Summary of Olympics 2004 Rowing Qualification

Published by FISA, summer 2002
Qualification in Rowing for the Athens 2004 Olympics

A total of 550 rowing athletes (358 men and 192 women) will be permitted at the 2004 Olympic Games. Reserves are not included in this, but the accreditation can be transferred to replacements in the event of rowers becoming ill or injured.

There are two main routes to Olympic qualification:

a) at the Milan 2003 World Championships, national federations (via National Olympic Committees) may qualify crews into events (see below). This mechanism qualifies the NOC to enter a crew in the Games in that event, and the rowers are not individually qualified, so they may change.

b) at the four continental qualification regattas during 2004, NOC's may qualify specific crews for events - in this situation the rowers who participated in those crews MUST participate in Athens, although they may also participate in another event for which their NOC has qualified.

Qualification table

This consists of the number of boats qualifying in Milan, plus the number in each of the four continental 2004 regattas: Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the final regatta (Lucerne 2004?)

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Boat class		Milan 03	As.	Afr.	S.Am.		Final		TOTAL
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M1x			11		6	4	6		3		30
M2-			11		-	-	-		2		13
M2x			11		-	-	-		3		14
M4-			11		-	-	-		2		13
M4x			11		-	-	-		2		13
M8+			7		-	-	-		2		9
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LM2x			11		3	-	3		4		21
LM4-			11		-	-	-		2		13
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W1x			9		5	2	5		3		24
W2-			8		-	-	-		2		10
W2x			8		-	-	-		2		10
W4x			7		-	-	-		1		8
W8+			5		-	-	-		2		7
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LW2x			9		3	-	3		2		17
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TOTALS		130		17	6	17		32		202
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The qualification regattas are open as follows:

Worlds - all national federations
Asia - open to NOC's who are members of the Olympic Council of Asia
Africa - open to NOC's who are members of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
Latin America - open to NOC's who are members of the Organizacion Deportiva Panamericana, with the exception of the USA and Canada
Final regatta - open to all NOC's except in the M1x, LM2x, W1x and LW2x events where Asian and Latin American NOC's are excluded, and in the M1x and W1x where African NOC's are excluded.
NOC's with crews wishing to qualify in an event not offered at their continental regatta or cancelled at the continental regatta due to lack of entries may compete in the Final regatta.

Federations may only enter one crew per event at the qualification regattas and only in the events in which their NOC has not already qualified.

Unused quota places may be used by FISA at its discretion to ensure the representation of the host nation by both male and female athletes, based on performance at qualification regattas.

The locations of the regattas will be confirmed by December 2002.