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

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]

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

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]
Austria 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
Tunisia Tunis
2 qualified slots
1 male single sculls
1 female single sculls[6]
10–12 October 2019 Nigeria Kenya
2021 Americas Continental
Qualification Regatta
Brazil 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
Italy 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
Japan 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
Italy 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

Medal table

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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's single sculls
Roman Polianskyi
 Ukraine
Erik Horrie
 Australia
Renê Pereira
 Brazil
Women's single sculls
Birgit Skarstein
 Norway
Moran Samuel
 Israel
Nathalie Benoit
 France
Mixed double sculls
 Great Britain
Laurence Whiteley
Lauren Rowles
 Netherlands
Annika van der Meer
Corné de Koning
 China
Liu Shuang
Jiang Jijian
Mixed coxed four
 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

References

  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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