List of Olympic medalists in rowing (women)

See also: List of Olympic medalists in rowing (men), Rowing at the Summer Olympics, and Lists of Olympic medalists

This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in rowing.

Current program

Single sculls

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Montreal	Christine Scheiblich  East Germany	Joan Lind  United States	Yelena Antonova  Soviet Union
1980 Moscow	Sanda Toma  Romania	Antonina Zelikovich  Soviet Union	Martina Schröter  East Germany
1984 Los Angeles	Valeria Răcilă  Romania	Charlotte Geer  United States	Ann Haesebrouck  Belgium
1988 Seoul	Jutta Behrendt  East Germany	Anne Marden  United States	Magdalena Georgieva  Bulgaria
1992 Barcelona	Elisabeta Lipă  Romania	Annelies Bredael  Belgium	Silken Laumann  Canada
1996 Atlanta	Ekaterina Karsten  Belarus	Silken Laumann  Canada	Trine Hansen  Denmark
2000 Sydney	Ekaterina Karsten  Belarus	Rumyana Neykova  Bulgaria	Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski  Germany
2004 Athens	Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski  Germany	Ekaterina Karsten  Belarus	Rumyana Neykova  Bulgaria
2008 Beijing	Rumyana Neykova  Bulgaria	Michelle Guerette  United States	Ekaterina Karsten  Belarus
2012 London	Miroslava Knapková  Czech Republic	Fie Udby Erichsen  Denmark	Kim Crow  Australia
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Kim Brennan  Australia	Genevra Stone  United States	Duan Jingli  China
2020 Tokyo

Double sculls

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Montreal	Svetla Otsetova and Zdravka Yordanova (BUL)	Sabine Jahn and Petra Boesler (GDR)	Eleonora Kaminskaitė and Genovaitė Ramoškienė (URS)
1980 Moscow	Yelena Khloptseva and Larisa Popova (URS)	Cornelia Linse and Heidi Westphal (GDR)	Olga Homeghi and Valeria Răcilă (ROU)
1984 Los Angeles	Marioara Popescu and Elisabeta Oleniuc (ROU)	Greet Hellemans and Nicolette Hellemans (NED)	Daniele Laumann and Silken Laumann (CAN)
1988 Seoul	Birgit Peter and Martina Schröter (GDR)	Veronica Cogeanu and Elisabeta Lipă (ROU)	Stefka Madina and Violeta Ninova (BUL)
1992 Barcelona	Kerstin Köppen and Kathrin Boron (GER)	Veronica Cochela and Elisabeta Lipă (ROU)	Gu Xiaoli and Lu Huali (CHN)
1996 Atlanta	Kathleen Heddle and Marnie McBean (CAN)	Zhang Xiuyun and Cao Mianying (CHN)	Irene Eijs and Eeke van Nes (NED)
2000 Sydney	Jana Thieme and Kathrin Boron (GER)	Pieta van Dishoeck and Eeke van Nes (NED)	Birutė Šakickienė and Kristina Poplavskaja (LTU)
2004 Athens	Georgina Evers-Swindell and Caroline Evers-Swindell (NZL)	Peggy Waleska and Britta Oppelt (GER)	Sarah Winckless and Elise Laverick (GBR)
2008 Beijing	Georgina Evers-Swindell and Caroline Evers-Swindell (NZL)	Annekatrin Thiele and Christiane Huth (GER)	Elise Laverick and Anna Bebington (GBR)
2012 London	Anna Watkins and Katherine Grainger (GBR)	Kim Crow and Brooke Pratley (AUS)	Magdalena Fularczyk and Julia Michalska (POL)
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Magdalena Fularczyk and Natalia Madaj (POL)	Victoria Thornley and Katherine Grainger (GBR)	Donata Vištartaitė and Milda Valčiukaitė (LTU)
2020 Tokyo

Quadruple sculls

Note: coxed event (1976–1984), coxless event (1988–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Montreal	East Germany (GDR) Anke Borchmann Jutta Lau Viola Poley Roswietha Zobelt Liane Weigelt	Soviet Union (URS) Anna Kondrachina Mira Bryunina Larisa Alexandrova Galina Ermolaeva Nadezhda Chernyshyova	Romania (ROU) Ioana Tudoran Maria Micșa Felicia Afrăsiloaie Elisabeta Lazăr Elena Giurcă
1980 Moscow	East Germany (GDR) Sybille Reinhardt Jutta Ploch Jutta Lau Roswietha Zobelt Liane Buhr	Soviet Union (URS) Antonina Pustovit Yelena Matiyevskaya Olga Vasilchenko Nadezhda Lyubimova Nina Cheremisina	Bulgaria (BUL) Mariana Serbezova Rumelyana Boncheva Dolores Nakova Anka Bakova Anka Georgieva
1984 Los Angeles	Romania (ROU) Titie Taran Anisoara Sorohan Ioana Badea Sofia Corban Ecaterina Oancia	United States (USA) Anne Marden Lisa Rohde Joan Lind Virginia Gilder Kelly Rickon	Denmark (DEN) Hanne Eriksen Birgitte Hanel Charlotte Koefoed Bodil Rasmussen Jette Sørensen
1988 Seoul	East Germany (GDR) Kerstin Förster Kristina Mundt Beate Schramm Jana Sorgers	Soviet Union (URS) Irina Kalimbet Svitlana Maziy Inna Frolova Antonina Zelikovich	Romania (ROU) Anişoara Bălan Anişoara Minea Veronica Cogeanu Elisabeta Lipă
1992 Barcelona	Germany (GER) Sybille Schmidt Birgit Peter Kerstin Müller Kristina Mundt	Romania (ROU) Anişoara Dobre Doina Ignat Constanța Burcică Veronica Cochela	Unified Team (EUN) Antonina Zelikovich Tetiana Ustiuzhanina Ekaterina Karsten Yelena Khloptseva
1996 Atlanta	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
2000 Sydney	Germany (GER) Manja Kowalski Meike Evers Manuela Lutze Kerstin Kowalski	Great Britain (GBR) Guin Batten Gillian Lindsay Katherine Grainger Miriam Batten	Russia (RUS) Oksana Dorodnova Irina Fedotova Yuliya Levina Larisa Merk
2004 Athens	Germany (GER) Kathrin Boron Meike Evers Manuela Lutze Kerstin El Qalqili	Great Britain (GBR) Alison Mowbray Debbie Flood Frances Houghton Rebecca Romero	Australia (AUS) Dana Faletic Rebecca Sattin Amber Bradley Kerry Hore
2008 Beijing	China (CHN) Tang Bin Xi Aihua Jin Ziwei Zhang Yangyang	Great Britain (GBR) Annabel Vernon Debbie Flood Frances Houghton Katherine Grainger	Germany (GER) Britta Oppelt Manuela Lutze Kathrin Boron Stephanie Schiller
2012 London	Ukraine (UKR) Kateryna Tarasenko Nataliya Dovhodko Anastasiya Kozhenkova Yana Dementyeva	Germany (GER) Annekatrin Thiele Carina Bär Julia Richter Britta Oppelt	United States (USA) Natalie Dell Kara Kohler Megan Kalmoe Adrienne Martelli
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Germany (GER) Annekatrin Thiele Carina Bär Julia Lier Lisa Schmidla	Netherlands (NED) Chantal Achterberg Nicole Beukers Inge Janssen Carline Bouw	Poland (POL) Maria Springwald Joanna Leszczyńska Agnieszka Kobus Monika Ciaciuch
2020 Tokyo

Coxless pairs

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Montreal	Siyka Kelbecheva and Stoyanka Gruycheva (BUL)	Angelika Noack and Sabine Dähne (GDR)	Edith Eckbauer and Thea Einöder (FRG)
1980 Moscow	Ute Steindorf and Cornelia Klier (GDR)	Małgorzata Dłużewska and Czesława Kościańska (POL)	Siika Barboulova and Stoyanka Kurbatova (BUL)
1984 Los Angeles	Rodica Arba and Elena Horvat (ROU)	Elizabeth Craig and Tricia Smith (CAN)	Ellen Becker and Iris Völkner (FRG)
1988 Seoul	Rodica Arba and Olga Homeghi (ROU)	Radka Stoyanova and Lalka Berberova (BUL)	Nikki Payne and Lynley Hannen (NZL)
1992 Barcelona	Kathleen Heddle and Marnie McBean (CAN)	Ingeburg Schwerzmann and Stefani Werremeier (GER)	Stephanie Pierson and Anna Seaton (USA)
1996 Atlanta	Megan Still and Kate Slatter (AUS)	Karen Kraft and Melissa Schwen (USA)	Christine Gossé and Hélène Cortin (FRA)
2000 Sydney	Georgeta Damian and Doina Ignat (ROU)	Kate Slatter and Rachael Taylor (AUS)	Karen Kraft and Melissa Ryan (USA)
2004 Athens	Georgeta Damian and Viorica Susanu (ROU)	Katherine Grainger and Cath Bishop (GBR)	Yuliya Bichyk and Natallia Helakh (BLR)
2008 Beijing	Georgeta Damian and Viorica Susanu (ROU)	Wu You and Gao Yulan (CHN)	Yuliya Bichyk and Natallia Helakh (BLR)
2012 London	Helen Glover and Heather Stanning (GBR)	Kate Hornsey and Sarah Tait (AUS)	Juliette Haigh and Rebecca Scown (NZL)
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Helen Glover and Heather Stanning (GBR)	Genevieve Behrent and Rebecca Scown (NZL)	Hedvig Rasmussen and Anne Andersen (DEN)
2020 Tokyo

Coxless four

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992 Barcelona	Canada (CAN) Kirsten Barnes Jessica Monroe Brenda Taylor Kay Worthington	United States (USA) Shelagh Donohoe Cynthia Eckert Carol Feeney Amy Fuller	Germany (GER) Antje Frank Annette Hohn Gabriele Mehl Birte Siech
1996-2016	not included in the Olympic program
2020 Tokyo

Coxed eight

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Montreal	East Germany (GDR) Brigitte Ahrenholz Henrietta Ebert Viola Goretzki Monika Kallies Christiane Knetsch Helma Lehmann Irina Müller Ilona Richter Marina Wilke	Soviet Union (URS) Olga Guzenko Olga Kolkova Klavdiya Kozenkova Olga Pugovskaya Nadezhda Roshchina Nadezhda Rozgon Lyubov Talalaeva Nelli Tarakanova Elena Zubko	United States (USA) Carol Brown Anita Defrantz Carolyn Graves Marion Greig Peggy McCarthy Gail Ricketson Lynn Silliman Anne Warner Jacqueline Zoch
1980 Moscow	East Germany (GDR) Martina Boesler Christiane Knetsch Gabriele Lohs Karin Metze Kersten Neisser Ilona Richter Marita Sandig Birgit Schütz Marina Wilke	Soviet Union (URS) Nina Frolova Mariya Payun Olga Pivovarova Nina Preobrazhenskaya Nadezhda Prishchepa Tatyana Stetsenko Elena Tereshina Nina Umanets Valentina Zhulina	Romania (ROU) Angelica Aposteanu Elena Bondar Florica Bucur Maria Constantinescu Elena Dobrițoiu Rodica Frîntu Ana Iliuță Rodica Puscatu-Arba Marlena Zagoni
1984 Los Angeles	United States (USA) Betsy Beard Carol Bower Jeanne Flanagan Carie Graves Kathy Keeler Harriet Metcalf Kristine Norelius Shyril O'Steen Kristen Thorsness	Romania (ROU) Mihaela Armășescu Doina Balan Adriana Bazon Camelia Diaconescu Viorica Ioja Aneta Mihaly Aurora Plesca Lucia Sauca Marioara Trașcă	Netherlands (NED) Lynda Cornet Marieke van Drogenbroek Harriet van Ettekoven Greet Hellemans Nicolette Hellemans Martha Laurijsen Catharina Neelissen Anne Quist Wiljon Vaandrager
1988 Seoul	East Germany (GDR) Ramona Balthasar Kathrin Haacker Anja Kluge Daniela Neunast Beatrix Schröer Ute Stange Annegret Strauch Ute Wild Judith Zeidler	Romania (ROU) Herta Anitaș Mihaela Armășescu Doina Balan Adriana Bazon Olga Homeghi Veronica Necula Ecaterina Oancia Rodica Puscatu Marioara Trașcă	China (CHN) Han Yaqin He Yanwen Hu Ya-Dong Li Rong-Hua Yang Xiao Zhang Xiang-Hua Zhang Yali Zhou Shouying Zhou Xiuhua
1992 Barcelona	Canada (CAN) Kirsten Barnes Shannon Crawford Megan Delehanty Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean Jessica Monroe Brenda Taylor Lesley Thompson Kay Worthington	Romania (ROU) Adriana Bazon Iulia Bulie Elena Georgescu Victoria Lepădatu Veronica Necula Ioana Olteanu Maria Padurariu Doina Robu Doina Snep	Germany (GER) Sylvia Dördelmann Kathrin Haacker Christiane Harzendorf Daniela Neunast Cerstin Petersmann Dana Pyritz Ute Wagner Annegret Strauch Judith Zeidler
1996 Atlanta	Romania (ROU) Veronica Cochela Liliana Gafencu Elena Georgescu Doina Ignat Elisabeta Lipă Ioana Olteanu Marioara Popescu Doina Spîrcu Anca Tănase	Canada (CAN) Alison Korn Theresa Luke Maria Maunder Heather McDermid Jessica Monroe Emma Robinson Lesley Thompson Tosha Tsang Anna van der Kamp	Belarus (BLR) Tamara Davydenko Nataliya Lavrinenko Yelena Mikulich Aleksandra Pankina Yaroslava Pavlovich Valentina Skrabatun Nataliya Stasyuk Nataliya Volchek Marina Znak
2000 Sydney	Romania (ROU) Veronica Cochela Georgeta Damian Maria Magdalena Dumitrache Liliana Gafencu Elena Georgescu Doina Ignat Elisabeta Lipă Ioana Olteanu Viorica Susanu	Netherlands (NED) Tessa Appeldoorn Carin ter Beek Pieta van Dishoeck Elien Meijer Eeke van Nes Nelleke Penninx Martijntje Quik Anneke Venema Marieke Westerhof	Canada (CAN) Buffy Alexander Laryssa Biesenthal Heather Davis Alison Korn Theresa Luke Heather McDermid Emma Robinson Lesley Thompson Dorota Urbaniak
2004 Athens	Romania (ROU) Aurica Bărăscu Georgeta Damian Rodica Florea Liliana Gafencu Elena Georgescu Doina Ignat Elisabeta Lipă Ioana Papuc Viorica Susanu	United States (USA) Alison Cox Caryn Davies Megan Dirkmaat Kate Johnson Laurel Korholz Samantha Magee Anna Mickelson Lianne Nelson Mary Whipple	Netherlands (NED) Annemiek de Haan Hurnet Dekkers Nienke Hommes Annemarieke van Rumpt Sarah Siegelaar Marlies Smulders Helen Tanger Froukje Wegman Ester Workel
2008 Beijing	United States (USA) Erin Cafaro Lindsay Shoop Anna Goodale Elle Logan Anna Cummins Susan Francia Caroline Lind Caryn Davies Mary Whipple	Netherlands (NED) Femke Dekker Marlies Smulders Nienke Kingma Roline Repelaer van Driel Annemarieke van Rumpt Helen Tanger Sarah Siegelaar Annemiek de Haan Ester Workel	Romania (ROU) Constanța Burcică Viorica Susanu Rodica Şerban Enikő Barabás Simona Muşat Ioana Papuc Georgeta Andrunache Doina Ignat Elena Georgescu
2012 London	United States (USA) Erin Cafaro Susan Francia Esther Lofgren Taylor Ritzel Meghan Musnicki Elle Logan Caroline Lind Caryn Davies Mary Whipple	Canada (CAN) Janine Hanson Rachelle Viinberg Krista Guloien Lauren Wilkinson Natalie Mastracci Ashley Brzozowicz Darcy Marquardt Andréanne Morin Lesley Thompson-Willie	Netherlands (NED) Jacobine Veenhoven Nienke Kingma Chantal Achterberg Sytske de Groot Roline Repelaer van Driel Claudia Belderbos Carline Bouw Annemiek de Haan Anne Schellekens
2016 Rio de Janeiro	United States (USA) Emily Regan Kerry Simmonds Amanda Polk Lauren Schmetterling Tessa Gobbo Meghan Musnicki Elle Logan Amanda Elmore Katelin Snyder	Great Britain (GBR) Katie Greves Melanie Wilson Frances Houghton Polly Swann Jessica Eddie Olivia Carnegie-Brown Karen Bennett Zoe Lee Zoe de Toledo	Romania (ROU) Roxana Cogianu Ioana Strungaru Mihaela Petrilă Iuliana Popa Mădălina Beres Laura Oprea Adelina Boguș Andreea Boghian Daniela Druncea
2020 Tokyo

Lightweight double sculls

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996 Atlanta	Constanța Burcică and Camelia Macoviciuc (ROU)	Teresa Bell and Lindsay Burns (USA)	Virginia Lee and Rebecca Joyce (AUS)
2000 Sydney	Constanța Burcică and Angela Alupei (ROU)	Valerie Viehoff and Claudia Blasberg (GER)	Christine Collins and Sarah Garner (USA)
2004 Athens	Constanța Burcică and Angela Alupei (ROU)	Daniela Reimer and Claudia Blasberg (GER)	Kirsten van der Kolk and Marit van Eupen (NED)
2008 Beijing	Kirsten van der Kolk and Marit van Eupen (NED)	Minna Nieminen and Sanna Stén (FIN)	Tracy Cameron and Melanie Kok (CAN)
2012 London	Katherine Copeland and Sophie Hosking (GBR)	Xu Dongxiang and Huang Wenyi (CHN)	Christina Giazitzidou and Alexandra Tsiavou (GRE)
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Ilse Paulis and Maaike Head (NED)	Lindsay Jennerich and Patricia Obee (CAN)	Huang Wenyi and Pan Feihong (CHN)
2020 Tokyo

Discontinued events

Coxed four

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Montreal	East Germany (GDR) Karin Metze Bianka Schwede Gabriele Lohs Andrea Kurth Sabine Heß	Bulgaria (BUL) Kapka Georgieva Ginka Gyurova Mariyka Modeva Lilyana Vaseva Reni Yordanova	Soviet Union (URS) Lyudmila Krokhina Lidiya Krylova Galina Mishenina Anna Pasokha Nadezhda Sevostyanova
1980 Moscow	East Germany (GDR) Silvia Fröhlich Ramona Kapheim Angelika Noack Romy Saalfeld Kirsten Wenzel	Bulgaria (BUL) Nadiya Filipova Ginka Gurova Mariika Modeva Rita Todorova Iskra Velinova	Soviet Union (URS) Nina Cheremisina Mariya Fadeyeva Svetlana Semyonova Galina Sovetnikova Marina Studneva
1984 Los Angeles	Romania (ROU) Chira Apostol Olga Homeghi Viorica Ioja Florica Lavric Maria Fricioiu	Canada (CAN) Barbara Armbrust Marilyn Brain Angela Schneider Lesley Thompson Jane Tregunno	Australia (AUS) Karen Brancourt Susan Chapman Margot Foster Robyn Grey-Gardner Susan Lee
1988 Seoul	East Germany (GDR) Gerlinde Doberschütz Carola Hornig Sylvia Rose Birte Siech Martina Walther	China (CHN) Hu Ya-Dong Li Rong-Hua Yang Xiao Zhang Xiang-Hua Zhou Shouying	Romania (ROU) Herta Anitaș Doina Șnep-Bălan Veronica Necula Ecaterina Oancia Marioara Trașcă

References

• International Olympic Committee results database