Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Main article: Rowing at the Summer Olympics
| Rowing at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park |
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| Dates | 9–17 August |
| Competitors | 555 from 60 nations |
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| Single sculls | men | women | ||
| Coxless pair | men | women | ||
| Double sculls | men | women | ||
| Lwt double sculls | men | women | ||
| Coxless four | men | |||
| Quadruple sculls | men | women | ||
| Eight | men | women | ||
| Lwt coxless four | men | |||
Rowing competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.
Events
14 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
- Single sculls men
- Pairs men
- Double sculls men
- Fours men
- Quadruple sculls men
- Eights men
- Double sculls lightweight men
- Fours lightweight men
- Single sculls women
- Pairs women
- Double sculls women
- Quadruple sculls women
- Eights women
- Double sculls lightweight women
Qualification
Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification
Medal summary
Men's events
Polish men's quadruple sculls: gold medalists
Women's events
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 |  Australia (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
 Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 8 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2008 Summer Olympics rowing. |
- FISA - International Rowing Federation
- Rowing medal Standings from the official Beijing Olympics website.
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