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The rowing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place between 23 and 30 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway (Central Breakwater) in Tokyo Bay.Fourteen medal events were contested by 526 athletes (266 men and 260 women --- three of the seven coxes in the women's eights were male).
The 2020 Summer Olympics were held in Japan from 23 July to 8 August 2021 after being postponed a year by the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, 2,402 medals were won by 2,175 athletes in 339 events at the Games. [1]
The women's team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven spots available at the Olympic qualifiers. India defeated United States in a playoff at the qualifiers to secure the berth. [115] India was placed in pool A in the group stage. [109] In the group stage, India lost the first three matches against Netherlands, Germany and ...
This rowing event is a coxless pair event, meaning that each boat is propelled by two rowers. The "coxless" portion means that there is no coxswain. Each rower has one oar. The course uses the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912. [3] During the first round three heats were held.
The men's lightweight double sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 to 29 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. [ 1 ] 36 rowers from 18 nations competed. [ 2 ]
The women's coxless pair event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 to 29 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. [ 1 ] 26 rowers from 13 nations competed. [ 2 ]
This will be the 28th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (when bad weather forced the cancellation of all rowing events) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900. Of the 6 finalists from the 2016 Games, silver medalist Damir Martin of Croatia is the only one to return.
The men's coxless four event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24–28 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. [2] 40 rowers from 10 nations competed.[3]The defending gold medallists were nine-time winners Great Britain, attempting to defend their title for a sixth successive time. [4]