How Olympic rowing works

HOW THE OLYMPIC ROWING COMPETITION WORKS

* Fourteen boat classes (eight men and six women) with six boats in each final.

* There are eight sculling events in which two oars are used, and six sweep events in which the rowers uses one oar each.

* The sculling boat classes are the single, the double and the quadruple sculls, as well as the lightweight double.

* The sweep rowing classes include the pair, the four and lightweight four (for men only), and the eight with coxswain.

* For the lightweight events, the average weight of a men's crew must not exceed 70kg with the maximum weight for crew members being 72.5kg, while the average weight of the women's crew must not exceed 57kg with the maximum weight 59kg.

* Each race is conducted over 2000m. In Rio it will be held at Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon.