Qualification rules [ edit ] A nation may earn up to 1 boat in each of the 14 Rowing events.
Note that though crew members' names are given below, for boats which qualified at the 2007 World Championships the crew racing at the Olympics is not required to include the same crew members as the crew which qualified.
Summary [ edit ] Qualification timeline [ edit ] * Open to NOCs that are members of Organización Deportiva Panamericana, with the exception of USA and Canada.
** Open to all NOCs except in the M1x, LM2x, W1x and LW2x events where the NOCs from Africa, Asia and Latin America are excluded.
Single Sculls Men [ edit ] Pairs Men [ edit ] # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in QT Rowers 1 Australia 2007 Worlds 1 Drew Ginn , Duncan Free 2 New Zealand 2007 Worlds 2 Nathan Twaddle , George Bridgewater 3 Great Britain 2007 Worlds 3 Colin Smith , Matt Langridge 4 France 2007 Worlds 4 Erwan Peron , Laurent Cadot 5 South Africa 2007 Worlds 5 Ramon di Clemente , Donovan Cech 6 Serbia 2007 Worlds 6 Goran Jagar , Nikola Stojić 7 Poland 2007 Worlds 7 Piotr Hojka , Jarosław Godek 8 United States 2007 Worlds 8 Jason Read , Kyle Larson 9 Germany 2007 Worlds 9 Andreas Penkner , Jochen Urban 10 Croatia 2007 Worlds 10 Siniša Skelin , Nikša Skelin 11 Denmark 2007 Worlds 11 Morten Nielsen , Thomas Larsen 12 Canada Final Continental 1 Dave Calder , Scott Frandsen 13 Italy Final Continental 2 Giuseppe De Vita , Raffaello Leonardo 14 Czech Republic * Final Continental 3 Jakub Makovicka , Václav Chalupa
Double Sculls Men [ edit ] # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in QT Rowers 1 Slovenia 2007 Worlds 1 Luka Špik , Iztok Čop 2 France 2007 Worlds 2 Jean-Baptiste Macquet , Adrien Hardy 3 Estonia 2007 Worlds 3 Jüri Jaanson , Tõnu Endrekson 4 Great Britain 2007 Worlds 4 Matthew Wells , Stephen Rowbotham 5 Belarus 2007 Worlds 5 Dzianis Mihal , Stanislau Shcharbachenia 6 New Zealand 2007 Worlds 6 Nathan Cohen , Matthew Trott 7 Croatia 2007 Worlds 7 Mario Vekic , Ante Kusurin 8 Australia 2007 Worlds 8 Scott Brennan , David Crawshay 9 United States 2007 Worlds 9 Samuel Stitt , Matthew Hughes 10 Germany 2007 Worlds 10 Christian Schreiber , Rene Burmeister 11 Belgium 2007 Worlds 11 Stijn Smulders , Christophe Raes 12 China Final Continental 1 Su Hui , Zhang Liang 13 Russia Final Continental 2 Aleksandr Kornilov , Aleksey Svirin 14 Bulgaria * Final Continental 3 Ivo Yanakiev , Martin Yanakiev 15 Iraq Invitational
Fours Men [ edit ] # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in QT Rowers 1 New Zealand 2007 Worlds 1 Meyer , Dallinger , Murray , Bond 2 Italy 2007 Worlds 2 Mornati , Sartori , Mornati , Carboncini 3 Netherlands 2007 Worlds 3 Cirkel , Vellenga , Gabriels , Vermeulen 4 Great Britain 2007 Worlds 4 Williams , Reed , Partridge , Triggs-Hodge 5 Slovenia 2007 Worlds 5 Pirih , Rozman , Kolander , Pirih 6 France 2007 Worlds 6 Desprès , Rondeau , Chardin , Mortelette 7 Czech Republic 2007 Worlds 7 Horvath , Gruber , Bruncvik , Neffe 8 United States 2007 Worlds 8 Hoopman , Schnobrich , Lanzone , Volpenhein 9 Germany 2007 Worlds 9 Hauffe , Seifert , Kaeufer , Adamski 10 Ireland 2007 Worlds 10 O'Neill , Folan , Casey , Martin 11 Belarus 2007 Worlds 11 Lialin , Dzemyanenka , Nosau , Kazubouski 12 Australia Final Continental 1 Alfred , Marburg , McKenzie , Hegerty 13 China Final Continental 2 Zhang , Zhao , Guo , Song
Quadruple Sculls Men [ edit ] # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in QT Rowers 1 Poland 2007 Worlds 1 Wasielewski , Kolbowicz , Jelinski , Korol 2 France 2007 Worlds 2 Bernard , Berrest , Coeffic , Bahain 3 Germany 2007 Worlds 3 Bertram , Brodowski , Gruhne , Sens 4 Italy 2007 Worlds 4 Ghezzi , Gattinoni , Galtarossa , Raineri 5 Czech Republic 2007 Worlds 5 Vitásek , Karas , Hanák , Jirka 6 Ukraine 2007 Worlds 6 Pavlovskyi , Prokopenko , Biloushchenko , Gryn 7 Russia 2007 Worlds 7 Morgachyov , Svirin , Kornilov , Bikua-Mfantse 8 Estonia 2007 Worlds 8 Taimsoo , Latin , Kuzmin , Raja 9 United States 2007 Worlds 9 Du Ross , McEachern , Schroeder , Flickinger 10 Australia 2007 Worlds 10 Morgan , Gatti , McRae , Kelly 11 Cuba 2007 Worlds 11 Cascaret , Fournier , Concepción , Hernández 12 Belarus Final Continental 1 Lemiashkevich , Novikau , Shurmei , Radzevich 13 Slovenia Final Continental 2 Zupanc , Jurse , Jurse , Fistravec
Eights Men [ edit ] Double Sculls Lightweight Men [ edit ] # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in QT Rowers 1 Denmark 2007 Worlds 1 Mads Rasmussen , Rasmus Quist Hansen 2 Greece 2007 Worlds 2 Dimitrios Mougios , Vasileios Polymeros 3 Great Britain 2007 Worlds 3 Zac Purchase , Mark Hunter 4 Australia 2007 Worlds 4 Samuel Beltz , Thomas Gibson 5 Italy 2007 Worlds 5 Marcello Miani , Elia Luini 6 Japan 2007 Worlds 6 Kazushige Ura , Daisaku Takeda 7 Hungary 2007 Worlds 7 Zsolt Hirling , Tamás Varga 8 Germany 2007 Worlds 8 Joerg Lehnigk , Manuel Brehmer 9 China 2007 Worlds 9 Zhang Guolin , Sun Jie 10 France 2007 Worlds 10 Fabrice Moreau , Frédéric Dufour — Austria 2007 Worlds 11 Juliusz Madecki , Sebastian Sageder 11 Hong Kong Asian Regatta 1 So Sau Wah , Chow Kwong Wing 12 India Asian Regatta 2 Devender Kumar , Manjeet Singh 13 South Korea Asian Regatta 3 Park Tae-Hwan , Jang Kang-Eun 14 Algeria African Games 1 Kamel Ait Daoud , Mohamed Garidi 15 Cuba Latin America Regatta 1 Eyder Batista Vargas , Yunior Perez Aguilera 16 Brazil Latin America Regatta 2 Thiago Gomes , Thiago Almeida 17 Uruguay Latin America Regatta 3 Rodolfo Collazo Tourn , Angel García 18 New Zealand Final Continental 1 Storm Uru , Peter Taylor 19 Portugal Final Continental 2 Pedro Fraga , Nuno Mendes 20 Canada * Final Continental 3 Douglas Vandor , Cameron Sylvester
Fours Lightweight Men [ edit ] # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in QT Rowers 1 Great Britain 2007 Worlds 1 Chambers , Lindsay-Fynn , Mattick , Clarke 2 France 2007 Worlds 2 Solforosi , Pouge , Bette , Tilliet 3 Italy 2007 Worlds 3 Vlcek , Amarante , Amitrano , Mascarenhas 4 Canada 2007 Worlds 4 Brambell , Beare , Lewis , Parsons 5 China 2007 Worlds 5 Huang , Wu , Zhang , Tian 6 Denmark 2007 Worlds 6 Helleberg , Ebbesen , Jørgensen , Andersen 7 Australia 2007 Worlds 7 Chisholm , Edwards , Cureton , Skipworth 8 Poland 2007 Worlds 8 Rańda , Pawełczak , Bernatajtys , Pawlowski 9 Egypt 2007 Worlds 9 Ibrahim , Azouz , Gad , Ramadan 10 Netherlands 2007 Worlds 10 van der Linden , Snijders , Lievens , Drewes 11 United States 2007 Worlds 11 Bolton , Farrell , Todd , Paradiso 12 Germany Final Continental 1 Seibt , Schoemann-Finck , J. Kühner , M. Kühner 13 Ireland Final Continental 2 Moynihan , Towey , Archibald , Griffin
Single sculls women [ edit ] Pairs Women [ edit ] # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in QT Rowers 1 Belarus 2007 Worlds 1 Yuliya Bichyk , Natallia Helakh 2 Germany 2007 Worlds 2 Nicole Zimmermann , Elke Hipler 3 Romania 2007 Worlds 3 Georgeta Damian , Viorica Susanu 4 Australia 2007 Worlds 4 Kim Crow , Sara Cook 5 New Zealand 2007 Worlds 5 Juliette Haigh , Nicky Coles 6 China 2007 Worlds 6 Zhang Yage , Gao Yulan 7 United States 2007 Worlds 7 Portia McGee , Anna Mickelson 8 Canada 2007 Worlds 8 Darcy Marquardt , Jane Thornton 9 France Final Continental 1 Inene Pascal-Pretre , Stephanie Dechand 10 Great Britain Final Continental 2 Olivia Whitlam , Louisa Reeve
Double Sculls Women [ edit ] # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in QT Rowers 5 China 2007 Worlds 1 Li Qin , Tian Liang 4 New Zealand 2007 Worlds 2 Georgina Evers-Swindell , Caroline Evers-Swindell 1 Great Britain 2007 Worlds 3 Elise Laverick , Anna Bebington 2 Romania 2007 Worlds 4 Ioana Papuc , Simona Muşat 3 Czech Republic 2007 Worlds 5 Gabriela Varekova , Jitka Antosova 6 Germany 2007 Worlds 6 Peggy Waleska , Christiane Huth 7 Italy 2007 Worlds 7 Laura Schiavone , Elisabetta Sancassani 8 United States 2007 Worlds 8 Jennifer Kaido, Ala Piotrowski 9 Ukraine Final Continental 1 Kateryna Tarasenko , Yana Dementyeva 10 Australia Final Continental 2 Sonia Mills , Catriona Sens
Quadruple Sculls Women [ edit ] # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in QT Rowers 1 Great Britain 2007 Worlds 1 Vernon , Flood , Houghton , Grainger 2 Germany 2007 Worlds 2 Boron , Lutze , Oppelt , Schiller 3 China 2007 Worlds 3 Tang , Xi , Jin , Feng 4 Ukraine 2007 Worlds 4 Kolesnikova , Huba , Olefirenko , Dementieva 5 Canada 2007 Worlds 5 de Jong , Hanson , Guloien , de Zwager 6 United States 2007 Worlds 6 Pernell , Malcos , Brown , Tomek 7 Australia 2007 Worlds 7 Ives , Mills , Sens , Pratley 8 Russia Final Continental 1 Merk , Fedotova , Dorodnova , Kalinovskaya
Eights Women [ edit ] Double Sculls Lightweight Women [ edit ] # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in QT Rowers 1 Australia 2007 Worlds 1 Amber Halliday , Marguerite Houston 2 Finland 2007 Worlds 2 Sanna Stén , Minna Nieminen 3 Denmark 2007 Worlds 3 Katrin Olsen , Juliane Rasmussen 4 Germany 2007 Worlds 3 Berit Carow , Marie-Louise Dräger 5 Greece 2007 Worlds 5 Chrysi Biskitzi , Alexandra Tsiavou 6 China 2007 Worlds 6 Xu Dongxiang , Chen Haixia 7 Canada 2007 Worlds 7 Lindsay Jennerich , Tracy Cameron 8 Great Britain 2007 Worlds 8 Helen Casey , Hester Goodsell 9 Japan Asian Regatta 1 Akiko Iwamoto , Misaki Kumakura 10 Kazakhstan Asian Regatta 2 Natalya Voronova , Alexandra Opachanova 11 South Korea Asian Regatta 3 Ko Young-Eun , Ji Yoo-Jin 12 South Africa African Games 1 Alexandra White , Catherine Shaw 13 Cuba Latin America Regatta 1 Ismaray Marrero Aria , Yaima Velazquez 14 Mexico Latin America Regatta 2 Gabriela Huerta Trillo , Lila Perezrul 15 Brazil Latin America Regatta 3 Camila Carvalho , Luciana Granato 16 Netherlands Final Continental 1 Kirsten van der Kolk , Marit van Eupen 17 United States Final Continental 2 Renee Hykel , Jennifer Goldsack
* Nation invited via Unused Quota Places.
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