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Only four sports have been in every modern Olympics. Rowing would be a fifth, but all five events scheduled in 1896 were cancelled because of bad weather.

However, the rowing events did come off in 1900, and the sport has been a staple of the Olympic program ever since. Women's rowing was added in 1976 and lightweight events joined the program in 1996.

All Olympic rowing competition has the same basic format, beginning with qualifying heats. The fastest qualifiers go into the semifinal and the others enter a repechage round. The top repechage finishers also advance to the semifinal.

The first six semifinal finishers race in the final and the next six enter a petit final, for 7th through 12th places.

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Men's Single Sculls

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1896Cancelled
1900Hermann Barrelet, FRA7:35.6André Gaudin, FRA7:41.6St.-George Ashe, GBR8:15.6
1904Frank Greer, USA10:08.5James Juvenal, USA---Constance Titus, USA 
1906Gaston Delaplane, FRA5:53.4Joseph Larran, FRA6:07.2Only two competitors 
1908Henry Blackstaffe, GBR9:26.0Alexander McCulloch, GBR ---Bernhard von Gaza, GER & Károly Levitzky, HUN 
1912William Kinnear, GBR7:47.6Polydore Veirman, BEL7:56.0Everard Butler, CAN & Mikhel Kuusik, RUS
1920John Kelly, USA7:35.0Jack Beresford, GBR7:36.0Clarence Hadfield D'Arcy, NZL7:48.0
1924Jack Beresford, GBR7:49.2William Garrett Gilmore, USA7:54.0Josef Schneider, SUI8:01.1
1928Henry “Bobby” Pearce, AUS7:11.0Kenneth Myers, USA7:20.8Theodore Collet, GBR7:29.8
1932Henry “Bobby” Pearce, AUS7:44.4William Miller, USA7:45.2Guillermo Douglas, URU8:13.6
1936Gustav Schäfer, GER8:21.5Josef Hasenöhrl, AUT8:25.8Daniel Barrow, USA8:28.0
1948Mervyn Wood, AUS7:24.4Eduardo Risso, URU7:38.2Romolo Catasta, ITA7:51.4
1952Yuriy Tyukalov, URS8:12.8Mervyn Wood, AUS8:14.5Teodor Kocerka, POL8:19.4
1956Vyacheslav Ivanov, URS8:02.5Stuart Mackenzie, AUS8:07.7John Kelly Jr., USA8:11.8
1960Vyacheslav Ivanov, URS7:13.96Achim Hill, GER7:20.21Teodor Kocerka, POL7:21.26
1964Vyacheslav Ivanov, URS8:22.51Achim Hill, GER8:26.24Gottfried Kottmann, SUI8:29.68
1968Henri Jan Wienese, NED7:47.80Jochen Meissner, FRG7:52.00Alberto Demiddi, ARG7:57.19
1972Yuriy Malishev, URS7:10.12Alberto Demiddi, ARG7:11.53Wolfgang Güldenpfennig, GDR7:14.45
1976Pertti Karppinen, FIN7:29.03Peter Michael Kolbe, FRG7:31.67Joachim Dreifke, GDR7:38.03
1980Pertti Karppinen, FIN7:09.61Vasiliy Yakusha, URS7:11.66Peter Kersten, GDR7:14.88
1984Pertti Karppinen, FIN7:00.24Peter Michael Kolbe, FRG7:02.19Robert Mills, CAN7:10.38
1988Thomas Lange, GDR6:49.86Peter Michael Kolbe, FRG6:54.77Eric Verdonk, NZL6:58.66
1992Thomas Lange, GER6:51.40Václav Chalupa, TCH6:52.93Kajetan Broniewski, POL6:56.82
1996Xeno Müller, SUI6:44.85Derek Porter, CAN6:47.45Thomas Lange, GER6:47.72
2000Rob Waddell, NZL6:48.90Xeno Müller, SUI6:50.55Marcel Hacker, GER6:50.83
2004Olaf Tufte, NOR6:49.30Jueri Jaanson, EST6:51.42Ivo Yanakiev, BUL6:52.80

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Men's Double Sculls

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1896Cancelled
1904John Mulcahy
& William Varley, USA		10:03.2James McLoughlin
& John Hoben, USA		--- Joseph Ravanack
& John Wells, USA		---
1906-12Not Held
1920John Kelly
& Paul Costello, USA		7:09.0Erminio Dones
& Pietro Annoni, ITA		7:19.0Alfred Pié
& Gaston Giran, FRA		7:21.0
1924Paul Costello
& John Kelly, USA		6:34.0Marc Detton
& Jean-Pierre Stock, FRA		6:38.0Rudolf Bosshard
& Heinrich Thoma, SUI		---
1928Paul Costello
& Charles McIlvaine, USA		6:41.4Joseph Wright
& Jack Guest, CAN		6:51.0Leo Losert
& Viktor Flessl, AUT		6:48.8
1932Kenneth Myers
& William Garrett Gilmore, USA		7:17.4Herbert Buhtz
& Gerhard Boetzelen, GER		7:22.8Charles Pratt
& Noël de Mille, CAN		7:27.6
1936Jack Beresford
& Leslie Southwood, GBR		7:20.8Willy Kaidel
& Joachim Pirsch, GER		7:26.2Roger Verey
& Jerzy Ustupski, POL		7:36.2
1948Richard Burnell
& Bertie Bushnell, GBR		6:51.3Ebbe Parsner
& Aage Larsen, DEN		6:55.3William Jones
& Juan Rodríguez, URU		7:12.4
1952Tranquilo Cappozzo
& Eduardo Guerrero, ARG		7:32.2Georgiy Zhilin
& Igor Yemchuk, URS		7:38.3Miguel Seijas
& Juan Rodríguez, URU		7:43.7
1956Aleksandr Berkutov
& Yuriy Tyukalov, URS		7:24.0Bernard Paul Costello
& James Gardiner, USA		7:32.2Murray Riley
& Mervyn Wood, AUS		7:37.4
1960Václav Kozák
& Pavel Schmidt, TCH		6:47.50Aleksandr Berkutov
& Yuriy Tyukalov, URS		6:50.49Ernst Hürlimann
& Rolf Larcher, SUI		6:50.59
1964Oleg Tyurin
& Boris Dubrovsky, URS		7:10.66Seymour "Cy" Cromwell
& James Storm, USA		7:13.16Vladimir Andrs
& Pavel Hofmann, TCH		7:14.23
1968Anatoliy Sass
& Aleksandr Timoshinin, URS		6:51.82Leendert Frans van Dis
& Henricus Droog, NED		6:52.80William Maher &John Nunn, USA6:54.21
1972Aleksandr Timoshinin
& Gennadiy Korshikov, URS		7:01.77Frank Hansen
& Svein Thøgersen, NOR		7:02.58Joachim Böhmer
& Hans-Ulrich Schmied, GDR		7:05.55
1976Frank Hansen
& Alf Hansen, NOR		7:13.20Chris Baillieu
& Michael Hart, GBR		7:15.26Hans-Ulrich Schmied
& Jürgen Bertow, GDR		7:17.45
1980Joachim Dreifke
& Klaus Kröppelien, GDR		6:24.33Zoran Pancic
& Milorad Stanulov, YUG		6:26.34Zdenek Pecka
& Václav Vochoska, TCH		6:29.07
1984Bradley Lewis
& Paul Enquist, USA		6:36.87Pierre-Marie Deloof
& Dirk Crois, BEL		6:38.19Zoran Pancic
& Milorad Stanulov, YUG		6:39.59
1988Ronald Florijn
& Nicolaas Rienks, NED		6:21.13Beat Schwerzmann
& Ueli Bodenmann, SUI		6:22.59Aleksandr Marchenko
& Vasiliy Yakusha, URS		6:22.87
1992Stephen Hawkins
& Peter Antonie, AUS		6:17.32Arnold Jonke
& Christoph Zerbst, AUT		6:18.42Henk-Jan Zwolle
& Nicolaas Rienks, NED		6:22.82
1996Davide Tizzano
& Agostino Abbagnale, ITA		6:16.98Kjetil Undset
& Steffen Skår Størseth, NOR		6:18.42Frédéric Kowal
& Samuël Barathay, FRA		6:19.85
2000Luka Spik
& Iztok Cop, SLO		6:16.63Olaf Tufte
& Fredrik Bekken, NOR		6:17.98Giovanni Calabrese
& Nicola Sartori, ITA		6:20.49
2004Sebastien Vieilledent
& Adrien Hardy, FRA		6:29.00Luka Spik
& Iztok Cop, SLO		6:31.72Rossano Galtarossa
& Alessio Sartori, ITA		6:32.93

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Men's Quadruple Sculls

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1976German D.R.6:18.65Soviet Union6:19.89Czechoslovakia6:21.77
1980German D.R.5:49.81Soviet Union5:51.47Bulgaria5:52.38
1984F.R. Germany5:57.55Australia5:57.98Canada5:59.07
1988Italy5:53.37Norway5:55.08German D.R.5:56.13
1992Germany5:45.17Norway5:47.09Italy5:47.33
1996Germany5:56.93United States5:59.10Australia6:01.65
2000Italy5:45.56Netherlands5:47.91Germany5:48.64
2004Russia5:56.85Czech Republic5:57.43Ukraine5:58.87

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Men's Coxless Pair-Oared Shells

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1904Robert Farnam
& Joseph Ryan, USA		10:57.0John Mulcahy
& William Varley, USA		---John Joachim
& Joseph Buerger, USA		---
1906Not Held
1908Reginald Fenning
& Gordon Thomson, GBR		9:41.0George Fairbairn
& Philip Verdon, GBR		---Frederick Toms
& Norwey Jackes, CAN Martin Stahnke
& Willy Düskow, GER		---
1912-20Not held    
1924Antonie Beijnen
& Wilhelm Rösingh, NED		8:19.4Maurice Bouton
& Georges Piot, FRA		8:21.6 Only two pairs competed 
1928Bruno Müller
& Kurt Moschter, GER		7:06.4Terence O'Brien
& Robert Archibald Nisbet, GBR		7:08.6Paul McDowell
& John Schmitt, USA		7:20.4
1932Hugh “Jumbo” Edwards
& Lewis Clive, GBR		8:00.0Cyril Stiles
& Frederick Thompson, NZL		8:02.4Henryk Budzirnski
& Janusz Mikolajczak, POL		8:08.2
1936Willi Eichhorn
& Hugo Strauss, GER		8:16.1Richard Olsen
& Harry Larsen, DEN		8:19.2Horacio Podestá
& Julio Curatella, ARG		8:23.0
1948John “Jack” Wilson
& William “Ran” Laurie, GBR		7:21.1Hans Kalt
& Josef Kalt, SUI		7:23.9Felice Fanetti
& Bruno Boni, ITA		7:31.5
1952Charles Logg
& Thomas Price, USA		8:20.7Michel Knuysen
& Robert Baetens, BEL		8:23.5Kurt Schmid
& Hans Kalt, SUI		8:32.7
1956James Fifer
& Duvall Hecht, USA		7:55.4Igor Buldakov
& Viktor Ivanov, URS		8:03.9Alfred Sageder
& Josef Kloimstein, AUT		8:11.8
1960Valentin Boreyko
& Oleg Golovanov, URS		7:02.01Alfred Sageder
& Josef Kloimstein, AUT		7:03.69Veli Lehtelä
& Toimi Pitkänen, FIN		7:03.80
1964George Hungerford
& Roger Jackson, CAN		7:32.94Steven Blaisse
& Ernst Venemans, NED		7:33.40Michael Schwan
& Wolfgang Hottennrott, GER		7:38.63
1968Jörg Lucke
& Hans-Jürgen Bothe, GDR		7:26.56Lawrence Hough
& Philip “Tony” Johnson, USA		7:26.71Peter Christiansen
& Ib Ivan Larsen, DEN		7:31.84
1972Siegfried Brietzke
& Wolfgang Mager, GDR		6:53.16Heinrich Fischer
& Alfred Bachmann, SUI		6:57.06Roelof Luynenburg
& Rudolf Stokvis, NED		6:58.70
1976Jörg Landvoigt
& Bernd Landvoigt, GDR		7:23.31Calvin Coffey
& Michael Staines, USA		7:26.73Peter Vanroye
& Thomas Strauss, FRG		7:30.03
1980Bernd Landvoigt
& Jörg Landvoigt, GDR		6:48.01Yuriy Pimenov
& Nikolay Pimenov, URS		6:50.50Charles Wiggin
& Malcolm Carmichael, GBR		6:51.47
1984Petru Iosub
& Valer Toma, ROM		6:45.39Fernando Climent
& Luis María Lasúrtegui, ESP		6:48.47Hans Magnus Grepperud
& Sverre Loken, NOR		6:51.81
1988Andy Holmes
& Steve Redgrave, GBR		6:36.84Dragos Neagu
& Danut Dobre, ROM		6:38.06Bojan Prešeren
& Sadik Mujkic, YUG		6:41.01
1992Steve Redgrave
& Matthew Pinsent, GBR		6:27.72Peter Höltzenbein
& Colin von Ettingshausen, GER		6:32.68Iztok Cop
& Denis Zvegelj, SLO		6:33.43
1996Steve Redgrave
& Matthew Pinsent, GBR		6:20.09David Weightman
& Robert Scott, AUS		6:21.02Michel Andrieux
& Jean-Christophe Rolland, FRA		6:22.15
2000Michel Andrieux
& Jean-Christophe Rolland, FRA		6:32.97Ted Murphy
& Sebastian Bea, USA		6:33.80Matthew Long
& James Tomkins, AUS		6:34.26
2004Drew Ginn
& James Tomkins, AUS		6:30.76Sinisa Skelin
& Niksa Skelin, CRO		6:32.64Donovan Cech
& Ramon di Clemente, RSA		6:33.40

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Men's Coxless Four-Oared Shells

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1904Century B.C. (St. Louis), USA9:05.8Mound City R.C. (St. Louis), USA---Western R.C. (St. Louis), USA---
1906Not Held
1908Magdalen College (Oxford), GBR8:34.0Leander Club, GBR---Argonaut R.C. (Toronto), CAN & Amstel Amsterdam, NED---
1912-20Not Held
1924Great Britain7:08.6Canada7:18.0Switzerland---
1928Great Britain6:36.0United States6:37.0Italy6:37.6
1932Great Britain6:58.2Germany7:03.0Italy7:04.0
1936Germany7:01.8Great Britain7:06.5Switzerland7:10.6
1948Italy6:39.0Denmark6:43.5United States6:47.7
1952Yugoslavia7:16.0France7:18.9Finland7:23.3
1956Canada7:08.8United States7:18.4France7:20.9
1960United States6:26.25Italy6:28.78Soviet Union6:29.62
1964Denmark6:59.30Great Britain7:00.47United States7:01.37
1968German D.R.6:39.18Hungary6:41.64Italy6:44.01
1972German D.R.6:24.27New Zealand6:25.64F.R. Germany6:28.41
1976German D.R.6:37.42Norway6:41.22Soviet Union6:42.52
1980German D.R.6:08.17Soviet Union6:11.81Great Britain6:16.58
1984New Zealand6:03.48United States6:06.10Denmark6:07.72
1988German D.R.6:03.11United States6:05.53F.R. Germany6:06.22
1992Australia5:55.04United States5:56.68Slovenia5:58.24
1996Australia6:06.37France6:07.03Great Britain6:07.28
2000Great Britain5:56.24Italy5:56.62Australia5:57.61
2004Great Britain6:06.98Canada6:07.06Italy6:10.41

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Men's Eight-Oared Shells

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1896Cancelled
1900Vesper B.C. (Philadelphia), USA6:07.8Royal Club Nautique de Gand, BEL6:13.8Minerva Amsterdam, NED6:23.0
1904Vesper B.C. (Philadelphia), USA7:50.0Argonaut R.C. (Toronto), CAN Only two crews competed 
1906Not Held
1908Leander Club, GBR7:52.0Royal Club Nautique de Gand, BEL---Argonaut R.C. (Toronto), CAN & Cambridge University B.C., GBR---
1912Leander Club, GBR6:15.0New College (Oxford), GBR6:19.0Berliner Ruder-Gessellschaft, GER---
1920United States6:05.0Great Britain6:05.8Norway---
1924United States6:33.4Canada6:49.0Italy6:36.0
1928United States6:03.2Great Britain6:05.6Canada6:03.8
1932United States6:37.6Italy6:37.8Canada6:40.4
1936United States6:25.4Italy6:26.0Germany6:26.4
1948United States5:56.7Great Britain6:06.9Norway6:10.3
1952United States6:25.9Soviet Union6:31.2Australia6:33.1
1956United States6:35.2Canada6:37.1Australia6:39.2
1960Germany5:57.18Canada6:01.52Czechoslovakia6:04.84
1964United States6:18.23Germany6:23.29Czechoslovakia6:25.11
1968F.R. Germany6:07.00Australia6:07.98Soviet Union6:09.11
1972New Zealand6:08.94United States6:11.61German D.R.6:11.67
1976German D.R.5:58.29Great Britain6:00.82New Zealand6:03.51
1980German D.R.5:49.05Great Britain5:51.92Soviet Union5:52.66
1984Canada5:41.32United States5:41.74Australia5:43.40
1988F.R. Germany5:46.05Soviet Union5:48.01United States5:48.26
1992Canada5:29.53Romania5:29.67Germany5:31.00
1996Netherlands5:42.74Germany5:44.58Russia5:45.77
2000Great Britain5:33.08Australia5:33.88Croatia5:34.85
2004United States5:42.48Netherlands5:43.75Australia5:45.38

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Men's Lightweight Double Sculls

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1996Markus Gier & Michael Gier, SUI6:23.47Maarten van der Linden & Pepijn Aardewijn, NED6:26.48Anthony Edwards & Bruce Hick, AUS6:26.69
2000Tomasz Kucharski & Robert Sycz, POL6:21.75Elia Luini & Leonardo Pettinari, ITA6:23.47Pascal Touron & Thibaud Chapelle, FRA6:24.85
2004Tomasz Kucharski
& Robert Sycz, POL		6:20.93Frederic Dufour
& Pascal Touron, FRA		6:21.46Vasileios Polymeros
& Nikolaos Skiathitis, GRE		6:23.23

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Men's Lightweight Four-Oared Shell Without Coxswain

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1996Denmark6:09.58Canada6:10.13United States6:12.29
2000France6:01.68Australia6:02.09Denmark6:03.51
2004Denmark6:01.39Australia6:02.79Italy6:03.74

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Women's Single Sculls

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1976Christine Scheiblich, GDR4:05.56Joan Lind, USA4:06.21Yelena Antonova, URS4:10.24
1980Sanda Toma, ROM3:40.69Antonina Makhina, URS3:41.65Martina Schröter, GDR3:43.54
1984Valeria Racila, ROM3:40.68Charlotte Geer, USA3:43.89Ann Haesebrouck, BEL3:45.72
1988Jutta Behrendt, GDR7:47.19Anne Marden, USA7:50.28Magdalena Georgieva, BUL7:53.65
1992Elisabeta Lipa, ROM7:25.54Annelies Bredael, BEL7:26.64Silken Laumann, CAN7:28.85
1996Yekaterina Khodotovich, BLR7:32.21Silken Laumann, CAN7:35.15Trine Hansen, DEN7:37.20
2000Yekaterina Khodotovich Karsten, BLR7:28.14Rumyana Neykova, BUL7:28.15Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, GER7:28.99
2004Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, GER7:18.12Ekaterina Karsten-Khodotovitch, BLR7:22.04Rumyana Neykova, BUL7:23.10

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Women's Double Sculls

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1976Svetla Otsetova
& Zdravka Yordanova, BUL		3:44.36Sabine Jahn
& Petra Boesler, GDR		3:47.86Leonora Kaminskaité
& Genovaité Ramoškiené, URS		3:49.93
1980Yelena Khloptseva
& Larissa Popova, URS		3:16.27Cornelia Linse
& Heidi Westphal, GDR		3:17.83Olga Homeghi
& Valeria Racila-Rosca, ROM		3:18.91
1984Mariora Popescu
& Elisabeta Oleniuc, ROM		3:26.75Greet Hellemans
& Nicolette Hellemans, NED		3:29.13Daniele Laumann
& Silken Laumann, CAN		3:29.82
1988Birgit Peter
& Martina Schröter, GDR		7:00.48Elisabeta Lipa (Oleniuc)
& Veronica Cogeanu, ROM		7:04.36Violeta Ninova
& Stefka Madina, BUL		7:06.03
1992Kerstin Köppen
& Kathrin Boron, GER		6:49.00Veronica Cochela (Cogeanu)
& Elisabeta Lipa, ROM		6:51.47Gu Xiaoli
& Lu Huali, CHN		6:55.16
1996Marnie McBean
& Kathleen Heddle, CAN		6:56.84Cao Mianying
& Zhang Xiuyun, CHN		6:58.35Irene Eijs
& Eeke van Nes, NED		6:58.72
2000Jana Thieme
& Kathrin Boron, GER		6:55.44Pieta van Dishoeck
& Eeke van Nes, NED		7:00.36Biruté Sakickiené
& Kristina Poplavskaja, LTU		7:01.71
2004Georgina Evers-Swindell
& Caroline Evers-Swindell, NZL		7:01.79Peggy Waleska
& Britta Oppelt, GER		7:02.78Sarah Winckless
& Elise Laverick, GBR		7:07.58

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Women's Quadruple Sculls

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1988German D.R.6:21.06Soviet Union6:23.47Romania6:23.81
1992Germany6:20.18Romania6:24.34Unified Team6:25.07
1996Germany6:27.44Ukraine6:30.36Canada6:30.38
2000Germany6:19.58Great Britain6:21.64Russia6:21.65
2004Germany6:29.29Great Britain6:31.26Ukraine6:34.31

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Women's Coxless Pair-Oared Shells

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1976Siika Kelbecheva
& Stoyanka Gruicheva, BUL		4:01.22Angelika Noack
& Sabine Dähne, GDR		4:01.64Edith Eckbauer
& Thea Einöder, FRG		4:02.35
1980Ute Steindorf
& Cornelia Khier, GDR		3:30.49Malgorzata Dluzewska
& Czeslawa Kocianska, POL		3:30.95Siika Barbulova (Kelbecheva)
& Stoyanka Kurbatova (Gruicheva), BUL		3:32.39
1984Rodica Arba
& Elena Horvat, ROM		3:32.60Elizabeth Craig
& Tricia Smith, CAN		3:36.06Ellen Becker
& Iris Völkner, FRG		3:40.50
1988Rodica Arba
& Olga Homeghi, ROM		7:28.13Radka Stoyanova
& Lalka Berberova, BUL		7:31.95Nicola Payne
& Lynley Hannen, NZL		7:35.68
1992Marnie McBean
& Kathleen Heddle, CAN		7:06.22Stefani Werremeier
& Ingeburg Schwerzmann, GER		7:07.96Anna Seaton
& Stephanie Pierson, USA		7:08.11
1996Megan Still
& Kate Slatter, AUS		7:01.39Missy Schwen
& Karen Kraft, USA		7:01.78Christine Gossé
& Hélène Cortin, FRA		7:03.82
2000Georgeta Damian
& Doina Ignat, ROM		7:11.00Rachael Taylor
& Kate Slatter, AUS		7:12.56Missy Ryan (Schwen)
& Karen Kraft, USA		7:13.00
2004Georgeta Andrunache-Damian
& Viorica Susanu, ROM		7:06.55Katherine Grainger
& Cath Bishop, GBR		7:08.66BLR Yuliya Bichyk
& Natallia Helakh, BLR		7:09.86

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Women's Eight-Oared Shells

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1976German D.R.3:33.32Soviet Union3:36.17United States3:38.68
1980German D.R.3:03.32Soviet Union3:04.29Romania3:05.63
1984United States2:59.80Romania3:00.87Netherlands3:02.92
1988German D.R.6:15.17Romania6:17.44P.R. of China6:21.83
1992Canada6:02.62Romania6:06.26Germany6:07.80
1996Romania6:19.73Canada6:24.05Belarus6:24.44
2000Romania6:06.44Netherlands6:09.39Canada6:11.58
2004Romania6:17.70United States6:19.56Netherlands6:19.85

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Women's Lightweight Double Sculls

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1996Constanta Burcica
& Camelia Macoviciuc, ROM		7:12.78Teresa Bell
& Lindsay Burns, USA		7:14.65Rebecca Joyce
& Virginia Lee, AUS		7:16.56
2000Constanta Burcica
& Angela Alupei, ROM		7:02.64Valerie Viehoff
& Claudia Blasberg, GER		7:02.95Christine Collins
& Sarah Garner, USA		7:06.37
2004Constanta Burcica
& Angela Alupei, ROM		6:56.05Daniela Reimer
& Claudia Blasberg, GER		6:57.33Kirsten van der Kolk
& Marit van Eupen, NED		6:58.54

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Discontinued Events

Men's Coxed Pair-Oared Shells
(Coxswain is third person listed)

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1896Cancelled
1900Francois Antoine Brandt, Roelof Klein, & ???, NED7:34.2Lucien Martinet, Waleff, & ???, FRA7:34.4Carlos Deltour, Antoine Vedrenne, & aoli, FRA7:57.2
1904Not Held
 1000 Meters     
1906Enrico Bruna, Emilio Fontanella, & Giorgio Cesana, ITA4:23.0Luigi Diana, Francesco Civera, & Emilio Cesarana, ITA4:30.0Gaston Delaplane, Charles Delaporte, & Marcel Frebourg, FRA---
 1 Mile     
1906Enrico Bruna, Emilio Fontanella, & Giorgio Cesana, ITA7:32.4Max Orban, Remy Orban, & Theofiliakos Psiliakos, BEL8:00.0Adolphe Bernard, Joseph Halcet, & Jean-Baptiste Mathieu, FRA8:08.6
1908-12Not Held
1920Ercole Olgeni, Giovanni Scatturin & Guido De Filip, ITA7:56.0Gabriel Poix, Maurice Bouton & Ernest Barberolle, FRA7:57.0Edouard Candeveau, Alfred Felber & Paul Piaget, SUI---
1924Edouard Candeveau, Alfred Felber & Emile Lachapelle, SUI8:39.0Ercole Olgeni, Giovanni Scatturin & Gino Sopracordevole, ITA8:39.1Leon Butler, Harold Wilson & Edward Jennings, USA---
1928Hans Schöchlin, Karl Schöchlin & Hans Bourquin, SUI7:42.6Armand Marcelle, Edouard Marcelle & Henri Préaux, FRA7:48.4Léon Flament, François de Coninck & Georges Anthony, BEL7:59.4
1932Joseph Schauers, Charles Kieffer & Edward Jennings, USA8:25.8Jerzy Braun, Janusz Slazak & Jerzy Skolimowski, POL8:31.2Anselme Brusa, André Giriat & Pierre Brunet, FRA8:41.2
1936Gerhard Gustmann, Herbert Adamski & Dieter Arend, GER8:36.9Almiro Bergamo, Guido Santin & Luciano Negrini, ITA8:49.7Georges Tapie, Marceau Fourcade & Noël Vandernotte, FRA8:54.0
1948Finn Pedersen, Tage Henriksen & Carl-Ebbe Andersen, DEN8:00.5Giovanni Steffe, Aldo Tarlao & Alberto Radi, ITA8:12.2Antal Szendey, Béla Zsitnik & Róbert Zimonyi, HUN8:25.2
1952Raymond Salles, Gaston Mercier & Bernard Malivoire, FRA8:28.6Heinz-Joachim Manchen, Helmut Heinhold & Helmut Noll, GER8:32.1Svend Pedersen, Poul Svendsen & Jørgen Frandsen, DEN8:34.9
1956Arthur Ayrault, Conn Findlay & Kurt Seiffert, USA8:26.1Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, Horst Arndt & Rainer Borkowsky, GER8:29.2Igor Yemchuk, Georgiy Zhylin & Vladimir Petrov, URS8:31.0
1960Bernhard Knubel, Heinz Renneberg & Klaus Zerta, GER7:29.14Antanas Bagdanavicius, Zigmas Jukna & Igor Rudakov, URS7:30.17Richard Draeger, Conn Findlay & Kent Mitchell, USA7:34.58
1964Edward Ferry, Conn Findlay & Kent Mitchell, USA8:21.23Jacques Morel, Georges Morel & Jean-Claude Darouy, FRA8:23.15Jan Bos, Herman Rouwé & Frederick Hartsuiker, NED8:23.42
1968Primo Baran, Renzo Sambo & Bruno Cipolla, ITA8:04.81Herman Suselbeek, Hadriaan van Nes & Roderick Rijnders, NED8:06.80Jørn Krab, Harry Jørgensen & Preben Krab, DEN8:08.07
1972Wolfgang Gunkel, Jörg Lucke & Klaus-Dieter Neubert, GDR7:17.25Oldrich Svojanovský, Pavel Svojanovský & Vladimir Petricek, TCH7:19.57Stefan Tudor, Petre Ceapura & Ladislau Lovrenschi, ROM7:21.36
1976Harold Jährling, Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich & Georg Spohr, GDR7:58.99Dmitriy Bekhterev, Yuriy Shurkalov & Yuriy Lorentson, URS8:01.82Oldrich Svojanovský, Pavel Svojanovský & Ludvík Vebr, TCH8:03.82
1980Harold Jährling, Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich & Georg Spohr, GDR7:02.54Viktor Pereverzev, Gennadiy Kryuchkin & Aleksandr Lukyanov, URS7:03.35Dusko Mrduljas, Zlatko Celent & Josip Reic, YUG7:04.92
1984Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale & Giuseppe Di Capua, ITA7:05.99Dimitrie Popescu, Vasile Tomoiaga & Dumitru Raducanu, ROM7:11.21Kevin Still, Robert Espeseth & Doug Herland, USA7:12.81
1988Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale & Giuseppe Di Capua, ITA6:58.79Mario Streit, Detlef Kirchhoff & René Rensch, GDR7:00.63Andy Holmes, Steve Redgrave & Patrick Sweeney, GBR7:01.95
1992Jonathon Searle, Greg Searle & Garry Herbert, GBR6:49.83Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale & Giuseppe Di Capua, ITA6:50.98Dimitrie Popescu, Nicolaie Taga & Dumitru Raducanu, ROM6:51.58

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Men's Coxed Four-Oared Shells

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1896Cancelled  
1900Cercle de l'Aviron de Roubaix, FRA7:11.0Club Nautique de Lyon, FRA7:18.0Favorite Harmonia (Hamburg), GER7:18.2
1900Germania R.C. (Hamburg), GER5:59.0Minerva Amsterdam, NED6:03.0Ludwigshafener Ruder Verein, GER6:05.0
Officials messed up on the qualifying rounds, resulting in two finals and two champions
1904Not Held
1906Bucintoro (Venice), ITA8:13.0Société Nautique Basse Seine, FRA---Société Nautique de Bayonne, FRA---
1908Not Held
1912Ludwigshafener Ruder Verein, GER6:59.4Thames R.C., GBR---Polyteknisk Roklub, DEN---
1920Switzerland6:54.0United States6:58.0Norway7:02.0
1924Switzerland7:18.4France7:21.6United States7:23.0
1928Italy6:47.8Switzerland7:03.4Poland7:12.8
1932Germany7:19.0Italy7:19.2Poland7:26.8
1936Germany7:16.2Switzerland7:24.3France7:33.3
1948United States6:50.3Switzerland6:53.3Denmark6:58.6
1952Czechoslovakia7:33.4Switzerland7:36.5United States7:37.0
1956Italy7:19.4Sweden7:22.4Finland7:30.9
1960Germany6:39.12France6:41.62Italy6:43.72
1964Germany7:00.44Italy7:02.84Netherlands7:06.46
1968New Zealand6:45.62German D.R.6:48.20Switzerland6:49.04
1972F.R. Germany6:31.85German D.R.6:33.30Czechoslovakia6:35.64
1976Soviet Union6:40.22German D.R.6:42.70F.R. Germany6:46.96
1980German D.R.6:14.51Soviet Union6:19.05Poland6:22.52
1984Great Britain6:18.64United States6:20.28New Zealand6:23.68
1988German D.R.6:10.74Romania6:13.58New Zealand6:15.78
1992Romania5:59.37Germany6:00.34Poland6:03.27

Men's Coxed Four-Oared
Shell with Inriggers

YearGold Silver Bronze 
1912Denmark7:47.0Sweden7:56.2Norway 

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Six-Man Naval
Rowing Boats

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1906Varese, ITA10:45.0Spetsai, GRE---Hydra, GRE---

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17-Man Naval Rowing Boats

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1906Poros, GRE16:35.0Hydra, GRE17:09.6Varese, ITA---

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Women's Quadruple
Sculls with Coxswain

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1976German D.R.3:29.99Soviet Union3:32.49Romania3:32.76
1980German D.R.3:15.32Soviet Union3:15.73Bulgaria3:16.10
1984Romania3:14.11United States3:15.57Denmark3:16.02

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Women's Coxless
Four-Oared Shells

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1992Canada6:30.85United States6:31.86Germany6:32.34

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Women's Coxed
Four-Oared Shells

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1976German D.R.3:45.08Bulgaria3:48.24Soviet Union3:49.38
1980German D.R.3:19.27Bulgaria3:20.75Soviet Union3:20.92
1984Romania3:19.30Canada3:21.55Australia3:23.29
1988German D.R.6:56.00P.R. of China6:58.78Romania7:01.13

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