title: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification
text: # Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification
  
  The majority of qualification places for rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics were awarded based on results at the 2011 World Championships, held at Lake Bled, Bled, Slovenia, in August and September 2011. Those places were awarded to National Olympic Committees, not the specific athletes. Further berths were allocated at three continental qualifying regattas in Africa, Asia and Latin America (heavyweight single and lightweight double sculls only) and a final Olympic qualification regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.
  
  ## Qualification timeline
  
  | Event | Date | Venue |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2011 World Rowing Championships | 28 August – 4 September 2011 | Bled |
  | African Continental Qualification Regatta | 1–3 November 2011 | Alexandria |
  | Latin America Continental Qualification Regatta | 22–25 March 2012 | Buenos Aires |
  | Asian Continental Qualification Regatta | 26–29 April 2012 | Chungju |
  | Final Qualification Regatta | 20–23 May 2012 | Lucerne |
  
  ## Summary
  
  | Nation | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Crews | Athletes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nation | M1x | M2- | M2x | M4- | M4x | M8+ | LM2x | LM4- | W1x | W2- | W2x | W4x | W8+ | LW2x | Crews | Athletes |
  | Algeria | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
  | Argentina | X | | X | | | | X | | X | X | | | | X | 6 | 10 |
  | Australia | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 13 | 47 |
  | Azerbaijan | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
  | Belgium | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
  | Belarus | | | | X | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 5 |
  | Brazil | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | X | 3 | 4 |
  | Cameroon | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
  | Canada | | X | X | X | | X | X | | | | | | X | X | 7 | 30 |
  | Chile | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
  | China | X | | | | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | 8 | 18 |
  | Croatia | X | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 5 |
  | Cuba | X | | | | | | X | | X | | | | | X | 4 | 6 |
  | Czech Republic | X | | | X | | | | X | X | | X | | | | 5 | 12 |
  | Denmark | X | | | | | | X | X | X | | | | | X | 5 | 10 |
  | Egypt | X | | | | | | X | | | | | | | X | 3 | 5 |
  | El Salvador | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
  | Estonia | | | X | | X | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 6 |
  | France | | X | X | | X | | X | X | | | | | | | 5 | 14 |
  | Germany | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 14 | 48 |
  | Great Britain | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | 13 | 47 |
  | Greece | | X | | X | | | X | | | | | | | X | 4 | 10 |
  | Hong Kong | X | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | 2 | 3 |
  | Hungary | | X | | | | | X | | | | | | | | 2 | 4 |
  | India | X | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | 2 | 3 |
  | Iran | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
  | Ireland | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
  | Italy | | X | X | X | X | | X | X | | X | | | | | 7 | 20 |
  | Japan | | | | | | | X | | X | | | | | X | 3 | 5 |
  | Kazakhstan | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
  | South Korea | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | X | 3 | 4 |
  | Lithuania | X | | X | | | | | | X | | | | | | 3 | 4 |
  | Mexico | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
  | Monaco | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
  | Myanmar | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
  | Netherlands | | X | | X | | X | | X | | | X | | X | X | 7 | 32 |
  | Niger | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
  | New Zealand | X | X | X | X | X | | X | | X | X | X | X | | X | 11 | 26 |
  | Norway | X | | X | | | | X | | | | | | | | 3 | 5 |
  | Paraguay | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
  | Peru | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
  | Poland | X | X | | | X | X | | X | | | X | X | | | 7 | 26 |
  | Portugal | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 |
  | Romania | | | | X | | | | | | X | | | X | | 3 | 15 |
  | Russia | | | | | X | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 5 |
  | Serbia | | X | | X | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 6 |
  | Slovenia | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 |
  | South Africa | | | | | | | | X | | X | | | | | 2 | 6 |
  | Sweden | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
  | Switzerland | | | | | X | | | X | | | | | | | 2 | 8 |
  | Thailand | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
  | Chinese Taipei | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
  | Tunisia | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
  | Ukraine | | | X | | X | X | | | | | X | X | | | 5 | 21 |
  | United States | X | X | | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 12 | 44 |
  | Uruguay | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 |
  | Vietnam | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | 1 | 2 |
  | Zimbabwe | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
  | Total: 58 NOCs | 33 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 13 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 206 | 550 |
  
  ## Single sculls men
  
  | # | Nation | Qualification tournament | Rower |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds (gold) | Mahé Drysdale |
  | 2 | Czech Republic | 2011 Worlds (silver) | Ondrej Synek |
  | 3 | Great Britain | 2011 Worlds (bronze) | Alan Campbell |
  | 4 | Germany | 2011 Worlds (4th) | Marcel Hacker |
  | 5 | Sweden | 2011 Worlds (5th) | Lassi Karonen |
  | 6 | Norway | 2011 Worlds (6th) | |
  | 7 | Lithuania | 2011 Worlds (1st in B final) | Mindaugas Griškonis |
  | 8 | Cuba | 2011 Worlds (2nd in B final) | |
  | 9 | Azerbaijan | 2011 Worlds (3rd in B final) | Aleksandr Aleksandrov |
  | 10 | China | 2011 Worlds (4th in B final) | |
  | 11 | United States | 2011 Worlds (5th in B final) | Ken Jurkowski |
  | 1 | Egypt | African Regatta | |
  | 2 | Zimbabwe | African Regatta | James Fraser-Mackenzie |
  | 3 | Cameroon | African Regatta | |
  | 4 | Tunisia | African Regatta | Aymen Mejri |
  | 1 | India | Asian Regatta | Sawarn Singh |
  | 2 | Iran | Asian Regatta | Mohsen Shadi |
  | 3 | South Korea | Asian Regatta | Kim Dong-Yong |
  | 4 | Chinese Taipei | Asian Regatta | |
  | 5 | Kazakhstan | Asian Regatta | Vladislav Yakovlev |
  | 6 | Hong Kong | Asian Regatta | |
  | 1 | Mexico | Latin American Regatta | Patrick Loliger |
  | 2 | Argentina | Latin American Regatta | |
  | 3 | Peru | Latin American Regatta | |
  | 4 | Chile | Latin American Regatta | Oscar Vasquez |
  | 5 | Brazil | Latin American Regatta | Anderson Nocetti |
  | 6 | El Salvador | Latin American Regatta | Roberto Carlos Lopez |
  | 1 | Belgium | Final Continental | Tim Maeyens |
  | 2 | Croatia | Final Continental | Mario Vekic |
  | 3 | Poland | Final Continental | Michał Słoma |
  | 4 | Denmark | Final Continental | Henrik Stephansen |
  | 1 | Niger | Wild Card | Hamadou Djibo Issaka |
  | 2 | Monaco | Wild Card | |
  
  ## Pairs men
  
  | # | Nation | Qualification tournament | Rowers |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds (gold) | Hamish Bond Eric Murray |
  | 2 | Great Britain | 2011 Worlds (silver) | George Nash Will Satch |
  | 3 | Italy | 2011 Worlds (bronze) | Lorenzo Carboncini Niccolò Mornati |
  | 4 | Greece | 2011 Worlds (4th) | Nikolaos Gkountoulas Apostolos Gkountoulas |
  | 5 | Canada | 2011 Worlds (5th) | David Calder Scott Frandsen |
  | 6 | Germany | 2011 Worlds (6th) | Anton Braun Felix Drahotta |
  | 7 | Australia | 2011 Worlds (1st in B final) | Brodie Buckland James Marburg |
  | 8 | Netherlands | 2011 Worlds (2nd in B final) | Meindert Klem Nanne Sluis |
  | 9 | United States | 2011 Worlds (3rd in B final) | Tom Peszek Silas Stafford |
  | 10 | Serbia | 2011 Worlds (4th in B final) | Nikola Stojić Jovan Popović |
  | 11 | Hungary | 2011 Worlds (5th in B final) | Adrián Juhász Béla Simon |
  | 1 | France | Final Continental | Germain Chardain Dorian Mortelette |
  | 2 | Poland | Final Continental | Jarosław Godek Wojciech Gutorski |
  
  ## Double sculls men
  
  | # | Nation | Qualification tournament | Rowers |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds (gold) | Nathan Cohen Joseph Sullivan |
  | 2 | Germany | 2011 Worlds (silver) | Eric Knittel Stephan Krüger |
  | 3 | France | 2011 Worlds (bronze) | Julian Bahain Cédric Berrest |
  | 4 | Australia | 2011 Worlds (4th) | Scott Brennan David Crawshay |
  | 5 | Slovenia | 2011 Worlds (5th) | Iztok Čop Luka Špik |
  | 6 | Great Britain | 2011 Worlds (6th) | Bill Lucas Sam Townsend |
  | 7 | Estonia | 2011 Worlds (1st in B final) | |
  | 8 | Norway | 2011 Worlds (2nd in B final) | |
  | 9 | Argentina | 2011 Worlds (3rd in B final) | |
  | 10 | Lithuania | 2011 Worlds (4th in B final) | Rolandas Maščinskas Saulius Ritter |
  | 11 | Canada | 2011 Worlds (5th in B final) | Michael Braithwaite Kevin Kowalyk |
  | 1 | Italy | Final Continental | Romano Battisti Alessio Sartori |
  | 2 | Ukraine | Final Continental | Dmytro Mikhay Artem Morozov |
  
  ## Fours men
  
  | # | Nation | Qualification tournament | Rowers |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Great Britain | 2011 Worlds (gold) | Alex Gregory Tom James Pete Reed Andrew Triggs Hodge |
  | 2 | Greece | 2011 Worlds (silver) | |
  | 3 | Australia | 2011 Worlds (bronze) | James Chapman Josh Dunkley-Smith Drew Ginn Will Lockwood |
  | 4 | United States | 2011 Worlds (4th) | Charlie Cole Scott Gault Glenn Ochal Henrik Rummel |
  | 5 | Germany | 2011 Worlds (5th) | Gregor Hauffe Urs Käufer Toni Seifert Sebastian-Mathias Schmidt |
  | 6 | Netherlands | 2011 Worlds (6th) | Kaj Hendriks Ruben Knab Boaz Meylink Mechiel Versluis |
  | 7 | Canada | 2011 Worlds (1st in B final) | Will Dean Anthony Jacob Derek O'Farrell Michael Wilkinson |
  | 8 | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds (2nd in B final) | Chris Harris Sean O'Neill Jade Uru Tyson Williams |
  | 9 | Belarus | 2011 Worlds (3rd in B final) | Aliaksandr Kazubouski Vadzim Lialin Dzainis Mihal Stanislau Shcharbachenia |
  | 10 | Italy | 2011 Worlds (4th in B final) | Luca Agamennoni Daniele Danesin Francesco Fossi Mario Paonessa |
  | 11 | Serbia | 2011 Worlds (5th in B final) | Radoje Đerić Goran Jagar Miloš Vasić Miljan Vuković |
  | 1 | Czech Republic | Final Continental | Milan Bruncvík Michal Horváth Matyáš Klang Jakub Podrazil |
  | 2 | Romania | Final Continental | Marius-Vasile Cozmiuc Alexandru Palamariu Cristi Ilie Pargie Florin Curuea |
  
  ## Quadruple sculls men
  
  | # | Nation | Qualification tournament | Rowers |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Australia | 2011 Worlds (gold) | Karsten Forsterling James McRae Chris Morgan Daniel Noonan |
  | 2 | Germany | 2011 Worlds (silver) | Karl Schulze Philip Turning Lauritz Schoof Tim Grohmann |
  | 3 | Croatia | 2011 Worlds (bronze) | Damir Martin David Šain Martin Sinković Valent Sinković |
  | 4 | Poland | 2011 Worlds (4th) | Michał Jeliński Marek Kolbowicz Adam Korol Konrad Wasielewski |
  | 5 | Russia | 2011 Worlds (5th) | Sergey Fedorovtsev Nikita Morgachyov Vladislav Ryabtsev Igor Salov |
  | 6 | Italy | 2011 Worlds (6th) | Rossano Galtarossa Paolo Perino Matteo Stefanini Simone Venier |
  | 7 | Great Britain | 2011 Worlds (1st in B final) | Charles Cousins Stephen Rowbotham Tom Solesbury Matthew Wells |
  | 8 | United States | 2011 Worlds (2nd in B final) | Peter Graves Elliot Hovey Alex Osborne Wes Piermarini |
  | 9 | Switzerland | 2011 Worlds (3rd in B final) | Augustin Maillefer Nico Stahlberg Florian Stofer André Vonarburg |
  | 10 | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds (4th in B final) | Michael Arms Robbie Manson John Storey Matthew Trott |
  | 11 | Ukraine | 2011 Worlds (5th in B final) | Serhiy Hryn Oleksandr Nadtoka Volodymyr Pavlovskiy Kostiantyn Zaitsev |
  | 1 | Estonia | Final Continental | Tõnu Endrekson Andrei Jämsä Allar Raja Kaspar Taimsoo |
  | 2 | France | Final Continental | Matthieu Androdias Benjamin Chabanet Adrien Hardy Pierre-Jean Peltier |
  
  ## Eights men
  
  | # | Nation | Qualification tournament | Rowers |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Germany | 2011 Worlds (gold) | |
  | 2 | Great Britain | 2011 Worlds (silver) | |
  | 3 | Canada | 2011 Worlds (bronze) | |
  | 4 | Australia | 2011 Worlds (4th) | |
  | 5 | Poland | 2011 Worlds (5th) | Krystian Aranowski Marcin Brzeziński Mikołaj Burda Rafał Hejmej Piotr Hojka Piotr Juszczak Zbigniew Schodowski Michał Szpakowski Daniel Trojanowski (cox) |
  | 6 | Netherlands | 2011 Worlds (6th) | |
  | 7 | Ukraine | 2011 Worlds (1st in B final) | |
  | 1 | United States | Final Continental | |
  
  ## Double sculls lightweight men
  
  | # | Nation | Qualification tournament | Rowers |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Great Britain | 2011 Worlds (gold) | Mark Hunter Zac Purchase |
  | 2 | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds (silver) | Peter Taylor Storm Uru |
  | 3 | Italy | 2011 Worlds (bronze) | Lorenzo Bertini Elia Luini |
  | 4 | Germany | 2011 Worlds (4th) | Linus Lichtschlag Lars Hartig |
  | 5 | Denmark | 2011 Worlds (5th) | Mads Rasmussen Rasmus Quist Hansen |
  | 6 | China | 2011 Worlds (6th) | |
  | 7 | France | 2011 Worlds (1st in B final) | Jérémie Azou Stany Delayre |
  | 8 | Greece | 2011 Worlds (2nd in B final) | |
  | 9 | Norway | 2011 Worlds (3rd in B final) | |
  | 10 | Portugal | 2011 Worlds (4th in B final) | Pedro Fraga Nuno Mendes |
  | 11 | Canada | 2011 Worlds (5th in B final) | Morgan Jarvis Douglas Vandor |
  | 1 | Egypt | African Regatta | |
  | 1 | Japan | Asian Regatta | |
  | 2 | Hong Kong | Asian Regatta | |
  | 3 | India | Asian Regatta | Sandeep Kumar Manjeet Singh |
  | 1 | Cuba | Latin American Regatta | |
  | 2 | Argentina | Latin American Regatta | Mario Cejas Miguel Mayol |
  | 3 | Uruguay | Latin American Regatta | |
  | 1 | Hungary | Final Continental | Zsolt Hirling Tamás Varga |
  | 2 | Australia | Final Continental | Rod Chisholm Tom Gibson |
  
  ## Fours lightweight men
  
  | # | Nation | Qualification tournament | Rowers |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Australia | 2011 Worlds (gold) | |
  | 2 | Italy | 2011 Worlds (silver) | |
  | 3 | Great Britain | 2011 Worlds (bronze) | |
  | 4 | China | 2011 Worlds (4th) | |
  | 5 | Denmark | 2011 Worlds (5th) | |
  | 6 | Switzerland | 2011 Worlds (6th) | |
  | 7 | Poland | 2011 Worlds (1st in B final) | Miłosz Bernatajtys Łukasz Pawłowski Paweł Rańda Łukasz Siemion |
  | 8 | Czech Republic | 2011 Worlds (2nd in B final) | |
  | 9 | Germany | 2011 Worlds (3rd in B final) | |
  | 10 | France | 2011 Worlds (4th in B final) | |
  | 11 | South Africa | 2011 Worlds (5th in B final) | |
  | 1 | United States | Final Continental | |
  | 2 | Netherlands | Final Continental | |
  
  ## Single sculls women
  
  | # | Nation | Qualification tournament |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Czech Republic | 2011 Worlds (gold) |
  | 2 | Belarus | 2011 Worlds (silver) |
  | 3 | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds (bronze) |
  | 4 | China | 2011 Worlds (4th) |
  | 5 | Sweden | 2011 Worlds (5th) |
  | 6 | Germany | 2011 Worlds (6th) |
  | 7 | Azerbaijan | 2011 Worlds (1st in B final) |
  | 8 | Russia | 2011 Worlds (2nd in B final) |
  | 9 | Lithuania | 2011 Worlds (3rd in B final) |
  | 1 | Zimbabwe | African Regatta |
  | 2 | Algeria | African Regatta |
  | 3 | Tunisia | African Regatta |
  | 1 | Japan | Asian Regatta |
  | 2 | South Korea | Asian Regatta |
  | 3 | Iran | Asian Regatta |
  | 4 | Kazakhstan | Asian Regatta |
  | 5 | Thailand | Asian Regatta |
  | 1 | Cuba | Latin American Regatta |
  | 2 | El Salvador | Latin American Regatta |
  | 3 | Mexico | Latin American Regatta |
  | 4 | Argentina | Latin American Regatta |
  | 5 | Brazil | Latin American Regatta |
  | 1 | Australia | Final Continental |
  | 2 | Denmark | Final Continental |
  | 3 | United States | Final Continental |
  | 4 | Ireland | Final Continental |
  | 1 | Paraguay | Wild Card |
  | 2 | Myanmar | Wild Card |
  
  ## Pairs women
  
  | # | Nation | Qualification tournament |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds (gold) |
  | 2 | Great Britain | 2011 Worlds (silver) |
  | 3 | Australia | 2011 Worlds (bronze) |
  | 4 | China | 2011 Worlds (4th) |
  | 5 | Romania | 2011 Worlds (5th) |
  | 6 | South Africa | 2011 Worlds (6th) |
  | 7 | Italy | 2011 Worlds (1st in B final) |
  | 8 | United States | 2011 Worlds (2nd in B final) |
  | 1 | Germany | Final Continental |
  | 2 | Argentina | Final Continental |
  
  ## Double sculls women
  
  | # | Nation | Qualification tournament | Rowers |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Great Britain | 2011 Worlds (gold) | |
  | 2 | Australia | 2011 Worlds (silver) | |
  | 3 | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds (bronze) | |
  | 4 | Ukraine | 2011 Worlds (4th) | |
  | 5 | Poland | 2011 Worlds (5th) | Magdalena Fularczyk Julia Michalska |
  | 6 | Czech Republic | 2011 Worlds (6th) | |
  | 7 | Germany | 2011 Worlds (1st in B final) | |
  | 8 | China | 2011 Worlds (2nd in B final) | |
  | 1 | United States | Final Continental | |
  | 2 | Netherlands | Final Continental | |
  
  ## Quadruple sculls women
  
  | # | Nation | Qualification tournament | Rowers |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Germany | 2011 Worlds (gold) | |
  | 2 | United States | 2011 Worlds (silver) | |
  | 3 | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds (bronze) | |
  | 4 | Australia | 2011 Worlds (4th) | |
  | 5 | China | 2011 Worlds (5th) | |
  | 6 | Ukraine | 2011 Worlds (6th) | |
  | 7 | Great Britain | 2011 Worlds (1st in B final) | |
  | 1 | Poland | Final Continental | Joanna Leszczyńska Sylwia Lewandowska Natalia Madaj Kamila Soćko |
  
  ## Eights women
  
  | # | Nation | Qualification tournament |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | United States | 2011 Worlds (gold) |
  | 2 | Canada | 2011 Worlds (silver) |
  | 3 | Great Britain | 2011 Worlds (bronze) |
  | 4 | Romania | 2011 Worlds (4th) |
  | 5 | Netherlands | 2011 Worlds (5th) |
  | 1 | Australia | Final Continental |
  | 2 | Germany | Final Continental |
  
  ## Double sculls lightweight women
  
  | # | Nation | Qualification tournament |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Greece | 2011 Worlds (gold) |
  | 2 | Canada | 2011 Worlds (silver) |
  | 3 | Great Britain | 2011 Worlds (bronze) |
  | 4 | United States | 2011 Worlds (4th) |
  | 5 | Australia | 2011 Worlds (5th) |
  | 6 | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds (6th) |
  | 7 | China | 2011 Worlds (1st in B final) |
  | 8 | Denmark | 2011 Worlds (2nd in B final) |
  | 1 | Egypt | African Regatta |
  | 1 | Japan | Asian Regatta |
  | 2 | South Korea | Asian Regatta |
  | 3 | Vietnam | Asian Regatta |
  | 1 | Argentina | Latin American Regatta |
  | 2 | Brazil | Latin American Regatta |
  | 3 | Cuba | Latin American Regatta |
  | 1 | Germany | Final Continental |
  | 2 | Netherlands | Final Continental |
  
  * The Tripartite Commission can issue invitations covering up to 4 rowers.
  