| Rowing at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Henley Royal Regatta course |
| Dates | 5–9 August |
| Competitors | 310 from 27 nations |
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.[1]
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| single sculls |  Mervyn Wood (AUS) |  Eduardo Risso (URU) |  Romolo Catasta (ITA) |
| double sculls |  Richard Burnelland Bertie Bushnell (GBR) |  Ebbe Parsnerand Aage Larsen (DEN) | William Jones and Juan Rodríguez (URU) |
| coxless pairs | John Wilson and Ran Laurie (GBR) |  Hans Kaltand Josef Kalt (SUI) | Felice Fanetti and Bruno Boni (ITA) |
| coxed pair | Denmark (DEN) Finn Pedersen Tage Henriksen Carl-Ebbe Andersen | Italy (ITA) Giovanni Steffè Aldo Tarlao Alberto Radi | .svg.png){kind=small} Hungary (HUN)Antal Szendey Béla Zsitnik Róbert Zimonyi |
| coxless fours | Italy (ITA) Giuseppe Moioli Elio Morille Giovanni Invernizzi Franco Faggi | Denmark (DEN) Helge Halkjær Aksel Bonde Helge Muxoll Schrøder Ib Storm Larsen | .svg.png){kind=small} United States (USA)Fred Kingsbury Stu Griffing Greg Gates Robert Perew |
| coxed four | 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 | 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:
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 nations) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
References
- ^ "Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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