The table below shows the way the rowing blades are painted in international competitions of rowing in which national teams participate. Each team associated with the International Rowing Federation uses a specific model. This pattern may be a reproduction of the national flag on the oar blade, but it may also be a fanciful motif chosen by a given rowing federation. The left oar is usually a mirror image of the right oar.[1] [2] [3]
| Blade | Nation | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Colours of flag of Afghanistan, without the Emblem of Afghanistan. | |
| Albania | Similar to the civil ensign of Albania. | |
| Algeria | Flag of Algeria. | |
| American Samoa | Flag of American Samoa, but with a different arrangement and without the emblem. | |
| Angola | Flag of Angola. | |
| Argentina | Flag of Argentina, but with white stripe vertical. | |
| Armenia | Flag of Armenia. | |
| Australia | White blade with green, yellow, and green strips running vertically across the blade, near the tip. | |
| Austria | Flag of Austria. | |
| Azerbaijan | Flag of Azerbaijan. | |
| Bahamas | Flag of the Bahamas. | |
| Bahrain | Flag of Bahrain. | |
| Bangladesh | white/light blue blade. | |
| Barbados | Transformed flag of Barbados. | |
| Belarus | Flag of Belarus. | |
| Belgium | Flag of Belgium. | |
| Benin | Flag of Benin. | |
| Bermuda | Flag of Bermuda, without the coat of arms. | |
| Bolivia | Flag of Bolivia with the coat of arms. | |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | Flag of Bosnia-Herzegovina. | |
| Botswana | Flag of Botswana. | |
| Brazil | White with vertical stripes: yellow-green-yellow-green. | |
| Bulgaria | Flag of Bulgaria, but stripes are vertical. | |
| Burkina Faso | Flag of Burkina Faso. | |
| Cameroon | Flag of Cameroon. | |
| Canada | Flag of Canada. | |
| Cape Verde | Flag of Cape Verde. | |
| Cayman Islands | Light blue blade. | |
| Chile | A blue blade with a white star and a red and white stripe. | |
| China | White blade and red bow with 5 yellow stars. | |
| Colombia | Flag of Colombia, but the stripes are vertical.. | |
| Costa Rica | Civil flag of Costa Rica. | |
| Croatia | White blade with red checkers in top right corner. Based on Croatian coat of arms. | |
| Cuba | blade with 3 stripes: red, white and blue. | |
| Cyprus | Flag of Cyprus. | |
| Czechia | Flag of Czechia. | |
| Denmark | White blade with red horizontal stripe. | |
| Djibouti | Flag of Djibouti. | |
| Dominican Republic | The layout is similar to the flag of the Dominican Republic, but without coat of arms. | |
| Ecuador | Flag of Ecuador without the coat of arms. | |
| Egypt | Flag of Egypt, without the coat of arms. | |
| El Salvador | White blade with 5 vertical blue stripes. | |
| Estonia | Flag of Estonia. | |
| Eswatini | A blue blade with two white stripes at the end. | |
| Fiji | A white blade with a black vertical stripe in front of the tip. | |
| Finland | Flag of Finland. | |
| France | Flag of France. | |
| Georgia | Flag of Georgia. | |
| Germany | Flag of Germany. | |
| Ghana | Flag of Ghana. | |
| Gibraltar | A white blade with a red stripe at the tip. | |
| Great Britain | White blade with red tip with Union Flag. | |
| Greece | Blue blade with white cross, part of Greece's coat of arms. | |
| Guatemala | White blade with 2 vertical, wide, blue stripes. | |
| Haiti | Flag of Haiti. | |
| Honduras | A blue blade with a white sash across and the stars of the Honduran flag. | |
| Hong Kong | A slightly altered Flag of Hong Kong. | |
| Hungary | Flag of Hungary. | |
| Iceland | Flag of Iceland without vertical stripes. | |
| India | Two horizontal stripes: light sky blue and dark blue. | |
| Indonesia | Two vertical stripes: white and red. | |
| Iraq | Flag of Iraq. | |
| Iran | Simplified flag of Iran. | |
| Ireland | Green blade with a white clover. | |
| Israel | Two horizontal stripes: blue and white. | |
| Italy | Flag of Italy. | |
| Ivory Coast | A white blade with orange, white and green stripes at the tip. | |
| Jamaica | Flag of Jamaica. | |
| Japan | Flag of Japan plus two diagonal red stripes. | |
| Jordan | Flag of Jordan. | |
| Kazakhstan | A blue blade with a yellow tip and a diagonal red stripe. | |
| Kenya | A white blade with black, white and red stripes on the tip. | |
| Kuwait | Flag of Kuwait. | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Flag of Kyrgyzstan. | |
| Latvia | Flag of Latvia. | |
| Lebanon | Flag of Lebanon. | |
| Libya | Flag of Libya. | |
| Lithuania | Flag of Lithuania. | |
| Luxembourg | Appearance similar to the coat of arms of Luxembourg. | |
| Madagascar | Flag of Madagascar. | |
| Malawi | Flag of Malawi. | |
| Malaysia | A variation using the colors and emblem of the flag of Malaysia. | |
| Maldives | Flag of Maldives. | |
| Mali | Flag of Mali. | |
| Malta | Flag of Malta. | |
| Mauritius | Flag of Mauritius. | |
| Mexico | A green blade with a white and red stripe at the tip. | |
| Morocco | Flag of Morocco with a simplified star. | |
| Moldova | Flag of Moldova, but horizontally and without the coat of arms. | |
| Monaco | A red blade with a narrow horizontal white stripe. | |
| Mongolia | Flag of Mongolia. | |
| Mozambique | Flag of Mozambique without the emblem. | |
| Myanmar | A white blade with blue-white-red stripes on the tip. | |
| Namibia | Flag of Namibia. | |
| Nepal | A variation using the colors and emblems of the Nepalese flag. | |
| Netherlands | Flag of the Netherlands. | |
| New Zealand | Black blade with silver fern and letters N and Z on either side of the silver fern. | |
| Nicaragua | Flag of Nicaragua, without the coat of arms. | |
| Niger | Flag of Niger. | |
| Nigeria | Flag of Nigeria with changed proportions. | |
| North Korea | White blade and selected elements from the North Korean flag. | |
| North Macedonia. | Flag of North Macedonia. | |
| Norway | Flag of Norway without the vertical stripes. | |
| Pakistan | blade with 3 horizontal stripes: dark green/white/dark green. | |
| Palestine | Flag of Palestine. | |
| Panama | White blade with a navy blue star and a red one. | |
| Paraguay | A variation using the colors of the Paraguayan flag. | |
| Peru | A red blade with a diagonal wide white stripe. | |
| Philippines | Red and blue blade with a large white chevron. | |
| Poland | Flag of Poland. | |
| Portugal | A white blade with a green and red stripe at the tip. | |
| Puerto Rico | Simplified Flag of Puerto Rico (fewer stripes). | |
| Qatar | Flag of Qatar | |
| Romania | Flag of Romania. | |
| Russia | Flag of Russia. | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. | |
| Samoa | Flag of Samoa. | |
| Saudi Arabia | Flag of Saudi Arabia. | |
| Senegal | Flag of Senegal. | |
| Serbia | Colors from the flag of Serbia, but in a different arrangement. | |
| Singapore | White and red blade divided diagonally. | |
| Slovakia | Colors and coat of arms from the flag of Slovakia, but in a different arrangement. | |
| Slovenia | A white blade with a transverse stripe in the colors of the Slovenian flag. | |
| Somalia | Flag of Somalia. | |
| South Africa | Flag of South Africa. | |
| South Korea | Elements from the flag of South Korea with a changed color scheme. | |
| Spain | Flag of Spain, but stripes are vertical. | |
| Sri Lanka | An orange blade with a diagonal wide black stripe. | |
| Sudan | Flag of Sudan. | |
| Sweden | Coat of Arms of Sweden. | |
| Switzerland | Flag of Switzerland. | |
| Syria | Flag of Syria. | |
| Thailand | Flag of Thailand. | |
| Chinese Taipei | Horizontal 3 stripes: navy blue-white-red with a variation of the Chinese Taipei symbol. | |
| Togo | Flag of Togo. | |
| Tonga | A white blade with an altered flag of Tonga. | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Flag of Trinidad and Tobago. | |
| Tunisia | Flag of Tunisia. | |
| Türkiye | A white blade with a stripe with the Turkish Flag on the tip. | |
| Turkmenistan | Colors and emblem of the flag of Turkmenistan, but a different arrangement. | |
| Uganda | Three horizontal stripes in the colors of the flag of Uganda. | |
| Ukraine | Flag of Ukraine. | |
| United Arab Emirates | Flag of the United Arab Emirates. | |
| United States | Colors from the US Flag, but in a different arrangement. | |
| Uruguay | Blue blade. | |
| Uzbekistan | Flag of Uzbekistan, but without the emblem and slightly different colors. | |
| Vanuatu | Flag of Vanuatu, without the emblem. | |
| Venezuela | Flag of Venezuela without the emblem. | |
| Vietnam | Flag of Vietnam with an inverted star. | |
| Zambia | Flag of Zambia. | |
| Zimbabwe | A variation using the colors of the flag of Zimbabwe. | |