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Rowing

Games: 26 games in 19 countries
Events: 25

Sports:

Participants: 7,046 (5,829 men and 1,217 women) from 90 countries
Youngest Participant: ESP Carlos Front (11 years, 251 days), 1992 Summer Games
Oldest Participant: ARG Oscar Rompani (60 years, 67 days), 1964 Summer Games
Top Athlete Medalist(s): ROU Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă (8 medals)
Top Country Medalist(s): USA United States (84 medals)

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Country Medal Leaders

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 31 31 22 84
2 Great Britain 24 20 9 53
3 Germany 23 16 12 51
4 East Germany 33 7 8 48
5 Soviet Union 12 20 10 42
6 Italy 14 14 13 41
7 Romania 19 10 8 37
8 France 7 15 15 37
9 Canada 9 14 11 34
10 Australia 10 10 12 32
11 Netherlands 6 11 9 26
12 Switzerland 6 8 9 23
13 Denmark 6 3 9 18
14 New Zealand 6 2 8 16
15 Poland 3 3 9 15
16 West Germany 4 4 6 14
17 Bulgaria 3 4 7 14
18 Norway 3 6 4 13
19 Czechoslovakia 2 2 7 11
20 Belgium 0 6 2 8
21 Finland 3 1 3 7
22 Belarus 2 1 4 7
23 China 1 3 2 6
24 Greece 1 3 2 6
25 Yugoslavia 1 1 3 5
26 Austria 0 3 2 5
27 Slovenia 1 1 2 4
28 Argentina 1 1 2 4
29 Uruguay 0 1 3 4
30 Russia 1 0 2 3
31 Czech Republic 0 2 0 2
32 Estonia 0 2 0 2
33 Sweden 0 2 0 2
34 Ukraine 0 1 1 2
35 Hungary 0 1 1 2
36 Croatia 0 1 1 2
37 Mixed team 0 1 0 1
38 Spain 0 1 0 1
39 South Africa 0 0 1 1
40 Lithuania 0 0 1 1
41 Unified Team 0 0 1 1

Athlete Medal Leaders

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Athlete Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă (ROU) 5 2 1 8
2 Georgeta Damian-Andrunache (ROU) 5 0 1 6
3 Steven Redgrave (GBR) 5 0 1 6
4 Doina Ignat (ROU) 4 1 1 6
5 Veronica Cogeanu-Cochelea (ROU) 2 3 1 6
6 Kathrin Boron (GER) 4 0 1 5
7 Viorica Susanu (ROU) 4 0 1 5
8 Jack Beresford, Jr. (GBR) 3 2 0 5
9 Elena Georgescu (ROU) 3 1 1 5
10 Constanţa Pipotă-Burcică (ROU) 3 1 1 5
11 Yekaterina Khodatovich-Karsten (EUN, BLR) 2 1 2 5
12 Matthew Pinsent (GBR) 4 0 0 4
13 Eskild Ebbesen (DEN) 3 0 1 4
14 James Tomkins (AUS) 3 0 1 4
15 Kathleen Heddle (CAN) 3 0 1 4
16 Marnie McBean (CAN) 3 0 1 4
17 Mike McKay (AUS) 2 1 1 4
18 Olga Bularda-Homeghi (ROU) 2 1 1 4
19 Rodica Arba-Puşcatu (ROU) 2 1 1 4
20 Lesley Thompson (CAN) 1 2 1 4
21 Aleksandr Lukyanov (RUS, URS) 1 2 1 4
22 Dimitrie Popescu (ROU) 1 2 1 4
23 Rossano Galtarossa (ITA) 1 1 2 4
24 Doina Liliana Snep-Bălan (ROU) 0 3 1 4

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