# Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This article details the qualifying phase for rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The majority of the spots were awarded based on the results at the 2015 World Rowing Championships, held at Lac d'Aiguebelette, France from August 30 to September 6, 2015. Places gained there were awarded to National Olympic Committees, not to specific athletes. Further berths are distributed to the nations at four continental qualifying regattas in Asia and Oceania, Africa, Latin America, and Europe (with the additional participation of the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand), the latter being the final Olympic qualification regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland. In July 2016, four Russian crews were removed because of doping concerns, and FISA announced which NOCs would replace them.

## Summary

| Nation | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Crews | Athletes |
| Nation | M1x | M2- | M2x | M4- | M4x | M8+ | LM2x | LM4- | W1x | W2- | W2x | W4x | W8+ | LW2x | Crews | Athletes |
| Algeria | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Angola | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 |
| Argentina | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Australia | X | X | X | X | X | | | | X | | X | X | X | | 9 | 29 |
| Austria | | | | | | | X | | X | | | | | | 2 | 3 |
| Azerbaijan | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 |
| Bahamas | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Belarus | X | | | X | | | | | X | X | X | | | | 5 | 10 |
| Belgium | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Bermuda | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Brazil | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | X | 2 | 4 |
| Bulgaria | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 |
| Canada | | | | X | X | | | X | X | X | | | X | X | 7 | 26 |
| Chile | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | X | 2 | 4 |
| China | | | | | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | 7 | 17 |
| Croatia | X | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 3 |
| Cuba | X | | X | | | | X | | | | | | | X | 4 | 7 |
| Czech Republic | X | X | | | | | | X | X | | X | | | | 5 | 8 |
| Denmark | | | | | | | X | X | X | X | X | | | X | 6 | 12 |
| Ecuador | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Egypt | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Estonia | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 4 |
| France | | X | X | X | | | X | X | | X | X | | | | 7 | 18 |
| Germany | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | | X | 10 | 35 |
| Great Britain | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | | X | X | 12 | 43 |
| Greece | | | | X | | | | X | | | X | | | | 3 | 10 |
| Hong Kong | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | X | 2 | 4 |
| Hungary | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 3 |
| India | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Indonesia | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Iran | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Iraq | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Ireland | | | | | | | X | | X | | | | | X | 3 | 5 |
| Italy | | X | X | X | | X | X | X | | X | | | | X | 8 | 27 |
| Japan | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | X | 2 | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Libya | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Lithuania | X | | X | | X | | | | X | | X | | | | 5 | 10 |
| Mexico | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Netherlands | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | X | X | 8 | 36 |
| New Zealand | X | X | X | | X | X | | X | X | X | X | | X | X | 11 | 38 |
| Nigeria | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Norway | X | | X | | | | X | | | | | | | | 3 | 5 |
| Paraguay | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Peru | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Poland | X | | | | X | X | X | | | X | X | X | | X | 8 | 26 |
| Romania | | X | | X | | | | | | X | | | X | X | 5 | 19 |
| Russia | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 4 |
| Serbia | | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 4 |
| Singapore | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| South Africa | | X | | X | | | X | | | X | | | | X | 5 | 12 |
| South Korea | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Spain | | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | 2 | 4 |
| Sweden | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Switzerland | | | | | X | | X | X | X | | | | | | 4 | 11 |
| Chinese Taipei | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Thailand | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Togo | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Tunisia | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | 2 | 3 |
| Turkey | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 |
| Ukraine | | | | | X | | | | | | | X | | | 2 | 8 |
| United States | | X | | X | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 11 | 41 |
| Uruguay | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Vanuatu | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Venezuela | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Vietnam | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | 1 | 2 |
| Zimbabwe | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Total: 69 NOCs | 32 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 13 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 215 | 550 |

## Timeline

| Event | Date | Venue |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | August 30 – September 6, 2015 | Lac d'Aiguebelette |
| African Continental Qualification Regatta | October 5–7, 2015 | Tunis |
| Latin America Continental Qualification Regatta | March 22–24, 2016 | Valparaiso |
| Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta | April 23–25, 2016 | Chungju |
| European and Final Qualification Regatta | May 22–24, 2016 | Lucerne |

## Men's events
### Single sculls

| Event | # | Nation | Qualified rower |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 1 | Czech Republic | Ondřej Synek |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 2 | New Zealand | Mahé Drysdale |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 3 | Lithuania | Armandas Kelmelis |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 4 | Norway | Nils Jakob Hoff |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 5 | Croatia | Damir Martin |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 6 | Cuba | Ángel Fournier |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 7 | Belarus | Stanislau Shcharbachenia |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 8 | Great Britain | Alan Campbell |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 9 | Poland | Natan Węgrzycki-Szymczyk |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 1 | South Korea | Kim Dong-yong |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 2 | India | Dattu Baban Bhokanal |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 3 | Indonesia | Memo |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 4 | Thailand | Jaruwat Saensuk |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 5 | Kazakhstan | Vladislav Yakovlev |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 6 | Iraq | Mohammed Riyadh |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 7 | Uzbekistan | Shakhboz Kholmirzayev |
| African Qualification Regatta | 1 | Egypt | Abdelkhalek El-Banna |
| African Qualification Regatta | 2 | Tunisia | Mohamed Taieb |
| African Qualification Regatta | 3 | Algeria | Sid Ali Boudina |
| African Qualification Regatta | 4 | Zimbabwe | Andrew Peebles |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 1 | Mexico | Juan Carlos Cabrera |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 2 | Argentina | Brian Rosso |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 3 | Peru | Renzo Leon Garcia |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 4 | Uruguay | Jhonatan Esquivel |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 5 | Venezuela | Jakson Vicent Monasterio |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 6 | Ecuador | Bryan Sola Zambrano |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 7 | Paraguay | Arturo Rivarola |
| European Qualification Regatta | 1 | Belgium | Hannes Obreno |
| European Qualification Regatta | 2 | Australia | Rhys Grant |
| European Qualification Regatta | 3 | Hungary | Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár |
| Tripartite Invitation | 1 | Libya | Al-Hussein Gambour |
| Tripartite Invitation | 1 | Vanuatu | Luigi Teilemb |
| Total | 32 | | |
Information updated after choices made by NOCs after Latin American qualification regatta.

### Double sculls

| Event | # | Nation | Qualified rowers |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 1 | Croatia | Martin Sinković Valent Sinković |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 2 | Lithuania | Mindaugas Griškonis Saulius Ritter |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 3 | New Zealand | Chris Harris Robbie Manson |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 4 | Germany | Marcel Hacker Stephan Krüger |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 5 | Australia | Chris Morgan David Watts |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 6 | France | Matthieu Androdias Hugo Boucheron |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 7 | Azerbaijan | Aleksandar Aleksandrov Boris Yotov |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 8 | Great Britain | John Collins Jonathan Walton |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 9 | Cuba | Adrián Oquendo Eduardo Rubio |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 10 | Italy | Romano Battisti Francesco Fossi |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 11 | Bulgaria | Georgi Bozhilov Kristian Vasilev |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 1 | Norway | Kjetil Borch Olaf Tufte |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 2 | Serbia | Marko Marjanovic Andrija Sljukic |
| Total | 13 | | |

### Lightweight double sculls

| Event | # | Nation | Qualified rowers |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 1 | France | Jérémie Azou Pierre Houin |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 2 | Great Britain | Richard Chambers Will Fletcher |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 3 | Norway | Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 4 | South Africa | John Smith James Thompson |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 5 | Italy | Marcello Miani Andrea Micheletti |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 6 | Germany | Moritz Moos Jason Osborne |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 7 | Poland | Miłosz Jankowski Artur Mikołajczewski |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 8 | United States | Andrew Campbell Joshua Konieczny |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 9 | Austria | Bernhard Sieber Paul Sieber |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 10 | Switzerland | Michael Schmid Daniel Wiederkehr |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 11 | Ireland | Paul O'Donovan Gary O'Donovan |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 1 | China | Sun Man Wang Chunxin |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 2 | Japan | Hiroshi Nakano Hideki Omoto |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 3 | Hong Kong | Chiu Hin Chun Tang Chiu Mang |
| African Qualification Regatta | 1 | Angola+ | André Matias Jean-Luc Rasamoelina |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 1 | Brazil | William Giaretton Xavier Vela |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 2 | Cuba | Raúl Hernández Liosbel Hernández |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 3 | Chile | Felipe Cárdenas Bernardo Guerrero |
| European Qualification Regatta | 1 | Turkey | Hüseyin Kandemir Enes Kuşku |
| European Qualification Regatta | 2 | Denmark | Mads Rasmussen Rasmus Quist Hansen |
| Total | 20 | | |
+ EGY won LM2x and M1x at Continental Qualification Regatta, but NOC had to decide which boat to confirm for the Games due to the one-boat quota rule on each gender at the Continental Qualification Regatta. EGY chose M1x, hence LM2x place went to ANG.
Information updated after choices made by NOCs after Latin American qualification regatta.
BEL chose M1x after European Qual Regatta, hence LM2x place went to DEN.

### Quadruple sculls

| Event | # | Nation | Qualified rowers |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 1 | Germany | Hans Gruhne Lauritz Schoof Karl Schulz Philipp Wende |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 2 | Australia | Alexander Belonogoff Karsten Forsterling Cameron Girdlestone James McRae |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 3 | Estonia | Tõnu Endrekson Andrei Jämsä Allar Raja Kaspar Taimsoo |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 4 | Great Britain | Angus Groom Peter Lambert Sam Townsend Graeme Thomas |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 5 | Switzerland | Barnabé Delarze Augustin Maillefer Roman Röösli Nico Stahlberg |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 6 | Lithuania | Aurimas Adomavičius Martynas Džiaugys Dominykas Jančionis Dovydas Nemeravičius |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 7 | Poland | Mateusz Biskup Wiktor Chabel Dariusz Radosz Mirosław Ziętarski |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 8 | Ukraine | Dmytro Mikhay Artem Morozov Oleksandr Nadtoka Ivan Dovhodko |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | — | Russia | Nikita Morgachyov Artyom Kosov Vladislav Ryabtsev Sergey Fedorovtsev * |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 1 | Canada | Julien Bahain Robert Gibson Will Dean Pascal Lussier |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 2 | New Zealand | George Bridgewater Nathan Flannery John Storey Jade Uru |
| Total | 10 | | |
* Russia were disqualified on 1 July 2016 following the nullification of all results following a failure in an anti-doping test by Sergey Fedorovtsev. Their quota place was transferred to New Zealand.

### Pair

| Event | # | Nation | Qualified rowers |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 1 | New Zealand | Hamish Bond Eric Murray |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 2 | Great Britain | Stewart Innes Alan Sinclair |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 3 | Serbia | Nenad Beđik Miloš Vasić |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 4 | Netherlands | Roel Braas Mitchel Steenman |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 5 | Italy | Giovanni Abagnale Vincenzo Capelli |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 6 | Australia | Alexander Lloyd Spencer Turrin |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 7 | South Africa | Lawrence Brittain Shaun Keeling |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 8 | France | Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 9 | United States | Nareg Guregian Anders Weiss |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 10 | Spain | Alex Sigurbjornsson Pau Vela |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 11 | Romania | Cristi-Ilie Pârghie George Alexandru Pălămariu |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 1 | Czech Republic | Jakub Podrazil Lukáš Helešic |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 2 | Hungary | Béla Simon Adrián Juhász |
| Total | 13 | | |

### Four

| Event | # | Nation | Qualified rowers |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 1 | Italy | Marco Di Costanzo Matteo Lodo Domenico Montrone Giuseppe Vicino |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 2 | Australia | Josh Booth Josh Dunkley-Smith Alexander Hill William Lockwood |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 3 | Great Britain | Alex Gregory Constantine Louloudis George Nash Moe Sbihi |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 4 | Canada | Will Crothers Kai Langerfeld Conlin McCabe Tim Schrijver |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 5 | Germany | Anton Braun Maximilian Korge Max Planer Felix Wimberger |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 6 | Netherlands | Harold Langen Peter van Schie Govert Viergever Vincent van der Want |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 7 | United States | Charlie Cole Henrik Rummel Matt Miller Seth Weil |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 8 | Belarus | Vadzim Lialin Dzianis Mihal Mikalai Sharlap Ihar Pashevich |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 9 | Greece | Dionisis Angelopoulos Ioannis Christou Ioannis Tsilis Georgios Tziallas |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 10 | Russia | Anton Zarutskiy Artyom Kosov Vladislav Ryabtsev Nikita Morgachyov |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 11 | Romania | Vlad-Dragos Aicoboae Constantin Adam Marius Cozmiuc Toader-Andrei Gontaru |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 1 | South Africa | David Hunt Jonty Smith Vincent Breet Jake Green |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 2 | France | Benjamin Lang Mickaël Marteau Théophile Onfroy Valentin Onfroy |
| Total | 13 | | |

### Lightweight four

| Event | # | Nation | Qualified rowers |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 1 | Switzerland | Mario Gyr Simon Niepmann Simon Schürch Lucas Tramèr |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 2 | Denmark | Jacob Barsøe Morten Jørgensen Kasper Winther Jørgensen Jacob Larsen |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 3 | France | Thomas Baroukh Thibault Colard Guillaume Raineau Franck Solforosi |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 4 | New Zealand | Alistair Bond James Hunter James Lassche Peter Taylor |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 5 | Netherlands | Björn van den Ende Jort van Gennep Tim Heijbrock Joris Pijs |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 6 | Italy | Martino Goretti Livio La Padula Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 7 | United States | Anthony Fahden Edward King Tyler Nase Robin Prendes |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 8 | China | Jin Wei Zhao Jingbin Yu Chenggang Wang Tiexin |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 9 | Great Britain | Mark Aldred Chris Bartley Peter Chambers Jono Clegg |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 10 | Czech Republic | Jiří Kopáč Jan Vetešník Ondřej Vetešník Miroslav Vraštil Jr. |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 11 | Canada | Brendan Hodge Maxwell Lattimer Nicolas Pratt Eric Woelfl |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 1 | Russia | |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 1 | Germany | Tobias Franzmann Jonathan Koch Lucas Schäfer Lars Wichert |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 2 | Greece | Spyridon Giannaros Panagiotis Magdanis Stefanos Ntouskos Ioannis Petrou |
| Total | 13 | | |

### Eight

| Event | # | Nation | Qualified rowers |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 1 | Great Britain | Paul Bennett Scott Durant Matt Gotrel Matt Langridge Tom Ransley Pete Reed Will Satch Andrew Triggs Hodge Phelan Hill (cox) |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 2 | Germany | Felix Drahotta Malte Jakschik Eric Johannesen Andreas Kuffner Maximilian Munski Hannes Ocik Maximilian Reinelt Richard Schmidt Martin Sauer (cox) |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 3 | Netherlands | Kaj Hendriks Robert Lücken Boaz Meylink Boudewijn Röell Olivier Siegelaar Dirk Uittenbogaard Mechiel Versluis Tone Wieten Peter Wiersum (cox) |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 4 | New Zealand | Michael Brake Isaac Grainger Stephen Jones Alex Kennedy Shaun Kirkham Tom Murray Brook Robertson Joe Wright Caleb Shepherd (cox) |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 5 | Russia | |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 1 | United States | Mike DiSanto Sam Dommer Austin Hack Alex Karwoski Stephen Kasprzyk Rob Munn Glenn Ochal Hans Struzyna Sam Ojserkis (cox) |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 2 | Poland | Zbigniew Schodowski Mateusz Wilangowski Marcin Brzeziński Robert Fuchs Krystian Aranowski Michał Szpakowski Mikołaj Burda Piotr Juszczak Daniel Trojanowski (cox) |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 3 | Italy | Luca Agamennoni Vincenzo Capelli Pierpaolo Frattini Fabio Infimo Emanuele Liuzzi Mario Paonessa Matteo Stefanini Simone Venier Enrico D’Aniello (cox) |
| Total | 7 | | |

## Women's events
### Single sculls

| Event | # | Nation | Qualified rower |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 1 | Australia | Kim Brennan |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 2 | Czech Republic | Miroslava Knapková |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 3 | China | Duan Jingli |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 4 | United States | Genevra Stone |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 5 | Switzerland | Jeannine Gmelin |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 6 | Canada | Carling Zeeman |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 7 | Sweden | Anna Malvina Svennung |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 8 | Lithuania | Lina Šaltytė |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 9 | Austria | Magdalena Lobnig |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 1 | South Korea | Kim Ye-ji |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 2 | Iran | Mahsa Javar |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 3 | Chinese Taipei | Huang Yi-ting |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 4 | Kazakhstan | Svetlana Germanovich |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 5 | Indonesia | Dewi Yuliawati |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 6 | Singapore | Saiyidah Aisyah |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 7 | Thailand | Phuttharaksa Neegree |
| African Qualification Regatta | 1 | Zimbabwe | Micheen Thornycroft |
| African Qualification Regatta | 2 | Algeria | Amina Rouba |
| African Qualification Regatta | 3 | Nigeria | Chierika Ukogu |
| African Qualification Regatta | 4 | Egypt | Heba Ahmed |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 1 | Bermuda | Michelle Pearson |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 2 | Mexico | Kenia Lechuga |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | Felice Chow |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 4 | Argentina | Lucia Palermo |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 5 | Paraguay | Gabriela Mosqueira |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 6 | Peru | Camila Valle |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 7 | Bahamas | Emily Morley |
| European & Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 1 | New Zealand | Emma Twigg |
| European & Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 2 | Ireland | Sanita Pušpure |
| European & Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 3 | Belarus | Ekaterina Karsten |
| European & Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 4 | Denmark | Fie Udby Erichsen |
| Tripartite Invitation | — | Togo | Claire Akossiwa |
| Total | 32 | | |
Information updated after choices made by NOCs after Latin American qualification regatta.

### Double sculls

| Event | # | Nation | Qualified rowers |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 1 | New Zealand | Eve MacFarlane Zoe Stevenson |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 2 | Greece | Sofia Asoumanaki Aikaterini Nikolaidou |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 3 | Germany | Mareike Adams Marie-Cathérine Arnold |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 4 | Poland | Magdalena Fularczyk Natalia Madaj |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 5 | Lithuania | Milda Valčiukaitė Donata Vištartaitė |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 6 | Great Britain | Katherine Grainger Victoria Thornley |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 7 | China | Lü Yang Zhu Weiwei |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 8 | France | Hélène Lefebvre Elodie Ravera |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 9 | Belarus | Yuliya Bichyk Tatsiana Kukhta |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 10 | Australia | Genevieve Horton Sally Kehoe |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 11 | United States | Meghan O'Leary Ellen Tomek |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 1 | Czech Republic | Lenka Antošová Kristýna Fleissnerová |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 2 | Denmark | Lisbet Jakobsen Nina Hollensen |
| Total | 13 | | |

### Lightweight double sculls

| Event | # | Nation | Qualified rowers |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 1 | New Zealand | Julia Edward Sophie MacKenzie |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 2 | Great Britain | Katherine Copeland Charlotte Taylor |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 3 | South Africa | Ursula Grobler Kirsten McCann |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 4 | Canada | Lindsay Jennerich Patricia Obee |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 5 | Denmark | Anne Lolk Thomsen Juliane Rasmussen |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 6 | Germany | Marie-Louise Dräger Fini Sturm |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 7 | China | Huang Wenyi Pan Feihong |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 8 | Poland | Weronika Deresz Martyna Mikolajczak |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 9 | Ireland | Sinéad Jennings Claire Lambe |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | | Russia | |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 10 | United States | Kate Bertko Devery Karz |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 1 | Japan | Ayami Oishi Chiaki Tomita |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 2 | Vietnam | Tạ Thanh Huyền Hồ Thị Lý |
| Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta | 3 | Hong Kong | Lee Yuen Yin Lee Ka Man |
| African Qualification Regatta | 1 | Tunisia | Nour El-Houda Ettaieb Khadija Krimi |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 1 | Brazil | Fernanda Nunes Vanessa Cozzi |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 2 | Cuba | Yislena Hernandez Licet Hernandez |
| Latin American Qualification Regatta | 3 | Chile | Melita Abraham Josefa Vila |
| European Qualification Regatta | 1 | Netherlands | Ilse Paulis Maaike Head |
| European Qualification Regatta | 2 | Romania | Gianina-Elena Beleaga Ionela-Livia Lehaci |
| European Qualification Regatta | 3 | Italy | Laura Milani Valentina Rodini |
| Total | 20 | | |

### Quadruple sculls

| Event | # | Nation | Qualified rowers |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 1 | United States | Tracy Eisser Megan Kalmoe Grace Latz Adrienne Martelli |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 2 | Germany | Carina Bär Julia Lier Lisa Schmidla Annekatrin Thiele |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 3 | Netherlands | Chantal Achterberg Nicole Beukers Carline Bouw Inge Janssen |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 4 | Poland | Monika Ciaciuch Maria Springwald Joanna Leszczyńska Agnieszka Kobus |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 5 | Australia | Jennifer Cleary Madeleine Edmunds Jessica Hall Kerry Hore |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 1 | China | Zhang Ling Jiang Yan Wang Yuwei Zhang Xinyue |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 2 | Ukraine | Daryna Verkhohliad Olena Buryak Anastasiya Kozhenkova Ievgeniia Nimchenko |
| Total | 7 | | |

### Pair

| Event | # | Nation | Qualified rowers |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 1 | Great Britain | Helen Glover Heather Stanning |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 2 | New Zealand | Genevieve Behrent Rebecca Scown |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 3 | United States | Grace Luczak Felice Mueller |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 4 | Denmark | Anne Dsane Andersen Lærke Rasmussen |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 5 | South Africa | Lee-Ann Persse Kate Christowitz |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 6 | Canada | Jennifer Martins Nicole Hare |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 7 | Romania | Cristina Grigoraș Laura Oprea |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 8 | Germany | Kerstin Hartmann Kathrin Marchand |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 9 | France | Noémie Kober Marie Le Nepvou |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 10 | Belarus | Alena Furman Ina Nikulina |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 11 | Netherlands | Aletta Jorritsma Karien Robbers |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 1 | Spain | Anna Boada Aina Cid |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 2 | China | Zhang Min Miao Tian |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 3 | Italy | Alessandra Patelli Sara Bertolasi |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 4 | Poland | Anna Wierzbowska Maria Wierzbowska |
| Total | 15 | | |

### Eight

| Event | # | Nation | Qualified rowers |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 1 | United States | Amanda Elmore Tessa Gobbo Elle Logan Meghan Musnicki Amanda Polk Emily Regan Lauren Schmetterling Kerry Simmonds Katelin Snyder (cox) |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 2 | New Zealand | Genevieve Behrent Kelsey Bevan Emma Dyke Kerri Gowler Grace Prendergast Kayla Pratt Rebecca Scown Ruby Tew Francie Turner (cox) |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 3 | Canada | Ashley Brzozowicz Susanne Grainger Jennifer Martins Natalie Mastracci Cristy Nurse Lisa Roman Christine Roper Lauren Wilkinson Lesley Thompson (cox) |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 4 | Great Britain | Karen Bennett Olivia Carnegie-Brown Jessica Eddie Katie Greves Frances Houghton Zoe Lee Polly Swann Melanie Wilson Zoe de Toledo (cox) |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships | 5 | Russia | |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 1 | Romania | Mădălina Bereș Andreea Boghian Adelina Bogus Roxana Cogianu Irina Dorneanu Laura Oprea Mihaela Petrilă Ioana Strungaru Daniela Druncea (cox) |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 2 | Netherlands | Wianka van Dorp Sophie Souwer Lies Rustenburg José van Veen Ellen Hogerwerf Claudia Belderbos Monica Lanz Olivia van Rooijen Ae-Ri Noort (cox) |
| Final Olympic Qualification Regatta | 3 | Australia | Fiona Albert Olympia Aldersey Molly Goodman Alexandra Hagan Jessica Morrison Lucy Stephan Charlotte Sutherland Meaghan Volker Sarah Banting (cox) |
| Total | 7 | | |