Rowing

The Rowing competition at the London 2012 Games will feature extraordinary displays of power and passion on the world-class waters at Eton Dorney.

July 28 - 09:30Women's Pair

Eton Dorney
Set in a 400-acre park within a nature conservation area, Eton Dorney Rowing Centre at Dorney Lake, around 30 kilometres west of London, is acclaimed as one of the finest rowing venues in the world.


Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold Silver Bronze
GBR	2	2	2	gold medals: 2 2 Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze silver medals: 2 bronze medals: 2
AUS	2	1	0	gold medals: 2 2 Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze silver medals: 1 bronze medals: 0
CAN	1	1	2	gold medals: 1 1 Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze silver medals: 1 bronze medals: 2

Men's competition

Women's competition

Dr Benjamin Spock, the famous child development expert, won Olympic gold in the men’s Eight at the Paris 1924 Games.
The youngest Olympic champion is thought to be an anonymous French boy, who coxed for a Dutch pair at the Paris 1900 Games. The boy, aged no more than 12, took part in the victory ceremony but then disappeared.
The first Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race took place in 1829.
The oldest Olympic Rowing champion is Great Britain’s Guy Nickalls, who was 41 when he won gold at London 1908.
Rowing is the only sport where competitors cross the finish line backwards.