title: Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
text: # Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
  
  Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics featured seven events, for men only. Competitions were held over the Henley Royal Regatta course from 5 to 9 August.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | single sculls details | Mervyn Wood (AUS) | Eduardo Risso (URU) | Romolo Catasta (ITA) |
  | double sculls details | Richard Burnell and Bertie Bushnell (GBR) | Ebbe Parsner and Aage Larsen (DEN) | William Jones and Juan Rodríguez (URU) |
  | coxless pairs details | John Wilson and Ran Laurie (GBR) | Hans Kalt and Josef Kalt (SUI) | Felice Fanetti and Bruno Boni (ITA) |
  | coxed pair details | Denmark (DEN) Finn Pedersen Tage Henriksen Carl-Ebbe Andersen | Italy (ITA) Giovanni Steffè Aldo Tarlao Alberto Radi | Hungary (HUN) Antal Szendey Béla Zsitnik Róbert Zimonyi |
  | coxless fours details | Italy (ITA) Giuseppe Moioli Elio Morille Giovanni Invernizzi Franco Faggi | Denmark (DEN) Helge Halkjær Aksel Bonde Helge Muxoll Schrøder Ib Storm Larsen | United States (USA) Fred Kingsbury Stu Griffing Greg Gates Robert Perew |
  | coxed four details | United States (USA) Warren Westlund Bob Martin Bob Will Gordy Giovanelli Allen Morgan | Switzerland (SUI) Rudolf Reichling Erich Schriever Émile Knecht Peter Stebler André Moccand | Denmark (DEN) Erik Larsen Børge Raahauge Nielsen Henry Larsen Harry Knudsen Ib Olsen |
  | eights details | United States (USA) Ian Turner David Turner James Hardy George Ahlgren Lloyd Butler David Brown Justus Smith John Stack Ralph Purchase | Great Britain (GBR) Christopher Barton Michael Lapage Guy Richardson Paul Bircher Paul Massey Brian Lloyd John Meyrick Alfred Mellows Jack Dearlove | Norway (NOR) Kristoffer Lepsøe Thorstein Kråkenes Hans Hansen Halfdan Gran Olsen Harald Kråkenes Leif Næss Thor Pedersen Carl Monssen Sigurd Monssen |
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  A total of 310 rowers from 27 nations competed at the London Games:
  
  * Argentina (26)
  * Australia (8)
  * Austria (7)
  * Belgium (4)
  * Brazil (2)
  * Canada (11)
  * Cuba (5)
  * Czechoslovakia (4)
  * Denmark (25)
  * Egypt (1)
  * Spain (1)
  * Finland (5)
  * France (22)
  * Great Britain (26)
  * Greece (8)
  * Hungary (9)
  * Ireland (9)
  * Italy (26)
  * Netherlands (6)
  * Norway (14)
  * Portugal (14)
  * South Africa (5)
  * Sweden (3)
  * Switzerland (19)
  * United States (26)
  * Uruguay (3)
  * Yugoslavia (21)
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  | 2 | United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  | 3 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
  | 4 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | 5 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 7 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 8 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
  