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The "eight" event featured nine-person boats, with eight rowers and a coxswain. It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The course returned to the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912 (with the exception of 1948). [3]
1 Medal summary. 2 Participating nations. 3 Medal table. 4 References. 5 External links. ... Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics featured seven events, for men only ...
This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in rowing. Current program. Single sculls. Games Gold Silver Bronze 1900 Paris ... 1952 Helsinki details
The single sculls has been held every time that rowing has been contested, beginning in 1900. [ 2 ] Five of the 14 single scullers from the 1948 Games returned: gold medalist Mervyn Wood of Australia, silver medalist Eduardo Risso of Uruguay, fourth-place finisher John B. Kelly Jr. of the United States, eighth-place finisher Ian Stephen of ...
The coxed four event featured five-person boats, with four rowers and a coxswain. It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The competition used the 2000 metres distance that became standard at the 1912 Olympics and which has been used ever since except at the 1948 Games. [3]
Olympic rower Justin Best has Jason Kelce to thank for helping him and the U.S. men’s rowing team win gold at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Best and his teammates, Nick Mead, Michael Grady and ...
13 Rowing. Toggle Rowing subsection ... List of 1952 Summer Olympics medal winners. ... The 1952 Summer Olympics were held in Helsinki, Finland, from 19 July to 3 ...
Pat McCormick, famed Seal Beach diver who won gold medals in the sport at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympic Games, has died at the age of 92.