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Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held between 6 and 13 August 2016 at the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas.

Medal Table[]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Great Britain Great Britain 3 2 0 5
2 Germany Germany 2 1 0 3
New Zealand New Zealand 2 1 0 3
4 Australia Australia 1 2 0 3
5 Netherlands Netherlands 1 1 1 3
6 Croatia Croatia 1 1 0 2
United States United States 1 1 0 2
8 France France 1 0 1 2
Poland Poland 1 0 1 2
10 Switzerland Switzerland 1 0 0 1
11 Denmark Denmark 0 1 1 2
Lithuania Lithuania 0 1 1 2
13 Canada Canada 0 1 0 1
Ireland Ireland 0 1 0 1
South Africa South Africa 0 1 0 1
16 China China 0 0 2 2
Italy Italy 0 0 2 2
Norway Norway 0 0 2 2
19 Czech Republic Czech Republic 0 0 1 1
Estonia Estonia 0 0 1 1
Romania Romania 0 0 1 1

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Single sculls Mahe Drysdale
New Zealand
Damir Martin
Croatia
Ondrej Synek
Czech Republic
Pair Hamish Bond
Eric Murray
New Zealand
Lawrence Brittain
Shaun Keeling
South Africa
Giovanni Abagnale
Marco di Costanzo
Italy
Double sculls Martin Sinkovic
Valent Sinkovic
Croatia
Mindaugas Griskonis
Saulius Ritter
Lithuania
Kjetil Borch
Olaf Tufte
Norway
Lightweight double sculls Jeremie Azou
Pierre Houin
France
Gary O'Donovan
Paul O'Donovan
Ireland
Kristoffer Brun
Are Strandli
Norway
Four Great Britain Great Britain
Alex Gregory
Constantine Louloudis
George Nash
Mohamed Sbihi
Australia Australia
Joshua Booth
Joshua Dunkley-Smith
Alexander Hill
William Lockwood
Italy Italy
Matteo Castaldo
Matteo Lodo
Domenico Montrone
Giuseppe Vicino
Quadruple sculls Germany Germany
Hans Gruhne
Lauritz Schoof
Karl Schulze
Philipp Wende
Australia Australia
Alexander Belonogoff
Karsten Forsterling
Cameron Girdlestone
James McRae
Estonia Estonia
Tonu Endrekson
Andrei Jamsa
Allar Raja
Kaspar Taimsoo
Lightweight four Switzerland Switzerland
Mario Gyr
Simon Niepmann
Simon Schuerch
Lucas Tramer
Denmark Denmark
Jacob Barsoe
Kasper Joergensen
Morten Joergensen
Jacob Larsen
France France
Thomas Baroukh
Thibault Colard
Guillaume Raineau
Franck Solforosi
Eight Great Britain Great Britain
Paul Bennett
Scott Durant
Matt Gotrel
Phelan Hill
Andrew Triggs Hodge
Matt Langridge
Tom Ransley
Pete Reed
William Satch
Germany Germany
Felix Drahotta
Malte Jakschik
Eric Johannesen
Andreas Kuffner
Maximilian Munski
Hannes Ocik
Maximilian Reinelt
Martin Sauer
Richard Schmidt
Netherlands Netherlands
Kaj Hendriks
Robert Luecken
Boaz Meylink
Boudewijn Roell
Olivier Siegelaar
Dirk Uittenbogaard
Mechiel Versluis
Peter Wiersum
Tone Wieten

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Single sculls Kimberley Brennan
Australia
Genevra Stone
United States
Duan Jingli
China
Pair Helen Glover
Heather Stanning
Great Britain
Genevieve Behrent
Rebecca Scown
New Zealand
Anne Andersen
Hedvig Rasmussen
Denmark
Double sculls Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozlowska
Natalia Madaj
Poland
Katherine Grainger
Victoria Thornley
Great Britain
Milda Valciukaite
Donata Vistartaite
Lithuania
Lightweight double sculls Maaike Head
Ilse Paulis
Netherlands
Lindsay Jennerich
Patricia Obee
Canada
Huang Wenyi
Pan Feihong
China
Quadruple sculls Germany Germany
Carina Baer
Julia Lier
Lisa Schmidla
Annekatrin Thiele
Netherlands Netherlands
Chantal Achterberg
Nicole Beukers
Carline Bouw
Inge Janssen
Poland Poland
Monika Ciaciuch
Agnieszka Kobus
Joanna Leszczynska
Maria Springwald
Eight United States United States
Amanda Elmore
Tessa Gobbo
Eleanor Logan
Meghan Musnicki
Amanda Polk
Emily Regan
Lauren Schmetterling
Kerry Simmonds
Katelin Snyder
Great Britain Great Britain
Karen Bennett
Olivia Carnegie-Brown
Jessica Eddie
Katie Greves
Frances Houghton
Zoe Lee
Polly Swann
Zoe de Toledo
Melanie Wilson
Romania Romania
Madalina Beres
Andreea Boghian
Adelina Bogus
Roxana Cogianu
Daniela Druncea
Laura Oprea
Mihaela Petrila
Iuliana Popa
Ioana Strungaru

Statistics[]

  • There were 547 athletes from 69 countries.
  • Nadia Negm was the youngest participant with 18 years and 14 days.
  • Lesley Thompson-Willie was the oldest participant with 56 years and 323 days.
  • Great Britain won the medal table for the third time in a row.
  • Most Russians were banned from participating.
  • 8 nations made their debut in Olympic rowing.
  • Ireland won their first medal since 1948.
  • Lithuania won 2 medals, more than in any other sport.
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