Rowing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Rowing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, took place at the Sea Forest Waterway, the same location as the paracanoeing events are located. There were 96 qualified slots across four events (one male, one female, two mixed events); there were two singles events (1 male, 1 female), mixed doubles and mixed fours.[2]

Rowing
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Rowing pictogram of the
2020 Summer Paralympics
VenueSea Forest Waterway
Dates27–29 August 2021[1]
Competitors96
2016
2024

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[3][4]

Qualification

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An NPC can only allocate one boat per medal event with a maximum of four male or female rowers (excluding coxswains).

Means of qualification Date Qualified
PR1M1x
Men's single scull
PR1W1x
Women's single scull
PR2Mix2X
Mixed double scull
PR3Mix4+
Mixed coxed four
2019 World Rowing Championships[5]
  Ottensheim
62 qualified slots
31 males
31 females
25 August – 1 September 2019   Ukraine
  Australia
  RPC
  Great Britain
  Brazil
  Israel
  United States
  France
  Israel
  United States
  Norway
  Ukraine
  Germany
  South Korea
  Great Britain
  Netherlands
  Ukraine
  Brazil
  France
  Poland
  China
  United States
  Great Britain
  United States
  Italy
  Australia
  Israel
  RPC
  France
  Ukraine
2019 Africa Continental
Qualification Regatta
  Tunis
2 qualified slots
1 male single sculls
1 female single sculls[6]
10–12 October 2019   Nigeria   Kenya
2021 Americas Continental
Qualification Regatta
  Rio de Janeiro
2 qualified slots
1 male single sculls
1 female single sculls [7]
4–5 March 2021[8]   Mexico   Argentina
2021 Europe Continental
Qualification Regatta
  Varese
2 qualified slots
1 male single sculls
1 female single sculls [9]
5–7 April 2021[10]   Spain   Belarus
2021 Asia/Oceania Continental
Qualification Regatta
  Tokyo
2 qualified slots
1 male single sculls
1 female single sculls [11]
5–7 May 2021[12]   Sri Lanka   Japan
2021 Final Paralympic
Qualification Regatta
  Gavirate
14 qualified slots
7 males
7 females[13]
7–9 May 2021[14]   Germany   Brazil   Italy
  Australia
  Canada
  Brazil
Bipartite Commission
Invitation Allocation[15]
8 qualified slots
4 males
4 females
11–25 May 2020   Canada
  Uzbekistan
  Japan
  Spain
Total (96 berths)

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain (GBR)2002
2  Norway (NOR)1001
  Ukraine (UKR)1001
4  Australia (AUS)0101
  Israel (ISR)0101
  Netherlands (NED)0101
  United States (USA)0101
8  France (FRA)0022
9  Brazil (BRA)0011
  China (CHN)0011
Totals (10 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
Renê Pereira
  Brazil
Women's single sculls
details
Birgit Skarstein
  Norway
Moran Samuel
  Israel
Nathalie Benoit
  France
Mixed double sculls
details
  Great Britain
Laurence Whiteley
Lauren Rowles
  Netherlands
Annika van der Meer
Corné de Koning
  China
Liu Shuang
Jiang Jijian
Mixed coxed four
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  Great Britain
Ellen Buttrick
Giedrė Rakauskaitė
James Fox
Oliver Stanhope
Erin Kennedy
  United States
Allie Reilly
Danielle Hansen
Charley Nordin
John Tanguay
Karen Petrik
  France
Erika Sauzeau
Antoine Jesel
Rémy Taranto
Margot Boulet
Robin le Barreau

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Paralympic Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 13 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). 24 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.
  5. ^ "2019 World Rowing Championships". www.worldrowing.com. 15 October 2018.
  6. ^ "2019 FISA African Qualification Regatta". worldrowing.com. 29 July 2019.
  7. ^ "2020 FISA Americas Qualification Regatta". worldrowing.com. 29 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Programme (4.3.2021)" (PDF).
  9. ^ "2020 FISA European Qualification Regatta". worldrowing.com. 29 July 2019.
  10. ^ "2021 FISA European Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  11. ^ "2020 FISA Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta". worldrowing.com. 29 July 2019.
  12. ^ "World Rowing - Final Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regattas, World Rowing Cup II are confirmed". World Rowing. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  13. ^ "2020 FISA Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta". worldrowing.com. 29 July 2019.
  14. ^ "2021 FISA Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta". worldrowing.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Four final crews complete Tokyo 2020 Paralympic rowing line-up through bipartite process". insidethegames.biz. 1 July 2021.
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