# Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification
## Qualification rules

A nation may earn up to 1 boat in each of the 14 Rowing events.
Note that though crew members' names are given below, for boats which qualified at the 2007 World Championships the crew racing at the Olympics is not required to include the same crew members as the crew which qualified.

## Summary

| Nation | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Crews | Rowers |
| Nation | M1X | M2- | M2X | M4- | M4X | M8+ | LM2X | LM4- | W1X | W2- | W2X | W4X | W8+ | LW2X | Crews | Rowers |
| Algeria | X | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | 2 | 3 |
| Argentina | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Australia | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 14 | 48 |
| Belarus | | | X | X | X | | | | X | X | | | | | 5 | 13 |
| Belgium | X | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 3 |
| Brazil | X | | | | | | X | | X | | | | | X | 4 | 6 |
| Bulgaria | | | X | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 3 |
| Cameroon | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Canada | | X | | | | X | X | X | | X | | X | X | X | 8 | 34 |
| Chile | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| China | X | | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | 11 | 32 |
| Chinese Taipei | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Colombia | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Croatia | | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 4 |
| Cuba | | | | | X | | X | | X | | | | | X | 4 | 9 |
| Czech Republic | X | X | | X | X | | | | X | | X | | | | 6 | 14 |
| Denmark | | X | | | | | X | X | | | | | | X | 4 | 10 |
| Egypt | X | | | | | | | X | X | | | | | | 3 | 6 |
| El Salvador | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Estonia | X | | X | | X | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 7 |
| Finland | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | 1 | 2 |
| France | | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | | | | | 8 | 21 |
| Germany | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | 13 | 45 |
| Great Britain | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | 12 | 43 |
| Greece | X | | | | | | X | | | | | | | X | 3 | 5 |
| Honduras | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Hong Kong | X | | | | | | X | | X | | | | | | 3 | 4 |
| Hungary | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 |
| India | X | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | 2 | 3 |
| Iran | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Iraq | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 |
| Ireland | | | | X | | | | X | | | | | | | 2 | 8 |
| Italy | | X | | X | X | | X | X | X | | X | | | | 7 | 19 |
| Japan | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | X | 2 | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | X | 2 | 3 |
| Kenya | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Lithuania | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Mexico | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | 2 | 3 |
| Monaco | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Myanmar | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands | X | | | X | | X | | X | | | | | X | X | 6 | 29 |
| New Zealand | X | X | X | X | | | X | | X | X | X | | | | 8 | 16 |
| Norway | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Poland | | X | | | X | X | | X | X | | | | | | 5 | 20 |
| Portugal | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 |
| Romania | | | | | | | | | | X | X | | X | | 3 | 11 |
| Russia | | | X | | X | | | | | | | X | | | 3 | 10 |
| Serbia | | X | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 3 |
| Slovenia | | | X | X | X | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 10 |
| South Africa | | X | | | | | | | X | | | | | X | 3 | 5 |
| South Korea | | | | | | | X | | X | | | | | X | 3 | 5 |
| Spain | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Sweden | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Switzerland | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Ukraine | | | | | X | | | | | | X | X | | | 3 | 10 |
| United States | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 13 | 45 |
| Uruguay | X | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | 2 | 3 |
| Uzbekistan | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Venezuela | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Total: 60 NOCs | 33 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 13 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 207 | 548 |

## Qualification timeline

| Event | Date | Venue |
| 2007 World Rowing Championships | Aug 26 - Sep 2, 2007 | Munich |
| 2007 All-Africa Games | July 19–21, 2007 | Algiers |
| Latin America Qualification Regatta * | November 16–18, 2007 | Rio de Janeiro |
| Asian Qualification Regatta | April 25–27, 2008 | Shanghai |
| Final Qualification Regatta ** | June 15–18, 2008 | Poznań |
* Open to NOCs that are members of Organización Deportiva Panamericana, with the exception of USA and Canada.
** Open to all NOCs except in the M1x, LM2x, W1x and LW2x events where the NOCs from Africa, Asia and Latin America are excluded.

## Single Sculls Men

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in QT | Rower |
| 1 | New Zealand | 2007 Worlds | 1 | Mahé Drysdale |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 2007 Worlds | 2 | Ondřej Synek |
| 3 | Norway | 2007 Worlds | 3 | Olaf Tufte |
| 4 | Great Britain | 2007 Worlds | 4 | Alan Campbell |
| 5 | Germany | 2007 Worlds | 5 | Marcel Hacker |
| 6 | Sweden | 2007 Worlds | 6 | Lassi Karonen |
| 7 | Belgium | 2007 Worlds | 7 | Tim Maeyens |
| 8 | Argentina | 2007 Worlds | 8 | Santiago Fernández |
| 9 | Switzerland | 2007 Worlds | 9 | André Vonarburg |
| 10 | Netherlands | 2007 Worlds | 10 | Sjoerd Hamburger |
| 11 | Australia | 2007 Worlds | 11 | Peter Hardcastle |
| 12 | China | Asian Regatta | 1 | Zhang Liang |
| 13 | India | Asian Regatta | 2 | Bajrang Lal Takhar |
| 14 | Iran | Asian Regatta | 3 | Mohsen Shadi |
| 15 | Hong Kong | Asian Regatta | 4 | Law Hiu Fung |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | Asian Regatta | 5 | Ruslan Naurzaliev |
| 17 | Chinese Taipei | Asian Regatta | 6 | Wang Ming-Hui |
| 18 | Egypt | African Games | 1 | Ali Ibrahim |
| 19 | Algeria | African Games | 3 | Chaouki Dries |
| 20 | Cameroon | African Games | 5 | Paul Etia Ndoumbe |
| 21 | Kenya | African Games | 6 | Mathew Minanga Lidaywa |
| 22 | Brazil | Latin America Regatta | 1 | Anderson Nocetti |
| 23 | Mexico | Latin America Regatta | 2 | Patrick Loliger Salas |
| 24 | Chile | Latin America Regatta | 3 | Oscar Vasquez Ochoa |
| 25 | Venezuela | Latin America Regatta | 4 | Dhiso Hernandez Echezuria |
| 26 | Uruguay | Latin America Regatta | 5 | Leandro Salvagno Rattaro |
| 27 | Colombia | Latin America Regatta | 6 | Rodrigo Ideus |
| 28 | United States | Final Continental | 1 | Kenneth Jurkowski |
| 29 | Lithuania | Final Continental | 2 | Mindaugas Griskonis |
| 30 | Estonia | Final Continental | 3 | Andrei Jämsä |
| 31 | Greece* | Final Continental | 4 | Ioannis Christou |
| 32 | Honduras | Invitational | | |
| 33 | Monaco | Invitational | | |

## Pairs Men

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in QT | Rowers |
| 1 | Australia | 2007 Worlds | 1 | Drew Ginn, Duncan Free |
| 2 | New Zealand | 2007 Worlds | 2 | Nathan Twaddle, George Bridgewater |
| 3 | Great Britain | 2007 Worlds | 3 | Colin Smith, Matt Langridge |
| 4 | France | 2007 Worlds | 4 | Erwan Peron, Laurent Cadot |
| 5 | South Africa | 2007 Worlds | 5 | Ramon di Clemente, Donovan Cech |
| 6 | Serbia | 2007 Worlds | 6 | Goran Jagar, Nikola Stojić |
| 7 | Poland | 2007 Worlds | 7 | Piotr Hojka, Jarosław Godek |
| 8 | United States | 2007 Worlds | 8 | Jason Read, Kyle Larson |
| 9 | Germany | 2007 Worlds | 9 | Andreas Penkner, Jochen Urban |
| 10 | Croatia | 2007 Worlds | 10 | Siniša Skelin, Nikša Skelin |
| 11 | Denmark | 2007 Worlds | 11 | Morten Nielsen, Thomas Larsen |
| 12 | Canada | Final Continental | 1 | Dave Calder, Scott Frandsen |
| 13 | Italy | Final Continental | 2 | Giuseppe De Vita, Raffaello Leonardo |
| 14 | Czech Republic* | Final Continental | 3 | Jakub Makovicka, Václav Chalupa |

## Double Sculls Men

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in QT | Rowers |
| 1 | Slovenia | 2007 Worlds | 1 | Luka Špik, Iztok Čop |
| 2 | France | 2007 Worlds | 2 | Jean-Baptiste Macquet, Adrien Hardy |
| 3 | Estonia | 2007 Worlds | 3 | Jüri Jaanson, Tõnu Endrekson |
| 4 | Great Britain | 2007 Worlds | 4 | Matthew Wells, Stephen Rowbotham |
| 5 | Belarus | 2007 Worlds | 5 | Dzianis Mihal, Stanislau Shcharbachenia |
| 6 | New Zealand | 2007 Worlds | 6 | Nathan Cohen, Matthew Trott |
| 7 | Croatia | 2007 Worlds | 7 | Mario Vekic, Ante Kusurin |
| 8 | Australia | 2007 Worlds | 8 | Scott Brennan, David Crawshay |
| 9 | United States | 2007 Worlds | 9 | Samuel Stitt, Matthew Hughes |
| 10 | Germany | 2007 Worlds | 10 | Christian Schreiber, Rene Burmeister |
| 11 | Belgium | 2007 Worlds | 11 | Stijn Smulders, Christophe Raes |
| 12 | China | Final Continental | 1 | Su Hui, Zhang Liang |
| 13 | Russia | Final Continental | 2 | Aleksandr Kornilov, Aleksey Svirin |
| 14 | Bulgaria* | Final Continental | 3 | Ivo Yanakiev, Martin Yanakiev |
| 15 | Iraq | Invitational | | |

## Fours Men

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in QT | Rowers |
| 1 | New Zealand | 2007 Worlds | 1 | Meyer, Dallinger, Murray, Bond |
| 2 | Italy | 2007 Worlds | 2 | Mornati, Sartori, Mornati, Carboncini |
| 3 | Netherlands | 2007 Worlds | 3 | Cirkel, Vellenga, Gabriels, Vermeulen |
| 4 | Great Britain | 2007 Worlds | 4 | Williams, Reed, Partridge, Triggs-Hodge |
| 5 | Slovenia | 2007 Worlds | 5 | Pirih, Rozman, Kolander, Pirih |
| 6 | France | 2007 Worlds | 6 | Desprès, Rondeau, Chardin, Mortelette |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 2007 Worlds | 7 | Horvath, Gruber, Bruncvik, Neffe |
| 8 | United States | 2007 Worlds | 8 | Hoopman, Schnobrich, Lanzone, Volpenhein |
| 9 | Germany | 2007 Worlds | 9 | Hauffe, Seifert, Kaeufer, Adamski |
| 10 | Ireland | 2007 Worlds | 10 | O'Neill, Folan, Casey, Martin |
| 11 | Belarus | 2007 Worlds | 11 | Lialin, Dzemyanenka, Nosau, Kazubouski |
| 12 | Australia | Final Continental | 1 | Alfred, Marburg, McKenzie, Hegerty |
| 13 | China | Final Continental | 2 | Zhang, Zhao, Guo, Song |

## Quadruple Sculls Men

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in QT | Rowers |
| 1 | Poland | 2007 Worlds | 1 | Wasielewski, Kolbowicz, Jelinski, Korol |
| 2 | France | 2007 Worlds | 2 | Bernard, Berrest, Coeffic, Bahain |
| 3 | Germany | 2007 Worlds | 3 | Bertram, Brodowski, Gruhne, Sens |
| 4 | Italy | 2007 Worlds | 4 | Ghezzi, Gattinoni, Galtarossa, Raineri |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 2007 Worlds | 5 | Vitásek, Karas, Hanák, Jirka |
| 6 | Ukraine | 2007 Worlds | 6 | Pavlovskyi, Prokopenko, Biloushchenko, Gryn |
| 7 | Russia | 2007 Worlds | 7 | Morgachyov, Svirin, Kornilov, Bikua-Mfantse |
| 8 | Estonia | 2007 Worlds | 8 | Taimsoo, Latin, Kuzmin, Raja |
| 9 | United States | 2007 Worlds | 9 | Du Ross, McEachern, Schroeder, Flickinger |
| 10 | Australia | 2007 Worlds | 10 | Morgan, Gatti, McRae, Kelly |
| 11 | Cuba | 2007 Worlds | 11 | Cascaret, Fournier, Concepción, Hernández |
| 12 | Belarus | Final Continental | 1 | Lemiashkevich, Novikau, Shurmei, Radzevich |
| 13 | Slovenia | Final Continental | 2 | Zupanc, Jurse, Jurse, Fistravec |

## Eights Men

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in QT |
| 1 | Canada | 2007 Worlds | 1 |
| 2 | Germany | 2007 Worlds | 2 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 2007 Worlds | 3 |
| 4 | United States | 2007 Worlds | 4 |
| 5 | Poland | 2007 Worlds | 5 |
| 6 | China | 2007 Worlds | 6 |
| 7 | Australia | 2007 Worlds | 7 |
| 8 | Netherlands | Final Continental | 1 |

## Double Sculls Lightweight Men

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in QT | Rowers |
| 1 | Denmark | 2007 Worlds | 1 | Mads Rasmussen, Rasmus Quist Hansen |
| 2 | Greece | 2007 Worlds | 2 | Dimitrios Mougios, Vasileios Polymeros |
| 3 | Great Britain | 2007 Worlds | 3 | Zac Purchase, Mark Hunter |
| 4 | Australia | 2007 Worlds | 4 | Samuel Beltz, Thomas Gibson |
| 5 | Italy | 2007 Worlds | 5 | Marcello Miani, Elia Luini |
| 6 | Japan | 2007 Worlds | 6 | Kazushige Ura, Daisaku Takeda |
| 7 | Hungary | 2007 Worlds | 7 | Zsolt Hirling, Tamás Varga |
| 8 | Germany | 2007 Worlds | 8 | Joerg Lehnigk, Manuel Brehmer |
| 9 | China | 2007 Worlds | 9 | Zhang Guolin, Sun Jie |
| 10 | France | 2007 Worlds | 10 | Fabrice Moreau, Frédéric Dufour |
| — | Austria | 2007 Worlds | 11 | Juliusz Madecki, Sebastian Sageder |
| 11 | Hong Kong | Asian Regatta | 1 | So Sau Wah, Chow Kwong Wing |
| 12 | India | Asian Regatta | 2 | Devender Kumar, Manjeet Singh |
| 13 | South Korea | Asian Regatta | 3 | Park Tae-Hwan, Jang Kang-Eun |
| 14 | Algeria | African Games | 1 | Kamel Ait Daoud, Mohamed Garidi |
| 15 | Cuba | Latin America Regatta | 1 | Eyder Batista Vargas, Yunior Perez Aguilera |
| 16 | Brazil | Latin America Regatta | 2 | Thiago Gomes, Thiago Almeida |
| 17 | Uruguay | Latin America Regatta | 3 | Rodolfo Collazo Tourn, Angel García |
| 18 | New Zealand | Final Continental | 1 | Storm Uru, Peter Taylor |
| 19 | Portugal | Final Continental | 2 | Pedro Fraga, Nuno Mendes |
| 20 | Canada* | Final Continental | 3 | Douglas Vandor, Cameron Sylvester |

## Fours Lightweight Men

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in QT | Rowers |
| 1 | Great Britain | 2007 Worlds | 1 | Chambers, Lindsay-Fynn, Mattick, Clarke |
| 2 | France | 2007 Worlds | 2 | Solforosi, Pouge, Bette, Tilliet |
| 3 | Italy | 2007 Worlds | 3 | Vlcek, Amarante, Amitrano, Mascarenhas |
| 4 | Canada | 2007 Worlds | 4 | Brambell, Beare, Lewis, Parsons |
| 5 | China | 2007 Worlds | 5 | Huang, Wu, Zhang, Tian |
| 6 | Denmark | 2007 Worlds | 6 | Helleberg, Ebbesen, Jørgensen, Andersen |
| 7 | Australia | 2007 Worlds | 7 | Chisholm, Edwards, Cureton, Skipworth |
| 8 | Poland | 2007 Worlds | 8 | Rańda, Pawełczak, Bernatajtys, Pawlowski |
| 9 | Egypt | 2007 Worlds | 9 | Ibrahim, Azouz, Gad, Ramadan |
| 10 | Netherlands | 2007 Worlds | 10 | van der Linden, Snijders, Lievens, Drewes |
| 11 | United States | 2007 Worlds | 11 | Bolton, Farrell, Todd, Paradiso |
| 12 | Germany | Final Continental | 1 | Seibt, Schoemann-Finck, J. Kühner, M. Kühner |
| 13 | Ireland | Final Continental | 2 | Moynihan, Towey, Archibald, Griffin |

## Single sculls women

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in QT | Rower |
| 1 | Belarus | 2007 Worlds | 1 | Ekaterina Karsten-Khodotovitch |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 2007 Worlds | 2 | Rumyana Neykova |
| 3 | United States | 2007 Worlds | 3 | Michelle Guerette |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 2007 Worlds | 4 | Miroslava Knapková |
| 5 | China | 2007 Worlds | 5 | Zhang Xiuyun |
| 6 | New Zealand | 2007 Worlds | 6 | Emma Twigg |
| 7 | France | 2007 Worlds | 7 | Sophie Balmary |
| 8 | Poland | 2007 Worlds | 8 | Julia Michalska |
| 9 | Sweden | 2007 Worlds | 9 | Frida Svensson |
| 10 | South Korea | Asian Regatta | 1 | Shin Yeong-Eun |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | Asian Regatta | 2 | Inga Dudchenko |
| 12 | Hong Kong | Asian Regatta | 3 | Lee Ka Man |
| 13 | Iran | Asian Regatta | 4 | Homa Hosseini |
| 14 | Myanmar | Asian Regatta | 5 | Latt Shwe Zin |
| 15 | South Africa | African Games | 1 | Hendrika Geyser |
| 16 | Egypt | African Games | 3 | Imen Mustapha |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | African Games | 4 | Elana Hill |
| 18 | Chile | Latin America Regatta | 1 | Soraya Jadue Arriaza |
| 19 | Brazil | Latin America Regatta | 2 | Fabiana Beltrame |
| 20 | Cuba | Latin America Regatta | 3 | Maira Gonzalez Borroto |
| 21 | Argentina | Latin America Regatta | 4 | Gabriela Best |
| 22 | El Salvador | Latin America Regatta | 5 | Camila Vargas Palomo |
| 23 | Australia | Final Continental | 1 | Phillipa Savage |
| 24 | Italy | Final Continental | 2 | Gabriella Bascelli |
| 25 | Serbia | Final Continental | 3 | Iva Obradovic |
| 26 | Spain* | Final Continental | 4 | Nuria Domínguez |

## Pairs Women

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in QT | Rowers |
| 1 | Belarus | 2007 Worlds | 1 | Yuliya Bichyk, Natallia Helakh |
| 2 | Germany | 2007 Worlds | 2 | Nicole Zimmermann, Elke Hipler |
| 3 | Romania | 2007 Worlds | 3 | Georgeta Damian, Viorica Susanu |
| 4 | Australia | 2007 Worlds | 4 | Kim Crow, Sara Cook |
| 5 | New Zealand | 2007 Worlds | 5 | Juliette Haigh, Nicky Coles |
| 6 | China | 2007 Worlds | 6 | Zhang Yage, Gao Yulan |
| 7 | United States | 2007 Worlds | 7 | Portia McGee, Anna Mickelson |
| 8 | Canada | 2007 Worlds | 8 | Darcy Marquardt, Jane Thornton |
| 9 | France | Final Continental | 1 | Inene Pascal-Pretre, Stephanie Dechand |
| 10 | Great Britain | Final Continental | 2 | Olivia Whitlam, Louisa Reeve |

## Double Sculls Women

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in QT | Rowers |
| 5 | China | 2007 Worlds | 1 | Li Qin, Tian Liang |
| 4 | New Zealand | 2007 Worlds | 2 | Georgina Evers-Swindell, Caroline Evers-Swindell |
| 1 | Great Britain | 2007 Worlds | 3 | Elise Laverick, Anna Bebington |
| 2 | Romania | 2007 Worlds | 4 | Ioana Papuc, Simona Muşat |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 2007 Worlds | 5 | Gabriela Varekova, Jitka Antosova |
| 6 | Germany | 2007 Worlds | 6 | Peggy Waleska, Christiane Huth |
| 7 | Italy | 2007 Worlds | 7 | Laura Schiavone, Elisabetta Sancassani |
| 8 | United States | 2007 Worlds | 8 | Jennifer Kaido, Ala Piotrowski |
| 9 | Ukraine | Final Continental | 1 | Kateryna Tarasenko, Yana Dementyeva |
| 10 | Australia | Final Continental | 2 | Sonia Mills, Catriona Sens |

## Quadruple Sculls Women

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in QT | Rowers |
| 1 | Great Britain | 2007 Worlds | 1 | Vernon, Flood, Houghton, Grainger |
| 2 | Germany | 2007 Worlds | 2 | Boron, Lutze, Oppelt, Schiller |
| 3 | China | 2007 Worlds | 3 | Tang, Xi, Jin, Feng |
| 4 | Ukraine | 2007 Worlds | 4 | Kolesnikova, Huba, Olefirenko, Dementieva |
| 5 | Canada | 2007 Worlds | 5 | de Jong, Hanson, Guloien, de Zwager |
| 6 | United States | 2007 Worlds | 6 | Pernell, Malcos, Brown, Tomek |
| 7 | Australia | 2007 Worlds | 7 | Ives, Mills, Sens, Pratley |
| 8 | Russia | Final Continental | 1 | Merk, Fedotova, Dorodnova, Kalinovskaya |

## Eights Women

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in QT |
| 1 | United States | 2007 Worlds | 1 |
| 2 | Romania | 2007 Worlds | 2 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 2007 Worlds | 3 |
| 4 | Australia | 2007 Worlds | 4 |
| 5 | Germany | 2007 Worlds | 5 |
| 6 | Canada | Final Continental | 1 |
| 7 | Netherlands | Final Continental | 2 |

## Double Sculls Lightweight Women

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in QT | Rowers |
| 1 | Australia | 2007 Worlds | 1 | Amber Halliday, Marguerite Houston |
| 2 | Finland | 2007 Worlds | 2 | Sanna Stén, Minna Nieminen |
| 3 | Denmark | 2007 Worlds | 3 | Katrin Olsen, Juliane Rasmussen |
| 4 | Germany | 2007 Worlds | 3 | Berit Carow, Marie-Louise Dräger |
| 5 | Greece | 2007 Worlds | 5 | Chrysi Biskitzi, Alexandra Tsiavou |
| 6 | China | 2007 Worlds | 6 | Xu Dongxiang, Chen Haixia |
| 7 | Canada | 2007 Worlds | 7 | Lindsay Jennerich, Tracy Cameron |
| 8 | Great Britain | 2007 Worlds | 8 | Helen Casey, Hester Goodsell |
| 9 | Japan | Asian Regatta | 1 | Akiko Iwamoto, Misaki Kumakura |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | Asian Regatta | 2 | Natalya Voronova, Alexandra Opachanova |
| 11 | South Korea | Asian Regatta | 3 | Ko Young-Eun, Ji Yoo-Jin |
| 12 | South Africa | African Games | 1 | Alexandra White, Catherine Shaw |
| 13 | Cuba | Latin America Regatta | 1 | Ismaray Marrero Aria, Yaima Velazquez |
| 14 | Mexico | Latin America Regatta | 2 | Gabriela Huerta Trillo, Lila Perezrul |
| 15 | Brazil | Latin America Regatta | 3 | Camila Carvalho, Luciana Granato |
| 16 | Netherlands | Final Continental | 1 | Kirsten van der Kolk, Marit van Eupen |
| 17 | United States | Final Continental | 2 | Renee Hykel, Jennifer Goldsack |
* Nation invited via Unused Quota Places.