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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).
not included in the Olympic program: 1920 Antwerp details Paul Costello and John B. Kelly Sr. Pietro Annoni and Erminio Dones Gaston Giran and Alfred Plé 1924 Paris details Paul Costello and John B. Kelly Sr. Marc Detton and Jean-Pierre Stock Rudolf Bosshard and Heini Thoma 1928 Amsterdam details Paul Costello
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) is limited to a single boat in the event. There were seven qualifying places in the women's eight: [2] 5 from the 2019 World Championship (New Zealand, Australia, the United States, Canada, and Great Britain) [4]
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. [3]
Rowing at the Tokyo Olympic Games may be remembered more for the British and American dynasties that sunk rather than the boats that won. After so much success in London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro ...
The three World Champions since the 2016 Games are Ondřej Synek of the Czech Republic (a three-time Olympic medalist), Kjetil Borch of Norway, and Oliver Zeidler of Germany. Synek announced on his Facebook page that he will not be going to Tokyo. [4] Borch and Zeidler competed in Tokyo.
The 2020 Summer Olympics were held in Japan from 23 July to 8 August 2021 after being postponed a year by the COVID-19 pandemic.In total, 2,402 medals were won by 2,175 athletes in 339 events at the Games.
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 ...