Rowing competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.
| Rowing at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park |
| Dates | 9–17 August 2008 |
| Competitors | 555 from 60 nations |
Qualification
Medal table
* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | China* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Poland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 8 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Romania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Estonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
Medal summary
Men's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Olaf Tufte Norway | Ondřej Synek Czech Republic | Mahé Drysdale New Zealand |
| Double sculls | David Crawshay and Scott Brennan Australia | Tõnu Endrekson and Jüri Jaanson Estonia | Matthew Wells and Stephen Rowbotham Great Britain |
| Quadruple sculls | Poland Konrad Wasielewski Marek Kolbowicz Michał Jeliński Adam Korol | Italy Luca Agamennoni Simone Venier Rossano Galtarossa Simone Raineri | France Jonathan Coeffic Pierre-Jean Peltier Julien Bahain Cédric Berrest |
| Coxless pair | Drew Ginn and Duncan Free Australia | David Calder and Scott Frandsen Canada | Nathan Twaddle and George Bridgewater New Zealand |
| Coxless four | Great Britain Tom James Steve Williams Pete Reed Andrew Triggs Hodge | Australia Matt Ryan James Marburg Cameron McKenzie-McHarg Francis Hegerty | France Julien Desprès Benjamin Rondeau Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette |
| Coxed eight | Canada Kevin Light Ben Rutledge Andrew Byrnes Jake Wetzel Malcolm Howard Dominic Seiterle Adam Kreek Kyle Hamilton Cox: Brian Price | Great Britain Alex Partridge Tom Stallard Tom Lucy Richard Egington Josh West Alastair Heathcote Matt Langridge Colin Smith Cox: Acer Nethercott | United States Beau Hoopman Matt Schnobrich Micah Boyd Wyatt Allen Daniel Walsh Steven Coppola Josh Inman Bryan Volpenhein Cox: Marcus McElhenney |
| Lightweight double sculls | Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter Great Britain | Dimitrios Mougios and Vasileios Polymeros Greece | Mads Rasmussen and Rasmus Quist Hansen Denmark |
| Lightweight coxless four | Denmark Thomas Ebert Morten Jørgensen Mads Andersen Eskild Ebbesen | Poland Łukasz Pawłowski Bartłomiej Pawełczak Miłosz Bernatajtys Paweł Rańda | Canada Iain Brambell Jon Beare Mike Lewis Liam Parsons |
Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Rumyana Neykova Bulgaria | Michelle Guerette United States | Ekaterina Karsten Belarus |
| Double sculls | Georgina Evers-Swindell and Caroline Evers-Swindell New Zealand | Annekatrin Thiele and Christiane Huth Germany | Elise Laverick and Anna Bebington Great Britain |
| Quadruple sculls | China Tang Bin Jin Ziwei Xi Aihua Zhang Yangyang | Great Britain Annabel Vernon Debbie Flood Frances Houghton Katherine Grainger | Germany Britta Oppelt Manuela Lutze Kathrin Boron Stephanie Schiller |
| Coxless pair | Georgeta Damian and Viorica Susanu Romania | Wu You and Gao Yulan China | Yuliya Bichyk and Natallia Helakh Belarus |
| Coxed eight | United States Erin Cafaro Lindsay Shoop Anna Goodale Elle Logan Anna Cummins Susan Francia Caroline Lind Caryn Davies cox: Mary Whipple | Netherlands Femke Dekker Marlies Smulders Nienke Kingma Roline Repelaer van Driel Annemarieke van Rumpt Helen Tanger Sarah Siegelaar Annemiek de Haan cox: Ester Workel | Romania Constanța Burcică Viorica Susanu Rodica Şerban Enikő Barabás Simona Muşat Ioana Papuc Georgeta Andrunache Doina Ignat cox: Elena Georgescu |
| Lightweight double sculls | Kirsten van der Kolk and Marit van Eupen Netherlands | Minna Nieminen and Sanna Stén Finland | Tracy Cameron and Melanie Kok Canada |
See also
- Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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