Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held between 28 July and 4 August 2012 at Eton Dorney.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain |
4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 |  New Zealand |
3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 |  Germany |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 |  Denmark |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Czech Republic |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  United States |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  South Africa |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Ukraine |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 |  Australia |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 |  Canada |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  China |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Croatia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 France |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Italy |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 |  Greece |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Netherlands |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Poland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovenia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Mahe Drysdale
|
Ondrej Synek
|
Alan Campbell
|
| Pair | Hamish Bond Eric Murray
|
Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette
|
George Nash William Satch
|
| Double sculls | Nathan Cohen Joseph Sullivan
|
Romano Battisti Alessio Sartori
|
Iztok Cop Luka Spik
|
| Lightweight double sculls | Rasmus Quist Mads Rasmussen
|
Mark Hunter Zac Purchase
|
Peter Taylor Storm Uru
|
| Four | Great Britain Alex Gregory Tom James Pete Reed Andrew Triggs Hodge |
Australia James Chapman Joshua Dunkley-Smith Drew Ginn William Lockwood |
United States Charles Cole Scott Gault Glenn Ochal Henrik Rummel |
| Quadruple sculls | Germany Tim Grohmann Lauritz Schoof Karl Schulze Philipp Wende |
Croatia Damir Martin David Sain Martin Sinkovic Valent Sinkovic |
Australia Karsten Forsterling James McRae Christopher Morgan Daniel Noonan |
| Lightweight four | South Africa Matthew Brittain Sizwe Ndlovu John Smith James Thompson |
Great Britain Chris Bartley Peter Chambers Richard Chambers Rob Williams |
Denmark Jacob Barsoe Eskild Ebbesen Kasper Winther Morten Jorgensen |
| Coxed eight | Germany Filip Adamski Eric Johannesen Andreas Kuffner Florian Mennigen Lukas Mueller Maximilian Reinelt Martin Sauer Richard Schmidt Kristof Wilke |
Canada Gabriel Bergen Jeremiah Brown Andrew Byrnes Will Crothers Douglas Csima Rob Gibson Malcolm Howard Conlin McCabe Brian Price |
Great Britain Richard Egington James Foad Phelan Hill Matthew Langridge Constantine Louloudis Alex Partridge Tom Ransley Mohamed Sbihi Greg Searle |
Women[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Miroslava Knapkova
|
Fie Udby Erichsen
|
Kim Crow
|
| Pair | Helen Glover Heather Stanning
|
Kate Hornsey Sarah Tait
|
Juliette Haigh Rebecca Scown
|
| Double sculls | Katherine Grainger Anna Watkins
|
Kim Crow Brooke Pratley
|
Magdalena Fularczyk Julia Michalska
|
| Lightweight double sculls | Katherine Copeland Sophie Hosking
|
Huang Wenyi Xu Dongxiang
|
Christina Giazitzidou Alexandra Tsiavou
|
| Quadruple sculls | Ukraine Yana Dementieva Nataliya Dovgodko Anastasiia Kozhenkova Kateryna Tarasenko |
Germany Carina Baer Britta Oppelt Julia Richter Annekatrin Thiele |
United States Natalie Dell Megan Kalmoe Kara Kohler Adrienne Martelli |
| Coxed eight | United States Erin Cafaro Caryn Davies Zsuzsanna Francia Caroline Lind Esther Lofgren Eleanor Logan Meghan Musnicki Taylor Ritzel Mary Whipple |
Canada Ashley Brzozowicz Krista Guloien Janine Hanson Darcy Marquardt Natalie Mastracci Andreanne Morin Lesley Thompson-Willie Rachelle Viinberg Lauren Wilkinson |
Netherlands Chantal Achterberg Claudia Belderbos Carline Bouw Sytske de Groot Annemiek de Haan Nienke Kingma Roline Repelaer van Driel Anne Schellekens Jacobine Veenhoven |
Statistics[]
- There were 549 athletes from 58 countries.
- Kim Ye-ji was the youngest participant with 17 years and 253 days.
- Lesley Thompson-Willie was the oldest participant with 52 years and 313 days.
- Rodolfo Collazo was the only participant to be chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- New Zealand won 5 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Denmark won 3 medals, more than in any other sport.