Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Appearance
This article needs additional citations for verification. (June 2021) |
Rowing at the XIV Paralympic Games | |
---|---|
Venue | Dorney Lake |
Dates | 31 August – 2 September |
Competitors | 96 from 23 nations |
Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics | |
---|---|
Men's single sculls | |
Women's single sculls | |
Mixed double sculls | |
Mixed coxed four | |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's single sculls |
Cheng Huang China |
Erik Horrie Australia |
Aleksey Chuvashev Russia |
Women's single sculls |
Alla Lysenko Ukraine |
Nathalie Benoit France |
Liudmila Vauchok Belarus |
Mixed double sculls |
China (CHN) Lou Xiaoxian Fei Tianming |
France (FRA) Perle Bouge Stephane Tardieu |
United States (USA) Oksana Masters Rob Jones |
Mixed coxed four |
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
[edit]References
[edit]- "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.
External links
[edit]