Qualification rules
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 M1X M2- M2X M4- M4X M8+ LM2X LM4- W1X W2- W2X W4X W8+ LW2X X X 23 X X 22 XXXXXXXXXXXXXX1448 XXX XX 513 X X 23 X X X X46 X X 23 X 11 X XXX X XXX834 X X 22 X XX XXXXXXX X1132 X 11 X 11 XX 24 X X X X49 XX XX X X 614 X XX X410 X XX 36 X 11 X X X 37 X12 XXXX XXXX 821 XXXXXXXX XXXXX1345 XXXX XXX XXXXX1243 X X X35 X 11 X X X 34 X 12 X X 23 X X 22 X 12 X X 28 X XX XXX X 719 X X24 X X23 X 11 X 11 X X23 X 11 X 11 X X X X XX629 XXXX X XXX 816 X 11 X XX XX 520 X 12 XX X 311 X X X 310 X X 23 XXX 310 X X X35 X X X35 X 11 X X 22 X 11 X XX 310 XXXXXX XXXXXXX1345 X X 23 X 11 X 11 X 11 Total: 60 NOCs 3314151313820132610108717207548
Qualification timeline
Event Date Venue 2007 World Rowing Championships Aug 26 - Sep 2, 2007 Munich 2007 All-Africa Games 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 André Vonarburg 10 2007 Worlds 10 Sjoerd Hamburger 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 Piotr Hojka, Jarosław Godek 8 2007 Worlds 8 Jason Read, Kyle Larson 9 2007 Worlds 9 Andreas Penkner, Jochen Urban 10 2007 Worlds 10 Siniša Skelin, Nikša Skelin 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 Scott Brennan, David Crawshay 9 2007 Worlds 9 Samuel Stitt, Matthew Hughes 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 Frida Svensson 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 Darcy Marquardt, Jane Thornton 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