title: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
text: # Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  
  Taking place at Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States, the 1996 Summer Olympics saw the debut of lightweight rowing events.
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
  | 2 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
  | 3 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 3 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 5 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
  | 6 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 7 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 7 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 10 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | United States (USA) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
  | 12 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
  | 13 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 13 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 13 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 16 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
  
  ### Men's events
  
  | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Single sculls details | Xeno Müller Switzerland | Derek Porter Canada | Thomas Lange Germany |
  | Double sculls details | Agostino Abbagnale and Davide Tizzano (ITA) | Steffen Størseth and Kjetil Undset (NOR) | Frédéric Kowal and Samuel Barathay (FRA) |
  | Quadruple sculls details | Germany (GER) Andreas Hajek Stephan Volkert André Steiner André Willms | United States (USA) Tim Young Eric Mueller Brian Jamieson Jason Gailes | Australia (AUS) Janusz Hooker Bo Hanson Duncan Free Ronald Snook |
  | Coxless pair details | Matthew Pinsent and Steve Redgrave (GBR) | David Weightman and Rob Scott (AUS) | Michel Andrieux and J.-C. Rolland (FRA) |
  | Coxless four details | Australia (AUS) Nicholas Green Drew Ginn James Tomkins Mike McKay | France (FRA) Bertrand Vecten Olivier Moncelet Daniel Fauché Gilles Bosquet | Great Britain (GBR) Gregory Searle Jonathan William Searle Rupert John Obholzer Tim Foster |
  | Eights details | Netherlands (NED) Koos Maasdijk Ronald Florijn Jeroen Duyster (cox) Michiel Bartman Henk-Jan Zwolle Niels van der Zwan Niels van Steenis Diederik Simon Nico Rienks | Germany (GER) Mark Kleinschmidt Detlef Kirchhoff Wolfram Huhn Roland Baar Marc Weber Ulrich Viefers Peter Thiede (cox) Thorsten Streppelhoff Frank Jörg Richter | Russia (RUS) Pavel Melnikov Andrey Glukhov Anton Chermashentsev Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox) Nikolay Aksyonov Dmitry Rozinkevich Sergey Matveyev Roman Monchenko Vladimir Volodenkov Vladimir Sokolov |
  | Lightweight double sculls details | Michael Gier and Markus Gier (SUI) | Maarten van der Linden and Pepijn Aardewijn (NED) | Bruce Hick and Anthony Edwards (AUS) |
  | Lightweight coxless four details | Denmark (DEN) Victor Feddersen Niels Henriksen Thomas Poulsen Eskild Ebbesen | Canada (CAN) Brian Peaker Jeffrey Lay Dave Boyes Gavin Hassett | United States (USA) Marc Schneider Jeff Pfaendtner David Collins William Carlucci |
  
  ### Women's events
  
  | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Single sculls details | Ekaterina Karsten Belarus | Silken Laumann Canada | Trine Hansen Denmark |
  | Double sculls details | Kathleen Heddle and Marnie McBean (CAN) | Zhang Xiuyun and Cao Mianying (CHN) | Irene Eijs and Eeke van Nes (NED) |
  | Quadruple sculls details | Germany (GER) Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski Jana Sorgers Kerstin Köppen Kathrin Boron | Ukraine (UKR) Svitlana Maziy Dina Miftakhutdynova Inna Frolova Olena Ronzhyna | Canada (CAN) Laryssa Biesenthal Diane O'Grady Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean |
  | Coxless pair details | Megan Still and Kate Slatter (AUS) | Karen Kraft and Melissa Schwen (USA) | Christine Gossé and Hélène Cortin (FRA) |
  | Eight details | Romania (ROM) Liliana Gafencu Veronica Cochela Elena Georgescu Anca Tănase Doina Spîrcu Marioara Popescu Ioana Olteanu Elisabeta Lipă Doina Ignat | Canada (CAN) Anna van der Kamp Tosha Tsang Lesley Thompson Emma Robinson Jessica Monroe Heather McDermid Maria Maunder Theresa Luke Alison Korn | Belarus (BLR) Yelena Mikulich Marina Znak Nataliya Volchek Nataliya Stasyuk Tamara Davydenko Valentina Skrabatun Nataliya Lavrinenko Yaroslava Pavlovich Aleksandra Pankina |
  | Lightweight double sculls details | Constanța Burcică and Camelia Macoviciuc (ROU) | Teresa Bell and Lindsay Burns (USA) | Virginia Lee and Rebecca Joyce (AUS) |
  