Taking place at Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States, the 1996 Summer Olympics saw the debut of lightweight rowing events.
| Rowing at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |
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2010 photo of the finish tower at Lake Lanier where the canoe sprint and rowing competitions for the 1996 Summer Olympics took place | |
| Venue | Lake Lanier, Georgia |
| Date | July 21–28, 1996 |
| No. of events | 14 |
| Competitors | 608 (403 men, 205 women) from 45 nations |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Romania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Canada | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | United States | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | France | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
Men's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Xeno Müller Switzerland | Derek Porter Canada | Thomas Lange Germany |
| Double sculls | Agostino Abbagnale and Davide Tizzano Italy | Steffen Størseth and Kjetil Undset Norway | Frédéric Kowal and Samuel Barathay France |
| Quadruple sculls | Germany Andreas Hajek Stephan Volkert André Steiner André Willms | United States Tim Young Eric Mueller Brian Jamieson Jason Gailes | Australia Janusz Hooker Bo Hanson Duncan Free Ronald Snook |
| Coxless pair | Matthew Pinsent and Steve Redgrave Great Britain | David Weightman and Rob Scott Australia | Michel Andrieux and J.-C. Rolland France |
| Coxless four | Australia Nicholas Green Drew Ginn James Tomkins Mike McKay | France Bertrand Vecten Olivier Moncelet Daniel Fauché Gilles Bosquet | Great Britain Gregory Searle Jonathan William Searle Rupert John Obholzer Tim Foster |
| Eights | Netherlands Koos Maasdijk Ronald Florijn Jeroen Duyster (cox) Michiel Bartman Henk-Jan Zwolle Niels van der Zwan Niels van Steenis Diederik Simon Nico Rienks | Germany Mark Kleinschmidt Detlef Kirchhoff Wolfram Huhn Roland Baar Marc Weber Ulrich Viefers Peter Thiede (cox) Thorsten Streppelhoff Frank Jörg Richter | Russia Pavel Melnikov Andrey Glukhov Anton Chermashentsev Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox) Nikolay Aksyonov Dmitry Rozinkevich Sergey Matveyev Roman Monchenko Vladimir Volodenkov Vladimir Sokolov |
| Lightweight double sculls | Michael Gier and Markus Gier Switzerland | Maarten van der Linden and Pepijn Aardewijn Netherlands | Bruce Hick and Anthony Edwards Australia |
| Lightweight coxless four | Denmark Victor Feddersen Niels Henriksen Thomas Poulsen Eskild Ebbesen | Canada Brian Peaker Jeffrey Lay Dave Boyes Gavin Hassett | United States Marc Schneider Jeff Pfaendtner David Collins William Carlucci |
Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Ekaterina Karsten Belarus | Silken Laumann Canada | Trine Hansen Denmark |
| Double sculls | Kathleen Heddle and Marnie McBean Canada | Zhang Xiuyun and Cao Mianying China | Irene Eijs and Eeke van Nes Netherlands |
| Quadruple sculls | Germany Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski Jana Sorgers Kerstin Köppen Kathrin Boron | Ukraine Svitlana Maziy Dina Miftakhutdynova Inna Frolova Olena Ronzhyna | Canada Laryssa Biesenthal Diane O'Grady Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean |
| Coxless pair | Megan Still and Kate Slatter Australia | Karen Kraft and Melissa Schwen United States | Christine Gossé and Hélène Cortin France |
| Eight | Romania Liliana Gafencu Veronica Cochela Elena Georgescu Anca Tănase Doina Spîrcu Marioara Popescu Ioana Olteanu Elisabeta Lipă Doina Ignat | Canada Anna van der Kamp Tosha Tsang Lesley Thompson Emma Robinson Jessica Monroe Heather McDermid Maria Maunder Theresa Luke Alison Korn | Belarus Yelena Mikulich Marina Znak Nataliya Volchek Nataliya Stasyuk Tamara Davydenko Valentina Skrabatun Nataliya Lavrinenko Yaroslava Pavlovich Aleksandra Pankina |
| Lightweight double sculls | Constanța Burcică and Camelia Macoviciuc Romania | Teresa Bell and Lindsay Burns United States | Virginia Lee and Rebecca Joyce Australia |
See also
- Rowing at the Summer Olympics
- List of Olympic medalists in rowing (men)
- List of Olympic medalists in rowing (women)
- Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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