title: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
text: # Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
  
  Rowing competitions at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London were held from 31 August to 2 September 2012, at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.
  
  ## Classification
  
  Rowers are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows rowers to compete against others with a similar level of function.
  
  The three rowing classes are:
  
  * LTA (Legs, Trunk and Arms) - Mixed coxed fours
  * TA (Trunk and Arms) - Mixed double sculls
  * AS (Arms and shoulders) - Men's and women's singles
  
  ## Events
  
  Four rowing events are scheduled to be held, each over a course of 1000 metres:
  
  * Men's single sculls AS
  * Women's single sculls AS
  * Mixed double sculls TA
  * Mixed four coxed LTA
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  96 rowers (48 male, 48 female) from 23 nations including 12 coxswains (5 male, 7 female) from 12 nations took part in this sport.
  
  * Argentina (1)
  * Australia (3)
  * Belarus (8)
  * Brazil (9)
  * Canada (6)
  * China (8)
  * France (8)
  * Germany (6)
  * Great Britain (8)
  * Hungary (1)
  * Ireland (5)
  * Israel (3)
  * Italy (7)
  * Japan (1)
  * New Zealand (1)
  * Poland (3)
  * Portugal (1)
  * Russia (8)
  * South Africa (1)
  * South Korea (2)
  * Spain (1)
  * Ukraine (9)
  * United States (8)
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's single sculls details | Cheng Huang China | Erik Horrie Australia | Aleksey Chuvashev Russia |
  | Women's single sculls details | Alla Lysenko Ukraine | Nathalie Benoit France | Liudmila Vauchok Belarus |
  | Mixed double sculls details | China (CHN) Lou Xiaoxian Fei Tianming | France (FRA) Perle Bouge Stephane Tardieu | United States (USA) Oksana Masters Rob Jones |
  | Mixed coxed four details | Great Britain (GBR) Pam Relph Naomi Riches David Smith James Roe Lily van den Broecke (Cox) | Germany (GER) Anke Molkenthin Astrid Hengsbach Tino Kolitscher Kai Kruse Katrin Splitt (Cox) | Ukraine (UKR) Andrii Stelmakh Kateryna Morozova Olena Pukhaieva Denys Sobol Volodymyr Kozlov (Cox) |
  