Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Rowing
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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Venue Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
Dates9–17 August 2008
Competitors555 from 60 nations
  2004
2012  
Polish men's quadruple sculls: gold medalists Czworka podwojna-Pekin 2008.jpg
Polish men's quadruple sculls: gold medalists

Rowing competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. [1] [2]

Qualification

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)2226
2Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)2103
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)1124
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1113
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)*1102
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)1102
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)1102
8Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)1023
9Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)1012
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)1012
11Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)1001
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)1001
13Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)0112
14Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)0101
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)0101
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)0101
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)0101
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0101
19Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)0022
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0022
Totals (20 entries)14141442

Medal summary

Men's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Single sculls
details
Olaf Tufte
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Ondřej Synek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Mahé Drysdale
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Double sculls
details
Flag of Australia.svg  David Crawshay
and Scott Brennan  (AUS)
Flag of Estonia.svg  Tõnu Endrekson
and Jüri Jaanson  (EST)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Matthew Wells
and Stephen Rowbotham  (GBR)
Quadruple sculls
details
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)
Konrad Wasielewski
Marek Kolbowicz
Michał Jeliński
Adam Korol
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Luca Agamennoni
Simone Venier
Rossano Galtarossa
Simone Raineri
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Jonathan Coeffic
Pierre-Jean Peltier
Julien Bahain
Cédric Berrest
Coxless pair
details
Flag of Australia.svg  Drew Ginn
and Duncan Free  (AUS)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  David Calder
and Scott Frandsen  (CAN)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Nathan Twaddle
and George Bridgewater  (NZL)
Coxless four
details
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Tom James
Steve Williams
Pete Reed
Andrew Triggs Hodge
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Matt Ryan
James Marburg
Cameron McKenzie-McHarg
Francis Hegerty
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Julien Desprès
Benjamin Rondeau
Germain Chardin
Dorian Mortelette
Coxed eight
details
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
Kevin Light
Ben Rutledge
Andrew Byrnes
Jake Wetzel
Malcolm Howard
Dominic Seiterle
Adam Kreek
Kyle Hamilton
Cox: Brian Price
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Alex Partridge
Tom Stallard
Tom Lucy
Richard Egington
Josh West
Alastair Heathcote
Matt Langridge
Colin Smith
Cox: Acer Nethercott
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Beau Hoopman
Matt Schnobrich
Micah Boyd
Wyatt Allen
Daniel Walsh
Steven Coppola
Josh Inman
Bryan Volpenhein
Cox: Marcus McElhenney
Lightweight double sculls
details
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Zac Purchase
and Mark Hunter  (GBR)
Flag of Greece.svg  Dimitrios Mougios
and Vasileios Polymeros  (GRE)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Mads Rasmussen
and Rasmus Quist Hansen  (DEN)
Lightweight coxless four
details
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)
Thomas Ebert
Morten Jørgensen
Mads Andersen
Eskild Ebbesen
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)
Łukasz Pawłowski
Bartłomiej Pawełczak
Miłosz Bernatajtys
Paweł Rańda
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
Iain Brambell
Jon Beare
Mike Lewis
Liam Parsons

Women's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Single sculls
details
Rumyana Neykova
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Michelle Guerette
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Ekaterina Karsten
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
Double sculls
details
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Georgina Evers-Swindell
and Caroline Evers-Swindell  (NZL)
Flag of Germany.svg  Annekatrin Thiele
and Christiane Huth  (GER)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Elise Laverick
and Anna Bebington  (GBR)
Quadruple sculls
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Tang Bin
Jin Ziwei
Xi Aihua
Zhang Yangyang
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Annabel Vernon
Debbie Flood
Frances Houghton
Katherine Grainger
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Britta Oppelt
Manuela Lutze
Kathrin Boron
Stephanie Schiller
Coxless pair
details
Flag of Romania.svg  Georgeta Damian
and Viorica Susanu  (ROU)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wu You
and Gao Yulan  (CHN)
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Yuliya Bichyk
and Natallia Helakh  (BLR)
Coxed eight
details
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Erin Cafaro
Lindsay Shoop
Anna Goodale
Elle Logan
Anna Cummins
Susan Francia
Caroline Lind
Caryn Davies
cox: Mary Whipple
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Femke Dekker
Marlies Smulders
Nienke Kingma
Roline Repelaer van Driel
Annemarieke van Rumpt
Helen Tanger
Sarah Siegelaar
Annemiek de Haan
cox: Ester Workel
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)
Constanța Burcică
Viorica Susanu
Rodica Şerban
Enikő Barabás
Simona Muşat
Ioana Papuc
Georgeta Andrunache
Doina Ignat
cox: Elena Georgescu
Lightweight double sculls
details
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Kirsten van der Kolk
and Marit van Eupen  (NED)
Flag of Finland.svg  Minna Nieminen
and Sanna Stén  (FIN)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Tracy Cameron
and Melanie Kok  (CAN)

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References

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