Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Taking place at Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States, the 1996 Summer Olympics saw the debut of lightweight rowing events.[1]
| Rowing at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |
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 2010 photo of the finish tower at Lake Lanier where the canoe sprint and rowing competitions for the 1996 Summer Olympics took place | |
| Venue | Lake Lanier, Georgia |
| Date | July 21–28, 1996 |
| No. of events | 14 |
| Competitors | 608 (403 men, 205 women) from 45 nations |
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| Single sculls | men | women |
| Coxless pair | men | women |
| Double sculls | men | women |
| Lwt double sculls | men | women |
| Coxless four | men | |
| Quadruple sculls | men | women |
| Eight | men | women |
| Lwt coxless four | men | |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Australia (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 |  Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Romania (ROU) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada (CAN) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 |  Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
Men's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls |
Xeno Müller Switzerland |
Derek Porter Canada |
Thomas Lange Germany |
| Double sculls |
Agostino Abbagnale and Davide Tizzano (ITA) |
Steffen Størseth and Kjetil Undset (NOR) |
Frédéric Kowal and Samuel Barathay (FRA) |
| Quadruple sculls |
Germany (GER) Andreas Hajek Stephan Volkert André Steiner André Willms |
United States (USA) Tim Young Eric Mueller Brian Jamieson Jason Gailes |
Australia (AUS) Janusz Hooker Bo Hanson Duncan Free Ronald Snook |
| Coxless pair |
Matthew Pinsent and Steve Redgrave (GBR) |
David Weightman and Rob Scott (AUS) |
Michel Andrieux and J.-C. Rolland (FRA) |
| Coxless four |
Australia (AUS) Nicholas Green Drew Ginn James Tomkins Mike McKay |
France (FRA) Bertrand Vecten Olivier Moncelet Daniel Fauché Gilles Bosquet |
Great Britain (GBR) Gregory Searle Jonathan William Searle Rupert John Obholzer Tim Foster |
| Eights |
Netherlands (NED) Koos Maasdijk Ronald Florijn Jeroen Duyster (cox) Michiel Bartman Henk-Jan Zwolle Niels van der Zwan Niels van Steenis Diederik Simon Nico Rienks |
Germany (GER) Mark Kleinschmidt Detlef Kirchhoff Wolfram Huhn Roland Baar Marc Weber Ulrich Viefers Peter Thiede (cox) Thorsten Streppelhoff Frank Jörg Richter |
Russia (RUS) Pavel Melnikov Andrey Glukhov Anton Chermashentsev Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox) Nikolay Aksyonov Dmitry Rozinkevich Sergey Matveyev Roman Monchenko Vladimir Volodenkov Vladimir Sokolov |
| Lightweight double sculls |
Michael Gier and Markus Gier (SUI) |
Maarten van der Linden and Pepijn Aardewijn (NED) |
Bruce Hick and Anthony Edwards (AUS) |
| Lightweight coxless four |
Denmark (DEN) Victor Feddersen Niels Henriksen Thomas Poulsen Eskild Ebbesen |
Canada (CAN) Brian Peaker Jeffrey Lay Dave Boyes Gavin Hassett |
United States (USA) Marc Schneider Jeff Pfaendtner David Collins William Carlucci |
Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls |
Ekaterina Karsten Belarus |
Silken Laumann Canada |
Trine Hansen Denmark |
| Double sculls |
Kathleen Heddle and Marnie McBean (CAN) |
Zhang Xiuyun and Cao Mianying (CHN) |
Irene Eijs and Eeke van Nes (NED) |
| Quadruple sculls |
Germany (GER) Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski Jana Sorgers Kerstin Köppen Kathrin Boron |
Ukraine (UKR) Svitlana Maziy Dina Miftakhutdynova Inna Frolova Olena Ronzhyna |
Canada (CAN) Laryssa Biesenthal Diane O'Grady Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean |
| Coxless pair |
Megan Still and Kate Slatter (AUS) |
Karen Kraft and Melissa Schwen (USA) |
Christine Gossé and Hélène Cortin (FRA) |
| Eight |
Romania (ROM) Liliana Gafencu Veronica Cochela Elena Georgescu Anca Tănase Doina Spîrcu Marioara Popescu Ioana Olteanu Elisabeta Lipă Doina Ignat |
Canada (CAN) Anna van der Kamp Tosha Tsang Lesley Thompson Emma Robinson Jessica Monroe Heather McDermid Maria Maunder Theresa Luke Alison Korn |
Belarus (BLR) Yelena Mikulich Marina Znak Nataliya Volchek Nataliya Stasyuk Tamara Davydenko Valentina Skrabatun Nataliya Lavrinenko Yaroslava Pavlovich Aleksandra Pankina |
| Lightweight double sculls |
Constanța Burcică and Camelia Macoviciuc (ROU) |
Teresa Bell and Lindsay Burns (USA) |
Virginia Lee and Rebecca Joyce (AUS) |
See also
- Rowing at the Summer Olympics
- List of Olympic medalists in rowing (men)
- List of Olympic medalists in rowing (women)
- Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
References
- "Rowing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
External links
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