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