Eight at the Olympics explained

Event:Eight (rowing)
Sport:Rowing
Gender:Men and women
Yearsheld:Men: 19002024
Women: 19762024

The eight is a rowing event held at the Summer Olympics.[1] The event was first held for men at the second modern Olympics in 1900, with races taking place on the Seine in Paris,[2] and has been held at every Games since. The women's event was added when women's rowing was added to the Olympic programme in 1976,[3] and has been held at every Games since 1996, it is the only Olympic rowing event that uses a coxswain.

Medalists

Men

1900 Paris
1904 St. Louis
None awarded
1908 London

1912 Stockholm
1920 Antwerp
1924 Paris
1928 Amsterdam
1932 Los Angeles
1936 Berlin
1948 London
1952 Helsinki
1956 Melbourne
1960 Rome
1964 Tokyo
1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
2024 Paris

Medalists by country

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 12 2 2 16
2 4 7 3 14
3 3 5 3 11
4 2 0 1 3
2 0 1 3
6 2 0 0 2
7 1 3 3 7
8 1 1 2 4
9 1 1 0 2
10 0 2 4 6
11 0 2 2 4
12 0 2 1 3
13 0 2 0 2
14 0 1 0 1
15 0 0 2 2
0 0 2 2
17 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1

Women

1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
2024 Paris

Medalists by country

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 4 3 3 10
2 4 1 1 6
3 3 0 0 3
4 2 2 1 5
5 0 2 3 5
6 0 2 0 2
7 0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
9 0 0 1 1
0 0 2 2
0 0 1 1

Notes and References

  1. Hernandez, Celia M., and Humberto Garcia Garcia. "History of Olympic rowing in Cuba." Proceedings: International Symposium for Olympic Research, Oct. 2006, pp. 100+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A176818713/AONE?u=brooklaw_main&sid=googleScholar&xid=34ec2067. Accessed 22 Feb. 2024.
  2. Book: Mallon, Bill . The 1900 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary . 2015-07-11 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-8952-7 . 150 . en.
  3. Stefani, Raymond. "Kinesiology analysis of athletics at the ancient olympics and of performance differences between male and female olympic champions at the modern games in running, swimming and rowing." Athens Journal of Sports 4.2 (2017): 126.