The rowing competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held from 28 July to 4 August 2012, at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, was officially termed Eton Dorney. Fourteen medal events were contested by 550 athletes, 353 men and 197 women.
Great Britain was the most successful nation, topping the medal table with four golds and nine in total. New Zealand finished second with three golds and five medals overall.
Venue
All of the rowing events were staged at the Eton Dorney Rowing Centre at Dorney Lake near Windsor Castle, west of London. The venue has eight lanes and is 2,200 m in length with a capacity of 30,000 spectators.
Qualification
Each competing nation may qualify one boat for each of the fourteen events. The majority of qualification places were awarded based on results at the 2011 World Championships, held at Lake Bled, Slovenia, in August and September. Places are awarded to National Olympic Committees, not the specific athletes, finishing in the top 11 of men's events and top seven to nine of women's events, except in the eights where the first seven in the men's event and first five in the women's qualified. Further berths were allocated at three continental qualifying regattas in Africa, Asia and Latin America and a final Olympic qualification regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Events There were eight events for men and six for women. Events included categories for open weight and restricted weight (lightweight) athletes, and two styles of rowing: sweep, where competitors each use a single oar, and sculling, where they use two.
Sculling events include men's and women's singles, doubles, lightweight doubles, and quads. Sweep events are men's and women's pairs and eights, and men's fours and lightweight fours.
Schedule
HHeatsRRepechage¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsFFinal Event↓/Date → Sat 28 Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2 Fri 3 Sat 4 Men's Single Sculls H R ¼ ½ F Men's Pair H R ½ F Men's Double Sculls H R ½ F Men's Lightweight Double Sculls H R ½ F Men's Four H R ½ F Men's Quadruple Sculls H R ½ F Men's Lightweight Four H R ½ F Men's Eight H R F Women's Single Sculls H R ¼ ½ F Women's Pair H R F Women's Double Sculls H R F Women's Lightweight Double Sculls H R ½ F Women's Quadruple Sculls H R F Women's Eight H R F
Medal summary
Medal table
Men's events Single sculls Double sculls Quadruple sculls Karl SchulzePhilipp WendeLauritz SchoofTim GrohmannDavid ŠainMartin SinkovićDamir MartinValent SinkovićChris MorganKarsten ForsterlingJames McRaeDaniel Noonan Coxless pair Coxless four Alex GregoryTom JamesPete ReedAndrew Triggs HodgeJames ChapmanJosh Dunkley-SmithDrew GinnWill LockwoodCharlie ColeScott GaultGlenn OchalHenrik Rummel Coxed eight Filip AdamskiAndreas KuffnerEric JohannesenMaximilian ReineltRichard SchmidtLukas MüllerFlorian MennigenKristof WilkeMartin SauerGabriel BergenDouglas CsimaRobert GibsonConlin McCabeMalcolm HowardAndrew ByrnesJeremiah BrownWill CrothersBrian PriceAlex PartridgeJames EmmottTom RansleyRichard EgingtonMoe SbihiGreg SearleMatt LangridgeConstantine LouloudisPhelan HillLightweight double sculls Lightweight coxless four James ThompsonMatthew BrittainJohn SmithSizwe NdlovuPeter ChambersRob WilliamsRichard ChambersChris BartleyKasper Winther JørgensenMorten JørgensenJacob BarsøeEskild Ebbesen
Women's events Single sculls Double sculls Quadruple sculls Kateryna TarasenkoNataliya DovhodkoAnastasiya KozhenkovaYana DementyevaAnnekatrin ThieleCarina BärJulia RichterBritta OppeltNatalie DellKara KohlerMegan KalmoeAdrienne Martelli Coxless pair Coxed eight Erin CafaroSusan FranciaEsther LofgrenTaylor RitzelMeghan MusnickiElle LoganCaroline LindCaryn DaviesMary WhippleJanine HansonRachelle ViinbergKrista GuloienLauren WilkinsonNatalie MastracciAshley BrzozowiczDarcy MarquardtAndréanne MorinLesley Thompson-WillieJacobine VeenhovenNienke KingmaChantal AchterbergSytske de GrootRoline Repelaer van DrielClaudia BelderbosCarline BouwAnnemiek de HaanAnne SchellekensLightweight double sculls
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