Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Rowing
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Rowing pictogram.svg
Venue Henley Royal Regatta course
Dates5–9 August 1948
Competitors310 from 27 nations
  1936
1952  

Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics featured seven events, for men only. Competitions were held over the Henley Royal Regatta course from 5 to 9 August. [1]

Medal summary

GamesGoldSilverBronze
single sculls
details
Flag of Australia.svg  Mervyn Wood  (AUS)Flag of Uruguay.svg  Eduardo Risso  (URU)Flag of Italy.svg  Romolo Catasta  (ITA)
double sculls
details
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Richard Burnell
and Bert Bushnell  (GBR)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Ebbe Parsner
and Aage Larsen  (DEN)
Flag of Uruguay.svg  William Jones
and Juan Rodríguez  (URU)
coxless pairs
details
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  John Wilson
and Ran Laurie  (GBR)
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Hans Kalt
and Josef Kalt  (SUI)
Flag of Italy.svg  Felice Fanetti
and Bruno Boni  (ITA)
coxed pair
details
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)
Finn Pedersen
Tage Henriksen
Carl-Ebbe Andersen
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Giovanni Steffè
Aldo Tarlao
Alberto Radi
Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary  (HUN)
Antal Szendey
Béla Zsitnik
Róbert Zimonyi
coxless fours
details
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Giuseppe Moioli
Elio Morille
Giovanni Invernizzi
Franco Faggi
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)
Helge Halkjær
Aksel Bonde
Helge Muxoll Schrøder
Ib Storm Larsen
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)
Fred Kingsbury
Stu Griffing
Greg Gates
Robert Perew
coxed four
details
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)
Warren Westlund
Bob Martin
Bob Will
Gordy Giovanelli
Allen Morgan
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)
Rudolf Reichling
Erich Schriever
Émile Knecht
Peter Stebler
André Moccand
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)
Erik Larsen
Børge Raahauge Nielsen
Henry Larsen
Harry Knudsen
Ib Olsen
eights
details
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)
Ian Turner
David Turner
James Hardy
George Ahlgren
Lloyd Butler
David Brown
Justus Smith
John Stack
Ralph Purchase
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Christopher Barton
Michael Lapage
Guy Richardson
Paul Bircher
Paul Massey
Brian Lloyd
John Meyrick
Alfred Mellows
Jack Dearlove
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)
Kristoffer Lepsøe
Thorstein Kråkenes
Hans Hansen
Halfdan Gran Olsen
Harald Kråkenes
Leif Næss
Thor Pedersen
Carl Monssen
Sigurd Monssen

Participating nations

A total of 310 rowers from 27 nations competed at the London Games:

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)2103
2US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)2013
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)1214
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1124
5Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1001
6Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)0202
7Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay  (URU)0112
8Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary  (HUN)0011
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)0011
Totals (9 entries)77721

References

  1. "Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2018.

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