X								2	2
Slovenia									X						1	2
South Africa		X												X	2	6th
South Korea	X					X	X								3	4th
Thailand	X														1	1
Czech Republic	X		X				X			X				X	5	12
Tunisia	X						X								2	2
Ukraine			X	X					X		X	X			5	21st
Hungary								X					X		2	4th
Uruguay													X		1	2
United States	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X		X	12	44
Vietnam						X									1	2
Belarus	X									X					2	5
Total quota places	28	10	10	8th	7th	17th	33	13	13	13	13	8th	20th	13	202	549

In May 2012 FISA awarded four quota places by invitation. Paraguay and Myanmar were selected for the women's one, Monaco and Niger for the men's one.

Olympic rowing regatta

• The first eight places are listed because they have received an Olympic diploma
• The A-final was occupied by six boats each, 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	6.57.82
2	CZE	Ondřej Synek	6: 59.37
3	GBR	Alan Campbell	7: 03.28
4th	SWE	Lassi Karonen	7: 04.04
5	AZE	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	7: 09.42
6th	GER	Marcel Hacker	7: 10.21
7th	CUB	Ángel Fournier	7: 11.17 (B)
8th	LIT	Mindaugas Griškonis	7: 15.32 (B)

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Rowing - One (men)

Final: August 3, 2012, 9:30 a.m.

Two without a helmsman

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NZL	Eric Murray Hamish Bond	6: 16.65
2	FRA	Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette	6:21.11
3	GBR	George Nash William Satch	6: 21.77
4th	ITA	Niccolò Mornati Lorenzo Carboncini	6: 26.17
5	OUT	Brodie Buckland James Marburg	6: 29.28
6th	CAN	David Calder Scott Frandsen	6: 30.49
7th	GER	Anton Braun Felix Drahotta	6: 49.93 (B)
8th	United States	Thomas Peszek Silas Stafford	6: 53.30 (B)

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Rowing - two men without a helmsman

Final: August 3, 2012, 10:20 am

Double scull

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NZL	Nathan Cohen Joseph Sullivan	6: 31.67
2	ITA	Alessio Sartori Romano Battisti	6: 32.80
3	SLO	Luka Špik Iztok Čop	6: 34.35
4th	ARG	Ariel Suárez Cristian Rosso	6: 36.36
5	GBR	Bill Lucas Sam Townsend	6: 40.54
6th	LTU	Rolandas Maščinskas Saulius Ritter	6: 42.69
7th	NOR	Nils Jakob Hoff Kjetil Borch	6: 20.82 (B)
8th	OUT	David Crawshay Scott Brennan	6: 22.19 (B)

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Rowing - double sculls (men)

Final: August 2, 2012, 9:50 am

The German men's double scull with Eric Knittel and Stephan Krüger reached 9th place.

Foursome without a helmsman

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	GBR	Alex Gregory Peter Reed Tom James Andrew Triggs Hodge	6: 03.97
2	OUT	William Lockwood James Chapman Drew Ginn Joshua Dunkley-Smith	6: 05.19
3	United States	Glenn Ochal Henrik Rummel Charles "Charlie" Cole Scott Gault	6: 07.20
4th	GRE	Stergios Papachristos Giannis Tsilis Georgios Tziallas Ioannis Christou	6: 11.43
5	NED	Kaj Hendriks Boaz Meylink Ruben Knab Mechiel Versluis	6: 14.78
6th	GER	Gregor Hauffe Toni Seifert Urs buyer Sebastian Schmidt	6: 16.37
7th	BLR	Wadsim Lyalin Dsjanis Mihal Stanislau Schtscharbatschenja Alexander Kosubowski	6: 09.31 (B)
8th	ITA	Simone Venier Mario Paonessa Luca Agamennoni Vincenzo Capelli	6: 09.42 (B)

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Final: August 4, 2012, 10:30 a.m.

Double fours

The victorious German foursome

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	GER	Karl Schulze Philipp Wende Lauritz Schoof Tim Grohmann	5: 42.48
2	CRO	David Šain Martin Sinković Damir Martin Valent Sinković	5: 44.78
3	OUT	Karsten Forsterling James McRae Christopher Morgan Daniel Noonan	5: 45.22
4th	EST	Kaspar Taimsoo Tõnu Endrekson Allar Raja Andrei Jämsä	5: 46.96
5	GBR	Charles Cousins Stephen Rowbotham Tom Solesbury Matthew Wells	5: 49.19
6th	POLE	Adam Korol Marek Kolbowicz Michał Jeliński Konrad Wasielewski	5: 51.74
7th	NZL	John Storey Michael Arms Matthew Trott Robert Manson	5: 58.88 (B)
8th	RUS	Wladislaw Ryabzew Alexei Swirin Nikita Morgachev Sergei Fedorovzew	5: 59.17 (B)

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Rowing - quadruple sculls (men)

Final: August 3, 2012, 10:10 am

The Swiss men's double scull with Florian Stofer , Nico Stahlberg , André Vonarburg and Augustin Maillefer reached 12th place.

Eighth

The victorious Germany eighth (car number 3), ahead of the eighth of Great Britain (car number 1)

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	GER	Filip Adamski Andreas Kuffner Eric Johannesen Maximilian Reinelt Richard Schmidt Lukas Müller Florian Mennigen Kristof Wilke Martin Sauer (st.)	5: 48.75
2	CAN	Gabriel Bergen Douglas Csima Rob Gibson Conlin McCabe Malcolm Howard Andrew Byrnes Jeremiah Brown Will Crothers Brian Price (stm.)	5: 49.98
3	GBR	Alex Partridge James Foad Tom Ransley Richard Egington Mohamed Sbihi Gregory Searle Matt Langridge Constantine Louloudis Phelan Hill (stm.)	5: 51.18
4th	United States	David Banks Grant James Ross James William Miller Giuseppe Lanzone Stephen Kasprzyk Jacob Cornelius Brett Newlin Zachary Vlahos (stm.)	5: 51.48
5	NLD	Sjoerd Hamburger Diederik Simon Rogier Blink Matthijs Vellenga Roel Braas Jozef Klaassen Olivier Siegelaar Mitchel Steenman Peter Wiersum (Stm.)	5: 51.72
6th	OUT	Matt Ryan Francis Hegerty Cameron McKenzie-McHarg Bryn Coudraye Thomas Swann Joshua Booth Samuel Loch Nicholas Purnell Tobias Lister (stm.)	5: 51.87
7th	POLE	Marcin Brzeziński Piotr Juszczak Mikołaj Burda Piotr Hojka Zbigniew Schodowski Michał Szpakowski Krystian Aranowski Rafał Hejmej Daniel Trojanowski (stm.)	5: 57.67 (B)
8th	UKR	Anton Choljasnykow Viktor Hrebennykow Iwan Tymko Artem Moros Andrij Pryweda Valentyn Kletskoy Oleh Lykow Serhiy Tschykanow Olexander Konowaljuk (stm.)	6: 07.33 (B)

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Rowing - figure eight (men)

Final: August 1st, 2012, 10:30 a.m.

Lightweight double scull

The victorious Danes

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	THE	Mads Rasmussen Rasmus Quist	6: 37.17
2	GBR	Zac Purchase Mark Hunter	6: 37.78
3	NZL	Storm Uru Peter Taylor	6: 40.86
4th	FRA	Stany Delayre Jérémie Azou	6: 42.69
5	POR	Pedro Fraga Nuno Mendes	6: 44.80
6th	GER	Linus Lichtschlag Lars Hartig	6: 49.07
7th	ITA	Pietro Ruta Elia Luini	6: 29.92 (B)
8th	GRE	Eleftherios Konsolas Panagiotis Magdanis	6: 31.71 (B)

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Rowing - lightweight double sculls (men)

Final: August 4, 2012, 9:40 am

Lightweight four without a helmsman

Great Britain's foursome

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	RSA	James Thompson Matthew Brittain John Smith Lawrence Ndlovu	6: 02.84
2	GBR	Peter Chambers Rob Williams Richard Chambers Chris Bartley	6: 03.09
3	THE	Kasper Winther Morten Jørgensen Jacob Barsøe Eskild Ebbesen	6: 03.16
4th	OUT	Anthony Edwards Samuel Beltz Benjamin Cureton Todd Skipworth	6: 04.05
5	SUI	Simon Schürch Lucas Tramèr Simon Niepmann Mario Gyr	6: 09.30
6th	NED	Roeland Lievens Timothee Heijbrock Vincent Muda Tycho Muda	6: 11.39
7th	FRA	Thomas Baroukh Franck Solforosi Nicolas Moutton Fabrice Moreau	6: 08.37 (B)
8th	United States	Anthony Fahden William Newell Nick La Cava Robin Prendes	6: 09.23 (B)

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Final: August 2, 2012, 10:00 a.m.

The German team with Bastian Seibt , Lars Wichert , Jochen Kühner and Martin Kühner came in 9th.

Women

One

The New Zealander in advance

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	CZE	Miroslava Knapková	7: 54.37
2	THE	Fie Udby Erichsen	7: 57.72
3	OUT	Kim Crow	7: 58.04
4th	NZL	Emma Twigg	8: 01.76
5	BLR	Ekaterina Karsten	8: 02.86
6th	CHN	Zhang Xiuyun	8: 03.10
7th	United States	Genevra Stone	7: 45.24 (B)
8th	LIT	Donata Vištartaitė	7: 47.94 (B)

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Rowing - One (women)

Final: August 4, 2012, 9:30 a.m.

The German starter Marie-Louise Dräger reached 11th place with a time of 8: 11.71.

Two without a helmsman

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	GBR	Helen Glover Heather Stanning	7: 27.13
2	OUT	Kate Hornsey Sarah Tait	7: 29.86
3	NZL	Juliette Haigh Rebecca Scown	7: 30.19
4th	United States	Sarah Zelenka Sara Hendershot	7: 30.39
5	ROU	Georgeta Andrunache Viorica Susanu	7: 37.67
6th	GER	Kerstin Hartmann Marlene Sinnig	7: 42.06
7th	CHN	Yage Zhang Yulan Gao	7: 55.18 (B)
8th	RSA	Naydene Smith Lee-Ann Persse	7: 56.40 (B)

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Final: August 1st, 2012, 10:10 am

Double scull

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	GBR	Katherine Grainger Anna Watkins	6: 55.82
2	OUT	Kim Crow Brooke Pratley	6: 58.55
3	POLE	Magdalena Fularczyk Julia Michalska	7: 07.92
4th	CHN	Wang Min Zhu Weiwei	7: 08.92
5	NZL	Fiona Paterson Anna Reymer	7: 09.82
6th	United States	Sarah Trowbridge Margot Shumway	7: 10.54
7th	CZE	Lenka Antošová Jitka Antošová	7: 24.93 (B)
8th	NED	Inge Janssen Elisabeth Hogerwerf	7: 29.57 (B)

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Rowing - double sculls (women)

Final: August 3, 2012, 10:30 a.m.

The German starters Tina Manker and Stephanie Schiller achieved 9th place with a time of 7: 33.32.

Double fours

The Ukrainian four-four

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	UKR	Kateryna Tarassenko Natalija Dowhodko Anastassija Koschenkowa Jana Dementjewa	6: 35.93
2	GER	Julia Richter Carina Bär Annekatrin Thiele Britta Oppelt	6: 38.09
3	United States	Megan Kalmoe Natalie Dell Adrienne Martelli Kara Kohler	6: 40.63
4th	OUT	Amy Clay Dana Faletic Pauline Frasca Kerry Hore	6: 41.67
5	CHN	Jin Ziwei Tang Bin Tian Liang Zhang Yangyang	6: 44.19
6th	GBR	Debbie Flood Frances Houghton Beth Rodford Melanie Wilson	6: 51.54
7th	NZL	Sarah Gray Louise Trappitt Fiona Bourke Eve Macfarlane	6: 56.46 (B)
8th	POLE	Kamila Soćko Joanna Leszczyńska Sylwia Lewandowska Natalia Madaj	6: 57.20 (B)

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Rowing - quadruple sculls (women)

Final: August 1st, 2012, 10:20 am

Eighth

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	United States	Erin Cafaro Zsuzsanna Francia Esther Lofgren Taylor Ritzel Meghan Musnicki Eleanor Logan Caroline Lind Caryn Davies Mary Whipple (Stf.)	6: 10.59
2	CAN	Janine Hanson Rachelle Viinberg Krista Guloien Lauren Wilkinson Natalie Mastracci Ashley Brzozowicz Darcy Marquardt Andréanne Morin Lesley Thompson-Willie (Dep.)	6: 12.06
3	NED	Jacobine Veenhoven Nienke Kingma Chantal Achterberg Sytske de Groot Roline Repelaer van Driel Claudia Belderbos Carline Bouw Annemiek de Haan Anne Schellekens (Stf.)	6: 13.12
4th	ROME	Roxana Cogianu Nicoleta Albu Cristina Grigoraș Irina Dorneanu Camelia Lupașcu Enikő Mironcic Adelina Cojocariu Ioana Rotaru Talida-Teodora Gîdoiu (Stf.)	6: 17.64
5	GBR	Olivia Whitlam Louisa Reeve Jessica Eddie Lindsey Maguire Natasha Page Annabel Vernon Catherine Greves Victoria Thornley Caroline O'Connor (Stf.)	6: 18.77
6th	OUT	Hannah Vermeersch Renee Chatterton Robyn Selby Smith Sarah Cook Tess Gerrand Alexandra Hagan Sally Kehoe Phoebe Stanley Elizabeth Patrick (Stf.)	6: 18.86

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Rowing - figure eight (women)

Final: August 2, 2012, 12:30 p.m.

The German women's eighth with Ronja Schütte , Julia Lepke , Daniela Schultze , Kathrin Thiem , Ulrike Sennewald , Nadja Drygalla , Kathrin Marchand , Constanze Siering and Stf. Laura Schwensen reached last boat repechage only team not the final.

Lightweight double scull

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	GBR	Katherine Copeland Sophie Hosking	7: 09.30
2	CHN	Xu Dongxiang Huang Wenyi	7: 11.93
3	GRE	Christina Giazitzidou Alexandra Tsiavou	7: 12.09
4th	THE	Anne Lolk Thomsen Juliane Rasmussen	7: 15.53
5	OUT	Bronwen Watson Hannah Every-Hall	7: 20.68
6th	GER	Lena Müller Anja Noske	7: 22.18
7th	CAN	Lindsay Jennerich Patricia Obee	7: 17.24 (B)
8th	NED	Rianne Sigmond Maaike Head	7: 20.36 (B)

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Rowing - lightweight double sculls (women)

Final: August 4, 2012, 10:00 a.m.

Medal table

space	team				total
01	Great Britain	4th	2	3	9
02	New Zealand	3		2	5
03	Germany	2	1		3
04th	Denmark	1	1	1	3
05	Czech Republic	1	1		2
06th	United States	1		2	3
07th	South Africa	1			1
	Ukraine	1			1
09	Australia		3	2	5
10	Canada		2		2
11	People's Republic of China		1		1
	France		1		1
	Italy		1		1
	Croatia		1		1
15th	Greece			1	1
	Netherlands			1	1
	Poland			1	1
	Slovenia			1	1
total		14th	14th	14th	42

Web links

Commons : Rowing at the 2012 Olympics  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rowing Schedule. Retrieved May 7, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Qualification London 2012. (PDF; 201 kB) NOK of Australia, accessed on July 29, 2010 (English). 
3. ↑ 2012 Olympic Qualification Chart - by event & NOC. (PDF, 46 kB) March 28, 2012, accessed May 7, 2012 (English). 
4. ^ Additional rowing places announced for 2012 Olympic Games. Retrieved July 27, 2012 (English). 
5. ↑ Men's Single Sculls. In: london2012.com. Retrieved August 3, 2012 . 
6. ↑ Men's Pair. In: london2012.com. Retrieved August 3, 2012 . 
7. ^ Rowing Men's Double Sculls. In: london2012.com. Retrieved August 2, 2012 . 
8. ↑ Men's Quadruple Sculls. In: london2012.com. Retrieved August 3, 2012 . 
9. ^ Rowing Men's Eight. In: london2012.com. Retrieved August 2, 2012 . 
10. ^ Rowing Men's Lightweight Four. In: london2012.com. Retrieved August 2, 2012 . 
11. ^ Rowing Women's Pair. In: london2012.com. Retrieved August 2, 2012 . 
12. ^ Women's Double Sculls. In: london2012.com. Retrieved August 3, 2012 . 
13. ^ Rowing Women's Quadruple Sculls. In: london2012.com. Retrieved August 2, 2012 . 
14. ^ Rowing Women's Eight. In: london2012.com. Retrieved August 2, 2012 .