Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held between 9 and 17 August 2008 at Shunyi Rowing-Canoeing Park.
Medal Table[]
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
 France |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Olaf Tufte
|
Ondrej Synek
|
Mahe Drysdale
|
| Pair | Duncan Free Drew Ginn
|
David Calder Scott Frandsen
|
George Bridgewater Nathan Twaddle
|
| Double sculls | Scott Brennan David Crawshay
|
Tonu Endrekson Juri Jaanson
|
Stephen Rowbotham Matthew Wells
|
| Lightweight double sculls | Mark Hunter Zac Purchase
|
Dimitrios Mougios Vasileios Polymeros
|
Rasmus Nicholai Quist Hansen Mads Reinholdt Rasmussen
|
| Four | Great Britain Tom James Pete Reed Andrew Triggs Hodge Steve Williams |
Australia Francis Hegerty Cameron McKenzie-McHarg James Marburg Matt Ryan |
France Germain Chardin Julien Despres Dorian Mortelette Benjamin Rondeau |
| Quadruple sculls | Poland Michal Jelinski Marek Kolbowicz Adam Korol Konrad Wasielewski |
Italy Luca Agamennoni Rossano Galtarossa Simone Raineri Simone Venier |
France Julien Bahain Cedric Berrest Jonathan Coeffic Pierre-Jean Peltier |
| Lightweight four | Denmark Mads Christian Kruse Andersen Eskild Balschmidt Ebbesen Thomas Ebert Morten Joergensen |
Poland Milosz Bernatajtys Bartlomiej Pawelczak Lukasz Pawlowski Pawel Randa |
Canada Jon Beare Iain Brambell Mike Lewis Liam Parsons |
| Coxed eight | Canada Andrew Byrnes Kyle Hamilton Malcolm Howard Adam Kreek Kevin Light Brian Price Ben Rutledge Dominic Seiterle Jake Wetzel |
Great Britain Richard Egington Alastair Heathcote Matthew Langridge Tom Lucy Acer Nethercott Alex Partridge Colin Smith Tom Stallard Josh West |
United States Wyatt Allen Micah Boyd Steven Coppola Beau Hoopman Josh Inman Marcus McElhenney Matt Schnobrich Bryan Volpenhein Daniel Walsh |
Women[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Rumyana Neykova
|
Michelle Guerette
|
Ekaterina Karsten
|
| Pair | Georgeta Andrunache Viorica Susanu
|
Gao Yulan Wu You
|
Yuliya Bichyk Natallia Helakh
|
| Double sculls | Caroline Evers-Swindell Georgina Evers-Swindell
|
Christiane Huth Annekatrin Thiele
|
Anna Bebington Elise Laverick
|
| Lightweight double sculls | Marit van Eupen Kirsten van der Kolk
|
Minna Nieminen Sanna Sten
|
Tracy Cameron Melanie Kok
|
| Quadruple sculls | China Jin Ziwei Tang Bin Xi Aihua Zhang Yanyang |
Great Britain Debbie Flood Katherine Grainger Frances Houghton Annie Vernon |
Germany Kathrin Boron Manuela Lutze Britta Oppelt Stephanie Schiller |
| Coxed eight | United States Erin Cafaro Anne Cummins Caryn Davies Susan Francia Anna Goodale Caroline Lind Elle Logan Lindsay Shoop Mary Whipple |
Netherlands Femke Dekker Annemiek de Haan Nienke Kingma Roline Repelaer van Driel Annemarieke van Rumpt Sarah Siegelaar Marlies Smulders Helen Tanger Ester Workel |
Romania Georgeta Andrunache Eniko Barabas Constanta Burcica Elena Georgescu Doina Ignat Simona Dumitrita Musat Ioana Cristina Papuc Rodica Maria Serban Viorica Susanu |
Statistics[]
- There were 555 athletes from 60 countries.
- Kim Hong-kyun was the youngest participant with 19 years and 102 days.
- Lesley Thompson-Willie was the oldest participant with 48 years and 326 days.
- 5 participants were chosen to be flag bearers at the opening ceremony.
- Canada won 4 medals, more than in any other sport.
- New Zealand won 3 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Denmark won 2 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Finland won its first medal in the sport since Los Angeles 1984.