Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured 14 events in total, for both men and women. Events were held at Lake Casitas..

Due to the Eastern Bloc boycott of these Olympics, some of the strongest rowing nations like East Germany, the USSR or Bulgaria were not present. However, this boycott gave an opportunity to Romania, which was one of the few eastern European countries to come to the Games, going on to dominate in women's sports, winning 5 gold medals in 6 events. Both Canada (gold) and USA (silver) had beaten the reigning (boycotting) two-time Olympic champions from East Germany in the men's 8 twice at the Lucerne pre-olympic regatta.

Sir Steven Redgrave won his first of five consecutive gold medals. Elisabeta Oleniuc, later known as Elisabeta Lipă, also won her first gold medal. Twenty years later she would go on to win her fifth gold medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Medal summary

Men's Events

Event	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Single Sculls	Finland (FIN) Pertti Karppinen 7:00.24	West Germany (FRG) Peter-Michael Kolbe 7:02.19	Canada (CAN) Robert Mills 7:10.38
Double Sculls	United States (USA) Brad Alan Lewis Paul Enquist	Belgium (BEL) Pierre-Marie Deloof Dirk Crois	Yugoslavia (YUG) Zoran Pancic Milorad Stanulov
Quadruple Sculls	West Germany (FRG) Albert Hedderich Raimund Hörmann Dieter Wiedenmann Michael Dürsch 5:57.55	Australia (AUS) Paul Reedy Gary Gullock Timothy Mclaren Anthony Lovrich 5:57.98	Canada (CAN) Doug Hamilton Mike Hughes Phil Monckton Bruce Ford 5:59.07
Coxless Pair	Romania (ROU) Petru Iosub Valer Toma	Spain (ESP) Fernando Climent Luis María Lasúrtegui	Norway (NOR) Hans Magnus Grepperud Sverre Løken
Coxed Pair	Italy (ITA) Carmine Abbagnale Giuseppe Abbagnale Giuseppe Di Capua 7:05.99	Romania (ROU) Dimitrie Popescu Vasile Tomoiagă Dumitru Răducanu 7:11.21	United States (USA) Kevin Still Robert Espeseth Doug Herland 7:12.81
Coxed Four	Great Britain (GBR) Richard Budgett Martin Cross Adrian Ellison Andy Holmes Steve Redgrave 6:18.64	United States (USA) Edward Ives Thomas Kiefer Michael Bach Gregory Springer John Stillings 6:20.28	New Zealand (NZL) Brett Hollister Kevin Lawton Barrie Mabbott Don Symon Ross Tong 6:23.68
Coxless Four	New Zealand (NZL) Les O’Connell Shane O'Brien Conrad Robertson Keith Trask 6:03.48	United States (USA) David Clark Jonathan Smith Phillip Stekl Alan Forney 6:06.10	Denmark (DEN) Michael Jessen Lars Nielsen Per Rasmussen Erik Christiansen 6:07.72
Eights	Canada (CAN) Blair Horn Dean Crawford Michael Evans Paul Steele Grant Main Mark Evans Kevin Neufeld Pat Turner Brian McMahon 5:41.32	United States (USA) Chip Lubsen Andrew Sudduth John Terwilliger Christopher Penny Tom Darling Fred Borchelt Charles Clapp III Bruce Ibbetson Bob Jaugstetter 5:41.74	Australia (AUS) Craig Muller Clyde Hefer Samuel Patten Tim Willoughby Ian Edmunds James Battersby Ion Popa Stephen Evans Gavin Thredgold 5:43.40

Women's Events

Event	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Single Sculls	Romania (ROU) Valeria Răcilă 3:40.68	United States (USA) Charlotte Geer 3:43.89	Belgium (BEL) Ann Haesebrouck 3:45.72
Double Sculls	Romania (ROU) Mariora Popescu Elisabeta Oleniuc 3:26.75	Netherlands (NED) Greet Hellemans Nicolette Hellemans 3:29.13	Canada (CAN) Daniele Laumann Silken Laumann 3:29.82
Quadruple Sculls	Romania (ROU) Titie Taran Anisoara Sorohan Ioana Badea Sofia Corban Ecaterina Oancia 3:14.11	United States (USA) Anne Marden Lisa Rohde Joan Lind Ginny Gilder Kelly Rickon 3:15.57	Denmark (DEN) Hanne Eriksen Birgitte Hanel Charlotte Koefoed Bodil Rasmussen Jette Sørensen 3:16.02
Coxless Pair	Romania (ROU) Rodica Arba Elena Horvat 3:32.60	Canada (CAN) Elizabeth Craig Tricia Smith 3:36.06	West Germany (FRG) Ellen Becker Iris Völkner 3:40.50
Coxed Four	Romania (ROU) Florica Lavric Maria Fricioiu Chira Apostol Olga Bularda Viorica Ioja 3:19.30	Canada (CAN) Marilyn Brain Angela Schneider Barbara Armbrust Jane Tregunno Lesley Thompson 3:21.55	Australia (AUS) Robyn Grey-Gardner Karen Brancourt Susan Chapman Margot Foster Susan Lee 3:23.29
Eights	United States (USA) Kristen Thorsness Kristine Norelius Shyril O'Steen Carie Graves Kathy Keeler Harriet Metcalf Betsy Beard Carol Bower Jeanne Flanagan 2:59.80	Romania (ROU) Marioara Trasca Lucia Sauca Doina Liliana Snep-Balan Aneta Mihaly Aurora Plesca Camelia Diaconescu Viorica Ioja Mihaela Armasescu Adriana Bazon-Chelariu 3:00.87	Netherlands (NED) Wiljon Vaandrager Marieke van Drogenbroek Harriet van Ettekoven Catharina Neelissen Anne Quist Nicolette Hellemans Martha Laurijsen Greet Hellemans Lynda Cornet 3:02.92

See also

• Rowing at the Summer Olympics
• Olympic medalists in rowing (men)
• Olympic medalists in rowing (women)
• Rowing at the Friendship Games
• Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics

References

• Official Olympic Report