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
single sculls	Mervyn Wood (AUS)	Eduardo Risso (URU)	Romolo Catasta (ITA)
double sculls	Richard Burnell and Bertie Bushnell (GBR)	Ebbe Parsner and Aage Larsen (DEN)	William Jones and Juan Rodríguez (URU)
coxless pairs	John Wilson and Ran Laurie (GBR)	Hans Kalt and Josef Kalt (SUI)	Felice Fanetti and Bruno Boni (ITA)
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
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
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
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
8	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1

References

International Olympic Committee medal database

Events at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London

Athletics Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Lacrosse (demonstration) Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Art competitions (unofficial)

Rowing at the Summer Olympics

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