Medal count and full results for the 2016 Rio Olympics rowing regatta; Team USA finishes with two medals.
The Olympics rowing events came to a close on August 13th after a successful regatta in Rio despite two days that saw events cancelled due to weather.
Lagoa Stadium played host to the rowers, and for the most part everything went really well. Scheduled qualifying heats on day 2 and day 5 were cancelled when strong storms came through Rio, causing the water to get so choppy that some boats capsized during warm-ups. The cancelled events were rescheduled into the remaining days and while it would have been possible to add days to the competition, the rowing events were able to finish as scheduled on Day 9.
Team USA won two medals: A silver medal in the Women’s Single Sculls and a gold in the Women’s Coxed Eight.
Complete summary of medals won in the 2016 Rio Olympics rowing competition:
Men’s Quadruple Sculls: Germany won the gold medal and finished with a time of 6:06.81. Australia took silver with 6:07.96, and Estonia came in third place at 6:10.65 for the bronze. Team USA did not qualify for this event.
Women’s Quadruple Sculls: The German women took home gold in the women’s quadruple sculls with a time of 6:49.39. Team Netherlands earned silver after a 6:50.33 finish, and Poland took home bronze with a 6:50.86 finish. The United States finished in 5th place in that race.
Men’s Coxless Pair: New Zealand won gold with a 6:59.71 finish, while South Africa took silver with 7:02.51, and Italy won bronze with a time of 7:04.52.
Women’s Double Sculls: Team Poland won gold with their 7:02.51 time, followed by Great Britain who won silver with a 7:41.05 finish, and Lithuania winning bronze with a 7:43.76 finish. Team USA finished in 6th place.
Men’s Double Sculls: Croatia took gold with 6:50.28, Lithuania won silver with a time of 6:51.39, and Norway finished with bronze and a time of 6:53.25
Men’s Coxless Lightweight Four: Switzerland landed a gold medal with a time of 6:20.51, followed by a silver medal for Denmark and their 6:21.97 time, and France took home bronze with a 6:22.85 finish.
Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls: Netherlands took home a gold medal after a time of 7:04.73, with silver medalist Canada coming in at 7:05.88 and China with the bronze and a time of 7:06.49.
Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls: The gold medal went to France with a time of 6:30.70, silver went to Ireland after a 6:31.23 finish, and Norway won bronze with a time of 6:31.39. The United States finished in 5th place.
Women’s Coxless Pair: Team Great Britain won gold in this event with a time of 7:18.29, followed by New Zealand’s silver medal time of 7:19.53, and Denmark with the bronze and a time of 7:20.71. Team USA came in fourth at 7:24.77.
Men’s Coxless Four: Great Britain took home a gold medal for their 5:58.61 performance, followed by Australia with the silver and a time of 6:00.44, and coming in with bronze is Italy at 6:03.85.
Men’s Single Sculls: Mahe Drysdale of New Zealand won gold with a time of 6:41.34, followed by Damir Martin of Croatia, who had the same time as Drysdale but won silver, and Ondrej Synek of the Czech Republic who won bronze with a time of 6:44.10.
Women’s Single Sculls: Australia’s Kim Brennan won gold with a 7:21.54 performance, while Team USA’s Gevvie Stone came in second place for the silver with a time of 7:22.92, and China’s Duan Jingli came in 7:24.13 for the bronze.
Women’s Coxed Eight: Team USA took home gold with an impressive time of 6:01.49, a full two seconds over Great Britain, who won silver with a time of 6:03.98, and Romania who took bronze with 6:04.10.
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Men’s Coxed Eight: Great Britain took home gold with a time of 5:29.63, while Germany earned a silver medal for a time of 5:30.96, and the Netherlands won the bronze with 5:31.59. Team USA came in fourth place with a time of 5:34.23.