Olympic qualifications
Total No. of crews: 550
Men's: 350
Women's: 194
Four additional spots for Tripartite Commission Invitations, and two for the Olympic host
Olympic qualification berths (by country as of March 2008):
Germany: 12
Great Britain, USA: 11
Australia: 10
China: 8
France, New Zealand: 7
Poland, Italy, Canada: 5
Denmark, Belarus: 4
Romania, Netherlands: 3
Croatia, Slovenia, Estonia, Sweden, Belgium, Ukraine, Russia, Greece: 2
Argentina, Switzerland, South Africa, Serbia, Ireland, Finland, Japan, Cuba, Hungary, Austria, Norway, Egypt, Bulgaria: 1
Future qualifiers:
April 24-27: FISA Asian Olympic Qualification Regatta, Shanghai
June 15-18: Final Olympic Qualification Regatta, Poznan, Poland
Deadline for the Beijing Olympic organizers to receive entry forms submitted by NOCs: July 23