The table below shows the way the rowing blades are painted in international competitions of rowing in which national teams participate. Each team associated with the International Rowing Federation uses a specific model. This pattern may be a reproduction of the national flag on the oar blade, but it may also be a fanciful motif chosen by a given rowing federation. The left oar is usually a mirror image of the right oar.[1][2][3]
| Blade | Nation | Description |
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Afghanistan | Colours of flag of Afghanistan, without the Emblem of Afghanistan. |
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Albania | Similar to the civil ensign of Albania. |
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Algeria | Flag of Algeria. |
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American Samoa | Flag of American Samoa, but with a different arrangement and without the emblem. |
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Angola | Flag of Angola. |
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Argentina | Flag of Argentina, but with white stripe vertical. |
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Armenia | Flag of Armenia. |
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Australia | White blade with green, yellow, and green strips running vertically across the blade, near the tip. |
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Austria | Flag of Austria. |
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Azerbaijan | Flag of Azerbaijan. |
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Bahamas | Flag of the Bahamas. |
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Bahrain | Flag of Bahrain. |
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Bangladesh | white/light blue blade. |
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Barbados | Transformed flag of Barbados. |
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Belarus | Flag of Belarus. |
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Belgium | Flag of Belgium. |
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Benin | Flag of Benin. |
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Bermuda | Flag of Bermuda, without the coat of arms. |
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Bolivia | Flag of Bolivia with the coat of arms. |
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Bosnia-Herzegovina | Flag of Bosnia-Herzegovina. |
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Botswana | Flag of Botswana. |
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Brazil | White with vertical stripes: yellow-green-yellow-green. |
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Bulgaria | Flag of Bulgaria, but stripes are vertical. |
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Burkina Faso | Flag of Burkina Faso. |
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Cameroon | Flag of Cameroon. |
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Canada | Flag of Canada. |
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Cape Verde | Flag of Cape Verde. |
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Cayman Islands | Light blue blade. |
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Chile | A blue blade with a white star and a red and white stripe. |
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China | White blade and red bow with 5 yellow stars. |
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Colombia | Flag of Colombia, but the stripes are vertical.. |
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Costa Rica | Civil flag of Costa Rica. |
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Croatia | White blade with red checkers in top right corner. Based on Croatian coat of arms. |
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Cuba | blade with 3 stripes: red, white and blue. |
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Cyprus | Flag of Cyprus. |
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Czechia | Flag of Czechia. |
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Denmark | White blade with red horizontal stripe. |
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Djibouti | Flag of Djibouti. |
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Dominican Republic | The layout is similar to the flag of the Dominican Republic, but without coat of arms. |
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Ecuador | Flag of Ecuador without the coat of arms. |
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Egypt | Flag of Egypt, without the coat of arms. |
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El Salvador | White blade with 5 vertical blue stripes. |
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Estonia | Flag of Estonia. |
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Eswatini | A blue blade with two white stripes at the end. |
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Fiji | A white blade with a black vertical stripe in front of the tip. |
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Finland | Flag of Finland. |
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France | Flag of France. |
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Georgia | Flag of Georgia. |
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Germany | Flag of Germany. |
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Ghana | Flag of Ghana. |
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Gibraltar | A white blade with a red stripe at the tip. |
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Great Britain | White blade with red tip with Union Flag. |
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Greece | Blue blade with white cross, part of Greece's coat of arms. |
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Guatemala | White blade with 2 vertical, wide, blue stripes. |
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Haiti | Flag of Haiti. |
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Honduras | A blue blade with a white sash across and the stars of the Honduran flag. |
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Hong Kong | A slightly altered Flag of Hong Kong. |
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Hungary | Flag of Hungary. |
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Iceland | Flag of Iceland without vertical stripes. |
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India | Two horizontal stripes: light sky blue and dark blue. |
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Indonesia | Two vertical stripes: white and red. |
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Iraq | Flag of Iraq. |
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Iran | Simplified flag of Iran. |
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Ireland | Green blade with a white clover. |
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Israel | Two horizontal stripes: blue and white. |
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Italy | Flag of Italy. |
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Ivory Coast | A white blade with orange, white and green stripes at the tip. |
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Jamaica | Flag of Jamaica. |
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Japan | Flag of Japan plus two diagonal red stripes. |
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Jordan | Flag of Jordan. |
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Kazakhstan | A blue blade with a yellow tip and a diagonal red stripe. |
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Kenya | A white blade with black, white and red stripes on the tip. |
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Kuwait | Flag of Kuwait. |
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Kyrgyzstan | Flag of Kyrgyzstan. |
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Latvia | Flag of Latvia. |
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Lebanon | Flag of Lebanon. |
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Libya | Flag of Libya. |
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Lithuania | Flag of Lithuania. |
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Luxembourg | Appearance similar to the coat of arms of Luxembourg. |
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Madagascar | Flag of Madagascar. |
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Malawi | Flag of Malawi. |
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Malaysia | A variation using the colors and emblem of the flag of Malaysia. |
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Maldives | Flag of Maldives. |
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Mali | Flag of Mali. |
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Malta | Flag of Malta. |
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Mauritius | Flag of Mauritius. |
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Mexico | A green blade with a white and red stripe at the tip. |
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Morocco | Flag of Morocco with a simplified star. |
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Moldova | Flag of Moldova, but horizontally and without the coat of arms. |
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Monaco | A red blade with a narrow horizontal white stripe. |
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Mongolia | Flag of Mongolia. |
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Mozambique | Flag of Mozambique without the emblem. |
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Myanmar | A white blade with blue-white-red stripes on the tip. |
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Namibia | Flag of Namibia. |
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Nepal | A variation using the colors and emblems of the Nepalese flag. |
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Netherlands | Flag of the Netherlands. |
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New Zealand | Black blade with silver fern and letters N and Z on either side of the silver fern. |
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Nicaragua | Flag of Nicaragua, without the coat of arms. |
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Niger | Flag of Niger. |
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Nigeria | Flag of Nigeria with changed proportions. |
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North Korea | White blade and selected elements from the North Korean flag. |
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North Macedonia. | Flag of North Macedonia. |
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Norway | Flag of Norway without the vertical stripes. |
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Pakistan | blade with 3 horizontal stripes: dark green/white/dark green. |
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Palestine | Flag of Palestine. |
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Panama | White blade with a navy blue star and a red one. |
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Paraguay | A variation using the colors of the Paraguayan flag. |
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Peru | A red blade with a diagonal wide white stripe. |
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Philippines | Red and blue blade with a large white chevron. |
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Poland | Flag of Poland. |
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Portugal | A white blade with a green and red stripe at the tip. |
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Puerto Rico | Simplified Flag of Puerto Rico (fewer stripes). |
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Qatar | Flag of Qatar |
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Romania | Flag of Romania. |
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Russia | Flag of Russia. |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. |
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Samoa | Flag of Samoa. |
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Saudi Arabia | Flag of Saudi Arabia. |
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Senegal | Flag of Senegal. |
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Serbia | Colors from the flag of Serbia, but in a different arrangement. |
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Singapore | White and red blade divided diagonally. |
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Slovakia | Colors and coat of arms from the flag of Slovakia, but in a different arrangement. |
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Slovenia | A white blade with a transverse stripe in the colors of the Slovenian flag. |
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Somalia | Flag of Somalia. |
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South Africa | Flag of South Africa. |
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South Korea | Elements from the flag of South Korea with a changed color scheme. |
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Spain | Flag of Spain, but stripes are vertical. |
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Sri Lanka | An orange blade with a diagonal wide black stripe. |
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Sudan | Flag of Sudan. |
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Sweden | Coat of Arms of Sweden. |
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Switzerland | Flag of Switzerland. |
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Syria | Flag of Syria. |
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Thailand | Flag of Thailand. |
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Chinese Taipei | Horizontal 3 stripes: navy blue-white-red with a variation of the Chinese Taipei symbol. |
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Togo | Flag of Togo. |
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Tonga | A white blade with an altered flag of Tonga. |
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Trinidad and Tobago | Flag of Trinidad and Tobago. |
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Tunisia | Flag of Tunisia. |
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Türkiye | A white blade with a stripe with the Turkish Flag on the tip. |
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Turkmenistan | Colors and emblem of the flag of Turkmenistan, but a different arrangement. |
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Uganda | Three horizontal stripes in the colors of the flag of Uganda. |
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Ukraine | Flag of Ukraine. |
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United Arab Emirates | Flag of the United Arab Emirates. |
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United States | Colors from the US Flag, but in a different arrangement. |
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Uruguay | Blue blade. |
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Uzbekistan | Flag of Uzbekistan, but without the emblem and slightly different colors. |
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Vanuatu | Flag of Vanuatu, without the emblem. |
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Venezuela | Flag of Venezuela without the emblem. |
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Vietnam | Flag of Vietnam with an inverted star. |
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Zambia | Flag of Zambia. |
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Zimbabwe | A variation using the colors of the flag of Zimbabwe. |
References
edit- ^ "Blades of the World". OarSpotter.com. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ^ "Oar power - the symbol on the end of the blade". World Rowing. October 28, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ^ "Do you know all 151 FISA member rowing blades?". World Rowing. June 1, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2024.