List of Olympic medalists in rowing (women)

This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in rowing from 1976 to 2008.

See also: List of Olympic medalists in rowing (men), Rowing at the Summer Olympics, and Lists of Olympic medalists

Contents

1 Single sculls
2 Double sculls
3 Quadruple sculls
4 Coxless pairs
5 Coxless fours
6 Coxed fours
7 Coxed eights
8 Lightweight double sculls
9 References

Single sculls

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Montreal details	Christine Scheiblich (GDR)	Joan Lind (USA)	Yelena Antonova (URS)
1980 Moscow details	Sanda Toma (ROU)	Antonina Makhina (URS)	Martina Schröter (GDR)
1984 Los Angeles details	Valeria Răcilă (ROU)	Charlotte Geer (USA)	Ann Haesebrouck (BEL)
1988 Seoul details	Jutta Behrendt (GDR)	Anne Marden (USA)	Magdalena Georgieva (BUL)
1992 Barcelona details	Elisabeta Lipă (ROU)	Annelies Bredael (BEL)	Silken Laumann (CAN)
1996 Atlanta details	Ekaterina Karsten (BLR)	Silken Laumann (CAN)	Trine Hansen (DEN)
2000 Sydney details	Ekaterina Karsten (BLR)	Rumyana Neykova (BUL)	Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski (GER)
2004 Athens details	Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski (GER)	Ekaterina Karsten (BLR)	Rumyana Neykova (BUL)
2008 Beijing details	Rumyana Neykova (BUL)	Michelle Guerette (USA)	Ekaterina Karsten (BLR)

Double sculls

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Montreal details	Bulgaria (BUL) Svetlana Otsetova Zdravka Yordanova	East Germany (GDR) Sabine Jahn Petra Boesler	Soviet Union (URS) Leonora Kaminskaitė Genovaitė Ramoškienė
1980 Moscow details	Soviet Union (URS) Yelena Khloptseva Larisa Popova	East Germany (GDR) Cornelia Linse Heidi Westphal	Romania (ROU) Olga Homeghi Valeria Rosca Racila
1984 Los Angeles details	Romania (ROU) Mariora Popescu Elisabeta Oleniuc	Netherlands (NED) Greet Hellemans Nicolette Hellemans	Canada (CAN) Daniele Laumann Silken Laumann
1988 Seoul details	East Germany (GDR) Birgit Peter Martina Schröter	Romania (ROU) Elisabeta Lipă Veronica Cogeanu	Bulgaria (BUL) Stefka Madina Violeta Ninova
1992 Barcelona details	Germany (GER) Kerstin Köppen Kathrin Boron	Romania (ROU) Veronica Cochelea Elisabeta Lipă	China (CHN) Gu Xiaoli Lu Huali
1996 Atlanta details	Canada (CAN) Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean	China (CHN) Zhang Xiuyun Cao Mianying	Netherlands (NED) Irene Eijs Eeke van Nes
2000 Sydney details	Germany (GER) Jana Thieme Kathrin Boron	Netherlands (NED) Pieta van Dishoeck Eeke van Nes	Lithuania (LTU) Birutė Šakickienė Kristina Poplavskaja
2004 Athens details	New Zealand (NZL) Georgina Evers-Swindell Caroline Evers-Swindell	Germany (GER) Peggy Waleska Britta Oppelt	Great Britain (GBR) Sarah Winckless Elise Laverick
2008 Beijing details	New Zealand (NZL) Georgina Evers-Swindell Caroline Evers-Swindell	Germany (GER) Annekatrin Thiele Christiane Huth	Great Britain (GBR) Elise Laverick Anna Bebington

Quadruple sculls

Note: coxed event (1976–1984), coxless event (1988–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Montreal details	East Germany (GDR) Anke Borchman Jutta Lau Viola Poley Roswietha Zobelt Liane Weigelt	Soviet Union (URS) Anna Kondrachina Mira Bryunina Larisa Alexandrova Galina Ermolaeva Nadezhda Chernyshova	Romania (ROU) Ioana Tudoran Maria Micşa Felicia Afrăsiloaie Elisabeta Lazăr Elena Giurcă
1980 Moscow details	East Germany (GDR) Sybille Reinhardt Jutta Ploch Jutta Lau Roswietha Zobelt Liane Buhr	Soviet Union (URS) Antonina Pustovit Yelena Matievskaya Olga Vasilchenko Nadezhda Lyubimova Nina Cheremisina	Bulgaria (BUL) Mariana Serbezova Roumeliana Bontcheva Doloress Nakova Anka Bakova Anka Gheorghieva
1984 Los Angeles details	Romania (ROU) Titie Taran Anisoara Sorohan Ioana Badea Sofia Corban Ecaterina Oancia	United States (USA) Anne Marden Lisa Rohde Joan Lind Virginia Gilder Kelly Rickon	Denmark (DEN) Hanne Eriksen Birgitte Hanel Charlotte Koefoed Bodil Rasmussen Jette Sørensen
1988 Seoul details	East Germany (GDR) Kerstin Foerster Kristina Mundt Beate Schramm Jana Sorgers	Soviet Union (URS) Irina Kalimbet Svetlana Maziy Inna Frolova Antonina Makhina	Romania (ROU) Anişoara Bălan Anişoara Minea Veronica Cogeanu Elisabeta Lipă
1992 Barcelona details	Germany (GER) Sybille Schmidt Birgit Peter Kerstin Müller Kristina Mundt	Romania (ROU) Anişoara Dobre Doina Ignat Constanţa Burcică Veronica Cochelea	Unified Team (EUN) Antonina Zelikovich Tetiana Ustiuzhanina Ekaterina Karsten Yelena Khloptseva
1996 Atlanta details	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
2000 Sydney details	Germany (GER) Manja Kowalski Meike Evers Manuela Lutze Kerstin Kowalski	Great Britain (GBR) Guin Batten Gillian Lindsay Katherine Grainger Miriam Batten	Russia (RUS) Oksana Dorodnova Irina Fedotova Yuliya Levina Larisa Merk
2004 Athens details	Germany (GER) Kathrin Boron Meike Evers Manuela Lutze Kerstin El Qalqili	Great Britain (GBR) Alison Mowbray Debbie Flood Frances Houghton Rebecca Romero	Australia (AUS) Dana Faletic Rebecca Sattin Amber Bradley Kerry Hore
2008 Beijing details	China (CHN) Tang Bin Xi Aihua Jin Ziwei Zhang Yangyang	Great Britain (GBR) Annie Vernon Debbie Flood Frances Houghton Katherine Grainger	Germany (GER) Britta Oppelt Manuela Lutze Kathrin Boron Stephanie Schiller

Coxless pairs

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Montreal details	Bulgaria (BUL) Siyka Kelbecheva Stoyanka Gruycheva	East Germany (GDR) Angelika Noack Sabine Dähne	West Germany (FRG) Edith Eckbauer Thea Einöder
1980 Moscow details	East Germany (GDR) Ute Steindorf Cornelia Klier	Poland (POL) Malgorzata Dluzewska Czeslawa Koscianska	Bulgaria (BUL) Siika Barboulova Stoyanka Kubatova
1984 Los Angeles details	Romania (ROU) Rodica Arba Elena Horvat	Canada (CAN) Elizabeth Craig Tricia Smith	West Germany (FRG) Ellen Becker Iris Völkner
1988 Seoul details	Romania (ROU) Rodica Arba Olga Homeghi	Bulgaria (BUL) Radka Stoyanova Lalka Berberova	New Zealand (NZL) Nicola Payne Lynley Hannen
1992 Barcelona details	Canada (CAN) Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean	Germany (GER) Ingeburg Schwerzmann Stefani Werremeier	United States (USA) Stephanie Pierson Anna Seaton
1996 Atlanta details	Australia (AUS) Megan Still Kate Slatter	United States (USA) Karen Kraft Melissa Schwen	France (FRA) Christine Gosse Helene Cortin
2000 Sydney details	Romania (ROU) Georgeta Damian Doina Ignat	Australia (AUS) Kate Slatter Rachael Taylor	United States (USA) Karen Kraft Melissa Ryan
2004 Athens details	Romania (ROU) Georgeta Damian Viorica Susanu	Great Britain (GBR) Katherine Grainger Cath Bishop	Belarus (BLR) Yuliya Bichyk Natallia Helakh
2008 Beijing details	Romania (ROU) Georgeta Damian Viorica Susanu	China (CHN) Wu You Gao Yulan	Belarus (BLR) Yuliya Bichyk Natallia Helakh

Coxless fours

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992 Barcelona details	Canada (CAN) Kirsten Barnes Jessica Monroe Brenda Taylor Kay Worthington	United States (USA) Shelagh Donohoe Cynthia Eckert Carol Feeney Amy Fuller	Germany (GER) Antje Frank Annette Hohn Gabriele Mehl Birte Siech

Coxed fours

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Montreal details	East Germany (GDR) Karin Metze Bianka Schwede Gabriele Lohs Andrea Kurth Sabine Heß	Bulgaria (BUL) Kapka Georgieva Ginka Gyurova Mariyka Modeva Lilyana Vaseva Reni Yordanova	Soviet Union (URS) Lyudmila Krokhina Lidiya Krylova Galina Mishenina Anna Pasokha Nadezhda Sevostyanova
1980 Moscow details	East Germany (GDR) Silvia Fröhlich Ramona Kapheim Angelika Noack Romy Saalfeld Kirsten Wenzel	Bulgaria (BUL) Nadezhda Filipova Ginka Gurova Mariika Modeva Rita Todorova Iskra Velinova	Soviet Union (URS) Nina Cheremisina Maria Fadeeva Svetlana Semenova Galina Sovetnikova Marina Studneva
1984 Los Angeles details	Romania (ROU) Chira Apostol Olga Homeghi-Bularda Viorica Ioja Florica Lavric Maria Fricioiu	Canada (CAN) Barbara Armbrust Marilyn Brain Angela Schneider Lesley Thompson Jane Tregunno	Australia (AUS) Karen Brancourt Susan Chapman Margot Foster Robyn Grey-Gardner Susan Lee
1988 Seoul details	East Germany (GDR) Gerlinde Doberschütz Carola Hornig Sylvia Rose Birte Siech Martina Walther	China (CHN) Hu Ya-Dong Li Rong-Hua Yang Xiao Zhang Xiang-Hua Zhou Shouying	Romania (ROU) Herta Anitas Doina Snep-Balan Veronica Necula Ecaterina Oancia Marioara Trasca

Coxed eights

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Montreal details	East Germany (GDR) Brigitte Ahrenholz Henrietta Ebert Viola Goretzki Monika Kallies Christiane Knetsch Helma Lehmann Irina Müller Ilona Richter Marina Wilke	Soviet Union (URS) Olga Guzenko Olga Kolkova Klavdiya Kozenkova Olga Pugovskaya Nadezhda Roshchina Nadezhda Rozgon Lyubov Talalaeva Nelli Tarakanova Elena Zubko	United States (USA) Carol Brown Anita Defrantz Carolyn Graves Marion Greig Margaret McCarthy Gail Ricketson Lynn Silliman Anne Warner Jacqueline Zoch
1980 Moscow details	East Germany (GDR) Martina Boesler Christiane Knetsch Gabriele Lohs Karin Metze Kersten Neisser Ilona Richter Marita Sandig Birgit Schütz Marina Wilke	Soviet Union (URS) Nina Frolova Mariya Payun Olga Pivovarova Nina Preobrazhenskaya Nadezhda Prishchepa Tatyana Stetsenko Yelena Tereshina Nina Umanets Valentina Zhulina	Romania (ROU) Angelica Aposteanu Elena Bondar Florica Bucur Maria Constantinescu Yelena Dobritoiu Rodica Frintu Ana Iliuta Rodica Puscatu-Arba Marlena Zagoni
1984 Los Angeles details	United States (USA) Betsy Beard Carol Bower Jeanne Flanagan Carie Graves Kathy Keeler Harriet Metcalf Kristine Norelius Shyril O'Steen Kristen Thorsness	Romania (ROU) Mihaela Armasescu Doina Balan Adriana Bazon Camelia Diaconescu Viorica Ioja Aneta Mihaly Aurora Plesca Lucia Sauca Marioara Trasca	Netherlands (NED) Lynda Cornet Marieke van Drogenbroek Harriet van Ettekoven Greet Hellemans Nicolette Hellemans Martha Laurijsen Catharina Neelissen Anne Quist Wiljon Vaandrager
1988 Seoul details	East Germany (GDR) Ramona Balthasar Kathrin Haacker Anja Kluge Daniela Neunast Beatrix Schröer Uta Stange Annegret Strauch Ute Wild Judith Zeidler	Romania (ROU) Herta Anitas Mihaela Armasescu Doina Balan Adriana Bazon Olga Homeghi Veronica Necula Ecaterina Oancia Rodica Puscatu Marioara Trasca	China (CHN) Han Yaqin He Yanwen Hu Ya-Dong Li Rong-Hua Yang Xiao Zhang Xiang-Hua Zhang Yali Zhou Shouying Zhou Xiuhua
1992 Barcelona details	Canada (CAN) Kirsten Barnes Shannon Crawford Megan Delehanty Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean Jessica Monroe Brenda Taylor Lesley Thompson Kay Worthington	Romania (ROU) Adriana Bazon Iulia Bulie Elena Georgescu Viorica Lepădatu Veronica Necula Ioana Olteanu Maria Padurariu Doina Robu Doina Snep	Germany (GER) Sylvia Dördelmann Kathrin Haacker Christiane Harzendorf Daniela Neunast Cerstin Petersmann Dana Pyritz Ute Schell Annegret Strauch Judith Zeidler
1996 Atlanta details	Romania (ROU) Veronica Cochela Liliana Gafencu Elena Georgescu Doina Ignat Elisabeta Lipă Ioana Olteanu Marioara Popescu Doina Spircu Anca Tanase	Canada (CAN) Alison Korn Theresa Luke Maria Maunder Heather McDermid Jessica Monroe Emma Robinson Lesley Thompson Tosha Tsang Anna van der Kamp	Belarus (BLR) Tamara Davydenko Natalya Lavrinenko Yelena Mikulich Aleksandra Pankina Yaroslava Pavlovich Valentina Skrabatun Natalia Stasyuk Natalya Volchek Marina Znak
2000 Sydney details	Romania (ROU) Veronica Cochela Georgeta Damian Maria Magdalena Dumitrache Liliana Gafencu Elena Georgescu Doina Ignat Elisabeta Lipă Ioana Olteanu Viorica Susanu	Netherlands (NED) Tessa Appeldoorn Carin ter Beek Pieta van Dishoeck Elien Meijer Eeke van Nes Nelleke Penninx Martijntje Quik Anneke Venema Marieke Westerhof	Canada (CAN) Buffy Alexander Laryssa Biesenthal Heather Davis Alison Korn Theresa Luke Heather McDermid Emma Robinson Lesley Thompson Dorota Urbaniak
2004 Athens details	Romania (ROU) Aurica Barascu Georgeta Damian Rodica Florea Liliana Gafencu Elena Georgescu Doina Ignat Elisabeta Lipă Ioana Papuc Viorica Susanu	United States (USA) Alison Cox Caryn Davies Megan Dirkmaat Kate Johnson Laurel Korholz Samantha Magee Anna Mickelson Lianne Nelson Mary Whipple	Netherlands (NED) Annemiek de Haan Hurnet Dekkers Nienke Hommes Annemarieke van Rumpt Sarah Siegelaar Marlies Smulders Helen Tanger Froukje Wegman Ester Workel
2008 Beijing details	United States (USA) Erin Cafaro Lindsay Shoop Anna Goodale Elle Logan Anna Cummins Susan Francia Caroline Lind Caryn Davies Mary Whipple	Netherlands (NED) Femke Dekker Marlies Smulders Nienke Kingma Roline Repelaer van Driel Annemarieke van Rumpt Helen Tanger Sarah Siegelaar Annemiek de Haan Ester Workel	Romania (ROU) Constanţa Burcică Viorica Susanu Rodica Şerban Enikő Barabás Simona Muşat Ioana Papuc Georgeta Andrunache Doina Ignat Elena Georgescu

Lightweight double sculls

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996 Atlanta details	Romania (ROU) Constanţa Burcică Camelia Macoviciuc	United States (USA) Teresa Bell Lindsay Burns	Australia (AUS) Virginia Lee Rebecca Joyce
2000 Sydney details	Romania (ROU) Constanţa Burcică Angela Alupei	Germany (GER) Valerie Viehoff Claudia Blasberg	United States (USA) Christine Collins Sarah Garner
2004 Athens details	Romania (ROU) Constanţa Burcică Angela Alupei	Germany (GER) Daniela Reimer Claudia Blasberg	Netherlands (NED) Kirsten van der Kolk Marit van Eupen
2008 Beijing details	Netherlands (NED) Kirsten van der Kolk Marit van Eupen	Finland (FIN) Minna Nieminen Sanna Stén	Canada (CAN) Tracy Cameron Melanie Kok

References

International Olympic Committee results database
Olympic Rowing Medalists at HickokSports.com

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