| Rowing at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Lake Casitas |
| Date | 30 July – 5 August 1984 |
| Competitors | 447 (286 men, 161 women) from 38 nations |
| Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Single sculls | men | women |
| Double sculls | men | women |
| Quadruple sculls | men | women |
| Coxless pair | men | women |
| Coxed pair | men | |
| Coxless four | men | |
| Coxed four | men | women |
| Eight | men | women |
Rowing at the1984 Summer Olympics inLos Angeles,California,United States featured 14 events in total, for both men and women. Events were held atLake Casitas.[1]
Due to theEastern Bloc boycott of these Olympics, some of the strongest rowing nations likeEast Germany, theUSSR orBulgaria were not present. However, this boycott gave an opportunity toRomania, which was one of the few eastern European countries to come to the Games, going on to dominate in women's sports, winning 5 gold medals in 6 events. Both Canada (gold) and USA (silver) had beaten the reigning (boycotting) two-time Olympic champions from East Germany in the men's 8 twice at the Lucerne pre-olympic regatta.
Steve Redgrave won his first of five consecutive gold medals. Elisabeta Oleniuc, later known asElisabeta Lipă, also won her first gold medal. Twenty years later she won her fifth gold medal in the2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Thequadruple sculls events, as in its debit year 1976 and 1980, were held withoutcoxswain for men and with coxswain for women.[2]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Romania (ROU) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 |  West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
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