Rowing

Lagoa Stadium

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Course: 2km long, six lanes

Sweep Rowing: Single oar per rower (6 events)

Coxless pair (men,women)

Coxless Four, Lightweight Coxless Four (men)

Coxed Eight (men, women)

Cox

London Olympics women’s double sculls gold medallists Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins (GBR)

Oar: Held by U-shaped swivel

Sculls: Two oars per rower (8 events)

Quadruple (men, women)

Double, Lightweight Double (men, women)

Single (men, women)

Start line

Lane width 13.5m

500m

1,000m

1,500m

Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon

Minimum water depth: 3.5m

Finish line (2,000m)

Boat:

Lightweight carbon fibre

Length: 8.2m-19.9m

Weight: 14-96kg

Sliding seats: Allow rowers to use leg power

Pacing 500m

22.5km/h

Up to 47 strokes per minute

16km/h

1,000m 1,500m

30+ strokes per minute

22.5km/h

2,000m  Up to 47 strokes per minute

Sources: Rio 2016, Olympic.org

Pictures: Associated Press, Getty Images