Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
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| Rowing at the XIV Paralympic Games | |
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| Venue | Dorney Lake |
| Dates | 31 August – 2 September 2012 |
| Competitors | 96 from 23 nations |
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| Women's single sculls | |
| Mixed double sculls | |
| Mixed coxed four | |
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.
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.
Argentina (1)
Australia (3)
Belarus (8)
Brazil (9)
Canada (6)
China (8)
France (8)
Germany (6)
Great Britain (8)
Hungary (1)
Ireland (5)
Israel (3)
Italy (7)
Japan (1)
New Zealand (1)
Poland (3)
Portugal (1)
Russia (8)
South Africa (1)
South Korea (2)
Spain (1)
Ukraine (9)
United States (8)
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 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) |
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