Rowing at the Summer Olympics

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox Olympic sport Rowing has been part of the Summer Olympics since its debut in the 1900 Games. Rowing was on the program at the 1896 Summer Olympics but was cancelled due to bad weather.[1] Only men were allowed to compete until the women's events were introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal which gave national federations the incentive to support women's events and catalysed growth in women's rowing.[2] Lightweight rowing events (which have weight-limited crews) were introduced to the games in 1996. Qualifying for the rowing events is under the jurisdiction of the World Rowing Federation. World Rowing predates the modern Olympics and was the first international sport federation to join the modern Olympic movement.

Summary

Games Year Events Best Nation
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2 1900 5 Template:FlagIOC2 (1)
3 1904 5 Template:FlagIOC2 (1)
4 1908 4 Template:FlagIOC2 (1)
5 1912 4 Template:FlagIOC2 (2)
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7 1920 5 Template:FlagIOC2 (2)
8 1924 7 Template:FlagIOC2 (3)
9 1928 7 Template:FlagIOC2 (4)
10 1932 7 Template:FlagIOC2 (5)
11 1936 7 Template:FlagIOC2 (1)
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14 1948 7 Template:FlagIOC2 (3)
15 1952 7 Template:FlagIOC2 (6)
16 1956 7 Template:FlagIOC2 (7)
17 1960 7 Template:FlagIOC2 (1)
Games Year Events Best Nation
18 1964 7 Template:FlagIOC2 (8)
19 1968 7 Template:FlagIOC2 (1)
20 1972 7 Template:FlagIOC2 (2)
21 1976 14 Template:FlagIOC2 (3)
22 1980 14 Template:FlagIOC2 (4)
23 1984 14 Template:FlagIOC2 (1)
24 1988 14 Template:FlagIOC2 (5)
25 1992 14 Template:FlagIOC2 (2)
26 1996 14 Template:FlagIOC2 (1)
27 2000 14 Template:FlagIOC2 (2)
28 2004 14 Template:FlagIOC2 (3)
29 2008 14 Template:FlagIOC2 (4)
30 2012 14 Template:FlagIOC2 (5)
31 2016 14 Template:FlagIOC2 (6)
32 2020 14 Template:FlagIOC2 (1)
33 2024 14 Template:FlagIOC2 (1)
34 2028 15 TBD

Events

At the 2020 and 2024 Olympics, the following 14 events were contested for both men and women: Single sculls, Double sculls, Quadruple sculls, lightweight double sculls, Coxless pair, Coxless four, Eight.

The lightweight events were first threatened in 2002 when the Programme Commission of the IOC recommended that, outside combat sports (boxing and wrestling, but not fencing, shooting, and archery) and weightlifting, there should not be weight-category events. The 2024 Olympics were the last where lightweight rowing will be included.[3]

Other non-Olympic boatclasses, which still compete in World Championships, are currently: men's & women's lightweight single sculls, lightweight quadruple sculls and lightweight coxless pair.

Men's events

Current program
Single sculls (Template:Detailslink) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 29
Double sculls (Template:Detailslink) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 26
Quadruple sculls (Template:Detailslink) • • • • • • • • • • • • • 13
Coxless pair (Template:Detailslink) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 26
Coxless four (Template:Detailslink) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 25
Eight (Template:Detailslink) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 28
Past events
Coxed pair (Template:Detailslink) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 18
Coxed four (Template:Detailslink) •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 19
Coxed four, with inriggers • 1
Lightweight double sculls (Template:Detailslink) • • • • • • • • 7
Lightweight coxless four (Template:Detailslink) • • • • • • 6
Total 0 5 5 4 4 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7

Women's events

Current program
Single sculls (Template:Detailslink) • • • • • • • • • • • • • 13
Double sculls (Template:Detailslink) • • • • • • • • • • • • • 13
Quadruple sculls (Template:Detailslink) • • • • • • • • • • • • • 13
Coxless pair (Template:Detailslink) • • • • • • • • • • • • • 13
Coxless four (Template:Detailslink) • • • 3
Eight (Template:Detailslink) • • • • • • • • • • • • • 13
Past events
Coxed four (Template:Detailslink) • • • • 4
Lightweight double sculls (Template:Detailslink) • • • • • • • • 8
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7

Race distances

From 1912 to 2024, all men's races have been over a 2000m course, except for London 1948, where the course was 1850m. In 2024, World Rowing announced that Rowing at the 2028 Olympics will take place over 1500 meters due to limitations of the Long Beach Marine Stadium. This would be shortest ever used for men's Olympic rowing.[4]

Before 1912, it was raced over various distances: the course in Paris in 1900 was 1750m, in St. Louis in 1904 it was 3218m, and in London in 1908 it was 2414m. The 1908 and 1948 events were held over the Henley Royal Regatta course.

Women's races were raced over 1000m until 1988, when they were changed to 2000m.[5]

Early Games featured match races between two or three boats, until the modern six boat side-by-side format was first adopted at the 1936 Olympic Games. With the exception of the 1952 Olympic Games (races between four or five boats), it has been the standard since.

Qualification

There is a limited number of crews permitted to race, so World Rowing holds qualification events in order to determine who competes at the Olympic Games. At the Olympic Games, each National Olympic Committee can only have one boat per event.

The main qualification comes from the previous year's World Rowing Championships. Other qualifying events are called "Continental Qualification Regattas", of which four are held during the year preceding the games - Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Final (open to everyone else). Each year FISA issues details of how many crews qualify at each regatta.

At the World Championships, the top finishing boats guarantee a place for that country - the rowers in the crew can be changed before the games. At the qualification regattas, it is the crew that wins that qualifies for the Olympics, and if members of that crew race in the Olympics they must race in that event.

Medal table

The numbers below are after the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[6] Template:Medals table

Rowing medal leaders (by Summer Olympiad)

Games of Leader Gold Silver Bronze Total
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1900 Paris Template:FlagIOCteam 2 3 1 6
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1904 St. Louis Template:FlagIOCteam 5 4 4 13
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1908 London Template:FlagIOCteam 4 3 1 8
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1912 Stockholm Template:FlagIOCteam 2 2 0 4
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1920 Antwerp Template:FlagIOCteam 3 1 0 4
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1924 Paris Template:FlagIOCteam 2 1 2 5
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1928 Amsterdam Template:FlagIOCteam 2 2 1 5
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1932 Los Angeles Template:FlagIOCteam 3 1 0 4
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1936 Berlin Template:FlagIOCteam 5 1 1 7
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1948 London Template:FlagIOCteam 2 1 0 3
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1952 Helsinki Template:FlagIOCteam 2 0 1 3
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1956 Melbourne Template:FlagIOCteam 3 2 1 6
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1960 Rome Template:FlagIOCteam 3 1 0 4
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1964 Tokyo Template:FlagIOCteam 2 1 1 4
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1968 Mexico City Template:FlagIOCteam 2 1 0 3
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1972 Munich Template:FlagIOCteam 3 1 3 7
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1976 Montreal Template:FlagIOCteam 9 3 2 14
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1980 Moscow Template:FlagIOCteam 11 1 2 14
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1984 Los Angeles Template:FlagIOCteam 6 2 0 8
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1988 Seoul Template:FlagIOCteam 8 1 1 10
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1992 Barcelona Template:FlagIOCteam 4 3 3 10
Script error: No such module "flag"., 1996 Atlanta Template:FlagIOCteam 2 1 3 6
Script error: No such module "flag"., 2000 Sydney Template:FlagIOCteam 3 0 0 3
Script error: No such module "flag"., 2004 Athens Template:FlagIOCteam 3 0 0 3
Script error: No such module "flag"., 2008 Beijing Template:FlagIOCteam 2 2 2 6
Script error: No such module "flag"., 2012 London Template:FlagIOCteam 4 2 3 9
Script error: No such module "flag"., 2016 Rio de Janeiro Template:FlagIOCteam 3 2 0 5
Script error: No such module "flag"., 2020 Tokyo Template:FlagIOCteam 3 2 0 5
Script error: No such module "flag"., 2024 Paris Template:FlagIOCteam 4 3 1 8

Multiple medalists

The table shows those who have won at least 3 gold medals.

Athlete (nation) Olympics  Gold  Silver Bronze Total Notes
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 5 2 1 8 20 years between first and last gold medal
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 5 0 1 6 Gold medals in 1984 (M4+), 1988 (M2- with Andy Holmes), 1992 and 1996 (M2- with Matthew Pinsent) and 2000 (M4-). Only endurance athlete to win Olympic gold at five consecutive games.
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2000, 2004, 2008 5 0 1 6 Won the pair and the eights in both 2000 and 2004, and the pair again in 2008
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 4 1 1 6 Part of Romania's three-straight gold medalist eight
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 4 0 1 5 Four straight Olympic golds. Bronze in her final Olympics in the Quadruple Sculls
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 4 0 1 5 Won three medals in the women's eight, and two in the pair
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 4 0 0 4 Four straight Olympic golds. Won with Steve Redgrave in the pair in 1992 and 1996. In the coxless four in 2000 and in 2004
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936 3 2 0 5 First rower to win a medal at 5 straight Olympics. WWII prevented the opportunity for a sixth medal
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 3 1 1 5 Won three gold medals in the women's lightweight double sculls
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 3 1 1 5 Coxswain of Romania's women's eight
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012 3 1 0 4
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024 3 1 0 4 Three straight Olympic golds with brother Valent Sinković in the double sculls in 2016 and the coxless pair in 2020 and 2024. Silver in the quadruple sculls in 2012
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024 3 1 0 4 Three straight Olympic golds with brother Martin Sinković in the double sculls in 2016 and the coxless pair in 2020 and 2024. Silver in the quadruple sculls in 2012
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 3 0 2 5 Won all his medals in the lightweight coxless four
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1992, 1996 3 0 1 4 Along with rowing partner Kathleen Heddle, Canadian with the most gold medals
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1992, 1996 3 0 1 4 Won all her medals with rowing partner Marnie McBean
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 3 0 1 4 Most medalled Australian rower
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1920, 1924 3 0 0 3 First rower to win 3 gold medals. Father of movie star turned princess Grace Kelly
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1920, 1924, 1928 3 0 0 3 First man to win 3 gold medals in the same event, the double sculls. Cousin of John B. Kelly Sr.
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1956, 1960, 1964 3 0 0 3 Won all his medals in the single sculls
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1972, 1976, 1980 3 0 0 3 First German triple gold medalist. Won in the pair and the coxless four
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1976, 1980, 1984 3 0 0 3 Won all his medals in the single sculls
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1988, 1996, 2000 3 0 0 3 His brothers Carmine and Giuseppe each won 2 gold medals.
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1996, 2000, 2004 3 0 0 3 Won all three medals in Romania's women's eight
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2008, 2012, 2016 3 0 0 3 Won all three medals in USA women's eight
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2008, 2012, 2016 3 0 0 3 Two wins in coxless four, then in eight
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2008, 2012, 2016 3 0 0 3 Two wins in coxless four, then in eight
Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2012, 2016, 2020 3 0 0 3 Two wins in coxless pair, then in eight

Nations

Number of rowers from each nation by year of Olympics, starting with 1896 (when none competed due to bad weather) then 1900 through 2020.

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Rowers 131 46 87 192 144 200 247 146 345 313 406 262 430 377 357 442 587 484 465 615 660 620 543 557 552 550 550 537 503 17312
Rowers - Male 131 46 87 192 144 200 247 166 345 313 406 262 430 377 357 442 345 328 322 408 449 405 257 362 357 353 331 302 253
Rowers - Female 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 242 156 143 207 211 215 286 195 195 197 219 235 250
Rowers - First Games
Countries 7 2 8 14 14 14 19 12 24 27 33 25 33 27 29 35 31 26 31 38 45 45 51 55 60 58 69 79 66
New countries 7 1 3 7 4 2 4 1 3 5 5 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 2 2 11 6 5 7 9 2 9 10 2
Events 5 5 4 4 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 1
Boats 131 46 87 192 35 46 67 36 95 84 113 69 116 100 102 126 159 136 140 182 198 210 192 202 206 206 215 211 199

Venues

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See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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