Tokyo 2020

Tokyo 2020

Olympics

TOKYO, JAPAN
Sea Forest Waterway

Due to COVID-19, the Olympics have been postponed to July 23 to August 8, 2021. The updated competition schedule can be found here. The Olympic regatta is scheduled to take place July 23 to 30. All finals will take place July 27 to 30.

*Indicates events Canada has qualified for

Women’s Single Sculls (W1x)* – 8th Place Men’s Single Sculls (M1x)* – 9th Place
Women’s Pair (W2-)* – BRONZE Men’s Pair (M2-)* – 4th Place
Women’s Double Sculls (W2x)* – 6th Place Men’s Double Sculls (M2x)
Women’s Four (W4-)* – 10th Place Men’s Four (M4-)* – 8th Place
Women’s Quadruple Sculls (W4x) Men’s Quadruple Sculls (M4x)
Women’s Eight (W8+)* – GOLD Men’s Eight (M8+)
Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls (LW2x)* – 12th Place Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls (LM2x)* – 10th Place

 

Paralympics

TOKYO, JAPAN
Sea Forest Waterway

Due to COVID-19, the Paralympics have been postponed to August 24 to September 5, 2021. The updated competition schedule can be found here. The Paralympic regatta is scheduled to take place August 27 to 29. All finals will take place August 29.

*Indicates events Canada has qualified for

PR1 Men’s Single Sculls (PR1 M1x) PR1 Women’s Single Sculls (PR1 W1x)
PR2 Mixed Double Sculls (PR2 Mix2x)* – 12th Place PR3 Mixed Coxed Four (PR3 Mix4+)* – 8th Place

 

OFFICIAL TOKYO 2020 WEBSITE

About rowing at the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Rowing at the Olympics and the Paralympics  

Men’s rowing made its debut at the Olympic Games in 1900 and at the Paralympic Games in 2008Women’s events were first included in the Olympic Games in 1976 and lightweight events in 1996. 

All events are raced over a distance of 2000m.   

Canada has nine gold, 17 silver and 15 bronze Olympic rowing medals (41 total) and one bronze Paralympic rowing medal.  

Tokyo 1964 Olympics and Paralympics 

The last time the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games was hosted in Japan was in 1964. There were seven Olympic men’s rowing events contested (single sculls, double sculls, pair, coxed pair, four, coxed four, eight). Rowing was not yet part of the Paralympic program in 1964.  

Canada’s Roger Jackson and George Hungerford won Canada’s only gold medal of the 1964 Olympics in the pair, finishing ahead of the Netherlands and the United Team of Germany.  

Canadian boats qualified

Olympics  

Boat

Qualification Event

Athletes

Women’s Single Sculls (W1x)

2019 World Championships

Carling Zeeman

Women’s Pair (W2-)

2019 World Championships

Caileigh Filmer, Hillary Janssens

Women’s Double Sculls (W2x)

2019 World Championships

Jessica Sevick, Gabrielle Smith

Women’s Four (W4-)

2019 World Championships

Stephanie Grauer, Nicole Hare, Jennifer Martins, Kristina Walker

Women’s Eight (W8+)

2019 World Championships

Susanne Grainger, Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski, Kristen Kit, Madison Mailey, Sydney Payne, Andrea Proske, Lisa Roman, Christine Roper, Avalon Wasteneys

Men’s Pair (M2-)

2019 World Championships

Kai Langerfeld, Conlin McCabe

Lightweight Women’s Double (LW2x)

2019 World Championships (based on a reallocation by World Rowing)

Jennifer Casson, Jill Moffatt

Lightweight Men’s Double (LM2x)

2021 Final Olympic Qualification Regatta

Patrick Keane, Maxwell Lattimer

Men’s Four (M4-)

2021 Final Olympic Qualification Regatta

Jakub Buczek, Will Crothers, Luke Gadsdon, Gavin Stone

Men’s Single (M1x)

2021 Final Olympic Qualification Regatta

Trevor Jones

 

Quota places available at the 2019 World Rowing Championships are allocated to boats, not to specific athletes/crews. Countries can enter different athletes to compete in these boats in Tokyo. 

*Each country can qualify a maximum of 1 boat per each of the 14 Olympic events (maximum 24 men and maximum 24 women). This number includes coxswains, a position that is open gender. A men’s boat can be coxed by a woman or a man and a women’s boat can be coxed by a woman or a man. 

 

Paralympics  

Boat

Qualification Event

Athletes

PR3 Mixed Coxed Four (PR3 Mix4+)

2021 Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta

Kyle Fredrickson, Bayleigh Hooper, Victoria Nolan, Andrew Todd, Laura Court

PR2 Mixed Double (PR2 Mix2x)

Bipartite Commission Invitation

Jessye Brockway, Jeremy Hall

 

 

Athlete selection

Dates 

Olympic and Paralympic Selection Camp (National Training Centre, Victoria, BC): October 7, 2019 to March 28, 2020 

Documents 

2020 Olympic Team Selection Guidelines 

2020 Paralympic Team Selection Guidelines