Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification explained

Qualification rules

See main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. A nation may earn up to 1 boat in each of the 14 Rowing events.

Note that though crew members' names are given below, for boats which qualified at the 2007 World Championships the crew racing at the Olympics is not required to include the same crew members as the crew which qualified.

Summary

Nation	Men								Women						Crews	Rowers
														LW2X
	X						X								2	3
	X								X						2	2
	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14	48
			X	X	X				X	X					5	13
	X		X												2	3
	X						X		X					X	4	6
			X						X						2	3
	X														1	1
		X				X	X	X		X		X	X	X	8	34
	X								X						2	2
	X		X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	11	32
	X														1	1
	X														1	1
		X	X												2	4
					X		X		X					X	4	9
	X	X		X	X				X		X				6	14
		X					X	X						X	4	10
	X							X	X						3	6
									X						1	1
	X		X		X										3	7
														X	1	2
		X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X					8	21
	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	13	45
	X	X	X	X		X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	12	43
	X						X							X	3	5
	X														1	1
	X						X		X						3	4
							X								1	2
	X						X								2	3
	X								X						2	2
			X												1	2
				X				X							2	8
		X		X	X		X	X	X		X				7	19
							X							X	2	4
									X					X	2	3
	X														1	1
	X														1	1
	X													X	2	3
	X														1	1
									X						1	1
	X			X		X		X					X	X	6	29
	X	X	X	X			X		X	X	X				8	16
	X														1	1
		X			X	X		X	X						5	20
							X								1	2
										X	X		X		3	11
			X		X							X			3	10
		X							X						2	3
			X	X	X										3	10
		X							X					X	3	5
							X		X					X	3	5
									X						1	1
	X								X						2	2
	X														1	1
					X						X	X			3	10
	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13	45
	X						X								2	3
	X														1	1
	X														1	1
									X						1	1
Total: 60 NOCs	33	14	15	13	13	8	20	13	26	10	10	8	7	17	207	548

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
	Aug 26 - Sep 2, 2007	Munich
	July 19–21, 2007	Algiers
Latin America Qualification Regatta *	November 16–18, 2007	Rio de Janeiro
Asian Qualification Regatta	April 25–27, 2008	Shanghai
Final Qualification Regatta **	June 15–18, 2008	Poznań

• Open to NOCs that are members of Organización Deportiva Panamericana, with the exception of USA and Canada.

• • Open to all NOCs except in the M1x, LM2x, W1x and LW2x events where the NOCs from Africa, Asia and Latin America are excluded.

Single Sculls Men

	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in QT	Rower
1		2007 Worlds	1	Mahé Drysdale
2		2007 Worlds	2	Ondřej Synek
3		2007 Worlds	3	Olaf Tufte
4		2007 Worlds	4	Alan Campbell
5		2007 Worlds	5	Marcel Hacker
6		2007 Worlds	6	Lassi Karonen
7		2007 Worlds	7	Tim Maeyens
8		2007 Worlds	8	Santiago Fernández
9		2007 Worlds	9
10		2007 Worlds	10
11		2007 Worlds	11	Peter Hardcastle
12		Asian Regatta	1	Zhang Liang
13		Asian Regatta	2	Bajrang Lal Takhar
14		Asian Regatta	3	Mohsen Shadi
15		Asian Regatta	4	Law Hiu Fung
16		Asian Regatta	5	Ruslan Naurzaliev
17		Asian Regatta	6	Wang Ming-Hui
18		African Games	1	Ali Ibrahim
19		African Games	3	Chaouki Dries
20		African Games	5	Paul Etia Ndoumbe
21		African Games	6	Mathew Minanga Lidaywa
22		Latin America Regatta	1	Anderson Nocetti
23		Latin America Regatta	2	Patrick Loliger Salas
24		Latin America Regatta	3	Oscar Vasquez Ochoa
25		Latin America Regatta	4	Dhiso Hernandez Echezuria
26		Latin America Regatta	5	Leandro Salvagno Rattaro
27		Latin America Regatta	6	Rodrigo Ideus
28		Final Continental	1	Kenneth Jurkowski
29		Final Continental	2	Mindaugas Griskonis
30		Final Continental	3	Andrei Jämsä
31		Final Continental	4	Ioannis Christou
32		Invitational
33		Invitational

Pairs Men

	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in QT	Rowers
1		2007 Worlds	1	Drew Ginn, Duncan Free
2		2007 Worlds	2	Nathan Twaddle, George Bridgewater
3		2007 Worlds	3	Colin Smith, Matt Langridge
4		2007 Worlds	4	Erwan Peron, Laurent Cadot
5		2007 Worlds	5	Ramon di Clemente, Donovan Cech
6		2007 Worlds	6	Goran Jagar, Nikola Stojić
7		2007 Worlds	7
8		2007 Worlds	8
9		2007 Worlds	9
10		2007 Worlds	10
11		2007 Worlds	11	Morten Nielsen, Thomas Larsen
12		Final Continental	1	Dave Calder, Scott Frandsen
13		Final Continental	2	Giuseppe De Vita, Raffaello Leonardo
14		Final Continental	3	Jakub Makovicka, Václav Chalupa

Double Sculls Men

	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in QT	Rowers
1		2007 Worlds	1	Luka Špik, Iztok Čop
2		2007 Worlds	2	Jean-Baptiste Macquet, Adrien Hardy
3		2007 Worlds	3	Jüri Jaanson, Tõnu Endrekson
4		2007 Worlds	4	Matthew Wells, Stephen Rowbotham
5		2007 Worlds	5	Dzianis Mihal, Stanislau Shcharbachenia
6		2007 Worlds	6	Nathan Cohen, Matthew Trott
7		2007 Worlds	7	Mario Vekic, Ante Kusurin
8		2007 Worlds	8
9		2007 Worlds	9
10		2007 Worlds	10	Christian Schreiber, Rene Burmeister
11		2007 Worlds	11	Stijn Smulders, Christophe Raes
12		Final Continental	1	Su Hui, Zhang Liang
13		Final Continental	2	Aleksandr Kornilov, Aleksey Svirin
14		Final Continental	3	Ivo Yanakiev, Martin Yanakiev
15		Invitational

Fours Men

	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in QT	Rowers
1		2007 Worlds	1	Meyer, Dallinger, Murray, Bond
2		2007 Worlds	2	Mornati, Sartori, Mornati, Carboncini
3		2007 Worlds	3	Cirkel, Vellenga, Gabriels, Vermeulen
4		2007 Worlds	4	Williams, Reed, Partridge, Triggs-Hodge
5		2007 Worlds	5	Pirih, Rozman, Kolander, Pirih
6		2007 Worlds	6	Desprès, Rondeau, Chardin, Mortelette
7		2007 Worlds	7	Horvath, Gruber, Bruncvik, Neffe
8		2007 Worlds	8	Hoopman, Schnobrich, Lanzone, Volpenhein
9		2007 Worlds	9	Hauffe, Seifert, Kaeufer, Adamski
10		2007 Worlds	10	O'Neill, Folan, Casey, Martin
11		2007 Worlds	11	Lialin, Dzemyanenka, Nosau, Kazubouski
12		Final Continental	1	Alfred, Marburg, McKenzie, Hegerty
13		Final Continental	2	Zhang, Zhao, Guo, Song

Quadruple Sculls Men

	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in QT	Rowers
1		2007 Worlds	1	Wasielewski, Kolbowicz, Jelinski, Korol
2		2007 Worlds	2	Bernard, Berrest, Coeffic, Bahain
3		2007 Worlds	3	Bertram, Brodowski, Gruhne, Sens
4		2007 Worlds	4	Ghezzi, Gattinoni, Galtarossa, Raineri
5		2007 Worlds	5	Vitásek, Karas, Hanák, Jirka
6		2007 Worlds	6	Pavlovskyi, Prokopenko, Biloushchenko, Gryn
7		2007 Worlds	7	Morgachyov, Svirin, Kornilov, Bikua-Mfantse
8		2007 Worlds	8	Taimsoo, Latin, Kuzmin, Raja
9		2007 Worlds	9	Du Ross, McEachern, Schroeder, Flickinger
10		2007 Worlds	10	Morgan, Gatti, McRae, Kelly
11		2007 Worlds	11	Cascaret, Fournier, Concepción, Hernández
12		Final Continental	1	Lemiashkevich, Novikau, Shurmei, Radzevich
13		Final Continental	2	Zupanc, Jurse, Jurse, Fistravec

Eights Men

	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in QT
1		2007 Worlds	1
2		2007 Worlds	2
3		2007 Worlds	3
4		2007 Worlds	4
5		2007 Worlds	5
6		2007 Worlds	6
7		2007 Worlds	7
8		Final Continental	1

Double Sculls Lightweight Men

	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in QT	Rowers
1		2007 Worlds	1	Mads Rasmussen, Rasmus Quist Hansen
2		2007 Worlds	2	Dimitrios Mougios, Vasileios Polymeros
3		2007 Worlds	3	Zac Purchase, Mark Hunter
4		2007 Worlds	4	Samuel Beltz, Thomas Gibson
5		2007 Worlds	5	Marcello Miani, Elia Luini
6		2007 Worlds	6	Kazushige Ura, Daisaku Takeda
7		2007 Worlds	7	Zsolt Hirling, Tamás Varga
8		2007 Worlds	8	Joerg Lehnigk, Manuel Brehmer
9		2007 Worlds	9	Zhang Guolin, Sun Jie
10		2007 Worlds	10	Fabrice Moreau, Frédéric Dufour
—		2007 Worlds	11	Juliusz Madecki, Sebastian Sageder
11		Asian Regatta	1	So Sau Wah, Chow Kwong Wing
12		Asian Regatta	2	Devender Kumar, Manjeet Singh
13		Asian Regatta	3	Park Tae-Hwan, Jang Kang-Eun
14		African Games	1	Kamel Ait Daoud, Mohamed Garidi
15		Latin America Regatta	1	Eyder Batista Vargas, Yunior Perez Aguilera
16		Latin America Regatta	2	Thiago Gomes, Thiago Almeida
17		Latin America Regatta	3	Rodolfo Collazo Tourn, Angel García
18		Final Continental	1	Storm Uru, Peter Taylor
19		Final Continental	2	Pedro Fraga, Nuno Mendes
20		Final Continental	3	Douglas Vandor, Cameron Sylvester

Fours Lightweight Men

	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in QT	Rowers
1		2007 Worlds	1	Chambers, Lindsay-Fynn, Mattick, Clarke
2		2007 Worlds	2	Solforosi, Pouge, Bette, Tilliet
3		2007 Worlds	3	Vlcek, Amarante, Amitrano, Mascarenhas
4		2007 Worlds	4	Brambell, Beare, Lewis, Parsons
5		2007 Worlds	5	Huang, Wu, Zhang, Tian
6		2007 Worlds	6	Helleberg, Ebbesen, Jørgensen, Andersen
7		2007 Worlds	7	Chisholm, Edwards, Cureton, Skipworth
8		2007 Worlds	8	Rańda, Pawełczak, Bernatajtys, Pawlowski
9		2007 Worlds	9	Ibrahim, Azouz, Gad, Ramadan
10		2007 Worlds	10	van der Linden, Snijders, Lievens, Drewes
11		2007 Worlds	11	Bolton, Farrell, Todd, Paradiso
12		Final Continental	1	Seibt, Schoemann-Finck, J. Kühner, M. Kühner
13		Final Continental	2	Moynihan, Towey, Archibald, Griffin

Single sculls women

	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in QT	Rower
1		2007 Worlds	1	Ekaterina Karsten-Khodotovitch
2		2007 Worlds	2	Rumyana Neykova
3		2007 Worlds	3	Michelle Guerette
4		2007 Worlds	4	Miroslava Knapková
5		2007 Worlds	5	Zhang Xiuyun
6		2007 Worlds	6	Emma Twigg
7		2007 Worlds	7	Sophie Balmary
8		2007 Worlds	8	Julia Michalska
9		2007 Worlds	9
10		Asian Regatta	1	Shin Yeong-Eun
11		Asian Regatta	2	Inga Dudchenko
12		Asian Regatta	3	Lee Ka Man
13		Asian Regatta	4	Homa Hosseini
14		Asian Regatta	5	Latt Shwe Zin
15		African Games	1	Hendrika Geyser
16		African Games	3	Imen Mustapha
17		African Games	4	Elana Hill
18		Latin America Regatta	1	Soraya Jadue Arriaza
19		Latin America Regatta	2	Fabiana Beltrame
20		Latin America Regatta	3	Maira Gonzalez Borroto
21		Latin America Regatta	4	Gabriela Best
22		Latin America Regatta	5	Camila Vargas Palomo
23		Final Continental	1	Phillipa Savage
24		Final Continental	2	Gabriella Bascelli
25		Final Continental	3	Iva Obradovic
26		Final Continental	4	Nuria Domínguez

Pairs Women

	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in QT	Rowers
1		2007 Worlds	1	Yuliya Bichyk, Natallia Helakh
2		2007 Worlds	2	Nicole Zimmermann, Elke Hipler
3		2007 Worlds	3	Georgeta Damian, Viorica Susanu
4		2007 Worlds	4	Kim Crow, Sara Cook
5		2007 Worlds	5	Juliette Haigh, Nicky Coles
6		2007 Worlds	6	Zhang Yage, Gao Yulan
7		2007 Worlds	7	Portia McGee, Anna Mickelson
8		2007 Worlds	8
9		Final Continental	1	Inene Pascal-Pretre, Stephanie Dechand
10		Final Continental	2	Olivia Whitlam, Louisa Reeve

Double Sculls Women

	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in QT	Rowers
5		2007 Worlds	1	Li Qin, Tian Liang
4		2007 Worlds	2	Georgina Evers-Swindell, Caroline Evers-Swindell
1		2007 Worlds	3	Elise Laverick, Anna Bebington
2		2007 Worlds	4	Ioana Papuc, Simona Muşat
3		2007 Worlds	5	Gabriela Varekova, Jitka Antosova
6		2007 Worlds	6	Peggy Waleska, Christiane Huth
7		2007 Worlds	7	Laura Schiavone, Elisabetta Sancassani
8		2007 Worlds	8	Jennifer Kaido, Ala Piotrowski
9		Final Continental	1	Kateryna Tarasenko, Yana Dementyeva
10		Final Continental	2	Sonia Mills, Catriona Sens

Quadruple Sculls Women

	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in QT	Rowers
1		2007 Worlds	1	Vernon, Flood, Houghton, Grainger
2		2007 Worlds	2	Boron, Lutze, Oppelt, Schiller
3		2007 Worlds	3	Tang, Xi, Jin, Feng
4		2007 Worlds	4	Kolesnikova, Huba, Olefirenko, Dementieva
5		2007 Worlds	5	de Jong, Hanson, Guloien, de Zwager
6		2007 Worlds	6	Pernell, Malcos, Brown, Tomek
7		2007 Worlds	7	Ives, Mills, Sens, Pratley
8		Final Continental	1	Merk, Fedotova, Dorodnova, Kalinovskaya

Eights Women

	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in QT
1		2007 Worlds	1
2		2007 Worlds	2
3		2007 Worlds	3
4		2007 Worlds	4
5		2007 Worlds	5
6		Final Continental	1
7		Final Continental	2

Double Sculls Lightweight Women

	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in QT	Rowers
1		2007 Worlds	1	Amber Halliday, Marguerite Houston
2		2007 Worlds	2	Sanna Stén, Minna Nieminen
3		2007 Worlds	3	Katrin Olsen, Juliane Rasmussen
4		2007 Worlds	3	Berit Carow, Marie-Louise Dräger
5		2007 Worlds	5	Chrysi Biskitzi, Alexandra Tsiavou
6		2007 Worlds	6	Xu Dongxiang, Chen Haixia
7		2007 Worlds	7	Lindsay Jennerich, Tracy Cameron
8		2007 Worlds	8	Helen Casey, Hester Goodsell
9		Asian Regatta	1	Akiko Iwamoto, Misaki Kumakura
10		Asian Regatta	2	Natalya Voronova, Alexandra Opachanova
11		Asian Regatta	3	Ko Young-Eun, Ji Yoo-Jin
12		African Games	1	Alexandra White, Catherine Shaw
13		Latin America Regatta	1	Ismaray Marrero Aria, Yaima Velazquez
14		Latin America Regatta	2	Gabriela Huerta Trillo, Lila Perezrul
15		Latin America Regatta	3	Camila Carvalho, Luciana Granato
16		Final Continental	1	Kirsten van der Kolk, Marit van Eupen
17		Final Continental	2	Renee Hykel, Jennifer Goldsack

• Nation invited via Unused Quota Places.

References

• Olympic Qualification Summary