Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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.

Rowing
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueDorney Lake
Dates31 August – 2 September
Competitors96 from 23 nations
Rowing at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Men's single sculls
Women's single sculls
Mixed double sculls
Mixed coxed four

Classification

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

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

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
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

References
    • "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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