Rowing
There were 43 rowers in Team GB, the most since qualifying quotas were introduced after the 1992 Summer Olympics. Crews were fielded in 12 out of a possible 14 events making Team GB the fourth biggest team. Medals were won in 6 events, which meant that GB topped the rowing medal table. The medals won included gold in the coxless fours, for the third successive games, and Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter winning Great Britain's first ever lightweight rowing Olympic medal in the men's lightweight double sculls.
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Alan Campbell | Single sculls | 7:14.98 | 1 QF | 6:52.74 | 2 SA/B | 7:05.24 | 2 FA | 7:04:47 | 5 | ||
| Robin Bourne-Taylor Tom Solesbury |
Pair | 6:59.48 | 4 R | 6:41.43 | 4 FC | 6:46.83 | 13 | ||||
| Stephen Rowbotham Matt Wells |
Double sculls | 6:26.33 | 1 SA/B | 6:21.15 | 3 FA | 6:29.10 | 03 ! | ||||
| Mark Hunter Zac Purchase |
Lightweight double sculls | 6:13.69 OB | 1 SA/B | 6:29.56 | 1 FA | 6:10.99 | 01 ! | ||||
| Tom James Peter Reed Andrew Triggs-Hodge Steve Williams |
Four | 6:00.59 | 1 SA/B | 5:54.77 | 1 FA | 6:06.57 | 01 ! | ||||
| Richard Chambers James Clarke James Lindsay-Fynn Paul Mattick |
Lightweight four | 5:52.38 | 2 SA/B | 6:08.75 | 3 FA | 5:52.12 | 5 | ||||
| Richard Egington Alastair Heathcote Matthew Langridge Tom Lucy Acer Nethercott (cox) Alex Partridge Colin Smith Tom Stallard Josh West |
Eight | 5:25.86 | 1 FA | 5:25.11 | 02 ! | ||||||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Louisa Reeve Olivia Whitlam |
Pair | 7:29.88 | 3 R | 7:34.54 | 2 FA | 7:33.61 | 6 | ||
| Anna Bebington Elise Laverick |
Double sculls | 7:08.65 | 3 R | 6:54.76 | 1 FA | 7:07.55 | 03 ! | ||
| Helen Casey Hester Goodsell |
Lightweight double sculls | 6:55.23 | 3 R | 7:24.23 | 1 SA/B | 7:17.67 | 5 FB | 7:11.24 | 11 |
| Debbie Flood Katherine Grainger Frances Houghton Annie Vernon |
Quadruple sculls | 6:13.70 | 1 FA | 6:17.37 | 02 ! | ||||
| Carla Ashford Jess Eddie Katie Greves Natasha Howard* Alison Knowles* Caroline O'Connor (cox) Natasha Page Beth Rodford Sarah Winckless |
Eight | 6:08.68 | 2 R | 6:12.10 | 3 FA | 6:13.74 | 5 | ||
* Substitutes in final because of illness: Louisa Reeve for Howard and Alice Freeman for Knowles
Read more about this topic: Great Britain At The 2008 Summer Olympics