Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Rowing
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueHenley Royal Regatta course
Dates5–9 August 1948
Competitors310 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

Games Gold Silver Bronze
single sculls
Mervyn Wood
 Australia
Eduardo Risso
 Uruguay
Romolo Catasta
 Italy
double sculls
Richard Burnell
and Bert Bushnell
 Great Britain
Ebbe Parsner
and Aage Larsen
 Denmark
William Jones
and Juan Rodríguez
 Uruguay
coxless pairs
John Wilson
and Ran Laurie
 Great Britain
Hans Kalt
and Josef Kalt
 Switzerland
Felice Fanetti
and Bruno Boni
 Italy
coxed pair
 Denmark
Finn Pedersen
Tage Henriksen
Carl-Ebbe Andersen
 Italy
Giovanni Steffè
Aldo Tarlao
Alberto Radi
 Hungary
Antal Szendey
Béla Zsitnik
Róbert Zimonyi
coxless fours
 Italy
Giuseppe Moioli
Elio Morille
Giovanni Invernizzi
Franco Faggi
 Denmark
Helge Halkjær
Aksel Bonde
Helge Muxoll Schrøder
Ib Storm Larsen
 United States
Fred Kingsbury
Stu Griffing
Greg Gates
Robert Perew
coxed four
 United States
Warren Westlund
Bob Martin
Bob Will
Gordy Giovanelli
Allen Morgan
 Switzerland
Rudolf Reichling
Erich Schriever
Émile Knecht
Peter Stebler
André Moccand
 Denmark
Erik Larsen
Børge Raahauge Nielsen
Henry Larsen
Harry Knudsen
Ib Olsen
eights
 United States
Ian Turner
David Turner
James Hardy
George Ahlgren
Lloyd Butler
David Brown
Justus Smith
John Stack
Ralph Purchase
 Great Britain
Christopher Barton
Michael Lapage
Guy Richardson
Paul Bircher
Paul Massey
Brian Lloyd
John Meyrick
Alfred Mellows
Jack Dearlove
 Norway
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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain2103
2 United States2013
3 Denmark1214
4 Italy1124
5 Australia1001
6 Switzerland0202
7 Uruguay0112
8 Hungary0011
 Norway0011
Totals (9 entries)77721

References

  1. ^ "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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