Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Main article: Rowing at the Summer Olympics

Rowing at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue	Henley Royal Regatta course
Dates	5–9 August 1948
Competitors	310 from 27 nations
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Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics featured seven events, for men only. Competitions were held over the Henley Royal Regatta course from 5 to 9 August.

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
single sculls details	Mervyn Wood (AUS)	Eduardo Risso (URU)	Romolo Catasta (ITA)
double sculls details	Richard Burnell and Bert Bushnell (GBR)	Ebbe Parsner and Aage Larsen (DEN)	William Jones and Juan Rodríguez (URU)
coxless pairs details	John Wilson and Ran Laurie (GBR)	Hans Kalt and Josef Kalt (SUI)	Felice Fanetti and Bruno Boni (ITA)
coxed pair details	Denmark (DEN) Finn Pedersen Tage Henriksen Carl-Ebbe Andersen	Italy (ITA) Giovanni Steffè Aldo Tarlao Alberto Radi	Hungary (HUN) Antal Szendey Béla Zsitnik Róbert Zimonyi
coxless fours details	Italy (ITA) Giuseppe Moioli Elio Morille Giovanni Invernizzi Franco Faggi	Denmark (DEN) Helge Halkjær Aksel Bonde Helge Muxoll Schrøder Ib Storm Larsen	United States (USA) Fred Kingsbury Stu Griffing Greg Gates Robert Perew
coxed four details	United States (USA) Warren Westlund Bob Martin Bob Will Gordy Giovanelli Allen Morgan	Switzerland (SUI) Rudolf Reichling Erich Schriever Émile Knecht Peter Stebler André Moccand	Denmark (DEN) Erik Larsen Børge Raahauge Nielsen Henry Larsen Harry Knudsen Ib Olsen
eights details	United States (USA) Ian Turner David Turner James Hardy George Ahlgren Lloyd Butler David Brown Justus Smith John Stack Ralph Purchase	Great Britain (GBR) Christopher Barton Michael Lapage Guy Richardson Paul Bircher Paul Massey Brian Lloyd John Meyrick Alfred Mellows Jack Dearlove	Norway (NOR) Kristoffer Lepsøe Thorstein Kråkenes Hans Hansen Halfdan Gran Olsen Harald Kråkenes Leif Næss Thor Pedersen Carl Monssen Sigurd Monssen

Participating nations

A total of 310 rowers from 27 nations competed at the London Games:

•  Argentina (26)
•  Australia (8)
•  Austria (7)
•  Belgium (4)
•  Brazil (2)
•  Canada (11)
•  Cuba (5)
•  Czechoslovakia (4)
•  Denmark (25)
•  Egypt (1)
•  Spain (1)
•  Finland (5)
•  France (22)
•  Great Britain (26)
•  Greece (8)
•  Hungary (9)
•  Ireland (9)
•  Italy (26)
•  Netherlands (6)
•  Norway (14)
•  Portugal (14)
•  South Africa (5)
•  Sweden (3)
•  Switzerland (19)
•  United States (26)
•  Uruguay (3)
•  Yugoslavia (21)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	2	1	0	3
2	United States (USA)	2	0	1	3
3	Denmark (DEN)	1	2	1	4
4	Italy (ITA)	1	1	2	4
5	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
6	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	0	2
7	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	1	2
8	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		7	7	7	21

References

1. ^ "Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2018.

External links

• International Olympic Committee medal database

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