| Rowing at the 1990 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Jianhaihu Aquatic Centre |
| Dates | 23–26 September 1990 |
For the Rowing competition at the 1990 Asian Games in Jianhaihu Aquatic Centre, Beijing, China, men's and women's singles, doubles, and fours competed from September 23 to September 26.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Cao Mianying  China | Ro Hong-sun  North Korea | Kang Sin-sook  South Korea |
| Coxless pair |  China Zhou Shouying Liu Xirong |  South Korea Lee Jae-nam Kim Sung-ok |  North Korea Un Gum-nyo Kim Yong-hui |
| Coxless four | China Guo Mei He Yanwen Hu Yadong Zhang Li |  Japan Mayumi Oku Miyuki Yamashita Nobuko Ota Rumi Sasakawa | South Korea Kook In-sook Kang Min-heung Lee Jae-nam Kim Sung-ok |
| Lightweight single sculls | Liang Sanmei China | Ryoko Orihashi Japan | Kim Yeon-hee South Korea |
| Lightweight double sculls | China Liao Xiaoli Huang Jielan | North Korea Pae Jong-ae Sung Ok-sun | Japan Kazuyo Urakami Maki Kurihara |
| Lightweight coxless four | China Zhang Huajie Zeng Meilan Lin Zhiai Yan Dongling | North Korea Chon Gyong-ok Ro Hyong-suk Choi Ryong-sun Kim Yong-ae |  Indonesia Juliati Nelliewatiy Tuah Tutie |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 |  India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
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