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.
| Rowing at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Henley Royal Regatta course |
| Dates | 5–9 August 1948 |
| Competitors | 310 from 27 nations |
Medal summary
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| single sculls | Mervyn Wood Australia | Eduardo Risso Uruguay | Romolo Catasta Italy |
| double sculls | Richard Burnell and Bert Bushnell Great Britain | Ebbe Parsner and Aage Larsen Denmark | William Jones and Juan Rodríguez Uruguay |
| coxless pairs | John Wilson and Ran Laurie Great Britain | Hans Kalt and Josef Kalt Switzerland | Felice Fanetti and Bruno Boni Italy |
| coxed pair | Denmark Finn Pedersen Tage Henriksen Carl-Ebbe Andersen | Italy Giovanni Steffè Aldo Tarlao Alberto Radi | Hungary Antal Szendey Béla Zsitnik Róbert Zimonyi |
| coxless fours | Italy Giuseppe Moioli Elio Morille Giovanni Invernizzi Franco Faggi | Denmark Helge Halkjær Aksel Bonde Helge Muxoll Schrøder Ib Storm Larsen | United States Fred Kingsbury Stu Griffing Greg Gates Robert Perew |
| coxed four | United States Warren Westlund Bob Martin Bob Will Gordy Giovanelli Allen Morgan | Switzerland Rudolf Reichling Erich Schriever Émile Knecht Peter Stebler André Moccand | Denmark Erik Larsen Børge Raahauge Nielsen Henry Larsen Harry Knudsen Ib Olsen |
| eights | United States Ian Turner David Turner James Hardy George Ahlgren Lloyd Butler David Brown Justus Smith John Stack Ralph Purchase | Great Britain Christopher Barton Michael Lapage Guy Richardson Paul Bircher Paul Massey Brian Lloyd John Meyrick Alfred Mellows Jack Dearlove | Norway 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:
- Argentina (26)
- Australia (8)
- Austria (7)
- Belgium (4)
- Brazil (2)
- Canada (11)
- Cuba (5)
- Czechoslovakia (4)
- Denmark (25)
- Egypt (1)
- Spain (1)
- Finland (5)
- France (22)
- Great Britain (26)
- Greece (8)
- Hungary (9)
- Ireland (9)
- Italy (26)
- Netherlands (6)
- Norway (14)
- Portugal (14)
- South Africa (5)
- Sweden (3)
- Switzerland (19)
- United States (26)
- Uruguay (3)
- Yugoslavia (21)
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Denmark | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
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