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Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics was held from 19 to 25 September 1988 at the Misari Regatta Course.

This edition marked the debut of the women's quadruple sculls without a coxswain but the last Games to feature the women's coxed fours. Moreover, the female rowers would compete over the distance of 2000 metres for the first time in history, equivalent to the men's side.

Medal Table[]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 East Germany East Germany 8 1 1 10
2 Italy Italy 2 0 0 2
3 Romania Romania 1 4 2 7
4 West Germany West Germany 1 1 1 3
5 Great Britain Great Britain 1 0 1 2
6 Netherlands Netherlands 1 0 0 1
7 Soviet Union Soviet Union 0 2 1 3
United States United States 0 2 1 3
9 Bulgaria Bulgaria 0 1 2 3
10 China China 0 1 1 2
11 Norway Norway 0 1 1 2
Switzerland Switzerland 0 1 1 2
13 New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 3 3
14 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 0 0 1 1

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Single sculls Thomas Lange
East Germany
Peter Michael Kolbe
West Germany
Eric Verdonk
New Zealand
Coxless pair Andrew Holmes
Steven Redgrave
Great Britain
Danut Dobre
Dragos Neagu
Romania
Sadik Mujkic
Bojan Presern
Yugoslavia
Coxed pair Italy Italy
Carmine Abbagnale
Giuseppe Abbagnale
Giuseppe di Capua
East Germany East Germany
Detlef Kirchhoff
Rene Rensch
Mario Streit
Great Britain Great Britain
Andrew Holmes
Steven Redgrave
Patrick Sweeney
Double sculls Ronald Florijn
Nicolaas Rienks
Netherlands
Ueli Bodenmann
Beat Schwerzmann
Switzerland
Vassily Iakoucha
Alexandre Martchenko
Soviet Union
Coxless four East Germany East Germany
Ralf Brudel
Olaf Foerster
Thomas Greiner
Roland Schroeder
United States United States
Thomas Bohrer
Richard Kennelly
David Krmpotich
Raoul Rodriguez
West Germany West Germany
Guido Grabow
Volker Grabow
Norbert Kesslau
Jorg Puttlitz
Coxed four East Germany East Germany
Bernd Eichwurzel
Frank Klawonn
Bernd Niesecke
Hendrik Reiher
Karsten Schmeling
Romania Romania
Ladislau Lovrenski
Dimitrie Popescu
Valentin Robu
Ioan Snep
Vasile Tomoiaga
New Zealand New Zealand
Andrew Bird
Gregory Johnston
George Keys
Christopher White
Ian Wright
Quadruple sculls Italy Italy
Agostino Abbagnale
Gianluca Farina
Piero Poli
Davide Tizzano
Norway Norway
Lars Bjonness
Alf John Hansen
Rolf Bernt Thorsen
Vetie Vinje
East Germany East Germany
Steffen Bogs
Heiko Habermann
Jens Koeppen
Steffen Zuehlke
Eight West Germany West Germany
Thomas Domian
Armin Eichholz
Manfred Klein
Wolfgang Maennig
Matthias Mellinghaus
Thomas Moellenkamp
Bahne Rabe
Eckhardt Schultz
Ansgar Wessling
Soviet Union Soviet Union
Venea Mine Bout
Victor Didouk
Alexandre Doumtchev
Pavel Gourkovsky
Nikolai Komarov
Alexandre Loukianov
Victor Omelianovitch
Vassili Tikhanov
Andrei Vassiliev
United States United States
Seth Bauer
Doug Burden
Jeff McLaughlin
Peter Nordell
Ted Patton
John Pescatore
John Rusher
John Smith
Mike Teti

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Single sculls Jutta Behrendt
East Germany
Anne Marden
United States
Magdalena Gueorguieva
Bulgaria
Pair Rodica Arba
Olga Homeghi
Romania
Lalka Berberova
Radka Stoyanova
Bulgaria
Lynley Hannen
Nicola Payne
New Zealand
Double sculls Birgit Peter
Martina Schroeter
East Germany
Veronica Cogeanu
Elisabeta Lipa
Romania
Stefka Madina
Violeta Ninova
Bulgaria
Coxed four East Germany East Germany
Gerlinde Doberschuetz
Carola Hornig
Sylvia Rose
Birte Siech
Martina Walther
China China
Hu Yadong
Li Ronghua
Yang Xiao
Zhang Xianghua
Zhou Shouying
Romania Romania
Herta Anitas
Mihaela Armasescu
Doina Lilian Balan
Adriana Bazon
Veronica Necula
Ecaterina Oancia
Marioara Trasca
Quadruple sculls East Germany East Germany
Kerstin Foerster
Kristina Mundt
Beate Schramm
Jana Sorgers
Soviet Union Soviet Union
Antonina Doumtcheva
Inna Frolova
Irina Kalimbet
Svetlana Mazyi
Romania Romania
Anisoara Balan
Veronica Cogeanu
Elisabeta Lipa
Anisoara Minea
Coxed eight East Germany East Germany
Ramona Balthasar
Kathrin Haacker
Anja Kluge
Daniela Neunast
Beatrix Schroer
Uta Stange
Annegret Strauch
Ute Wild
Judith Zeidler
Romania Romania
Herta Anitas
Mihaela Armasescu
Rodica Arba
Doina Lilian Balan
Adriana Bazon
Olga Homeghi
Veronica Necula
Ecaterina Oancia
Marioara Trasca
China China
Han Yaqin
He Yanwen
Hu Yadong
Li Ronghua
Yang Xiao
Zhang Xianghua
Zhang Yali
Zhou Xihua
Zhou Shouying

Statistics[]

  • There were 593 athletes from 38 countries.
  • Roman Ambrozic was the youngest participant with 15 years and 6 days.
  • Ladislau Lovrenski was the oldest participant with 56 years and 96 days.
  • Dirk Crois of Belgium and Jesus Posse of Uruguay were the only rowers chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
  • Switzerland won its first medal in the sport since Munich 1972.
  • Netherlands won its first gold medal in the sport since Mexico City 1968.
  • China won its first-ever 2 medals in the sport.
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