Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
# Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics featured seven events, for men only. Competitions were held over the Henley Royal Regatta course from 5 to 9 August.

## Medal summary

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| single sculls details | Mervyn Wood (AUS) | Eduardo Risso (URU) | Romolo Catasta (ITA) |
| double sculls details | Richard Burnell and Bertie Bushnell (GBR) | Ebbe Parsner and Aage Larsen (DEN) | William Jones and Juan Rodríguez (URU) |
| coxless pairs details | John Wilson and Ran Laurie (GBR) | Hans Kalt and Josef Kalt (SUI) | Felice Fanetti and Bruno Boni (ITA) |
| coxed pair details | 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 details | Italy (ITA) Giuseppe Moioli Elio Morille Giovanni Invernizzi Franco Faggi | Denmark (DEN) Helge Halkjær Aksel Bonde Helge Muxoll Schrøder Ib Storm Larsen | United States (USA) Fred Kingsbury Stu Griffing Greg Gates Robert Perew |
| coxed four details | United States (USA) Warren Westlund Bob Martin Bob Will Gordy Giovanelli Allen 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 details | 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 Paul Bircher Paul Massey Brian 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 |

## Participating nations

A total of 310 rowers from 27 nations competed at the London Games:

* Argentina (26)
* Australia (8)
* Austria (7)
* Belgium (4)
* Brazil (2)
* Canada (11)
* Cuba (5)
* Czechoslovakia (4)
* Denmark (25)
* Egypt (1)
* Spain (1)
* Finland (5)
* France (22)
* Great Britain (26)
* Greece (8)
* Hungary (9)
* Ireland (9)
* Italy (26)
* Netherlands (6)
* Norway (14)
* Portugal (14)
* South Africa (5)
* Sweden (3)
* Switzerland (19)
* United States (26)
* Uruguay (3)
* Yugoslavia (21)

## 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 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
