Races start with two heats; the winning boat from each heat progresses straight to final A. All events include a repechage – a series of further races to qualify boats for finals, and to rank all boats in order of performance.The best four boats from the repechage go through to final A, with the others competing in final B (which ranks boats from seven to 12).

Officials

Officials include the president of the jury, timekeepers, aligner, start judge and finish judge.