Olympic and Paralympic Games—Paris 2024
These Games will be conducted from 27th July to 12th August with a limited 3 year preparation given the postponement of the Tokyo Games to 2021.
Olympic Rankings
To be determined.
Selection
The 2023 World Championships were the primary qualification event for the Olympic Games with the secondary qualification event for the Australians being the Final Qualification Regatta at Lucerne in 2024.
Australia qualified the following boats at 2023 World Championships:
Olympic | Paralympic |
Men's Pair | PR1 Mix |
Men's Four | PR3 Mix2x |
Men's Eight | PR3 Mix4+ |
Women's Scull | |
Women's Pair | |
Women's Double Scull | |
Women's Four | |
Women's Quad Scull | |
Women's Eight |
Australia allowed a women's lightweight double scull, men's scull, men's double scull and men's quad to try out for qualification at the Lucerne Final Qualification Regatta in May. Sadly, none of these crews qualified although both the women's lightweight double and the men's double finished tantalizingly close in third place, just one place off the qualifying quota of two. These crews were:
Women's Lightweight Double Scull - Bow: Anneka Reardon (ACT)Str: Georgia Miansarow (NSW)
Men's Scull - Oscar McGuinness (NSW)
Men's Double Scull - Bow: Dave Bartholot (NSW), Str: Marcus Della Marta (NSW)
Men's Quad Scull - Bow: Jack Cleary (WA), 2: Caleb Antill ACT), 3: Campbell Watts (NSW), Str: Alexander Rossi (WA)
Australia will race in Paris with nine boats and 37 athletes poised to go, the fifth strongest team. Strongest of 57 National Olympic Committee (NOC) teams will be Romania (12/45), then the United States (12/42), Great Britain (10/42), the Netherlands (10/33), Australia (9/37), New Zealand (9/20), Italy (8/35), Germany (7/23), Ireland (7/16) and finally Switzerland (6/17).
Results by event
Men's Scull
Men's Double Scull
Men's Quad Scull
Men's Pair
Men's Four
Men's Eight
Men's Lightweight Double Scull
Women's Scull
Women's Double Scull
Women's Quad Scull
Women's Pair
Women's Four
Women's Eight
Women's Lightweight Double Scull
Australian Team - Olympics
Women's Scull
Tara Rigney (NSW)
Women's Double Scull
Bow: Amanda Bateman (VIC)
Str: Harriet Hudson (NSW)
Women's Quad Scull
Bow: Rowena Meredith (NSW)
2: Caitlin Cronin (QLD)
3: Laura Gourley (NSW)
Str: Kathryn Rowan (NSW)
Women's Pair
Bow: Jessica Morrison OAM (VIC)
Str: Annabelle McIntyre OAM (WA)
Women's Four
Bow: Eliza Gaffney (VIC)
2: Jean Mitchell (VIC)
3: Jacqueline Swick (WA)
Str: Molly Goodman (SA)
Women's Eight
Bow: Lucy Stephan OAM
2: Bronwyn Cox (WA)
3: Georgina Rowe (NSW)
4: Katrina Werry (VIC)
5: Samantha Morton
6: Giorgia Patten (WA)
7: Sarah Hawe (VIC)
Str: Paige Barr (VIC)
Cox: Hayley Verbunt (VIC)
Men's Pair
Bow: Patrick Holt (NSW)
Str: Simon Keenan (VIC)
Men's Four
Bow: Timothy Masters (NSW)
2: Fergus Hamilton (VIC)
3: Jack Robertson (VIC)
Str: Alexander Hill OAM (SA)
Men's Eight
Bow: Benjamin Canham (VIC)
2: Joshua Hicks (NSW)
3: Spencer Turrin (NSW)
4: Alexander Purnell (NSW)
5: Jack Hargreaves (NSW)
6: Jack O'Brien (NSW)
7: Angus Dawson (SA)
Str: Angus Widdicombe (VIC)
Cox: Kendall Brodie (VIC)
Australian Team - Paralympics
PR1 Men's Scull
Eric Horrie OAM (NSW)
PR3 Mixed Double Scull
Jed Altschwager (SA)
Nikki Ayers (ACT)
PR3 Mixed Coxed Four
Results Summaries - Olympics
Results Summaries - Paralympics
Racing (continued)
Men's PR1 Scull
Women's PR1 Scull
Mixed PR2 Double Scull
Mixed PR3 Coxed Four