The rowing competitions at the

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were held from 28 July to 4 August 2012, at

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which, for the purposes of the Games venue, was officially termed Eton Dorney. Fourteen medal events were contested by 550 athletes, 353 men and 197 women.

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was the most successful nation, topping the medal table with four golds and nine in total.

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finished second with three golds and five medals overall.

Venue

All of the rowing events were staged at the Eton Dorney Rowing Centre at

near

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, west of London. The venue has eight lanes and is 2,200 m in length with a capacity of 30,000 spectators.

Qualification

Each competing nation may qualify one boat for each of the fourteen events. The majority of qualification places were awarded based on results at the 2011 World Championships, held at

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, Slovenia, in August and September. Places are awarded to

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s, not the specific athletes, finishing in the top 11 of men's events and top seven to nine of women's events, except in the eights where the first seven in the men's event and first five in the women's qualified. Further berths were allocated at three continental qualifying

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s in Africa, Asia and Latin America and a final Olympic qualification regatta in

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, Switzerland.

Events

There were eight events for men and six for women. Events included categories for open weight and restricted weight (

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) athletes, and two styles of rowing: sweep, where competitors each use a single oar, and

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, where they use two. Sculling events include men's and women's singles, doubles, lightweight doubles, and quads. Sweep events are men's and women's pairs and eights, and men's fours and lightweight fours.

Schedule

Medal summary

Medal table

Men's events

Women's events

References

External links

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Rowing competitions in the United Kingdom