| Rowing at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |
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 Aerial view of the venue inOberschleißheim | |
| Venue | Oberschleißheim Regatta Course |
| Date | 27 August – 2 September 1972 |
| Competitors | 440 from 35 nations |
| Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
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| Single sculls | men |
| Double sculls | men |
| Coxless pair | men |
| Coxed pair | men |
| Coxless four | men |
| Coxed four | men |
| Eight | men |
Rowing at the1972 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, all for men. It was the last time that rowing did not include women's disciplines at the Olympics.[1]
A total of 440 rowers from 35 nations competed at the Munich:
Argentina (18)
Australia (16)
Austria (16)
Belgium (5)
Bermuda (1)
Brazil (2)
Bulgaria (8)
Canada (16)
Chile (1)
Cuba (7)
Czechoslovakia (21)
Denmark (12)
East Germany (26)
Finland (3)
France (18)
Great Britain (17)
Hungary (15)
Ireland (1)
Italy (21)
Japan (3)
Mexico (9)
Netherlands (21)
New Zealand (19)
North Korea (6)
Norway (16)
Poland (16)
Portugal (3)
Romania (9)
Soviet Union (26)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (17)
United States (26)
Uruguay (3)
West Germany (26)
Yugoslavia (15)| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | East Germany | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | West Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
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