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Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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Rowing
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueDorney Lake
Dates31 August – 2 September
Competitors96 from 23 nations
2008
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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

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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

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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

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96 rowers (48 male, 48 female) from 23 nations including 12 coxswains (5 male, 7 female) from 12 nations took part in this sport.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's single sculls
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Cheng Huang
 China
Erik Horrie
 Australia
Aleksey Chuvashev
 Russia
Women's single sculls
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Alla Lysenko
 Ukraine
Nathalie Benoit
 France
Liudmila Vauchok
 Belarus
Mixed double sculls
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 China (CHN)
Lou Xiaoxian
Fei Tianming
 France (FRA)
Perle Bouge
Stephane Tardieu
 United States (USA)
Oksana Masters
Rob Jones
Mixed coxed four
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 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)

See also

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References

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  • "Rowing - About". The London Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
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