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Detailed Information
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Competition Dates
21 to 28 Jul 1996
Venue
Lake Lanier, Gainesville/Hall County, Georgia
Capacity: 18,000
Events/Disciplines
14 Events | |
Men | Women |
Single Sculls (H 1x) | Single Sculls (F 1x) |
Double Sculls (H 2x) | Double Sculls (F 2x) |
Lightweight Double Sculls (HPL 2x) | Lightweight Double Sculls (FPL 2x) |
Quadruple Sculls (H 4x) | Quadruple Sculls (F 4x) |
Coxless Pair (H 2-) | Coxless Pair (F2-) |
Coxless Four (H 4-) | |
Lightweight Coxless Four (HDL 4-) | |
Eight (H 8+) | Eight (F 8+) |
Number of Athletes
400 men, 206 women, 606 total
Changes Since Barcelona
Dropped: Men’s coxed pair, men’s coxed four and women’s coxless four
Added: Three lightweight events: men’s lightweight double sculls, men’s lightweight coxless four and women’s lightweight double sculls
Qualifications
Based on 1995 World Championships and other 1995 qualifying regattas.
Competition Format
Depending upon the number of entries in an event, boats progress through preliminaries, repechages (second-chance races), semifinals and finals. Boats race six across.
Olympic History
The United States and German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
are the medal leaders in the sport, with Germany,
Romania and the former Soviet Union performing
well in recent years, since women’s events were
added. Jack BERESFORD of Great Britain, who won
a medal in five straight Games, and Elisabeta
LIPA-OLENIUC of Romania are the only rowers to
win five Olympic medals.
| An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games. |