Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Taking place at Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States, the 1996 Summer Olympics saw the debut of lightweight rowing events.
Medal table
Men's events
Women's events
See also
* Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
References
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in Atlanta, United States. The event was held at
Lake Lanier
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between July 21 and July 27, 1996.
France, Norway, and Germany had won 11 of the last 12 World Championship medals and were represented at the 1996 Summer Olympics by Frédéric Kowal and Samuel Barathay,
Kjetil Undset
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He received a silver medal in quadruple sculls at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.Steffen Størseth, and
Sebastian Mayer
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and Roland Opfer respectively. France, represented in part by Barathay, was the 1993 World Champion and 1994 bronze medalist. Norway was the 1994 World Champion and 1993 runner-up and, with its Olympic duo, the 1995 bronze medalist, while Undset was also an Olympic silver medalist from the 1992 quadruple sculls. Germany had been runner-up at the last two editions of the World Championships and a bronze medalist in 1993. The lone exception to the dominance of these three nations was Denmark, who won the 1995 World Championships with
Lars Christensen
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Career
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and
Martin Haldbo Hansen
Martin Haldbo Hansen (born 2 February 1969 in Frederikssund) is a Danish rower. Together with Lars Christensen he finished fourth in the double sculls at the 1996 Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI O ...
. Australia, meanwhile, sent one of its defending Olympic champions, Peter Antonie, to Atlanta with a new partner,
Jason Day
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. Antoine was also one half of the winning crew at the 1995 Double Challenge Sculls at the Henley Royal Regatta. Hungary's
Zsolt Dani
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and Gábor Mitring were the 1994 winners of that tournament.
In the opening round, Norway posted the fastest time by nearly five seconds, while the other heats were won by Denmark and the Italian duo of Davide Tizzano and Agostino Abbagnale, both of whom were Olympic champions in the quadruple sculls from 1988. The Hungarians, meanwhile, were eliminated in the repêchage. In the semi-finals it was France who eliminated the Australians with the fastest time in the round, nearly three seconds ahead of its closest competition, while Italy won the other heat. The race in the final was closer, but Italy, Norway, and France were all ahead of the pack and crossed the finish line in that order. Denmark, the reigning World Champions, came in fourth nearly five seconds later.
Medalists
Heats
*SA/B denotes qualification to Semifinal A/B.
*R denotes qualification to Repechage.
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
James Cracknell
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Biography
Cracknell began rowing whilst ...
was one of the nominated British scullers but he was suffering from
tonsillitis
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