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Facts

Disciplines	Rowing
Participants	7870
NOCs	112
Competitions held	268
Distinct events	43
IF	World Rowing

Description

All-time medal table

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	USA	33	32	24	89
East Germany	GDR	33	7	8	48
Great Britain	GBR	31	25	14	70
Germany	GER	27	20	15	62
Romania	ROU	20	12	9	41
New Zealand	NZL	14	5	10	29
Australia	AUS	13	15	16	44
Soviet Union	URS	12	20	10	42
Italy	ITA	11	14	16	41
Canada	CAN	10	17	16	43
France	FRA	8	15	13	36
Netherlands	NED	8	14	14	36
Switzerland	SUI	7	8	9	24
Denmark	DEN	7	5	13	25
Poland	POL	4	4	11	19
West Germany	FRG	4	4	6	14
Norway	NOR	3	7	8	18
Bulgaria	BUL	3	4	7	14
Finland	FIN	3	1	3	7
People's Republic of China	CHN	2	4	6	12
Croatia	CRO	2	3	2	7
Czechoslovakia	TCH	2	2	7	11
Belarus	BLR	2	1	4	7
Czechia	CZE	1	3	1	5
Slovenia	SLO	1	1	3	5
Yugoslavia	YUG	1	1	3	5
Argentina	ARG	1	1	2	4
Greece	GRE	1	1	2	4
Ireland	IRL	1	1	1	3
South Africa	RSA	1	1	1	3
Ukraine	UKR	1	1	1	3
Russian Federation	RUS	1	0	3	4
Belgium	BEL	0	6	2	8
Austria	AUT	0	3	3	6
Estonia	EST	0	2	1	3
ROC	ROC	0	2	0	2
Sweden	SWE	0	2	0	2
Uruguay	URU	0	1	3	4
Hungary	HUN	0	1	2	3
Lithuania	LTU	0	1	2	3
Spain	ESP	0	1	0	1
Unified Team	EUN	0	0	1	1

Most successful competitors

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă	ROU	5	2	1	8
Steven Redgrave	GBR	5	0	1	6
Georgeta Damian-Andrunache	ROU	5	0	1	6
Doina Ignat	ROU	4	1	1	6
Kathrin Boron	GER	4	0	1	5
Viorica Susanu	ROU	4	0	1	5
Matthew Pinsent	GBR	4	0	0	4
Jack Beresford	GBR	3	2	0	5
Constanța Pipotă-Burcică	ROU	3	1	1	5
Elena Georgescu	ROU	3	1	1	5

Event types

Discipline	Name	Gender	Still contested?	Times held?
Rowing	Single Sculls	Men		30
Rowing	Double Sculls	Men		25
Rowing	Quadruple Sculls	Men		12
Rowing	Coxless Pairs	Men		25
Rowing	Coxless Fours	Men		26
Rowing	Eights	Men		28
Rowing	Lightweight Double Sculls	Men		7
Rowing	Single Sculls	Women		12
Rowing	Double Sculls	Women		12
Rowing	Coxless Pairs	Women		12
Rowing	Quadruple Sculls	Women		9
Rowing	Coxless Fours	Women		2
Rowing	Eights	Women		12
Rowing	Lightweight Double Sculls	Women		7
Rowing	Single Sculls	Boys		3
Rowing	Coxless Pairs	Boys		4
Rowing	Single Sculls	Girls		3
Rowing	Coxless Pairs	Girls		3
Rowing	Coxed Pairs (1 kilometre)	Men		1
Rowing	Coxed Pairs (1 mile)	Men		1
Rowing	Coxed Pairs	Men		19
Rowing	Coxed Fours	Men		21
Rowing	Coxed Fours, Outriggers	Men		1
Rowing	Coxed Fours, Inriggers	Men		1
Rowing	Lightweight Coxless Fours	Men		6
Rowing	6-Man Naval Rowing Boats	Men		1
Rowing	17-Man Naval Rowing Boats	Men		1
Rowing	Single Sculls, Intermediate	Men		1
Rowing	Single Sculls, Association	Men		1
Rowing	Double Sculls, Intermediate	Men		1
Rowing	Coxless Pairs, Intermediate	Men		1
Rowing	Coxless Fours, Intermediate	Men		1
Rowing	Eights, Intermediate	Men		1
Rowing	Single Pleasure Boat	Men		1
Rowing	French Skiffs, Coxed Pairs	Men		1
Rowing	Canoes	Men		1
Rowing	French Skiffs, Coxless Fours	Men		1
Rowing	Coxless Fours, Outriggers	Men		1
Rowing	Coxed Fours	Women		4
Rowing	Coxed Quadruple Sculls	Women		3
Rowing	Lightweight Coxless Pairs	Mixed		1
Rowing	Coxless Fours	Boys		2
Rowing	Eights	Boys		1