Rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Rowing at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Lagoa Stadium
Dates	9-11 September 2016
Competitors	96

Rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Men's single sculls
Women's single sculls
Mixed double sculls
Mixed coxed four

Rowing competitions at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio will be held from 9 to 11 September 2016, at Lagoa Stadium at the Games' Copacabana hub.

Classification

Rowers are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows rowers to compete against others with a similar level of function.

The three rowing classes are:

• LTA (Legs, Trunk and Arms) - Mixed coxed fours
• TA (Trunk and Arms) - Mixed double sculls
• AS (Arms and shoulders) - Men's and women's singles

Events

Four rowing events are scheduled to be held, each over a course of 1000 metres:

• Men's single sculls AS
• Women's single sculls AS
• Mixed double sculls TA
• Mixed four coxed LTA

Qualification

Ninety-six athletes (48 male, 48 female) are expected to take part in this sport.

The majority of the spots were awarded based on the results at the 2015 World Rowing Championships, held at Lac d'Aiguebelette, France from August 30 to September 6, 2015. Places are awarded to National Olympic Committees, not to specific athletes. Further berths are distributed at the final Paralympic qualification regatta in Gavirate, Italy.^[1] A minimum of two places were held over for the host, Brazil, one rower of each gender. In the event, however, Brazil qualified that minimum number via the World Championships, and the host nation places were therefore added to the Bipartite commission quota distribution. Russia have now been excluded from the 2016 Paralympics, and Germany and USA, as the fastest non-qualifiers in AS M1x and TA X2x respectively, will take Russia's place in those events.^[2]

Qualifiers for the Paralympic Games 2016 - Rowing
Qualification Event	AS M1x	AS W1x	TA X2x	LTA X4+
2015 World Rowing Championships Lucerne, Switzerland (Top 8 boats per event - 64 athletes)	Australia  Great Britain  Ukraine  Russia  United States  Netherlands  Brazil  Italy	Israel  Great Britain  Norway  Brazil  Belarus  Italy  South Africa  United States	Australia  Great Britain  France  Ukraine  Netherlands  Poland  Brazil  Israel	Great Britain  United States  Canada  Italy  South Africa  Ukraine  Germany  France
2016 Final Paralympic Regatta Gavirate, Italy (Top 2 boats per event - 16 athletes)	China  South Korea  Germany	China  South Korea	China  Russia  United States	Australia  China
Host Nation Quotas	N/A
Bipartite Commission quotas (8 male, 8 female rowers - 16 athletes)[3]	Lithuania  Kenya	Hungary  Argentina	Japan  Latvia	Austria  Zimbabwe

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	NPC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	3	0	1	4
2	Ukraine (UKR)	1	0	0	1
3	China (CHN)	0	2	0	2
4	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
6	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Israel (ISR)	0	0	1	1
Total		4	4	4	12

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's single sculls	Roman Polianskyi  Ukraine	Erik Horrie  Australia	Tom Aggar  Great Britain
Women's single sculls	Rachel Morris  Great Britain	Wang Lili  China	Moran Samuel  Israel
Mixed double sculls	Great Britain (GBR) Lauren Rowles Laurence Whiteley	China (CHN) Liu Shuang Fei Tianming	France (FRA) Perle Bouge Stephane Tardieu
Mixed coxed four	Great Britain (GBR)	United States (USA)	Canada (CAN)

References

1. Paralympic rowing- Rio 2016 qualification scheme. ~ rio2016.com
2. "Para-rowing entries for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games confirmed". World Rowing. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
3. "Eight bipartite rowing berths awarded for Rio 2016 Paralympics". Inside the Games. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

External links

• Official Site of the 2016 Summer Paralympics