Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification explained

The majority of qualification places for rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics were awarded based on results at the 2011 World Championships, held at Lake Bled, Bled, Slovenia, in August and September 2011.^[1] Those places were awarded to National Olympic Committees, not the specific athletes. Further berths were allocated at three continental qualifying regattas in Africa, Asia and Latin America (heavyweight single and lightweight double sculls only) and a final Olympic qualification regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
	28 August – 4 September 2011	Bled
African Continental Qualification Regatta	1–3 November 2011	Alexandria
Latin America Continental Qualification Regatta	22–25 March 2012	Buenos Aires
Asian Continental Qualification Regatta	26–29 April 2012	Chungju
Final Qualification Regatta	20–23 May 2012	Lucerne

Summary

Nation	Men								Women						Crews	Athletes
														LW2x
									X						1	1
	X		X				X		X	X				X	6	10
		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13	47
	X								X						2	2
	X														1	1
				X					X						2	5
	X								X					X	3	4
	X														1	1
		X	X	X		X	X						X	X	7	30
	X														1	1
	X						X	X	X	X	X	X		X	8	18
	X				X										2	5
	X						X		X					X	4	6
	X			X				X	X		X				5	12
	X						X	X	X					X	5	10
	X						X							X	3	5
	X								X						2	2
			X		X										2	6
		X	X		X		X	X							5	14
	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14	48
	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	13	47
		X		X			X							X	4	10
	X						X								2	3
		X					X								2	4
	X						X								2	3
	X								X						2	2
									X						1	1
		X	X	X	X		X	X		X					7	20
							X		X					X	3	5
	X								X						2	2
	X								X					X	3	4
	X		X						X						3	4
	X								X						2	2
	X														1	1
									X						1	1
		X		X		X		X			X		X	X	7	32
	X														1	1
	X	X	X	X	X		X		X	X	X	X		X	11	26
	X		X				X								3	5
									X						1	1
	X														1	1
	X	X			X	X		X			X	X			7	26
							X								1	2
				X						X			X		3	15
					X				X						2	5
		X		X											2	6
			X												1	2
								X		X					2	6
	X								X						2	2
					X			X							2	8
									X						1	1
	X														1	1
	X								X						2	2
			X		X	X					X	X			5	21
	X	X		X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12	44
							X								1	2
														X	1	2
	X								X						2	2
Total: 58 NOCs	33	13	13	13	13	8	20	13	28	10	10	8	7	17	206	550

Single sculls men

	Nation	Qualification tournament	Rower
1		2011 Worlds (gold)	Mahé Drysdale
2		2011 Worlds (silver)	Ondrej Synek
3		2011 Worlds (bronze)	Alan Campbell
4		2011 Worlds (4th)	Marcel Hacker
5		2011 Worlds (5th)	Lassi Karonen
6		2011 Worlds (6th)
7		2011 Worlds (1st in B final)	Mindaugas Griškonis
8		2011 Worlds (2nd in B final)
9		2011 Worlds (3rd in B final)	Aleksandr Aleksandrov
10		2011 Worlds (4th in B final)
11		2011 Worlds (5th in B final)	Ken Jurkowski^[2]
1		African Regatta
2		African Regatta	James Fraser-Mackenzie
3		African Regatta
4		African Regatta	Aymen Mejri
1		Asian Regatta	Sawarn Singh
2		Asian Regatta	Mohsen Shadi
3		Asian Regatta	Kim Dong-Yong
4		Asian Regatta
5		Asian Regatta	Vladislav Yakovlev
6		Asian Regatta
1		Latin American Regatta	Patrick Loliger
2		Latin American Regatta
3		Latin American Regatta
4		Latin American Regatta	Oscar Vasquez
5		Latin American Regatta	Anderson Nocetti
6		Latin American Regatta	Roberto Carlos Lopez
1		Final Continental	Tim Maeyens
2		Final Continental	Mario Vekic
3		Final Continental	Michał Słoma
4		Final Continental	Henrik Stephansen
1		Wild Card	Hamadou Djibo Issaka
2		Wild Card

Pairs men

	Nation	Qualification tournament	Rowers
1		2011 Worlds (gold)	Hamish Bond Eric Murray
2		2011 Worlds (silver)	George Nash Will Satch
3		2011 Worlds (bronze)	Lorenzo Carboncini Niccolò Mornati
4		2011 Worlds (4th)	Nikolaos Gkountoulas Apostolos Gkountoulas
5		2011 Worlds (5th)	David Calder Scott Frandsen
6		2011 Worlds (6th)	Anton Braun Felix Drahotta
7		2011 Worlds (1st in B final)	Brodie Buckland James Marburg
8		2011 Worlds (2nd in B final)	Meindert Klem Nanne Sluis
9		2011 Worlds (3rd in B final)	Tom Peszek Silas Stafford
10		2011 Worlds (4th in B final)	Nikola Stojić Jovan Popović
11		2011 Worlds (5th in B final)	Adrián Juhász Béla Simon
1		Final Continental	Germain Chardain Dorian Mortelette
2		Final Continental	Jarosław Godek Wojciech Gutorski

Double sculls men

	Nation	Qualification tournament	Rowers
1		2011 Worlds (gold)	Nathan Cohen Joseph Sullivan
2		2011 Worlds (silver)	Eric Knittel Stephan Krüger
3		2011 Worlds (bronze)
4		2011 Worlds (4th)	Scott Brennan David Crawshay
5		2011 Worlds (5th)	Iztok Čop Luka Špik
6		2011 Worlds (6th)	Bill Lucas Sam Townsend
7		2011 Worlds (1st in B final)
8		2011 Worlds (2nd in B final)
9		2011 Worlds (3rd in B final)
10		2011 Worlds (4th in B final)	Rolandas Maščinskas Saulius Ritter
11		2011 Worlds (5th in B final)	Michael Braithwaite Kevin Kowalyk
1		Final Continental	Romano Battisti Alessio Sartori
2		Final Continental	Dmytro Mikhay Artem Morozov

Fours men

	Nation	Qualification tournament	Rowers
1		2011 Worlds (gold)	Alex Gregory Tom James Pete Reed Andrew Triggs Hodge
2		2011 Worlds (silver)
3		2011 Worlds (bronze)	James Chapman Josh Dunkley-Smith Drew Ginn Will Lockwood
4		2011 Worlds (4th)	Charlie Cole Scott Gault Glenn Ochal Henrik Rummel
5		2011 Worlds (5th)	Gregor Hauffe Urs Käufer Toni Seifert Sebastian-Mathias Schmidt
6		2011 Worlds (6th)	Kaj Hendriks Ruben Knab Boaz Meylink Mechiel Versluis
7		2011 Worlds (1st in B final)	Will Dean Anthony Jacob Derek O'Farrell Michael Wilkinson
8		2011 Worlds (2nd in B final)	Chris Harris Sean O'Neill Jade Uru Tyson Williams
9		2011 Worlds (3rd in B final)	Aliaksandr Kazubouski Vadzim Lialin Dzainis Mihal Stanislau Shcharbachenia
10		2011 Worlds (4th in B final)	Luca Agamennoni Daniele Danesin Francesco Fossi Mario Paonessa
11		2011 Worlds (5th in B final)	Radoje Đerić Goran Jagar Miloš Vasić Miljan Vuković
1		Final Continental	Milan Bruncvík Michal Horváth Matyáš Klang Jakub Podrazil
2		Final Continental	Marius-Vasile Cozmiuc Alexandru Palamariu Cristi Ilie Pargie Florin Curuea

Quadruple sculls men

	Nation	Qualification tournament	Rowers
1		2011 Worlds (gold)	Karsten Forsterling James McRae Chris Morgan Daniel Noonan
2		2011 Worlds (silver)	Karl Schulze Philip Turning Lauritz Schoof Tim Grohmann
3		2011 Worlds (bronze)	Damir Martin David Šain Martin Sinković Valent Sinković
4		2011 Worlds (4th)	Michał Jeliński Marek Kolbowicz Adam Korol Konrad Wasielewski
5		2011 Worlds (5th)	Sergey Fedorovtsev Nikita Morgachyov Vladislav Ryabtsev Igor Salov
6		2011 Worlds (6th)	Rossano Galtarossa Paolo Perino Matteo Stefanini Simone Venier
7		2011 Worlds (1st in B final)	Charles Cousins Stephen Rowbotham Tom Solesbury Matthew Wells
8		2011 Worlds (2nd in B final)	Peter Graves Elliot Hovey Alex Osborne Wes Piermarini
9		2011 Worlds (3rd in B final)	Augustin Maillefer Nico Stahlberg Florian Stofer André Vonarburg
10		2011 Worlds (4th in B final)	Michael Arms Robbie Manson John Storey Matthew Trott
11		2011 Worlds (5th in B final)	Serhiy Hryn Oleksandr Nadtoka Volodymyr Pavlovskiy Kostiantyn Zaitsev
1		Final Continental	Tõnu Endrekson Andrei Jämsä Allar Raja Kaspar Taimsoo
2		Final Continental	Matthieu Androdias Benjamin Chabanet Adrien Hardy Pierre-Jean Peltier

Eights men

	Nation	Qualification tournament	Rowers
1		2011 Worlds (gold)
2		2011 Worlds (silver)
3		2011 Worlds (bronze)
4		2011 Worlds (4th)
5		2011 Worlds (5th)	Krystian Aranowski Marcin Brzeziński Mikołaj Burda Rafał Hejmej Piotr Hojka Piotr Juszczak Zbigniew Schodowski Michał Szpakowski Daniel Trojanowski (cox)
6		2011 Worlds (6th)
7		2011 Worlds (1st in B final)
1		Final Continental

Double sculls lightweight men

	Nation	Qualification tournament	Rowers
1		2011 Worlds (gold)	Mark Hunter Zac Purchase
2		2011 Worlds (silver)	Peter Taylor Storm Uru
3		2011 Worlds (bronze)	Lorenzo Bertini Elia Luini
4		2011 Worlds (4th)	Linus Lichtschlag Lars Hartig
5		2011 Worlds (5th)	Mads Rasmussen Rasmus Quist Hansen
6		2011 Worlds (6th)
7		2011 Worlds (1st in B final)	Jérémie Azou Stany Delayre
8		2011 Worlds (2nd in B final)
9		2011 Worlds (3rd in B final)
10		2011 Worlds (4th in B final)	Pedro Fraga Nuno Mendes
11		2011 Worlds (5th in B final)	Morgan Jarvis Douglas Vandor
1		African Regatta
1		Asian Regatta
2		Asian Regatta
3		Asian Regatta	Sandeep Kumar Manjeet Singh
1		Latin American Regatta
2		Latin American Regatta	Mario Cejas Miguel Mayol
3		Latin American Regatta
1		Final Continental	Zsolt Hirling Tamás Varga
2		Final Continental	Rod Chisholm Tom Gibson

Fours lightweight men

	Nation	Qualification tournament	Rowers
1		2011 Worlds (gold)
2		2011 Worlds (silver)
3		2011 Worlds (bronze)
4		2011 Worlds (4th)
5		2011 Worlds (5th)
6		2011 Worlds (6th)
7		2011 Worlds (1st in B final)		Miłosz Bernatajtys Łukasz Pawłowski Paweł Rańda Łukasz Siemion
8		2011 Worlds (2nd in B final)
9		2011 Worlds (3rd in B final)
10		2011 Worlds (4th in B final)
11		2011 Worlds (5th in B final)
1		Final Continental
2		Final Continental

Single sculls women

	Nation	Qualification tournament	Rowers
1		2011 Worlds (gold)
2		2011 Worlds (silver)
3		2011 Worlds (bronze)
4		2011 Worlds (4th)
5		2011 Worlds (5th)
6		2011 Worlds (6th)
7		2011 Worlds (1st in B final)
8		2011 Worlds (2nd in B final)
9		2011 Worlds (3rd in B final)
1		African Regatta
2		African Regatta
3		African Regatta
1		Asian Regatta
2		Asian Regatta
3		Asian Regatta
4		Asian Regatta
5		Asian Regatta
1		Latin American Regatta
2		Latin American Regatta
3		Latin American Regatta
4		Latin American Regatta
5		Latin American Regatta
1		Final Continental
2		Final Continental
3		Final Continental
4		Final Continental
1		Wild Card
2		Wild Card

Pairs women

	Nation	Qualification tournament	Rowers
1		2011 Worlds (gold)
2		2011 Worlds (silver)
3		2011 Worlds (bronze)
4		2011 Worlds (4th)
5		2011 Worlds (5th)
6		2011 Worlds (6th)
7		2011 Worlds (1st in B final)
8		2011 Worlds (2nd in B final)
1		Final Continental
2		Final Continental

Double sculls women

	Nation	Qualification tournament	Rowers
1		2011 Worlds (gold)
2		2011 Worlds (silver)
3		2011 Worlds (bronze)
4		2011 Worlds (4th)
5		2011 Worlds (5th)	Magdalena Fularczyk Julia Michalska
6		2011 Worlds (6th)
7		2011 Worlds (1st in B final)
8		2011 Worlds (2nd in B final)
1		Final Continental
2		Final Continental

Quadruple sculls women

	Nation	Qualification tournament	Rowers
1		2011 Worlds (gold)
2		2011 Worlds (silver)
3		2011 Worlds (bronze)
4		2011 Worlds (4th)
5		2011 Worlds (5th)
6		2011 Worlds (6th)
7		2011 Worlds (1st in B final)
1		Final Continental	Joanna Leszczyńska Sylwia Lewandowska Natalia Madaj Kamila Soćko

Eights women

	Nation	Qualification tournament	Rowers
1		2011 Worlds (gold)
2		2011 Worlds (silver)
3		2011 Worlds (bronze)
4		2011 Worlds (4th)
5		2011 Worlds (5th)
1		Final Continental
2		Final Continental

Double sculls lightweight women

	Nation	Qualification tournament	Rowers
1		2011 Worlds (gold)
2		2011 Worlds (silver)
3		2011 Worlds (bronze)
4		2011 Worlds (4th)
5		2011 Worlds (5th)
6		2011 Worlds (6th)
7		2011 Worlds (1st in B final)
8		2011 Worlds (2nd in B final)
1		African Regatta
1		Asian Regatta
2		Asian Regatta
3		Asian Regatta
1		Latin American Regatta
2		Latin American Regatta
3		Latin American Regatta
1		Final Continental
2		Final Continental

• The Tripartite Commission can issue invitations covering up to 4 rowers.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Qualification by Event from the 2011 World Rowing Championships. 4 September 2011. FISA. 10 September 2011.
2. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-09-10 . 2012-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120325040831/http://www.worldrowing.com/uploads/pdfs/2012_Olympic_Qualification_by_Event_(at_Bled_2011_WCH).pdf . dead .