Paris 2024 Olympics rowing, Australia schedule: Full-strength Rowsellas to paddle for glory

By Utathya Nag
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A 37-member Australian rowing team will be in action at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The contingent, featuring 14 men and 23 women, will be competing in nine different events.

Australian rowers will compete in the men’s eight, men’s four, men’s pair, women’s eight, women’s four, women’s pair, women’s quadruple sculls, women’s double sculls and women’s single sculls events.

While there are 11 debutants in the Rowsellas squad, the remaining 26 also represented Australia at Tokyo 2020. Six will be competing in their third Olympic Summer Games in Paris this year.

Annabelle McIntyre, Jessica Morrison and Lucy Stephan, three members of the Tokyo 2020 gold medal-winning women’s coxless four team, will be among the returning lot. McIntyre and Morrison will crew up for the women’s pair event while Lucy Stephan will line up for the women’s eight.

Tokyo 2020 men’s four gold medal winners Alexander Purnell, Jack Hargreaves and Spencer Turrin will team up for the men’s coxless eight in Paris.

Alexander Hill, who was the fourth member of the Tokyo 2020 gold medal-winning team along with the other three, will be in charge of retaining the men’s fours crown along with Fergus Hamilton, Tim Masters and Jack Robertson.

Harriet Hudson, Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist in quadruple sculls, will return for her second Games, this time in the double sculls.

The Australian rowing team will head to Paris on the back of a sensational showing at the Rowing World Cup III in Poland, where they claimed 11 medals in 13 events, including six golds.

Rowing has been a part of the Olympics since Paris 1900 while Australia first competed in the sport at Stockholm 1912. Aussie rowers have been a regular fixture in the Olympics since Paris 1924 and Paris 2024 will mark 100 years of Australian rowing’s continuous participation in the Olympic rowing regatta.

Australian rowers have won 44 Olympic medals - 13 gold, 15 silver and 16 bronze - so far. Of these, two gold and two bronze medals came at Tokyo 2020.

The rowing events at Paris 2024 will be held at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium from July 27 to August 3.

Paris 2024 Olympics: Australian rowing squad

Women

  • Women’s single sculls (W1x) - Tara Rigney
  • Women’s double sculls (W2x) - Amanda Bateman/Harriet Hudson
  • Women’s coxless pair (W2-) - Annabelle McIntyre/Jessica Morrison
  • Women’s quadruple sculls (W4x) - Caitlin Cronin/Laura Gourley/Rowena Meredith/Ria Thompson
  • Women's four (W4-) - Olympia Aldersey/Lily Alton/Molly Goodman/Jean Mitchell
  • Women's eight (W8+) - Paige Barr/Bronwyn Cox/Sarah Hawe/Giorgia Patten/Georgina Rowe/Lucy Stephan/Jacqueline Swick/Hayley Verbunt

Men

  • Men’s coxless pair (M2-) - Patrick Holt/Simon Keenan
  • Men’s coxless four (M4-) - Fergus Hamilton/Alexander Hill/Tim Masters/Jack Robertson
  • Men’s eight (M8+) - Kendall Brodie/Ben Canham/Angus Dawson/Jack Hargreaves/Josh Hicks/Joseph O’Brien/Alexander Purnell/ Spencer Turrin/Angus Widdicombe

Paris 2024 Olympics Australia rowing schedule

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Where to watch Paris 2024 Olympics rowing live in Australia

Live streaming of the Paris 2024 Olympics rowing events will be available on 9Now and Stan. Rowing at Paris 2024 will be broadcast live on the Network Nine TV channels in Australia.