title: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
text: # Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  
  Rowing competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.
  
  ## Medal table
  
  * Host nation (China)
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 |
  | 5 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 5 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 8 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
  | 9 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 9 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 11 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 13 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 14 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 14 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 14 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 14 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 14 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 19 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 19 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Men's events
  
  | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Single sculls details | Olaf Tufte Norway | Ondřej Synek Czech Republic | Mahé Drysdale New Zealand |
  | Double sculls details | David Crawshay and Scott Brennan (AUS) | Tõnu Endrekson and Jüri Jaanson (EST) | Matthew Wells and Stephen Rowbotham (GBR) |
  | Quadruple sculls details | Poland (POL) Konrad Wasielewski Marek Kolbowicz Michał Jeliński Adam Korol | Italy (ITA) Luca Agamennoni Simone Venier Rossano Galtarossa Simone Raineri | France (FRA) Jonathan Coeffic Pierre-Jean Peltier Julien Bahain Cédric Berrest |
  | Coxless pair details | Drew Ginn and Duncan Free (AUS) | David Calder and Scott Frandsen (CAN) | Nathan Twaddle and George Bridgewater (NZL) |
  | Coxless four details | Great Britain (GBR) Tom James Steve Williams Pete Reed Andrew Triggs Hodge | Australia (AUS) Matt Ryan James Marburg Cameron McKenzie-McHarg Francis Hegerty | France (FRA) Julien Desprès Benjamin Rondeau Germain Chardin Dorian Mortelette |
  | Coxed eight details | Canada (CAN) Kevin Light Ben Rutledge Andrew Byrnes Jake Wetzel Malcolm Howard Dominic Seiterle Adam Kreek Kyle Hamilton Cox: Brian Price | Great Britain (GBR) Alex Partridge Tom Stallard Tom Lucy Richard Egington Josh West Alastair Heathcote Matt Langridge Colin Smith Cox: Acer Nethercott | United States (USA) Beau Hoopman Matt Schnobrich Micah Boyd Wyatt Allen Daniel Walsh Steven Coppola Josh Inman Bryan Volpenhein Cox: Marcus McElhenney |
  | Lightweight double sculls details | Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter (GBR) | Dimitrios Mougios and Vasileios Polymeros (GRE) | Mads Rasmussen and Rasmus Quist Hansen (DEN) |
  | Lightweight coxless four details | Denmark (DEN) Thomas Ebert Morten Jørgensen Mads Andersen Eskild Ebbesen | Poland (POL) Łukasz Pawłowski Bartłomiej Pawełczak Miłosz Bernatajtys Paweł Rańda | Canada (CAN) Iain Brambell Jon Beare Mike Lewis Liam Parsons |
  
  ### Women's events
  
  | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Single sculls details | Rumyana Neykova Bulgaria | Michelle Guerette United States | Ekaterina Karsten Belarus |
  | Double sculls details | Georgina Evers-Swindell and Caroline Evers-Swindell (NZL) | Annekatrin Thiele and Christiane Huth (GER) | Elise Laverick and Anna Bebington (GBR) |
  | Quadruple sculls details | China (CHN) Tang Bin Jin Ziwei Xi Aihua Zhang Yangyang | Great Britain (GBR) Annabel Vernon Debbie Flood Frances Houghton Katherine Grainger | Germany (GER) Britta Oppelt Manuela Lutze Kathrin Boron Stephanie Schiller |
  | Coxless pair details | Georgeta Damian and Viorica Susanu (ROU) | Wu You and Gao Yulan (CHN) | Yuliya Bichyk and Natallia Helakh (BLR) |
  | Coxed eight details | United States (USA) Erin Cafaro Lindsay Shoop Anna Goodale Elle Logan Anna Cummins Susan Francia Caroline Lind Caryn Davies cox: Mary Whipple | Netherlands (NED) Femke Dekker Marlies Smulders Nienke Kingma Roline Repelaer van Driel Annemarieke van Rumpt Helen Tanger Sarah Siegelaar Annemiek de Haan cox: Ester Workel | Romania (ROU) Constanța Burcică Viorica Susanu Rodica Şerban Enikő Barabás Simona Muşat Ioana Papuc Georgeta Andrunache Doina Ignat cox: Elena Georgescu |
  | Lightweight double sculls details | Kirsten van der Kolk and Marit van Eupen (NED) | Minna Nieminen and Sanna Stén (FIN) | Tracy Cameron and Melanie Kok (CAN) |
  