List of Olympic medalists in rowing (women)

This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in rowing.

See also: List of Olympic medalists in rowing (men), Rowing at the Summer Olympics, and Lists of Olympic medalists

Current program

Single sculls

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Montreal	Christine Scheiblich (GDR)	Joan Lind (USA)	Yelena Antonova (URS)
1980 Moscow	Sanda Toma (ROU)	Antonina Zelikovich (URS)	Martina Schröter (GDR)
1984 Los Angeles	Valeria Răcilă (ROU)	Charlotte Geer (USA)	Ann Haesebrouck (BEL)
1988 Seoul	Jutta Behrendt (GDR)	Anne Marden (USA)	Magdalena Georgieva (BUL)
1992 Barcelona	Elisabeta Lipă (ROU)	Annelies Bredael (BEL)	Silken Laumann (CAN)
1996 Atlanta	Ekaterina Karsten (BLR)	Silken Laumann (CAN)	Trine Hansen (DEN)
2000 Sydney	Ekaterina Karsten (BLR)	Rumyana Neykova (BUL)	Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski (GER)
2004 Athens	Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski (GER)	Ekaterina Karsten (BLR)	Rumyana Neykova (BUL)
2008 Beijing	Rumyana Neykova (BUL)	Michelle Guerette (USA)	Ekaterina Karsten (BLR)
2012 London	Miroslava Knapkova (CZE)	Fie Udby Erichsen (DEN)	Kim Crow (AUS)
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Double sculls

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Montreal	Svetlana Otsetova and Zdravka Yordanova (BUL)	Sabine Jahn and Petra Boesler (GDR)	Eleonora Kaminskaitė and Genovaitė Ramoškienė (URS)
1980 Moscow	Yelena Khloptseva and Larisa Popova (URS)	Cornelia Linse and Heidi Westphal (GDR)	Olga Homeghi and Valeria Răcilă (ROU)
1984 Los Angeles	Mariora Popescu and Elisabeta Oleniuc (ROU)	Greet Hellemans and Nicolette Hellemans (NED)	Daniele Laumann and Silken Laumann (CAN)
1988 Seoul	Birgit Peter and Martina Schröter (GDR)	Elisabeta Lipă and Veronica Cogeanu (ROU)	Stefka Madina and Violeta Ninova (BUL)
1992 Barcelona	Kerstin Köppen and Kathrin Boron (GER)	Veronica Cochelea and Elisabeta Lipă (ROU)	Gu Xiaoli and Lu Huali (CHN)
1996 Atlanta	Kathleen Heddle and Marnie McBean (CAN)	Zhang Xiuyun and Cao Mianying (CHN)	Irene Eijs and Eeke van Nes (NED)
2000 Sydney	Jana Thieme and Kathrin Boron (GER)	Pieta van Dishoeck and Eeke van Nes (NED)	Birutė Šakickienė and Kristina Poplavskaja (LTU)
2004 Athens	Georgina Evers-Swindell and Caroline Evers-Swindell (NZL)	Peggy Waleska and Britta Oppelt (GER)	Sarah Winckless and Elise Laverick (GBR)
2008 Beijing	Georgina Evers-Swindell and Caroline Evers-Swindell (NZL)	Annekatrin Thiele and Christiane Huth (GER)	Elise Laverick and Anna Bebington (GBR)
2012 London	Anna Watkins and Katherine Grainger (GBR)	Kim Crow and Brooke Pratley (AUS)	Magdalena Fularczyk and Julia Michalska (POL)
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Quadruple sculls

Note: coxed event (1976–1984), coxless event (1988–)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Montreal	East Germany (GDR) Anke Borchman Jutta Lau Viola Poley Roswietha Zobelt Liane Weigelt	Soviet Union (URS) Anna Kondrachina Mira Bryunina Larisa Alexandrova Galina Ermolaeva Nadezhda Chernyshova	Romania (ROU) Ioana Tudoran Maria Micşa Felicia Afrăsiloaie Elisabeta Lazăr Elena Giurcă
1980 Moscow	East Germany (GDR) Sybille Reinhardt Jutta Ploch Jutta Lau Roswietha Zobelt Liane Buhr	Soviet Union (URS) Antonina Pustovit Yelena Matiyevskaya Olga Vasilchenko Nadezhda Lyubimova Nina Cheremisina	Bulgaria (BUL) Mariana Serbezova Rumelyana Boncheva Dolores Nakova Anka Bakova Anka Georgieva
1984 Los Angeles	Romania (ROU) Titie Taran Anisoara Sorohan Ioana Badea Sofia Corban Ecaterina Oancia	United States (USA) Anne Marden Lisa Rohde Joan Lind Virginia Gilder Kelly Rickon	Denmark (DEN) Hanne Eriksen Birgitte Hanel Charlotte Koefoed Bodil Rasmussen Jette Sørensen
1988 Seoul	East Germany (GDR) Kerstin Foerster Kristina Mundt Beate Schramm Jana Sorgers	Soviet Union (URS) Irina Kalimbet Svitlana Maziy Inna Frolova Antonina Zelikovich	Romania (ROU) Anişoara Bălan Anişoara Minea Veronica Cogeanu Elisabeta Lipă
1992 Barcelona	Germany (GER) Sybille Schmidt Birgit Peter Kerstin Müller Kristina Mundt	Romania (ROU) Anişoara Dobre Doina Ignat Constanţa Burcică Veronica Cochelea	Unified Team (EUN) Antonina Zelikovich Tetiana Ustiuzhanina Ekaterina Karsten Yelena Khloptseva
1996 Atlanta	Germany (GER) Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski Jana Sorgers Kerstin Köppen Kathrin Boron	Ukraine (UKR) Svitlana Maziy Dina Myftakhutdinova Inna Frolova Olena Ronzhyna	Canada (CAN) Laryssa Biesenthal Diane O'Grady Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean
2000 Sydney	Germany (GER) Manja Kowalski Meike Evers Manuela Lutze Kerstin Kowalski	Great Britain (GBR) Guin Batten Gillian Lindsay Katherine Grainger Miriam Batten	Russia (RUS) Oksana Dorodnova Irina Fedotova Yuliya Levina Larisa Merk
2004 Athens	Germany (GER) Kathrin Boron Meike Evers Manuela Lutze Kerstin El Qalqili	Great Britain (GBR) Alison Mowbray Debbie Flood Frances Houghton Rebecca Romero	Australia (AUS) Dana Faletic Rebecca Sattin Amber Bradley Kerry Hore
2008 Beijing	China (CHN) Tang Bin Xi Aihua Jin Ziwei Zhang Yangyang	Great Britain (GBR) Annie Vernon Debbie Flood Frances Houghton Katherine Grainger	Germany (GER) Britta Oppelt Manuela Lutze Kathrin Boron Stephanie Schiller
2012 London	Ukraine (UKR) Kateryna Tarasenko Nataliya Dovhodko Anastasiya Kozhenkova Yana Dementieva	Germany (GER) Annekatrin Thiele Carina Bär Julia Richter Britta Oppelt	United States (USA) Natalie Dell Kara Kohler Megan Kalmoe Adrienne Martelli
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Coxless pairs

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Montreal	Siyka Kelbecheva and Stoyanka Gruycheva (BUL)	Angelika Noack and Sabine Dähne (GDR)	Edith Eckbauer and Thea Einöder (FRG)
1980 Moscow	Ute Steindorf and Cornelia Klier (GDR)	Malgorzata Dluzewska and Czeslawa Koscianska (POL)	Siika Barboulova and Stoyanka Kubatova (BUL)
1984 Los Angeles	Rodica Arba and Elena Horvat (ROU)	Elizabeth Craig and Tricia Smith (CAN)	Ellen Becker and Iris Völkner (FRG)
1988 Seoul	Rodica Arba and Olga Homeghi (ROU)	Radka Stoyanova and Lalka Berberova (BUL)	Nicola Payne and Lynley Hannen (NZL)
1992 Barcelona	Kathleen Heddle and Marnie McBean (CAN)	Ingeburg Schwerzmann and Stefani Werremeier (GER)	Stephanie Pierson and Anna Seaton (USA)
1996 Atlanta	Megan Still and Kate Slatter (AUS)	Karen Kraft and Melissa Schwen (USA)	Christine Gosse and Helene Cortin (FRA)
2000 Sydney	Georgeta Damian and Doina Ignat (ROU)	Kate Slatter and Rachael Taylor (AUS)	Karen Kraft and Melissa Ryan (USA)
2004 Athens	Georgeta Damian and Viorica Susanu (ROU)	Katherine Grainger and Cath Bishop (GBR)	Yuliya Bichyk and Natallia Helakh (BLR)
2008 Beijing	Georgeta Damian and Viorica Susanu (ROU)	Wu You and Gao Yulan (CHN)	Yuliya Bichyk and Natallia Helakh (BLR)
2012 London	Helen Glover and Heather Stanning (GBR)	Kate Hornsey and Sarah Tait (AUS)	Juliette Haigh and Rebecca Scown (NZL)
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Lightweight double sculls

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996 Atlanta	Constanţa Burcică and Camelia Macoviciuc (ROU)	Teresa Bell and Lindsay Burns (USA)	Virginia Lee and Rebecca Joyce (AUS)
2000 Sydney	Constanţa Burcică and Angela Alupei (ROU)	Valerie Viehoff and Claudia Blasberg (GER)	Christine Collins and Sarah Garner (USA)
2004 Athens	Constanţa Burcică and Angela Alupei (ROU)	Daniela Reimer and Claudia Blasberg (GER)	Kirsten van der Kolk and Marit van Eupen (NED)
2008 Beijing	Kirsten van der Kolk and Marit van Eupen (NED)	Minna Nieminen and Sanna Stén (FIN)	Tracy Cameron and Melanie Kok (CAN)
2012 London	Katherine Copeland and Sophie Hosking (GBR)	Xu Dongxiang and Huang Wenyi (CHN)	Christina Giazitzidou and Alexandra Tsiavou (GRE)
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Coxed eights

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Montreal	East Germany (GDR) Brigitte Ahrenholz Henrietta Ebert Viola Goretzki Monika Kallies Christiane Knetsch Helma Lehmann Irina Müller Ilona Richter Marina Wilke	Soviet Union (URS) Olga Guzenko Olga Kolkova Klavdiya Kozenkova Olga Pugovskaya Nadezhda Roshchina Nadezhda Rozgon Lyubov Talalaeva Nelli Tarakanova Elena Zubko	United States (USA) Carol Brown Anita Defrantz Carolyn Graves Marion Greig Margaret McCarthy Gail Ricketson Lynn Silliman Anne Warner Jacqueline Zoch
1980 Moscow	East Germany (GDR) Martina Boesler Christiane Knetsch Gabriele Lohs Karin Metze Kersten Neisser Ilona Richter Marita Sandig Birgit Schütz Marina Wilke	Soviet Union (URS) Nina Frolova Mariya Payun Olga Pivovarova Nina Preobrazhenskaya Nadezhda Prishchepa Tatyana Stetsenko Yelena Tereshina Nina Umanets Valentina Zhulina	Romania (ROU) Angelica Aposteanu Elena Bondar Florica Bucur Maria Constantinescu Elena Dobriţoiu Rodica Frîntu Ana Iliuţă Rodica Puscatu-Arba Marlena Zagoni
1984 Los Angeles	United States (USA) Betsy Beard Carol Bower Jeanne Flanagan Carie Graves Kathy Keeler Harriet Metcalf Kristine Norelius Shyril O'Steen Kristen Thorsness	Romania (ROU) Mihaela Armasescu Doina Balan Adriana Bazon Camelia Diaconescu Viorica Ioja Aneta Mihaly Aurora Plesca Lucia Sauca Marioara Trasca	Netherlands (NED) Lynda Cornet Marieke van Drogenbroek Harriet van Ettekoven Greet Hellemans Nicolette Hellemans Martha Laurijsen Catharina Neelissen Anne Quist Wiljon Vaandrager
1988 Seoul	East Germany (GDR) Ramona Balthasar Kathrin Haacker Anja Kluge Daniela Neunast Beatrix Schröer Uta Stange Annegret Strauch Ute Wild Judith Zeidler	Romania (ROU) Herta Anitas Mihaela Armasescu Doina Balan Adriana Bazon Olga Homeghi Veronica Necula Ecaterina Oancia Rodica Puscatu Marioara Trasca	China (CHN) Han Yaqin He Yanwen Hu Ya-Dong Li Rong-Hua Yang Xiao Zhang Xiang-Hua Zhang Yali Zhou Shouying Zhou Xiuhua
1992 Barcelona	Canada (CAN) Kirsten Barnes Shannon Crawford Megan Delehanty Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean Jessica Monroe Brenda Taylor Lesley Thompson Kay Worthington	Romania (ROU) Adriana Bazon Iulia Bulie Elena Georgescu Viorica Lepădatu Veronica Necula Ioana Olteanu Maria Padurariu Doina Robu Doina Snep	Germany (GER) Sylvia Dördelmann Kathrin Haacker Christiane Harzendorf Daniela Neunast Cerstin Petersmann Dana Pyritz Ute Schell Annegret Strauch Judith Zeidler
1996 Atlanta	Romania (ROU) Veronica Cochelea Liliana Gafencu Elena Georgescu Doina Ignat Elisabeta Lipă Ioana Olteanu Marioara Popescu Doina Spircu Anca Tanase	Canada (CAN) Alison Korn Theresa Luke Maria Maunder Heather McDermid Jessica Monroe Emma Robinson Lesley Thompson Tosha Tsang Anna van der Kamp	Belarus (BLR) Tamara Davydenko Natalya Lavrinenko Yelena Mikulich Aleksandra Pankina Yaroslava Pavlovich Valentina Skrabatun Natalia Stasyuk Natalya Volchek Marina Znak
2000 Sydney	Romania (ROU) Veronica Cochelea 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
2004 Athens	Romania (ROU) Aurica Bărăscu Georgeta Damian Rodica Florea Liliana Gafencu Elena Georgescu Doina Ignat Elisabeta Lipă Ioana Papuc Viorica Susanu	United States (USA) Alison Cox Caryn Davies Megan Dirkmaat Kate Johnson Laurel Korholz Samantha Magee Anna Mickelson Lianne Nelson Mary Whipple	Netherlands (NED) Annemiek de Haan Hurnet Dekkers Nienke Hommes Annemarieke van Rumpt Sarah Siegelaar Marlies Smulders Helen Tanger Froukje Wegman Ester Workel
2008 Beijing	United States (USA) Erin Cafaro Lindsay Shoop Anna Goodale Elle Logan Anna Cummins Susan Francia Caroline Lind Caryn Davies Mary Whipple	Netherlands (NED) Femke Dekker Marlies Smulders Nienke Kingma Roline Repelaer van Driel Annemarieke van Rumpt Helen Tanger Sarah Siegelaar Annemiek de Haan Ester Workel	Romania (ROU) Constanţa Burcică Viorica Susanu Rodica Şerban Enikő Barabás Simona Muşat Ioana Papuc Georgeta Andrunache Doina Ignat Elena Georgescu
2012 London	United States (USA) Erin Cafaro Susan Francia Esther Lofgren Taylor Ritzel Meghan Musnicki Eleanor Logan Caroline Lind Caryn Davies Mary Whipple	Canada (CAN) Janine Hanson Rachelle Viinberg Krista Guloien Lauren Wilkinson Natalie Mastracci Ashley Brzozowicz Darcy Marquardt Andreanne Morin Lesley Thompson-Willie	Netherlands (NED) Jacobine Veenhoven Nienke Kingma Chantal Achterberg Sytske de Groot Roline Repelaer van Driel Claudia Belderbos Carline Bouw Annemiek de Haan Anne Schellekens
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Discontinued events

Coxed fours

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Montreal	East Germany (GDR) Karin Metze Bianka Schwede Gabriele Lohs Andrea Kurth Sabine Heß	Bulgaria (BUL) Kapka Georgieva Ginka Gyurova Mariyka Modeva Lilyana Vaseva Reni Yordanova	Soviet Union (URS) Lyudmila Krokhina Lidiya Krylova Galina Mishenina Anna Pasokha Nadezhda Sevostyanova
1980 Moscow	East Germany (GDR) Silvia Fröhlich Ramona Kapheim Angelika Noack Romy Saalfeld Kirsten Wenzel	Bulgaria (BUL) Nadiya Filipova Ginka Gurova Mariika Modeva Rita Todorova Iskra Velinova	Soviet Union (URS) Nina Cheremisina Mariya Fadeyeva Svetlana Semyonova Galina Sovetnikova Marina Studneva
1984 Los Angeles	Romania (ROU) Chira Apostol Olga Homeghi-Bularda Viorica Ioja Florica Lavric Maria Fricioiu	Canada (CAN) Barbara Armbrust Marilyn Brain Angela Schneider Lesley Thompson Jane Tregunno	Australia (AUS) Karen Brancourt Susan Chapman Margot Foster Robyn Grey-Gardner Susan Lee
1988 Seoul	East Germany (GDR) Gerlinde Doberschütz Carola Hornig Sylvia Rose Birte Siech Martina Walther	China (CHN) Hu Ya-Dong Li Rong-Hua Yang Xiao Zhang Xiang-Hua Zhou Shouying	Romania (ROU) Herta Anitas Doina Snep-Balan Veronica Necula Ecaterina Oancia Marioara Trasca

Coxless fours

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992 Barcelona	Canada (CAN) Kirsten Barnes Jessica Monroe Brenda Taylor Kay Worthington	United States (USA) Shelagh Donohoe Cynthia Eckert Carol Feeney Amy Fuller	Germany (GER) Antje Frank Annette Hohn Gabriele Mehl Birte Siech

References

• International Olympic Committee results database