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      Martin Sinkovic (b), Valent Sinkovic (s), Men's Pair, Croatia, 2024 Olympic Games Rowing Regatta, Paris, France © World Rowing / Benedict Tufnell

      Olympic Games

      Rowing has been part of the Olympic Games since the start and has developed into a regatta programme that includes 14 boat classes – seven for men, seven for women. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) sets a quota of rowers for each Olympic Games. This quota means that World Rowing must carry out qualification regattas. The main qualification regatta is the World Rowing Championships that are held in the year prior to the Olympic Games. There are also continental qualification regattas for Africa, Asia/Oceania, Latin America and Europe. A last chance, final qualification regatta is also held about three months before the Olympic Games.

      The Olympic regatta follows a progression system of heats through to finals and is held over eight days in the first week of the Olympic Games.

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      23 - 26 Oct 2023

      2023 World Rowing African Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta Tunis, TUN

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      23 - 30 Jul 2021

      2020 Olympic Games Regatta Tokyo, JPN

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      15 - 17 May 2021

      2021 World Rowing Final Olympic Qualification Regatta Lucerne, SUI

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      2021 World Rowing Asian and Oceanian Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta Tokyo, JPN

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      5 - 8 Apr 2021

      2021 World Rowing European Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta Varese, ITA

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      4 - 6 Mar 2021

      2021 World Rowing Americas Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta Rio de Janeiro, BRA

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      17 - 19 May 2020

      2020 FISA Asia and Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta Lucerne, SUI

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      27 - 30 Apr 2020

      2020 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta Chungju, KOR

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      2 - 5 Apr 2020

      2020 FISA Americas Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta Rio de Janeiro, BRA

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      10 - 12 Oct 2019

      2019 FISA African Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta Tunis, TUN

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      6 - 11 Oct 2018

      2018 Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires, ARG

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