ROWING - OLYMPIC RECORD TIMES

[including updates from Sydney 2000 , from Schinias 2004, & from Beijing 2008]

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Men

Single Scull (1x)
Xeno Mueller (SUI)		 Atlanta 1996 6.44.85
Double Scull (2x)
Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori (ITA)
Frank Hansen, Alf Hansen (NOR)
Schinias 2004 (SF)
Montreal 1976 (SF)
6:11.49
6.12.48
Quadruple Scull (4x)
Chris Morgan, James McRae, Brendan Long, Daniel Noonan (AUS)
David Kopriva, Tomas Karas, Jakub Hanak, David Jirka (CZE)
Agostino Abbagnale, Alessio Sartori, Rossano Galtarossa, Simone Raineri (ITA)
Andre Willms, Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert, Michael Steinbach (GER)
Beijing 2008 (heat)
Schinias 2004 (heat)
Sydney 2000 (SF)
Banyoles 1992
5:36.20*
5:40.83
5:44.08
5.45.17
Coxless Pair (2-)
Steven Redgrave, Matthew Pinsent (GBR)		 Atlanta 1996 6.20.09
Coxless Four (4-)
Jochen Urban, Sebastian Thormann, Philipp Stüer, Bernd Heidicker (GER)
Steve Williams, James Cracknell, Ed Coode, Matthew Pinsent (GBR)
Cameron Baerg, Thomas Hersschmiller, Jake Wetzel, Barney Williams (CAN)
Siegfried Brietzke, Andreas Decker, Stefan Semmier, Wolfgang Mager (GDR)
Schinias 2004 (FB)
Schinias 2004 (SF)
Schinias 2004 (SF)
Montreal 1976 (SF)
5:48.52
5:50.44
5:50.68
5.53.65
Eight (8+)
Jason Read, Wyatt Allen, Chris Ahrens, Joseph Hansen, Matt Deakin, Dan Beery, Beau Hoopman, Bryan Volpenhein, Pete Cipollone (USA)
Stefan Szczurowski, Stuart Reside, Stuart Welch, James Stewart, Geoff Stewart, Boden Hanson, Mike McKay, Steve Stewart, Michael Toon (AUS)
John Wallace, Bruce Robertson, Michael Forgeron, Darren Barber, Robert Marland, Michael Rascher, Andrew Crosby, Derek Porter, Terrence Paul (CAN)		 Schinias 2004 (heat)

Schinias 2004 (heat)

Banyoles 1992		 5:19.85

5:23.23

5.29.53

Women

Single Scull (1x)
Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski (GER)
Mirka Knapkova (CZE)
Elisabeta Lipa (ROM)
Schinias 2004
Schinias 2004 (heat)
Banyoles 1992
7:18.12
7:25.23
7.25.54
Double Scull (2x)
Kerstin Koeppen, Kathrin Boron (GER)		 Banyoles 1992 6.49.00
Quadruple Scull (4x)
Tang Bin, Jin Ziwei, Xi Aihua, Zhang Yangyang (CHN)
Inger Pors, Ulla Hansen, Sarah Lauritzen, Dorthe Pedersen (DEN)
[The FISA list showed GBR 2004 as being the record, but this was 6:15.60]
Beijing 2008 (heat)
Atlanta 1996 (rep)
6:11.83
6.15.45
Coxless Pair (2-)
Megan Still, Kate Slatter (AUS)		 Atlanta 1996 7:01.39
Eight (8+)
Kate Johnson, Samantha Magee, Megan Dirkmaat, Alison Cox, Caryn Davies,  Laurel Korholz, Anna Mickelson, Lianne Nelson, Mary Whipple (USA)
Kirsten Barnes, Brenda Taylor, Megan Delehanty, Shannon Crawford, Marnie McBean, Kay Worthington, Jessica Monroe, Kathleen Heddle, Lesley Thompson (CAN)		 Schinias 2004 (heat)
Banyoles 1992		 5:56.55
6.02.62

Lightweight

Lightweight Men

Double Scull (2x)
Zac Purchase, Mark Hunter (GBR)
Zac Purchase, Mark Hunter (GBR)
Frederic Dufour, Pascal Touron (FRA)
Vasileios Polymeros, Nikolaos Skiathitis (GRE)
Mattias Tichy, Anders Christensson (SWE)
Beijing 2008 (final)
Beijing 2008 (heat)
Schinias 2004 (heat)
Schinias 2004 (heat)
Atlanta 1996 (heat)
6:10.99
6:13.69
6:14.55
6:15.22
6.17.84
Coxless Four (4-)
Thomas Ebert, Morten Joergensen, Mads Christian Kruse Andersen, Eskild Balschmidt Ebbesen (DEN)
Thomas Ebert, Morten Joergensen, Mads Christian Kruse Andersen, Eskild Balschmidt Ebbesen (DEN)
Glen Loftus, Anthony Edwards, Ben Cureton, Simon Burgess (AUS)
Thor Kristensen, Thomas Ebert, Stephan Moelvig, Eskild Ebbesen (DEN)
Iain Brambell, Jonathan Mandick, Gavin Hassett, Jon Beare (CAN)
David Collins, Jeff Pfaendtner, Marc Schneider, William Carlucci (USA)
Beijing 2008 (final)
Beijing 2008 (heat)
Schinias 2004 (heat)
Schinias 2004 (heat)
Schinias 2004 (heat)
Atlanta 1996 (heat)
5:47.76
5:50.12
5:50.24
5:50.72
5:51.18
5.58.58

Lightweight Women

Double Scull (2x)
Sally Newmarch, Amber Halliday (AUS)
Constanta Burcica, Angela Alupei (ROM)
Lisa Bertini, Martina Orzan (ITA)
Schinias 2004 (heat)
Schinias 2004 (heat)
Atlanta 1996 (repechage)
6:49.90
6:50.64
6.59.06

* Times shown with an asterisk are World Best Times

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