Rowing
Rowing at the Summer Olympics has been part of the competition since the 1900 Summer Olympics. Rowing was on the program at the 1896 Summer Olympics but was cancelled due to bad weather. Only men were allowed to compete until the women’s events were introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
At the current Olympics the following 14 events are offered:
Men: Quad sculls, Double sculls, Single sculls, Eight, Coxless four, Coxless pair
Lightweight Men: coxless four, double sculls
Women: quad sculls, double sculls, single sculls, eight, coxless pair
Lightweight Women: double sculls
