Rowing became the only Olympic non-combat sport with weight-limited events when Lightweight ones were introduced in 1996. Since 1988, all events are a 2000-metre race (1000 m until then).
Year |
Gold |
CNT |
Mark |
Silver |
CNT |
Mark |
Bronze |
CNT |
Mark |
SINGLE SCULLS |
Emma Twigg |
NZL |
7:13.97 |
Hanna Prakatsen |
ROC |
7:17.39 |
Magdalena Lobnig |
AUT |
7:19.72 |
DOUBLE SCULLS |
Nicoleta-Ancuta Bodnar, Simona Radis |
ROU |
6:41.03 |
Brooke Donoghue, Hannah Osborne |
NZL |
6:44.82 |
Roos de Jong, Lisa Scheenaard |
NED |
6:45.73 |
QUADRUPLE SCULLS |
Chen Yunxia, Zhang Ling, Lu Yang, Cui Xiaotong |
CHN |
6:05.13 |
Agnieszka Kobus, Marta Wieliczko, Maria Sajdak, Katarzyna Zillmann |
POL |
6:11.36 |
Ria Thompson, Rowena Meredith, Harriet Hudson, Caitlin Cronin |
AUS |
6:12.08 |
COXLESS PAIRS |
Grace Prendergast, Kerri Gowler |
NZL |
6:50.19 |
Vasilisa Stepanova, Elena Oriabinskaia |
ROC |
6:51.45 |
Caileigh Filmer, Hillary Janssens |
CAN |
6:52.10 |
COXLESS FOURS |
Lucy Stephan, Rosemary Popa, Jessica Morrison, Annabelle McIntyre |
AUS |
6:15.37 |
Ellen Hogerwerf, Karolien Florijn, Ymkje Clevering, Veronique Meester |
NED |
6:15.71 |
Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Fiona Murtagh, Emily Hegarty |
IRL |
6:20.46 |
COXED EIGHTS |
Lisa Roman, Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski, Christine Roper, Andrea Proske, Susanne Grainger, Madison Mailey, Sydney Payne, Avalon Wasteneys, Kristen Kit |
CAN |
5:59.13 |
Ella Greenslade, Emma Dyke, Lucy Spoors, Kelsey Bevan, Grace Prendergast, Kerri Gowler, Beth Ross, Jackie Gowler, Caleb Shepherd |
NZL |
6:00.04 |
Wang Zifeng, Wang Yuwei, Xu Fei, Miao Tian, Zhang Min, Ju Rui, Li Jingjing, Guo Linlin, Zhang Dechang |
ROU |
6:01.21 |
LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE SCULLS |
Valentina Rodini, Federica Cesarini |
ITA |
6:47.54 |
Laura Tarantola, Claire Bove |
FRA |
6:47.68 |
Marieke Keijser, Ilse Paulis |
NED |
6:48.03 |
Year |
Gold |
CNT |
Mark |
Silver |
CNT |
Mark |
Bronze |
CNT |
Mark |
2020 |
Nicoleta-Ancuta Bodnar, Simona Radis |
ROU |
6:41.03 |
Brooke Donoghue, Hannah Osborne |
NZL |
6:44.82 |
Roos de Jong, Lisa Scheenaard |
NED |
6:45.73 |
2016 |
Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozlowska, Natalia Madaj |
POL |
7:40.10 |
Victoria Thornley, Katherine Grainger |
GBR |
7:41.05 |
Donata Vistartaite, Milda Valciukaite |
LTU |
7:43.76 |
2012 |
Anna Watkins, Katherine Grainger |
GBR |
6:55.82 |
Kim Crow, Brooke Pratley |
AUS |
6:58.55 |
Magdalena Fularczyk, Julia Michalska |
POL |
7:07.92 |
2008 |
Georgina Evers-Swindell, Caroline Evers-Swindell |
NZL |
7:07.32 |
Annekatrin Thiele, Christiane Huth |
GER |
7:07.33 |
Elise Laverick, Anna Bebington |
GBR |
7:07.55 |
2004 |
Georgina Evers-Swindell, Caroline Evers-Swindell |
NZL |
7:01.79 |
Peggy Waleska, Britta Oppelt |
GER |
7:02.78 |
Sarah Winckless, Elise Laverick |
GBR |
7:07.58 |
2000 |
Jana Thieme, Kathrin Boron |
GER |
6:55.44 |
Pieta van Dishoeck, Eeke van Nes |
NED |
7:00.36 |
Birute Sakickiene, Kristina Poplavskaja |
LTU |
7:01.71 |
1996 |
Kathleen Heddle, Marnie McBean |
CAN |
6:56.84 |
Zhang Xiuyun, Cao Mianying |
CHN |
6:58.35 |
Irene Eijs, Eeke van Nes |
NED |
6:58.72 |
1992 |
Kerstin Koppen, Kathrin Boron |
GER |
6:49.00 |
Veronica Cochelea, Elisabeta Lipa |
ROM |
6:51.47 |
Gu Xiaoli, Lu Huali |
CHN |
6:55.16 |
1988 |
Birgit Peter, Martina Schroter |
GDR |
7:00.48 |
Elisabeta Lipa, Veronica Cogeanu |
ROM |
7:04.36 |
Stefka Madina, Violeta Ninova |
BUL |
7:06.03 |
1984 |
Mariora Popescu, Elisabeta Oleniuc |
ROM |
3:26.75 |
Greet Hellemans, Nicolette Hellemans |
NED |
3:29.13 |
Daniele Laumann, Silken Laumann |
CAN |
3:29.82 |
1980 |
Yelena Khloptseva, Larisa Popova |
URS |
3:16.27 |
Cornelia Linse, Heidi Westphal |
GDR |
3:17.83 |
Olga Homeghi, Valeria Racila |
ROM |
3:18.91 |
1976 |
Svetlana Otsetova, Zdravka Yordanova |
BUL |
3:44.36 |
Sabine Jahn, Petra Boesler |
GDR |
3:47.86 |
Leonora Kaminskaite, Genovaite Ramoskiene |
URS |
3:49.93 |
Year |
Gold |
CNT |
Mark |
Silver |
CNT |
Mark |
Bronze |
CNT |
Mark |
2020 |
Chen Yunxia, Zhang Ling, Lu Yang, Cui Xiaotong |
CHN |
6:05.13 |
Agnieszka Kobus, Marta Wieliczko, Maria Sajdak, Katarzyna Zillmann |
POL |
6:11.36 |
Ria Thompson, Rowena Meredith, Harriet Hudson, Caitlin Cronin |
AUS |
6:12.08 |
2016 |
Annekatrin Thiele, Carina Baer, Julia Lier, Lisa Schmidla |
GER |
6:49.39 |
Chantal Achterberg, Nicole Beukers, Inge Janssen, Carline Bouw |
NED |
6:50.33 |
Maria Springwald, Joanna Leszczynska, Agnieszka Kobus, Monika Ciaciuch |
POL |
6:50.86 |
2012 |
Kateryna Tarasenko, Nataliya Dovgodko, Anastasiia Kozhenkova, Yana Dementieva |
UKR |
6:35.93 |
Annekatrin Thiele, Carina Bar, Julia Richter, Britta Oppelt |
GER |
6:38.09 |
Natalie Dell, Kara Kohler, Megan Kalmoe, Adrienne Martelli |
USA |
6:40.63 |
2008 |
Tang Bin, Xi Aihua, Jin Ziwei, Zhang Yangyang |
CHN |
6:16.06 |
Annie Vernon, Debbie Flood, Frances Houghton, Katherine Grainger |
GBR |
6:17.37 |
Britta Oppelt, Manuela Lutze, Kathrin Boron, Stephanie Schiller |
GER |
6:19.56 |
2004 |
Kathrin Boron, Meike Evers, Manuela Lutze, Kerstin El Qalqili |
GER |
6:29.29 |
Alison Mowbray, Debbie Flood, Frances Houghton, Rebecca Romero |
GBR |
6:31.26 |
Dana Faletic, Rebecca Sattin, Amber Bradley, Kerry Hore |
AUS |
6:34.31 |
2000 |
Manja Kowalski, Meike Evers, Manuela Lutze, Kerstin Kowalski |
GER |
6:19.58 |
Guin Batten, Gillian Lindsay, Katherine Grainger, Miriam Batten |
GBR |
6:21.64 |
Oksana Dorodnova, Irina Fedotova, Yuliya Levina, Larisa Merk |
RUS |
6:21.65 |
1996 |
Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, Jana Sorgers, Kerstin Koppen, Kathrin Boron |
GER |
6:27.44 |
Svetlana Maziy, Dina Myftakhutdinova, Inna Frolova, Olena Ronzhyna |
UKR |
6:30.36 |
Laryssa Biesenthal, Diane O'Grady, Kathleen Heddle, Marnie McBean |
CAN |
6:30.38 |
1992 |
Sybille Schmidt, Birgit Peter, Kerstin Muller, Kristina Mundt |
GER |
6:20.18 |
Anisoara Dobre, Doina Ignat, Constanta Burcica, Veronica Cochelea |
ROM |
6:24.34 |
Antonina Zelikovich, Tetiana Ustiuzhanina, Ekaterina Karsten, Yelena Khloptseva |
EUN |
6:25.07 |
1988 |
Kerstin Foerster, Kristina Mundt, Beate Schramm, Jana Sorgers |
GDR |
6:21.06 |
Irina Kalimbet, Svetlana Maziy, Inna Frolova, Antonina Makhina |
URS |
6:23.47 |
Anisoara Balan, Anisoara Minea, Veronica Cogeanu, Elisabeta Lipa |
ROM |
6:23.81 |
1984 |
Titie Taran, Anisoara Sorohan, Ioana Badea, Sofia Corban, Ecaterina Oancia |
ROM |
3:14.11 |
Anne Marden, Lisa Rohde, Joan Lind, Virginia Gilder, Kelly Rickon |
USA |
3:15.57 |
Hanne Eriksen, Birgitte Hanel, Charlotte Koefoed, Bodil Rasmussen, Jette Sorensen |
DEN |
3:16.02 |
1980 |
Sybille Reinhardt, Jutta Ploch, Jutta Lau, Roswietha Zobelt, Liane Buhr |
GDR |
3:15.32 |
Antonina Pustovit, Yelena Matiyevskaya, Olga Vasilchenko, Nadezhda Lyubimova, Nina Cheremisina |
URS |
3:15.73 |
Mariana Serbezova, Rumelyana Boncheva, Dolores Nakova, Anka Bakova, Anka Georgieva |
BUL |
3:16.10 |
1976 |
Anke Borchman, Jutta Lau, Viola Poley, Roswietha Zobelt, Liane Weigelt |
GDR |
3:29.99 |
Anna Kondrachina, Mira Bryunina, Larisa Alexandrova, Galina Ermolaeva, Nadezhda Chernyshova |
URS |
3:32.49 |
Ioana Tudoran, Maria Micsa, Felicia Afrasiloaie, Elisabeta Lazar, Elena Giurca |
ROM |
3:32.76 |
Year |
Gold |
CNT |
Mark |
Silver |
CNT |
Mark |
Bronze |
CNT |
Mark |
2020 |
Grace Prendergast, Kerri Gowler |
NZL |
6:50.19 |
Vasilisa Stepanova, Elena Oriabinskaia |
ROC |
6:51.45 |
Caileigh Filmer, Hillary Janssens |
CAN |
6:52.10 |
2016 |
Helen Glover, Heather Stanning |
GBR |
7:18.29 |
Genevieve Behrent, Rebecca Scown |
NZL |
7:19.53 |
Hedvig Rasmussen, Anne Andersen |
DEN |
7:20.71 |
2012 |
Helen Glover, Heather Stanning |
GBR |
7:27.13 |
Kate Hornsey, Sarah Tait |
AUS |
7:29.86 |
Juliette Haigh, Rebecca Scown |
NZL |
7:30.19 |
2008 |
Georgeta Damian, Viorica Susanu |
ROU |
7:20.60 |
Wu You, Gao Yulan, Belarus |
CHN |
7:22.28 |
Yuliya Bichyk, Natallia Helakh |
BLR |
7:22.91 |
2004 |
Georgeta Damian, Viorica Susanu |
ROM |
7:06.55 |
Katherine Grainger, Cath Bishop, Belarus |
GBR |
7:08.66 |
Yuliya Bichyk, Natallia Helakh |
BLR |
7:09.86 |
2000 |
Georgeta Damian, Doina Ignat |
ROM |
7:11.00 |
Kate Slatter, Rachael Taylor |
AUS |
7:12.56 |
Karen Kraft, Melissa Ryan |
USA |
7:13.00 |
1996 |
Megan Still, Kate Slatter |
AUS |
7:01.39 |
Karen Kraft, Melissa Schwen |
USA |
7:01.78 |
Christine Gosse, Helene Cortin |
FRA |
7:03.82 |
1992 |
Kathleen Heddle, Marnie McBean |
CAN |
7:06.22 |
Ingeburg Schwerzmann, Stefani Werremeier |
GER |
7:07.96 |
Stephanie Pierson, Anna Seaton |
USA |
7:08.11 |
1988 |
Rodica Arba, Olga Homeghi |
ROM |
7:28.13 |
Radka Stoyanova, Lalka Berberova |
BUL |
7:31.95 |
Nicola Payne, Lynley Hannen |
NZL |
7:35.68 |
1984 |
Rodica Arba, Elena Horvat |
ROM |
3:32.60 |
Elizabeth Craig, Tricia Smith |
CAN |
3:36.06 |
Ellen Becker, Iris Volkner |
FRG |
3:40.50 |
1980 |
Ute Steindorf, Cornelia Klier |
GDR |
3:30.49 |
Malgorzata Dluzewska, Czeslawa Koscianska |
POL |
3:30.95 |
Siika Barboulova, Stoyanka Kubatova |
BUL |
3:32.39 |
1976 |
Siika Kelbecheva, Stoyanka Gruycheva |
BUL |
4:01.22 |
Angelika Noack, Sabine Dahne |
GDR |
4:01.64 |
Edith Eckbauer, Thea Einoder |
FRG |
4:02.35 |
Year |
Gold |
CNT |
Mark |
Silver |
CNT |
Mark |
Bronze |
CNT |
Mark |
2020 |
Lisa Roman, Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski, Christine Roper, Andrea Proske, Susanne Grainger, Madison Mailey, Sydney Payne, Avalon Wasteneys, Kristen Kit |
CAN |
5:59.13 |
Ella Greenslade, Emma Dyke, Lucy Spoors, Kelsey Bevan, Grace Prendergast, Kerri Gowler, Beth Ross, Jackie Gowler, Caleb Shepherd |
NZL |
6:00.04 |
Wang Zifeng, Wang Yuwei, Xu Fei, Miao Tian, Zhang Min, Ju Rui, Li Jingjing, Guo Linlin, Zhang Dechang |
ROU |
6:01.21 |
2016 |
Emily Regan, Kerry Simmonds, Amanda Polk, Lauren Schmetterling, Tessa Gobbo, Meghan Musnicki, Eleanor Logan, Amanda Elmore, Katelin Snyder |
USA |
6:01.49 |
Katie Greves, Melanie Wilson, Frances Houghton, Polly Swann, Jessica Eddie, Olivia Carnegie-Brown, Karen Bennett, Zoe Lee, Zoe de Toledo |
GBR |
6:03.98 |
Roxana Cogianu, Ioana Strungaru, Mihaela Petrila, Iuliana Popa, Madalina Beres, Laura Oprea, Adelina Bogus, Andreea Boghian, Daniela Druncea |
ROU |
6:04.10 |
2012 |
Erin Cafaro, Susan Francia, Esther Lofgren, Taylor Ritzel, Meghan Musnicki, Eleanor Logan, Caroline Lind, Caryn Davies, Mary Whipple |
USA |
6:10.59 |
Janine Hanson, Rachelle Viinberg, Krista Guloien, Lauren Wilkinson, Natalie Mastracci, Ashley Brzozowicz, Darcy Marquardt, Andreanne Morin, Lesley Thompson-Willie |
CAN |
6:12.06 |
Jacobine Veenhoven, Nienke Kingma, Chantal Achterberg, Sytske de Groot, Roline Repelaer van Driel, Claudia Belderbos, Carline Bouw, Annemiek de Haan, Anne Schellekens |
NED |
6:13.12 |
2008 |
Erin Cafaro, Lindsay Shoop, Anna Goodale, Eleanor Logan, Anna Cummins, Susan Francia, Caroline Lind, Caryn Davies, Mary Whipple |
USA |
6:05.34 |
Femke Dekker, Marlies Smulders, Nienke Kingma, Roline Repelaer van Driel, Annemarieke van Rumpt, Helen Tanger, Sarah Siegelaar, Annemiek de Haan, Ester Workel |
NED |
6:07.22 |
Constanta Burcica, Viorica Susanu, Rodica Serban, Eniko Barabas, Simona Musat, Ioana Papuc, Georgeta Andrunache, Doina Ignat, Elena Georgescu |
ROU |
6:07.25 |
2004 |
Aurica Barascu, Georgeta Damian, Rodica Florea, Liliana Gafencu, Elena Georgescu, Doina Ignat, Elisabeta Lipa, Ioana Papuc, Viorica Susanu |
ROM |
6:17.70 |
Alison Cox, Caryn Davies, Megan Dirkmaat, Kate Johnson, Laurel Korholz, Samantha Magee, Anna Mickelson, Lianne Nelson, Mary Whipple |
USA |
6:19.56 |
Annemiek de Haan, Hurnet Dekkers, Nienke Hommes, Annemarieke van Rumpt, Sarah Siegelaar, Marlies Smulders, Helen Tanger, Froukje Wegman, Ester Workel |
NED |
6:19.85 |
2000 |
Veronica Cochela, Georgeta Damian, Maria Magdalena Dumitrache, Liliana Gafencu, Elena Georgescu, Doina Ignat, Elisabeta Lipa, Ioana Olteanu, Viorica Susanu |
ROM |
6:06.44 |
Tessa Appeldoorn, Carin ter Beek, Pieta van Dishoeck, Elien Meijer, Eeke van Nes, Nelleke Penninx, Martijntje Quik, Anneke Venema, Marieke Westerhof |
NED |
6:09.39 |
Buffy Alexander, Laryssa Biesenthal, Heather Davis, Alison Korn, Theresa Luke, Heather McDermid, Emma Robinson, Lesley Thompson, Dorota Urbaniak |
CAN |
6:11.58 |
1996 |
Veronica Cochela, Liliana Gafencu, Elena Georgescu, Doina Ignat, Elisabeta Lipa, Ioana Olteanu, Marioara Popescu, Doina Spircu, Anca Tanase |
ROM |
6:19.73 |
Alison Korn, Theresa Luke, Maria Maunder, Heather McDermid, Jessica Monroe, Emma Robinson, Lesley Thompson, Tosha Tsang, Anna van der Kamp, Belarus |
CAN |
6:24.05 |
Tamara Davydenko, Natalya Lavrinenko, Yelena Mikulich, Aleksandra Pankina, Yaroslava Pavlovich, Valentina Skrabatun, Natalia Stasyuk, Natalya Volchek, Marina Znak |
BLR |
6:24.44 |
1992 |
Kirsten Barnes, Shannon Crawford, Megan Delehanty, Kathleen Heddle, Marnie McBean, Jessica Monroe, Brenda Taylor, Lesley Thompson, Kay Worthington |
CAN |
6:02.62 |
Adriana Bazon, Iulia Bulie, Elena Georgescu, Viorica Lepadatu, Veronica Necula, Ioana Olteanu, Maria Padurariu, Doina Robu, Doina Snep |
ROM |
6:06.26 |
Sylvia Dordelmann, Kathrin Haacker, Christiane Harzendorf, Daniela Neunast, Cerstin Petersmann, Dana Pyritz, Ute Schell, Annegret Strauch, Judith Zeidler |
GER |
6:07.80 |
1988 |
Ramona Balthasar, Kathrin Haacker, Anja Kluge, Daniela Neunast, Beatrix Schroer, Uta Stange, Annegret Strauch, Ute Wild, Judith Zeidler |
GDR |
6:15.17 |
Herta Anitas, Mihaela Armasescu, Doina Balan, Adriana Bazon, Olga Homeghi, Veronica Necula, Ecaterina Oancia, Rodica Puscatu, Marioara Trasca |
ROM |
6:17.44 |
Han Yaqin, He Yanwen, Hu Ya-Dong, Li Rong-Hua, Yang Xiao, Zhang Xiang-Hua, Zhang Yali, Zhou Shouying, Zhou Xiuhua |
CHN |
6:21.83 |
1984 |
Betsy Beard, Carol Bower, Jeanne Flanagan, Carie Graves, Kathy Keeler, Harriet Metcalf, Kristine Norelius, Shyril O'Steen, Kristen Thorsness |
USA |
2:59.80 |
Mihaela Armasescu, Doina Balan, Adriana Bazon, Camelia Diaconescu, Viorica Ioja, Aneta Mihaly, Aurora Plesca, Lucia Sauca, Marioara Trasca |
ROM |
3:00.87 |
Lynda Cornet, Marieke van Drogenbroek, Harriet van Ettekoven, Greet Hellemans, Nicolette Hellemans, Martha Laurijsen, Catharina Neelissen, Anne Quist, Wiljon Vaandrager |
NED |
3:02.92 |
1980 |
Martina Boesler, Christiane Knetsch, Gabriele Lohs, Karin Metze, Kersten Neisser, Ilona Richter, Marita Sandig, Birgit Schutz, Marina Wilke |
GDR |
3:03.32 |
Nina Frolova, Mariya Payun, Olga Pivovarova, Nina Preobrazhenskaya, Nadezhda Prishchepa, Tatyana Stetsenko, Yelena Tereshina, Nina Umanets, Valentina Zhulina |
URS |
3:04.29 |
Angelica Aposteanu, Elena Bondar, Florica Bucur, Maria Constantinescu, Elena Dobritoiu, Rodica Frîntu, Ana Iliuta, Rodica Puscatu-Arba, Marlena Zagoni |
ROM |
3:05.63 |
1976 |
Brigitte Ahrenholz, Henrietta Ebert, Viola Goretzki, Monika Kallies, Christiane Knetsch, Helma Lehmann, Irina Muller, Ilona Richter, Marina Wilke |
GDR |
3:33.32 |
Olga Guzenko, Olga Kolkova, Klavdiya Kozenkova, Olga Pugovskaya, Nadezhda Roshchina, Nadezhda Rozgon, Lyubov Talalaeva, Nelli Tarakanova, Elena Zubko |
URS |
3:36.17 |
Carol Brown, Anita Defrantz, Carolyn Graves, Marion Greig, Margaret McCarthy, Gail Ricketson, Lynn Silliman, Anne Warner, Jacqueline Zoch |
USA |
3:38.68 |