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Rowing at the Summer Olympics has been part of the competition since its debut in the 1900 Summer Olympics. Rowing was on the program at the 1896 Summer Olympics but was cancelled due to bad weather. Only men were allowed to compete until the women's events were introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal which gave national federations the incentive to support women's events and catalysed growth in women's rowing. Lightweight rowing events (which have weight-limited crews) were introduced to the games in 1996. Qualifying for the rowing events is under the jurisdiction of the International Rowing Federation (or FISA, its French acronym). FISA predates the modern Olympics and was the first international sport federation to join the modern Olympic movement. ==Events== At the current Olympics the following 14 events are offered: *Men: Single sculls, Double sculls, Quadruple sculls, Coxless pair, Coxless four, Eight. *Lightweight Men: Double Sculls, Coxless Four *Women: Single Sculls, Double Sculls, Quad Sculls, Coxless Pair, Eight *Lightweight Women: Double Sculls The lightweight events were threatened in 2002 when the Programme Commission of the IOC recommended that, outside combat sports (boxing & wrestling, but not fencing, shooting, and archery) and weightlifting, there should not be weight-category events. The Executive Board ''overturned'' this recommendation and the lightweight rowing has been continued. In the early games (1900 and 1904) there were several other categories of events (Junior, Novice, Association, and Intermediate). A number of other boat classes have made an appearance at several games (sometimes for a long time) but have been subsequently dropped – as recently as the 1990s. The primary loss has been in boats with coxwains, except for the eights, which have always been coxed. These were: *Men's Coxed Pair (1900–1992) *Men's Coxed Four (1900–1992) *Women's Coxed Four (1976–1988) *Women's Coxed Quad Sculls (1976–1984) *Women's Coxless Four (1992 only) *Men's Coxed Four with Inriggers〔An "inrigger" is a boat with oarlocks attached directly on the gunwale.〕 (1912 only) *Six-Man Naval Rowing Boats (1906 only) *17-Man Naval Rowing Boats (1906 only) The non-Olympic boatclasses (which still compete in World Championships) are today LM1X, LM4X, LM2-, LM8+, LW1X, LW4X, M2+ and W4-. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rowing at the Summer Olympics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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