Karl Adam was one of the most successful and innovative German rowing coaches. Although he was never an active rower himself, he helped win 29 medals at major rowing events, including three Olympic gold medals, two world and five European Championships.
Thomas Lange is a German rower who won two gold and one bronze Olympic medals in the single sculls.
Peggy Waleska is a German rower.
Richard John Joyce is a former New Zealand rower who won two Olympic gold medals during his career.
Warren Joseph Cole was a New Zealand rower who won an Olympic gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
Simon Charles Dickie was a New Zealand rowing cox who won three Olympic medals.
Romano Sgheiz is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.
Emory Wendell Clark II is a retired American rower who won a gold medal in the eights at the 1964 Olympics.
Frank Forberger was a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Frank Rühle is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Dieter Grahn is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Dieter Schubert is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Peter Berger is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Hans-Johann Färber is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Peter Niehusen is the only sportsman to have won international medals as both a coxswain and a rower. He won two gold medals and three bronze medals at the European and World Championships and the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Florian Mennigen is a German former representative rower. He is a three time world champion and an Olympic gold medallist.
Martin Sauer is a German rowing coxswain. He is an eight-time world champion at the senior level and three-time underage world champion. He is a triple Olympian and a dual Olympic medallist. He has held his seat as coxswain of the German senior men's eight—the Deutschlandachter—constantly from 2009 to 2021 and steered that crew to their six world championship titles and also when at the 2017 World Rowing Cup II they set a world's best time of 5.18.68, still the standing world mark as of 2021.
Stefani Werremeier is a German rower. She won a gold medal in coxless pairs at the 1990 World Rowing Championships and a silver in the same event at the 1991 World Rowing Championships. At the 1992 Summer Olympics she and Ingeburg Schwerzmann won silver medals in the coxless pair event. In the same event at the 1996 Summer Olympics she and Kathrin Haacker came in 4th. Werremeier also won a gold medal at the 1994 World Rowing Championships as part of the German coxed eights team.
Eric Johannesen is a German former representative rower. He is a dual Olympian, an Olympic gold medallist and was a 2011 world champion.
The men's eight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake Albano, Italy. It was held from 31 August to 3 September. There were 14 boats from 14 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. The event was won by the United Team of Germany in that combined team's debut; it was the first medal for any German team since the 1936 Games in Berlin and first-ever gold medal in the event for a German team. Canada repeated as silver medalists. Czechoslovakia won its first men's eight medal with a bronze. The United States, which had won the last eight times the event was held and all ten times the nation had appeared before, lost for the first time—finishing fifth, off the podium entirely, despite being among the contenders once again.
