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This was the last Olympics where lightweight rowing was featured, to be replaced by coastal rowing at the 2028 Olympics. [3] Events for the 2024 Paris Olympics consisted of men's and women's events for the two disciplines of rowing: Sweep rowing, where each rower uses a single oar: Coxless pairs; Coxless fours; Eights, with coxswains
The women's double sculls event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 27 July to 1 August 2024 at the Stade nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne, National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France, Vaires-sur-Marne.
Rowing was on the program at the 1896 Summer Olympics but was cancelled due to bad weather. [1] Only men were allowed to compete until the women's events were introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal which gave national federations the incentive to support women's events and catalysed growth in women's rowing. [2]
This balancing was achieved by deleting the men's lightweight four and adding the women's coxless four boat classes. The women's coxless four previously ran at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics; the only time this boat class was an Olympic event. The changes to the Olympic rowing schedule were the first since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. [2]
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) has been limited to a single boat (four rowers) in the event. There are 10 qualifying places in the men's coxless four, thus there are forty athletes: [3] 8 from 2019 World Rowing Championships (Men's coxless four) 2 from the final qualification regatta. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed many of qualification ...
This was the 25th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (when bad weather forced the cancellation of all rowing events), the second games in 1900, the 1908 games, and the 1912 games. The reigning medalists in the event were New Zealand, South Africa, and Italy. All 3 qualified to the competition.
This was the 25th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (when bad weather forced the cancellation of all rowing events), at the 1908 games, and at the 1912 games. The defending medalists in the event were Croatia, Lithuania, and Norway. Lithuania is the only 2016 medalist in the competition.
The men's coxed pair event was a rowing event conducted as part of the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. [1] It was held from 11 to 15 October. [2] There were 16 boats (48 competitors) from 16 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. [2] The event was won by American crew Edward Ferry, Conn Findlay, and coxswain Kent ...