Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Main article: Rowing at the Summer Olympics

Rowing at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney International Regatta Centre
Dates	17–24 September 2000
Competitors	547 from 51 nations

Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. It featured 547 competitors (363 men and 184 women) from 51 nations taking part in 14 events.^[1]

The medals were split among 20 nations. Romania was the most successful nation, topping the medal table with three golds, all won in the women's events. Despite finishing second, Germany also dominated the medal table with six in overall. Great Britain and France, on the other hand, had a two-way tie for third place in the standings, with two golds and three in overall.

The men's rowing events became most notable for Great Britain's Steve Redgrave, who won his fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal for the coxless four. He first won at Los Angeles in 1984, followed by gold medals in 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000, a record span of 16 years between his first and last gold medal. It was also his sixth overall Olympic medal, having won the bronze in 1988 for the coxed pair. At age 38, Redgrave also became the oldest male rower to win an Olympic gold medal, until he was surpassed by Australia's James Tomkins at the subsequent games. Tomkins, competing in his fourth games, won the bronze medal, and third medal overall for the men's coxless pair with his partner Matthew Long.

In the women's rowing events, Romania's Elisabeta Lipă won her third consecutive Olympic gold medal and fourth overall. Lipă, who was part of Romania's women's eight, won her first in Los Angeles in 1984, followed by gold medals in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004. It was also her seventh overall, having won a silver and a bronze in 1988 and an additional silver in 1992. Germany's Kathrin Boron had won her first Olympic gold medal and third overall in the quadruple sculls, teaming up with her partner Jana Thieme.

The rowing events also depict some numerous dramatic races, as the single scull events became highly anticipated and closely contested. Ekaterina Karsten, the defending Olympic champion from Belarus, won a photo finish in the women's single sculls, over Bulgaria's Rumyana Neykova by one hundredths of a second. On the other hand, New Zealand's Rob Waddell, world champion (and world record holder in indoor rowing) beat defending Olympic champion Xeno Müller of Switzerland, along with Germany's Marcel Hacker and Canada's Derek Porter in a tough, close race.

Great Britain won the gold medal in the men's eight for the first time since 1912, beating Australia by four fifths of a second.

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Single sculls details	Rob Waddell  New Zealand	Xeno Müller  Switzerland	Marcel Hacker  Germany
Double sculls details	Luka Špik and Iztok Čop (SLO)	Olaf Tufte and Fredrik Bekken (NOR)	Giovanni Calabrese and Nicola Sartori (ITA)
Quadruple sculls details	Italy (ITA) Agostino Abbagnale Alessio Sartori Rossano Galtarossa Simone Raineri	Netherlands (NED) Jochem Verberne Dirk Lippits Diederik Simon Michiel Bartman	Germany (GER) Marco Geisler Andreas Hajek Stephan Volkert André Willms
Coxless pair details	Michel Andrieux and J. C. Rolland (FRA)	Ted Murphy and Sebastian Bea (USA)	Matthew Long and James Tomkins (AUS)
Coxless four details	Great Britain (GBR) James Cracknell Steve Redgrave Tim Foster Matthew Pinsent	Italy (ITA) Valter Molea Riccardo Dei Rossi Lorenzo Carboncini Carlo Mornati	Australia (AUS) James Stewart Ben Dodwell Geoff Stewart Bo Hanson
Coxed eight details	Great Britain (GBR) Andrew Lindsay Ben Hunt-Davis Simon Dennis Louis Attrill Luka Grubor Kieran West Fred Scarlett Steve Trapmore Rowley Douglas	Australia (AUS) Christian Ryan Alastair Gordon Nick Porzig Rob Jahrling Mike McKay Stuart Welch Daniel Burke Jaime Fernandez Brett Hayman	Croatia (CRO) Igor Francetić Tihomir Franković Tomislav Smoljanović Nikša Skelin Siniša Skelin Krešimir Čuljak Igor Boraska Branimir Vujević Silvijo Petriško
Lightweight double sculls details	Tomasz Kucharski and Robert Sycz (POL)	Elia Luini and Leonardo Pettinari (ITA)	Pascal Touron and Thibaud Chapelle (FRA)
Lightweight coxless four details	France (FRA) Laurent Porchier Jean-Christophe Bette Yves Hocdé Xavier Dorfman	Australia (AUS) Simon Burgess Anthony Edwards Darren Balmforth Robert Richards	Denmark (DEN) Søren Madsen Thomas Ebert Eskild Ebbesen Victor Feddersen

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Single sculls details	Ekaterina Karsten  Belarus	Rumyana Neykova  Bulgaria	Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski  Germany
Double sculls details	Jana Thieme and Kathrin Boron (GER)	Pieta van Dishoeck and Eeke van Nes (NED)	Birutė Šakickienė and Kristina Poplavskaja (LTU)
Quadruple sculls details	Germany (GER) Meike Evers Kerstin Kowalski Manja Kowalski Manuela Lutze	Great Britain (GBR) Guin Batten Miriam Batten Katherine Grainger Gillian Lindsay	Russia (RUS) Oksana Dorodnova Irina Fedotova Yuliya Levina Larisa Merk
Coxless pair details	Georgeta Damian and Doina Ignat (ROU)	Kate Slatter and Rachael Taylor (AUS)	Karen Kraft and Melissa Ryan (USA)
Coxed eight details	Romania (ROU) Veronica Cochela Georgeta Damian Maria Magdalena Dumitrache Liliana Gafencu Elena Georgescu Doina Ignat Elisabeta Lipă Ioana Olteanu Viorica Susanu	Netherlands (NED) Tessa Appeldoorn Carin ter Beek Pieta van Dishoeck Elien Meijer Eeke van Nes Nelleke Penninx Martijntje Quik Anneke Venema Marieke Westerhof	Canada (CAN) Buffy Alexander Laryssa Biesenthal Heather Davis Alison Korn Theresa Luke Heather McDermid Emma Robinson Lesley Thompson Dorota Urbaniak
Lightweight double sculls details	Constanța Burcică and Angela Alupei (ROU)	Valerie Viehoff and Claudia Blasberg (GER)	Christine Collins and Sarah Garner (USA)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Romania (ROU)	3	0	0	3
2	Germany (GER)	2	1	3	6
3	Great Britain (GBR)	2	1	0	3
4	France (FRA)	2	0	1	3
5	Italy (ITA)	1	2	1	4
6	Belarus (BLR)	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	1
	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	0	1
10	Australia (AUS)	0	3	2	5
11	Netherlands (NED)	0	3	0	3
12	United States (USA)	0	1	2	3
13	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
16	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	1	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	1	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		14	14	14	42

See also

• Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Rowing at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2018.

External links

• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics
• Rowing Results