Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States featured 14 events in total, for both men and women. Events were held at Lake Casitas.
Due to the Eastern Bloc boycott of these Olympics, some of the strongest rowing nations like East Germany, the USSR or Bulgaria were not present. However, this boycott gave an opportunity to Romania, which was one of the few eastern European countries to come to the Games, going on to dominate in women's sports, winning 5 gold medals in 6 events. Both Canada (gold) and USA (silver) had beaten the reigning (boycotting) two-time Olympic champions from East Germany in the men's 8 twice at the Lucerne pre-olympic regatta.
Steve Redgrave won his first of five consecutive gold medals. Elisabeta Oleniuc, later known as Elisabeta Lipă, also won her first gold medal. Twenty years later she won her fifth gold medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
The quadruple sculls events, as in its debut year 1976 and 1980, were held without coxswain for men and with coxswain for women.
Medal summary
Men's events Single sculls Double sculls Quadruple sculls (coxless) Albert HedderichRaimund HörmannDieter WiedenmannMichael Dürsch Paul ReedyGary GullockTimothy McLarenAnthony Lovrich Doug HamiltonMike HughesPhil MoncktonBruce Ford Coxed pairs Carmine AbbagnaleGiuseppe AbbagnaleGiuseppe Di Capua (cox) Dimitrie PopescuVasile TomoiagăDumitru Răducanu (cox) Kevin StillRobert EspesethDoug Herland (cox) Coxless pairs Coxed four Richard BudgettMartin CrossAdrian Ellison (cox)Andy HolmesSteve Redgrave Edward IvesThomas KieferMichael BachGregory SpringerJohn Stillings (cox) Brett Hollister (cox)Kevin LawtonBarrie MabbottDon SymonRoss Tong Coxless four Les O'ConnellShane O'BrienConrad RobertsonKeith Trask David ClarkJonathan SmithPhillip SteklAlan Forney Michael JessenLars NielsenPer RasmussenErik Christiansen Eights Blair HornDean CrawfordJ. Michael EvansPaul SteeleGrant MainMark EvansKevin NeufeldPat TurnerBrian McMahon (cox) Chip LubsenAndrew SudduthJohn TerwilligerChris PennyTom DarlingFred BorcheltCharles ClappBruce IbbetsonBob Jaugstetter (cox) Craig MullerClyde HeferSamuel PattenTim WilloughbyIan EdmundsJames BattersbyIon PopaStephen EvansGavin Thredgold (cox)
Women's events Single sculls Double sculls Quadruple sculls (coxed) Titie TaranAnisoara SorohanIoana BadeaSofia CorbanEcaterina Oancia Anne MardenLisa RohdeJoan LindGinny GilderKelly Rickon Hanne EriksenBirgitte HanelCharlotte KoefoedBodil RasmussenJette Sørensen Coxless pairs Coxed four Florica LavricMaria FricioiuChira ApostolOlga BulardaViorica Ioja Marilyn BrainAngela SchneiderBarbara ArmbrustJane TregunnoLesley Thompson Robyn Grey-GardnerKaren BrancourtSusan ChapmanMargot FosterSusan Lee Eight Kristen ThorsnessKristine NoreliusShyril O'SteenCarie GravesKathy KeelerHarriet MetcalfBetsy BeardCarol BowerJeanne Flanagan Marioara TrașcăLucia SaucaDoina Liliana Snep-BalanAneta MihalyAurora PlescaCamelia DiaconescuViorica IojaMihaela ArmășescuAdriana Bazon-Chelariu Wiljon VaandragerMarieke van DrogenbroekHarriet van EttekovenCatharina NeelissenAnne QuistNicolette HellemansMartha LaurijsenGreet HellemansLynda Cornet
Medal table
See also Rowing at the Summer Olympics List of Olympic medalists in rowing (men) List of Olympic medalists in rowing (women) Rowing at the Friendship Games Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
References
External links Official Olympic Report