Rowing
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
2010 photo of the finish tower at Lake Lanier where the canoe sprint and rowing competitions for the 1996 Summer Olympics took place
VenueLake Lanier, Georgia
DateJuly 21–28, 1996
No. of events14
Competitors608 (403 men, 205 women) from 45 nations

Taking place at Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States, the 1996 Summer Olympics saw the debut of lightweight rowing events.[1]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia (AUS)2136
2 Germany (GER)2114
3 Romania (ROU)2002
 Switzerland (SUI)2002
5 Canada (CAN)1416
6 Netherlands (NED)1113
7 Belarus (BLR)1012
 Denmark (DEN)1012
 Great Britain (GBR)1012
10 Italy (ITA)1001
11 United States (USA)0314
12 France (FRA)0134
13 China (CHN)0101
 Norway (NOR)0101
 Ukraine (UKR)0101
16 Russia (RUS)0011
Totals (16 entries)14141442

Men's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Single sculls
Xeno Müller
 Switzerland
Derek Porter
 Canada
Thomas Lange
 Germany
Double sculls
 Agostino Abbagnale
and Davide Tizzano (ITA)
 Steffen Størseth
and Kjetil Undset (NOR)
 Frédéric Kowal
and Samuel Barathay (FRA)
Quadruple sculls
 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
 Matthew Pinsent
and Steve Redgrave (GBR)
 David Weightman
and Rob Scott (AUS)
 Michel Andrieux
and J.-C. Rolland (FRA)
Coxless four
 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
 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
 Michael Gier
and Markus Gier (SUI)
 Maarten van der Linden
and Pepijn Aardewijn (NED)
 Bruce Hick
and Anthony Edwards (AUS)
Lightweight coxless four
 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
Ekaterina Karsten
 Belarus
Silken Laumann
 Canada
Trine Hansen
 Denmark
Double sculls
 Kathleen Heddle
and Marnie McBean (CAN)
 Zhang Xiuyun
and Cao Mianying (CHN)
 Irene Eijs
and Eeke van Nes (NED)
Quadruple sculls
 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
 Megan Still
and Kate Slatter (AUS)
 Karen Kraft
and Melissa Schwen (USA)
 Christine Gossé
and Hélène Cortin (FRA)
Eight
 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
 Constanța Burcică
and Camelia Macoviciuc (ROU)
 Teresa Bell
and Lindsay Burns (USA)
 Virginia Lee
and Rebecca Joyce (AUS)

See also

References

  1. "Rowing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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