2011 World Rowing Championships Press Pack - British Rowing

QUALIFYING FOR THE 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC
and PARALYMPIC GAMES
The 2011 World Championships in Bled have been designated a qualifying regatta for the
London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The 2012 Olympic rowing regatta will take place at Eton Dorney from 28 July to 4 August
and the Paralympic regatta from 1 - 3 September.
Nations may qualify one boat in each of the 14 boat classes at the 2012 Olympics and four
boat classes at the 2012 Paralympics.
OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION
GB can qualify boats in Bled at the 2011 World Rowing Championships (WRC) or at the final
qualification regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland, 20 - 23 May 2012.
To do so, the crews must finish in the top ‘x’ number of positions listed below:
Boat Class 2011 WRC 2012 Lucerne
Men
Single scull (M1x) 11 3
Pair (M2-) 11 2
Double scull (M2x) 11 2
Four (M4-) 11 2
Quadruple scull (M4x) 11 2
Eight (M8+) 7 1
Lightweight men
Double scull (LM2x) 11 2
Four (LM4-) 11 2
Women
Single scull (W1x) 9 3
Pair (W2-) 8 2
Double scull (W2x) 8 2
Quadruple scull (W4x) 7 1
Eight (W8+) 5 2
Lightweight women
Double scull (LW2x) 8 2
Importantly, at Bled 2011 it is the boats which qualify not the crews or individual rowers.
Each nation may change the crews in each qualified boat between qualification and next
summer.
However, for boats that qualify in Lucerne, the same crew must race in that event at the
2012 Olympics. The crew can race in other events but only in addition to the one they
qualified for in Lucerne.
Regattas in Africa, Asia and Latin America over the next year will offer further opportunities
for single scull and lightweight double scull boats from nations in those continents a further
chance to qualify.
There are two “host nation” places for two boats and two athletes (earmarked for the men’s
and women’s single scull) if the host nation does not achieve a “quota” place by qualifying a
boat at Bled or Lucerne. If unused by the GB Rowing Team these will be allocated to
another nation.
For any boats the GB Rowing Team qualifies in Bled, it must confirm to the International
Rowing Federation (FISA) by 30 April 2012, whether it intends to use those places.
Qualification for the Olympics is under the jurisdiction of FISA.
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