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  2. Rowing at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    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] Lightweight rowing events (which have weight-limited crews) were introduced to the games in 1996. Qualifying for the ...

  3. Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The rowing program featured a total of fourteen events, seven each for both men and women in identical boat classes. The program was the same as that of the 2020 Olympics. This was the last Olympics where lightweight rowing was featured, to be replaced by coastal rowing at the 2028 Olympics. [3]

  4. Eight at the Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The event was first held for men at the second modern Olympics in 1900, with races taking place on the Seine in Paris, [2] and has been held at every Games since. The women's event was added when women's rowing was added to the Olympic programme in 1976, [3] and has been held at every Games since 1996, it is the only Olympic rowing event that ...

  5. Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's eight - Wikipedia

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    This rowing event features nine-person boats, with eight rowers and a coxswain. It is a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The competition consists of multiple rounds. The course uses the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912. [5]

  6. List of Olympic venues in rowing - Wikipedia

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    Creve Coeur Lake hosted the rowing events for the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. Lake Albano hosted the rowing events for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Lake of Banyoles hosted the rowing events for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. For the Summer Olympics, there are 28 venues that have been or will be used for rowing. These venues ...

  7. List of Olympic best times in rowing - Wikipedia

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    Hamish Bond and Murray at the 2012 London Olympics, where they broke the world best time in the coxless pair In rowing, there are no world records due to the variability of weather conditions. Instead there are world best times, which are set over the international rowing distance of 2000 meters. Men's records † denotes a performance that is also a current world best time. Event Record ...

  8. Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The rowing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place between 23 and 30 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway (Central Breakwater) in Tokyo Bay.Fourteen medal events were contested by 526 athletes (266 men and 260 women --- three of the seven coxes in the women's eights were male).

  9. Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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    502 athletes qualified for rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics.About two-thirds of the total quota was awarded to the National Olympic Committees, not to specific athletes, at the 2023 World Rowing Championships on 3 to 10 September in Belgrade, Serbia.