Rowing competitions at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro were held from 9 to 11 September 2016, at Lagoa Stadium at the Games' Copacabana hub.

Quick Facts Rowing at the XV Paralympic Games, Venue ...

Rowing at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Lagoa Stadium
Dates	9–11 September
Competitors	96
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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

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

Ninety-six athletes (48 male, 48 female) are expected to take part in this sport.

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 are awarded to National Olympic Committees, not to specific athletes. Further berths are distributed at the final Paralympic qualification regatta in Gavirate, Italy.^[1] A minimum of two places were held over for the host, Brazil, one rower of each gender. In the event, however, Brazil qualified that minimum number via the World Championships, and the host nation places were therefore added to the Bipartite commission quota distribution. Russia have now been excluded from the 2016 Paralympics, and Germany and USA, as the fastest non-qualifiers in AS M1x and TA X2x respectively, will take Russia's place in those events.^[2]

More information Qualifiers for the Paralympic Games 2016 - Rowing, Qualification Event ...

Qualifiers for the Paralympic Games 2016 - Rowing
Qualification Event	AS M1x	AS W1x	TA X2x	LTA X4+
2015 World Rowing Championships Lucerne, Switzerland (Top 8 boats per event - 64 athletes)	Australia  Great Britain  Ukraine  Russia  United States  Netherlands  Brazil  Italy	Israel  Great Britain  Norway  Brazil  Belarus  Italy  South Africa  United States	Australia  Great Britain  France  Ukraine  Netherlands  Poland  Brazil  Israel	Great Britain  United States  Canada  Italy  South Africa  Ukraine  Germany  France
2016 Final Paralympic Regatta Gavirate, Italy (Top 2 boats per event - 16 athletes)	China  South Korea  Germany	China  South Korea	China  Russia  United States	Australia  China
Host Nation Quotas	—
Bipartite Commission quotas (8 male, 8 female rowers - 16 athletes)[3]	Lithuania  Kenya	Hungary  Argentina	Japan  Latvia	Austria  Zimbabwe

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