Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

2010 picture of the finish tower at Lake Lanier where the canoe sprint and rowing competitions for the 1996 Summer Olympics took place.

Taking place at Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States, the 1996 Summer Olympics saw the debut of lightweight rowing events. The three included (Men's Lightweight Double Scull and Coxless Four, and Women's Lightweight Double Scull) replaced the remaining coxed events for men (pair and four) and the Women's Coxless Four. Final results for the Rowing competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Medal Summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men’s Single Sculls	Xeno Müller (SUI)	Derek Porter (CAN)	Thomas Lange (GER)
Men’s Double Sculls	Italy (ITA) Agostino Abbagnale Davide Tizzano	Norway (NOR) Steffen Skår Størseth Kjetil Undset	France (FRA) Frederic Kowal Samuel Barathay
Men’s 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 Boden Joseph Hanson Duncan Free Ronald Snook
Men's Coxless Pair	Great Britain (GBR) Steven Redgrave Matthew Pinsent	Australia (AUS) David Weightman Robert Scott	France (FRA) Michel Andrieux Jean Christophe Rolland
Men's Coxless Four	Australia (AUS) Nicholas Green Drew Ginn James Tomkins Mike McKay	France (FRA) Bertrand Vecten Olivier Moncelet Daniel Fauche Giles Bosquet	Great Britain (GBR) Gregory Searle Jonathan William Searle Rupert John Obholzer Tim James Foster
Men’s Eight with Coxswain	Netherlands (NED) Koos Maasdijk Ronald Florijn Jeroen Duyster 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 Thorsten Streppelhoff Frank Joerg Richter	Russia (RUS) Pavel Melnikov Andrei Glukhov Anton Chermashentsev Aleksandr Lukyanov Nikolai Aksyonov Dmitri Rozinkevich Sergei Matveyev Roman Monchenko Vladimir Volodenkov Vladimir Sokolov
Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls	Switzerland (SUI) Michael Gier Markus Gier	Netherlands (NED) Maarten van der Linden Pepijn Aardewijn	Australia (AUS) Bruce Hick Anthony Edwards
Men's 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 Single Sculls	Ekaterina Karsten (BLR)	Silken Laumann (CAN)	Trine Hansen (DEN)
Women’s Double Sculls	Canada (CAN) Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean	China (CHN) Xiuyun Zhang Cao Mianying	Netherlands (NED) Irene Eijs Eeke van Nes
Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls	Romania (ROU) Camelia Macoviciuc Constanţa Burcică	United States (USA) Teresa Bell Lindsay Burns	Australia (AUS) Virginia Lee Rebecca Joyce
Women’s Quadruple Sculls	Germany (GER) Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski Jana Sorgers Kerstin Köppen Kathrin Boron	Ukraine (UKR) Svetlana Maziy Dina Myftakhutdinova Inna Frolova Olena Ronzhyna	Canada (CAN) Laryssa Biesenthal Diane O'Grady Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean
Women's Coxless Pair	Australia (AUS) Megan Leanne Still Kate Elizabeth Slatter	United States (USA) Missy Schwen Karen Kraft	France (FRA) Christine Gosse Helene Cortin
Women's Eight	Romania (ROU) Liliana Gafencu Veronica Cochelea Elena Georgescu Anca Tănase Doina Spircu 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 Natalya Volchek Natalia Stasyuk Tamara Davydenko Valentina Skrabatun Natalya Lavrinenko Yaroslava Pavlovich Aleksandra Pankina

Medal table

1	Australia (AUS)	2	1	3	6
2	Germany (GER)	2	1	1	4
3	Switzerland (SUI)	2	0	0	2
	Romania (ROU)	2	0	0	2
5	Canada (CAN)	1	4	1	6
6	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	1	3
7	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	1	2
	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	1	2
	Belarus (BLR)	1	0	1	2
10	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
11	United States (USA)	0	3	1	4
12	France (FRA)	0	1	3	4
13	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
	China (CHN)	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	0	1
16	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1

See also

• Rowing at the Summer Olympics
• Olympic medalists in rowing (men)
• Olympic medalists in rowing (women)
• Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics

References

• Official Olympic Report