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Facts about Rowing in the Olympics

Olympics	Rowing has been part of the Olympic program 28 times (including this year).

Medals	A total of 281 Rowing events have been held all-time in the Olympics (including planned events this year).

Events	There has been 22 different events in Olympic Rowing.


Medal table for Rowing in the Olympics


		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total

1.	USA	33	32	24	89



2.	GDR	33	7	8	48



3.	GBR	31	25	14	70



4.	GER	27	20	15	62



5.	ROU	20	12	9	41




			All-time Olympic Rowing Medal table



Rowing in the Olympic Programme


Olympic Games	Venue	Events
			Women	Men

Paris 1900	Seine Bassin Courbevoie		0	4
St. Louis 1904	Creve Ceur Lake		0	5
London 1908	Henley on Thames		0	4
Stockholm 1912	Djurgaardsbrunnviken		0	4
Antwerp 1920	Grand Canal		0	5
Paris 1924	Bassin d'Argenteuil, Seine		0	7
Amsterdam 1928	Kanal Sloten		0	7
Los Angeles 1932	Marine Stadium, Long Beach		0	7
Berlin 1936	Langer See, Berlin-Grünau		0	7
London 1948	Henley on Thames		0	7
Helsinki 1952	Meilahti		0	7
Melbourne 1956	Lake Wendouree, Ballarat		0	7
Rome 1960	Lago Albano, Castelgandolfo		0	7
Tokyo 1964	Toda Rowing Course		0	7
Mexico City 1968	Virgilio Yribe Rowing Course		0	7
Munich 1972	Regattastrecke Oberschleissheim		0	7
Montreal 1976	Ile Notre Dame		6	8
Moscow 1980	Krylatskoye Canoeing and Rowing Basin		6	8
Los Angeles 1984	Lake Casitas		6	8
Seoul 1988	Han River Regatta Course		6	8
Barcelona 1992	Club de Natacio Banyoles		6	8
Atlanta 1996	Lake Lanier		6	8
Sydney 2000	Penrith Lake		6	8
Athens 2004	Schinias Centre		6	8
Beijing 2008	Shunyi Olympic Rowing Park		6	8
London 2012	Eton Dorney		6	8
Rio 2016	Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas		6	8
Tokyo 2020	Sea Forest Waterway		7	7
Paris 2024	Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium		7	7


International Rowing Federation

The Olympic competitions in Rowing is organized by the International Federation of Rowing Associations (FISA) in cooperation with the host city of the specific games. Follow the link for more information about world championships, the international organization, general history of

These facts about Rowing in the Olympics is based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database

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