Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Rowing
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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Venue	Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
Dates	9–17 August 2008
Competitors	555 from 60 nations
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Rowingcompetitionsat the2008 Summer Olympicsin Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at theShunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.^[1]^[2]

Qualification[edit]

Medal table[edit]

*Host nation (China)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain(GBR)	2	2	2	6
2	Australia(AUS)	2	1	0	3
3	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
9	Romania(ROU)	1	0	1	2
11	Bulgaria(BUL)	1	0	0	1
11	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	Belarus(BLR)	0	0	2	2
19	France(FRA)	0	0	2	2
Totals (20 entries)		14	14	14	42

Medal summary[edit]

Men's events[edit]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Single sculls details	Olaf Tufte Norway	Ondřej Synek Czech Republic	Mahé Drysdale New Zealand
Double sculls details	David Crawshay andScott Brennan(AUS)	Tõnu Endrekson andJüri Jaanson(EST)	Matthew Wells andStephen Rowbotham(GBR)
Quadruple sculls details	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 details	Drew Ginn andDuncan Free(AUS)	David Calder andScott Frandsen(CAN)	Nathan Twaddle andGeorge Bridgewater(NZL)
Coxless four details	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 details	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 details	Zac Purchase andMark Hunter(GBR)	Dimitrios Mougios andVasileios Polymeros(GRE)	Mads Rasmussen andRasmus Quist Hansen(DEN)
Lightweight coxless four details	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[edit]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Single sculls details	Rumyana Neykova Bulgaria	Michelle Guerette United States	Ekaterina Karsten Belarus
Double sculls details	Georgina Evers-Swindell andCaroline Evers-Swindell(NZL)	Annekatrin Thiele andChristiane Huth(GER)	Elise Laverick andAnna Bebington(GBR)
Quadruple sculls details	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 details	Georgeta Damian andViorica Susanu(ROU)	Wu You andGao Yulan(CHN)	Yuliya Bichyk andNatallia Helakh(BLR)
Coxed eight details	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 details	Kirsten van der Kolk andMarit van Eupen(NED)	Minna Nieminen andSanna Stén(FIN)	Tracy Cameron andMelanie Kok(CAN)

References[edit]

^"Rowing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games".Sports Reference.Archived fromthe originalon 17 April 2020.Retrieved27 September2018.
^"2008 Olympic Games".worldrowing.com.Retrieved3 May2020.

External links[edit]

FISA - International Rowing Federation
Rowing medal Standingsfrom the official Beijing Olympics website.
Rowing – Official Results Book

[SR-1] "Rowing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games".Sports Reference.Archived fromthe originalon 17 April 2020.Retrieved27 September2018.

[2] "2008 Olympic Games".worldrowing.com.Retrieved3 May2020.

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Qualification[edit]

Medal table[edit]

Medal summary[edit]

Men's events[edit]

Women's events[edit]

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References[edit]

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