Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Rowing competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.[1][2]

Rowing
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueShunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
Dates9–17 August
Competitors555 from 60 nations

Events

14 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

  • Single sculls men
  • Pairs men
  • Double sculls men
  • Fours men
  • Quadruple sculls men
  • Eights men
  • Double sculls lightweight men
  • Fours lightweight men
  • Single sculls women
  • Pairs women
  • Double sculls women
  • Quadruple sculls women
  • Eights women
  • Double sculls lightweight women

Qualification

Medal summary

Men's events

Polish men's quadruple sculls: gold medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Single sculls
 Olaf Tufte (NOR)  Ondřej Synek (CZE)  Mahé Drysdale (NZL)
Double sculls
 David Crawshay
and Scott Brennan (AUS)
 Tõnu Endrekson
and Jüri Jaanson (EST)
 Matthew Wells
and Stephen Rowbotham (GBR)
Quadruple sculls
 Poland (POL)
Konrad Wasielewski
Marek Kolbowicz
Michał Jeliński
Adam Korol
 Italy (ITA)
Luca Agamennoni
Simone Venier
Rossano Galtarossa
Simone Raineri
 France (FRA)
Jonathan Coeffic
Pierre-Jean Peltier
Julien Bahain
Cédric Berrest
Coxless pair
 Drew Ginn
and Duncan Free (AUS)
 David Calder
and Scott Frandsen (CAN)
 Nathan Twaddle
and George Bridgewater (NZL)
Coxless four
 Great Britain (GBR)
Tom James
Steve Williams
Pete Reed
Andrew Triggs Hodge
 Australia (AUS)
Matt Ryan
James Marburg
Cameron McKenzie-McHarg
Francis Hegerty
 France (FRA)
Julien Desprès
Benjamin Rondeau
Germain Chardin
Dorian Mortelette
Coxed eight
 Canada (CAN)
Kevin Light
Ben Rutledge
Andrew Byrnes
Jake Wetzel
Malcolm Howard
Dominic Seiterle
Adam Kreek
Kyle Hamilton
Cox: Brian Price
 Great Britain (GBR)
Alex Partridge
Tom Stallard
Tom Lucy
Richard Egington
Josh West
Alastair Heathcote
Matt Langridge
Colin Smith
Cox: Acer Nethercott
 United States (USA)
Beau Hoopman
Matt Schnobrich
Micah Boyd
Wyatt Allen
Daniel Walsh
Steven Coppola
Josh Inman
Bryan Volpenhein
Cox: Marcus McElhenney
Lightweight
double sculls
 Zac Purchase
and Mark Hunter (GBR)
 Dimitrios Mougios
and Vasileios Polymeros (GRE)
 Mads Rasmussen
and Rasmus Quist Hansen (DEN)
Lightweight
coxless four
 Denmark (DEN)
Thomas Ebert
Morten Jørgensen
Mads Andersen
Eskild Ebbesen
 Poland (POL)
Łukasz Pawłowski
Bartłomiej Pawełczak
Miłosz Bernatajtys
Paweł Rańda
 Canada (CAN)
Iain Brambell
Jon Beare
Mike Lewis
Liam Parsons

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Single sculls
 Rumyana Neykova (BUL)  Michelle Guerette (USA)  Ekaterina Karsten (BLR)
Double sculls
 Georgina Evers-Swindell
and Caroline Evers-Swindell (NZL)
 Annekatrin Thiele
and Christiane Huth (GER)
 Elise Laverick
and Anna Bebington (GBR)
Quadruple sculls
 China (CHN)
Tang Bin
Jin Ziwei
Xi Aihua
Zhang Yangyang
 Great Britain (GBR)
Annabel Vernon
Debbie Flood
Frances Houghton
Katherine Grainger
 Germany (GER)
Britta Oppelt
Manuela Lutze
Kathrin Boron
Stephanie Schiller
Coxless pair
 Georgeta Damian
and Viorica Susanu (ROU)
 Wu You
and Gao Yulan (CHN)
 Yuliya Bichyk
and Natallia Helakh (BLR)
Coxed eight
 United States (USA)
Erin Cafaro
Lindsay Shoop
Anna Goodale
Elle Logan
Anna Cummins
Susan Francia
Caroline Lind
Caryn Davies
cox: Mary Whipple
 Netherlands (NED)
Femke Dekker
Marlies Smulders
Nienke Kingma
Roline Repelaer van Driel
Annemarieke van Rumpt
Helen Tanger
Sarah Siegelaar
Annemiek de Haan
cox: Ester Workel
 Romania (ROU)
Constanța Burcică
Viorica Susanu
Rodica Şerban
Enikő Barabás
Simona Muşat
Ioana Papuc
Georgeta Andrunache
Doina Ignat
cox: Elena Georgescu
Lightweight
double sculls
 Kirsten van der Kolk
and Marit van Eupen (NED)
 Minna Nieminen
and Sanna Stén (FIN)
 Tracy Cameron
and Melanie Kok (CAN)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain (GBR)2226
2 Australia (AUS)2103
3 Canada (CAN)1124
4 United States (USA)1113
5 China (CHN)1102
 Netherlands (NED)1102
 Poland (POL)1102
8 New Zealand (NZL)1023
9 Denmark (DEN)1012
 Romania (ROU)1012
11 Bulgaria (BUL)1001
 Norway (NOR)1001
13 Germany (GER)0112
14 Czech Republic (CZE)0101
 Estonia (EST)0101
 Finland (FIN)0101
 Greece (GRE)0101
 Italy (ITA)0101
19 Belarus (BLR)0022
 France (FRA)0022
Totals (20 nations)14141442
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See also

References

  1. "Rowing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  2. "2008 Olympic Games". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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