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]
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| Venue | Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park |
| Dates | 9–17 August 2008 |
| Competitors | 555 from 60 nations |
Polish men's quadruple sculls: gold medalists
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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
* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 |  Australia (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  China (CHN)* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
 Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 8 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
Medal summary
Men's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Single sculls |
Olaf Tufte Norway |
Ondřej Synek Czech Republic |
Mahé Drysdale New Zealand |
| 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
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Single sculls |
Rumyana Neykova Bulgaria |
Michelle Guerette United States |
Ekaterina Karsten Belarus |
| 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) |
See also
- Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
References
- "Rowing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- "2008 Olympic Games". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
- FISA - International Rowing Federation
- Rowing medal Standings from the official Beijing Olympics website.
- Rowing – Official Results Book
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