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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
2 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
8 | France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
10 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
13 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | China | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Norway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
19 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
Event | |||
---|---|---|---|
Single sculls | Mahe Drysdale |
Damir Martin |
Ondrej Synek |
Pair | Hamish Bond Eric Murray |
Lawrence Brittain Shaun Keeling |
Giovanni Abagnale Marco di Costanzo |
Double sculls | Martin Sinkovic Valent Sinkovic |
Mindaugas Griskonis Saulius Ritter |
Kjetil Borch Olaf Tufte |
Lightweight double sculls | Jeremie Azou Pierre Houin |
Gary O'Donovan Paul O'Donovan |
Kristoffer Brun Are Strandli |
Four | Great Britain Alex Gregory Constantine Louloudis George Nash Mohamed Sbihi |
Australia Joshua Booth Joshua Dunkley-Smith Alexander Hill William Lockwood |
Italy Matteo Castaldo Matteo Lodo Domenico Montrone Giuseppe Vicino |
Quadruple sculls | Germany Hans Gruhne Lauritz Schoof Karl Schulze Philipp Wende |
Australia Alexander Belonogoff Karsten Forsterling Cameron Girdlestone James McRae |
Estonia Tonu Endrekson Andrei Jamsa Allar Raja Kaspar Taimsoo |
Lightweight four | Switzerland Mario Gyr Simon Niepmann Simon Schuerch Lucas Tramer |
Denmark Jacob Barsoe Kasper Joergensen Morten Joergensen Jacob Larsen |
France Thomas Baroukh Thibault Colard Guillaume Raineau Franck Solforosi |
Eight | Great Britain Paul Bennett Scott Durant Matt Gotrel Phelan Hill Andrew Triggs Hodge Matt Langridge Tom Ransley Pete Reed William Satch |
Germany Felix Drahotta Malte Jakschik Eric Johannesen Andreas Kuffner Maximilian Munski Hannes Ocik Maximilian Reinelt Martin Sauer Richard Schmidt |
Netherlands Kaj Hendriks Robert Luecken Boaz Meylink Boudewijn Roell Olivier Siegelaar Dirk Uittenbogaard Mechiel Versluis Peter Wiersum Tone Wieten |
Women[]
Event | |||
---|---|---|---|
Single sculls | Kimberley Brennan |
Genevra Stone |
Duan Jingli |
Pair | Helen Glover Heather Stanning |
Genevieve Behrent Rebecca Scown |
Anne Andersen Hedvig Rasmussen |
Double sculls | Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozlowska Natalia Madaj |
Katherine Grainger Victoria Thornley |
Milda Valciukaite Donata Vistartaite |
Lightweight double sculls | Maaike Head Ilse Paulis |
Lindsay Jennerich Patricia Obee |
Huang Wenyi Pan Feihong |
Quadruple sculls | Germany Carina Baer Julia Lier Lisa Schmidla Annekatrin Thiele |
Netherlands Chantal Achterberg Nicole Beukers Carline Bouw Inge Janssen |
Poland Monika Ciaciuch Agnieszka Kobus Joanna Leszczynska Maria Springwald |
Eight | United States Amanda Elmore Tessa Gobbo Eleanor Logan Meghan Musnicki Amanda Polk Emily Regan Lauren Schmetterling Kerry Simmonds Katelin Snyder |
Great Britain Karen Bennett Olivia Carnegie-Brown Jessica Eddie Katie Greves Frances Houghton Zoe Lee Polly Swann Zoe de Toledo Melanie Wilson |
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.