Rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Rowing competitions at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro were held from 9 to 11 September 2016, at Lagoa Stadium at the Games' Copacabana hub.

Rowing
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueLagoa Stadium
Dates9–11 September
Competitors96
2012
2020

Classification

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Rowers are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows rowers to compete against others with a similar level of function.

The three rowing classes are:

  • LTA (Legs, Trunk and Arms) - Mixed coxed fours
  • TA (Trunk and Arms) - Mixed double sculls
  • AS (Arms and shoulders) - Men's and women's singles

Events

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Four rowing events are scheduled to be held, each over a course of 1000 metres:

  • Men's single sculls AS
  • Women's single sculls AS
  • Mixed double sculls TA
  • Mixed four coxed LTA

Qualification

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Ninety-six athletes (48 male, 48 female) are expected to take part in this sport.

The majority of the spots were awarded based on the results at the 2015 World Rowing Championships, held at Lac d'Aiguebelette, France from August 30 to September 6, 2015. Places are awarded to National Olympic Committees, not to specific athletes. Further berths are distributed at the final Paralympic qualification regatta in Gavirate, Italy.[1] A minimum of two places were held over for the host, Brazil, one rower of each gender. In the event, however, Brazil qualified that minimum number via the World Championships, and the host nation places were therefore added to the Bipartite commission quota distribution. Russia have now been excluded from the 2016 Paralympics, and Germany and USA, as the fastest non-qualifiers in AS M1x and TA X2x respectively, will take Russia's place in those events.[2]

Qualifiers for the Paralympic Games 2016 - Rowing
Qualification Event AS M1x AS W1x TA X2x LTA X4+
2015 World Rowing Championships
Lucerne, Switzerland
(Top 8 boats per event - 64 athletes)
  Australia
  Great Britain
  Ukraine
  Russia
  United States
  Netherlands
  Brazil
  Italy
  Israel
  Great Britain
  Norway
  Brazil
  Belarus
  Italy
  South Africa
  United States
  Australia
  Great Britain
  France
  Ukraine
  Netherlands
  Poland
  Brazil
  Israel
  Great Britain
  United States
  Canada
  Italy
  South Africa
  Ukraine
  Germany
  France
2016 Final Paralympic Regatta
Gavirate, Italy
(Top 2 boats per event - 16 athletes)
  China
  South Korea
  Germany
  China
  South Korea
  China
  Russia
  United States
  Australia
  China
Host Nation Quotas
Bipartite Commission quotas
(8 male, 8 female rowers - 16 athletes)[3]
  Lithuania
  Kenya
  Hungary
  Argentina
  Japan
  Latvia
  Austria
  Zimbabwe

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain (GBR)3014
2  Ukraine (UKR)1001
3  China (CHN)0202
4  Australia (AUS)0101
  United States (USA)0101
6  Canada (CAN)0011
  France (FRA)0011
  Israel (ISR)0011
Totals (8 entries)44412

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's single sculls
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Roman Polianskyi
  Ukraine
Erik Horrie
  Australia
Tom Aggar
  Great Britain
Women's single sculls
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Rachel Morris
  Great Britain
Wang Lili
  China
Moran Samuel
  Israel
Mixed double sculls
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  Great Britain (GBR)
Lauren Rowles
Laurence Whiteley
  China (CHN)
Liu Shuang
Fei Tianming
  France (FRA)
Perle Bouge
Stéphane Tardieu
Mixed coxed four
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  Great Britain (GBR)
Grace Clough
Daniel Brown
Pam Relph
James Fox
Oliver James
  United States (USA)
Jaclyn Smith
Danielle Hansen
Zachary Burns
Dorian Weber
Jennifer Sichel
  Canada (CAN)
Victoria Nolan
Meghan Montgomery
Andrew Todd
Curtis Halladay
Kristen Kit

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Paralympic rowing- Rio 2016 qualification scheme. ~ rio2016.com Archived 8 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Para-rowing entries for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games confirmed". World Rowing. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Eight bipartite rowing berths awarded for Rio 2016 Paralympics". Inside the Games. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Startlists & results". FISA. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
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