Rowing has been a part of every Olympics, though it was not held in 1896 due to bad weather. Women’s rowing didn’t begin until 1976, and has six events compared to the eight the men have though the Olympics are working to at the very least increase the size of field for women while decreasing it for men. The competition will be held in the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon. The US qualified all but one of their boats at the World Championships in 2015 with the men’s eight qualifying at the final qualifying regatta in May.

The Team:

This year’s team is made up of 21 men and 20 women despite the fact that there are six women’s boats and only five for the men. There are more men because the US has two four-man and one eight-man boat but just one four-woman and one eight-woman boat. 12 of the 41 have Olympic experience with most of that in London but one woman who was not part of the team in London but was in Beijing as well as two others who took part in both London and Beijing. Steve Kasprzyk is the oldest on the team at 34 while Andrew Weiss won’t turn 24 until this November.

Links are to twitter accounts for the athletes.

USA Rowing
Men:
Nareg Guregian – Coxless pair
Anders Weiss – Coxless pair
Andrew Campbell – Lightweight double sculls
Joshua Konieczny – Lightweight double sculls
Anthony Fahden* – Lightweight Four
Edward King – Lightweight Four
Tyler Nase – Lightweight Four
Robin Prendes* – Lightweight Four
Charlie Cole* – Four
Henrik Rummel* – Four
Matt Miller – Four
Seth Weil – Four
Mike DiSanto – Eight
Sam Dommer – Eight
Austin Hack – Eight
Alex Karwoski – Eight
Steve Kasprzyk* – Eight
Rob Munn – Eight
Glenn Ochal* – Eight
Hans Struzyna – Eight
Sam Ojserkis – Eight

Women:
Gevvie Stone* – Single Sculls
Grace Luczak – Pair
Felice Mueller – Pair
Kate Bertko – Lightweight Double Sculls
Devery Karz – Lightweight Double Sculls
Meghan O’Leary – Double Sculls
Ellen Tomek^ – Double Sculls
Tracy Eisser – Quadruple Sculls
Megan Kalmoe** – Quadruple Sculls
Grace Latz – Quadruple Sculls
Adrienne Martelli* – Quadruple Sculls
Amanda Elmore – Eight
Tessa Gobbo – Eight
Eleanor Logan** – Eight
Meghan Musnicki* – Eight
Amanda Polk – Eight
Emily Regan – Eight
Lauren Schmetterling – Eight
Kerry Simmonds – Eight
Katelin Snyder – Eight
* – Was part of the team in 2012 – London
** – Was part of the team in 2012 and 2008 (Beijing)
& – Was part of the team in 2008 – Beijing

Format:

All the events follow the same basic format of many Olympic racing events… heats, semifinals, finals. In rowing there is a repechage after the heats so those who don’t reach the semifinals on the first try get one more chance to advance. These events also feature additional finals past the main one to determine positions all the way down the line.

Schedule:

All Times ET
Saturday, August 6th
8:30 AM – Women’s Single Sculls – Heats
9:30 AM – Men’s Pair – Heats
10 AM – Women’s Double Sculls – Heats
11 AM – Men’s Lightweight Four – Heats
11:50 AM – Women’s Quadruple Sculls – Heats

Sunday, August 7th
8 AM – Women’s Single Sculls – Repechage
8:30 AM – Men’s Pair – Repechage
8:40 AM – Women’s Double Sculls – Repechage
9 AM – Men’s Lightweight Four – Repechage
9:10 AM – Women’s Pair – Heats
9:40 AM – Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls – Heats
10:20 AM – Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls – Heats
11 AM – Men’s Four – Heats

Monday, August 8th
7:50 AM – Women’s Single Sculls – Semifinals
8:10 AM – Women’s Pair – Repechage
8:20 AM – Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls – Repechage
8:40 AM – Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls – Repechage
9:10 AM – Women’s Quadruple Sculls – Repechage
9:20 AM – Men’s Four – Repechage
9:30 AM – Women’s Eight – Heats
9:50 AM – Men’s Eight – Heats

Tuesday, August 9th
8:10 AM – Women’s Single Sculls – Quarterfinals
8:50 AM – Men’s Pair – Semifinals
9:10 AM – Women’s Double Sculls – Semifinals
9:50 AM – Men’s Lightweight Four – Semifinals
10:10 AM – Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls – Semifinals
10:30 AM – Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls – Semifinals

Wednesday, August 10th
7:30 AM – Women’s Pair – Semifinals
7:50 AM – Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls – Semifinals
8:10 AM – Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls – Semifinals
8:30 AM – Men’s Four – Semifinals
8:50 AM – Women’s Eight – Repechage
9 AM – Men’s Eight – Repechage
9:34 AM – Women’s Quadruple Sculls – Finals
10:30 AM – Women’s Single Sculls – Semifinals
10:50 AM – Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls – Finals
11 AM – Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls – Finals
11:30 AM – Women’s Pair – Finals

Thursday, August 11th
7:30 AM – Men’s Pair – Finals
7:40 AM – Women’s Double Sculls – Finals
8 AM – Men’s Lightweight Four – Finals
8:30 AM – Women’s Single Sculls – Semifinals

Friday, August 12th
7:40 AM – Women’s Single Sculls – Finals
8:10 AM – Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls – Finals
8:20 AM – Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls – Finals
8:30 AM – Women’s Pair – Finals
8:40 AM – Men’s Four – Finals

Saturday, August 13th
8:40 AM – Women’s Single Sculls – Finals
10:04 AM – Women’s Eight – Finals
10:24 AM – Men’s Eight – Finals

Past Results:

The US has more medals than any other country, 87 including 32 golds, with Great Britain in second with 63 medals. The US won three medals in London, a gold in women’s eight and bronzes in women’s quadruple sculls and men’s four. Meghan Musnicki and Eleanor Logan are back from the gold medal eight team and Logan won another gold in 2008 as well. Megan Kalmoe and Adrienne Martelli were part of the women’s quadruple sculls team that won bronze while Glenn Ochal, Charlie Cole, and Henrik Rummel were part of the men’s four team that won bronze.