Olympic Games

Rowing at the Olympics

Rowing had been scheduled on the program for the 1896 Athens Olympics but was cancelled due to poor weather.
The boy who coxed the winning pair in the rowing events at the 1900 Olympics is believed to be only 7 years old.
Rowing was on the program at the 1896 Summer Olympics but was cancelled due to weather. It has been on the Olympic program since 1900.
Women's events were introduced at the 1976 Games in Montreal.
In 2000, British rower Steven Redgrave became the first athlete to win gold medals in five consecutive Olympics.
Currently at the Olympics there are 14 events: Men: quad sculls, double sculls, single sculls, eight, coxless four, coxless pair, Lightweight Men: coxless four, double sculls, Women: quad sculls, double sculls, single sculls, eight, coxless pair, Lightweight Women: double sculls.