Rowing at the 1994 Asian Games | |
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Venue | Ashida River |
Dates | 7–10 October 1994 |
For the Rowing competition at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, Japan, men's and women's singles, doubles, and fours competed from October 7 to October 10.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Single sculls | Cao Mianying China | Ho Kim Fai Hong Kong | Kim Mi-jung South Korea |
Coxless pair | China Pei Jiayun Jing Yanhua | South Korea Kim Chung Sun Yoo-sun | Japan Rimi Kurahara Shuko Matsumoto |
Coxless four | China Wang Shujuan Liu Xirong Liang Xiling Jiang Zhifang | Japan Hitomi Yamaguchi Nami Sakamoto Naomi Nakanishi Naomi Wakasa | Chinese Taipei Lin Chia-hui Huang Shu-mei Lin Ya-ting Chuang Yen-chun |
Lightweight double sculls | China Zhong Aifang Ou Shaoyan | Japan Eri Nonaka Rie Saito | Hong Kong Tsang Hau Yuk Malina Ngai |
Lightweight coxless four | China Zhong Aifang Ou Shaoyan Wang Fang Ding Yahong | Japan Kazuyo Urakami Miyuki Yamashita Michiyo Morishita Yukiko Ochi | None awarded |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
2 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
3 | Turkmenistan (TKM) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
4 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
5 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
6 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 12 | 12 | 11 | 35 |
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