Watching the Olympic Games 2012: Rowing
Fourteen medal events, ranging from single sculls to the eights, will be contested by 550 athletes over the 2,000m course. All events start with heats and boats that do not progress automatically get a second chance through the repechage round
Who’s hot
British double sculls pair Anna Watkins and Katherine Grainger capped an unbeaten 2010 with world championship gold at Lake Karapiro in New Zealand. It was a fifth world title for Grainger, below left, who will now aim to go one better than the three Olympic silvers she has amassed
Home hopes
The 11 medals Great Britain claimed in November’s World Championships in New Zealand, five of which were gold, saw them top the medal table. With Britons ranked in the top four of 11 of the Olympic events, there are potential champions everywhere
The road to London
- May-July 2011 World Cup series, Munich, Hamburg, Lucerne
- 28 August-4 September 2011 World Championships, Slovenia
- 16-18 September 2011 European Championships, Bulgaria
The stage
Eton Dorney Rowing Centre, a 2.2km, eight-lane course set in a 400-acre park with a nature conservation area
What they say
“We talk a lot about home advantage but there is also a home disadvantage, with all the pressure and expectation that can build on athletes?”
Sir Steve Redgrave
Did you know?
Dr Benjamin Spock, the renowned child development expert, was one of the USA’s gold-medal-winning men’s eight in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games
Competition dates
28 July–4 August 2012
Ticket prices
Non-medal sessions £20-£95, medal sessions £30-£150
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