Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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{{Infobox Olympic event
| event = Rowing
| games = 1984 Summer
| date = 30 July – 5 August 1984
| venue = Lake Casitas
| competitors = 447 (286 men, 161 women)
| nations = 38
| prev = 1980
| next = 1988
}}
{{Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}
Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States featured 14 events in total, for both men and women. Events were held at Lake Casitas.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/ROW/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043102/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/ROW/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games |work=Sports Reference |access-date=3 September 2018}}
Due to the Eastern Bloc boycott of these Olympics, some of the strongest rowing nations like East Germany, the USSR or Bulgaria were not present. However, this boycott gave an opportunity to Romania, which was one of the few eastern European countries to come to the Games, going on to dominate in women's sports, winning 5 gold medals in 6 events. Both Canada (gold) and USA (silver) had beaten the reigning (boycotting) two-time Olympic champions from East Germany in the men's 8 twice at the Lucerne pre-olympic regatta.
Steve Redgrave won his first of five consecutive gold medals. Elisabeta Oleniuc, later known as Elisabeta Lipă, also won her first gold medal. Twenty years later she won her fifth gold medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
The quadruple sculls events, as in its debit year 1976 and 1980, were held without coxswain for men and with coxswain for women.{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/gamesandsportsummary/?sport=31123&games=1984%2f1&event= |title=Los Angeles 1984: Rowing |website=Olympic.org |access-date=2016-03-13}}
Medal summary
=Men's events=
| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}} |
| Single sculls {{DetailsLink|Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Pertti Karppinen|FIN|1984 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Peter-Michael Kolbe|FRG|1984 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Robert Mills|CAN|1984 Summer}} |
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| Double sculls | {{flagIOCathlete|Brad Alan Lewis | {{flagIOCathlete|Pierre-Marie Deloof | {{flagIOCathlete|Zoran Pančić |
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| Quadruple sculls (coxless) | {{FlagIOCteam|FRG|1984 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|AUS|1984 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|CAN|1984 Summer}} |
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| Coxed pairs |nowrap| {{FlagIOCteam|ITA|1984 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|ROM|1984 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|USA|1984 Summer}} |
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| Coxless pairs | {{flagIOCathlete|Petru Iosub |nowrap| {{flagIOCathlete|Fernando Climent |nowrap| {{flagIOCathlete|Hans Magnus Grepperud |
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| Coxed four | {{FlagIOCteam|GBR|1984 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|USA|1984 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|NZL|1984 Summer}} |
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| Coxless four | {{FlagIOCteam|NZL|1984 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|USA|1984 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|DEN|1984 Summer}} |
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| Eights | {{FlagIOCteam|CAN|1984 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|USA|1984 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|AUS|1984 Summer}} |
=Women's events=
| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}} |
| Single sculls {{DetailsLink|Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Valeria Răcilă|ROM|1984 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Charlotte Geer|USA|1984 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Ann Haesebrouck|BEL|1984 Summer}} |
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| Double sculls |nowrap| {{flagIOCathlete|Mariora Popescu |nowrap| {{flagIOCathlete|Greet Hellemans |nowrap| {{flagIOCathlete|Daniele Laumann |
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| Quadruple sculls (coxed) | {{FlagIOCteam|ROM|1984 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|USA|1984 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|DEN|1984 Summer}} |
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| Coxless pairs | {{flagIOCathlete|Rodica Arba | {{flagIOCathlete|Elizabeth Craig | {{flagIOCathlete|Ellen Becker |
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| Coxed four | {{FlagIOCteam|ROM|1984 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|CAN|1984 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|AUS|1984 Summer}} |
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| Eight | {{FlagIOCteam|USA|1984 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|ROM|1984 Summer}} | {{FlagIOCteam|NED|1984 Summer}} |
Medal table
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = flagIOCteam
| event = 1984 Summer
| team =
| gold_ROU = 6 | silver_ROU = 2 | bronze_ROU = 0
| gold_USA = 2 | silver_USA = 5 | bronze_USA = 1
| gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 2 | bronze_CAN = 3
| gold_FRG = 1 | silver_FRG = 1 | bronze_FRG = 1
| gold_NZL = 1 | silver_NZL = 0 | bronze_NZL = 1
| gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 0
| gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 0
| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 0
| gold_AUS = 0 | silver_AUS = 1 | bronze_AUS = 2
| gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 1 | bronze_BEL = 1
| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 1
| gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 1 | bronze_ESP = 0
| gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 2
| gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 1
| gold_YUG = 0 | silver_YUG = 0 | bronze_YUG = 1
}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Report]
{{Events at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}
{{Rowing at the Summer Olympics}}