Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, for men only. Competitions were held over the Henley Royal Regatta course from August 5, 1948 to August 9, 1948.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's single sculls
 Mervyn Wood (AUS)  Eduardo Risso (URU)  Romolo Catasta (ITA)
Men's double sculls
 Richard Burnell
and Bertie Bushnell (GBR)
 Ebbe Parsner
and Aage Larsen (DEN)
 William Jones
and Juan Rodríguez (URU)
Men's coxless pairs
 John Wilson
and Ran Laurie (GBR)
 Hans Kalt
and Josef Kalt (SUI)
 Felice Fanetti
and Bruno Boni (ITA)
Men's coxed pairs
 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
Men's coxless fours
 Italy (ITA)
Giuseppe Moioli
Elio Morille
Giovanni Invernizzi
Francesco Faggi
 Denmark (DEN)
Helge Halkjær
Aksel Bonde Hansen
Helge Muxoll Schrøder
Ib Storm Larsen
 United States (USA)
Fred Kingsbury
Stu Griffing
Greg Gates
Robert Perew
Men's coxed fours
 United States (USA)
Warren Westlund
Bob Martin
Bob Will
Gordy Giovanelli
Allan 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
Men's 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
Ernest Bircher
Paul Massey
Charles 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

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

References

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