So far, it’s been a pretty successful Olympics for Team GB. We’ve already bagged several gold medals in events like mountain biking, equestrian eventing, shooting and swimming (see the full medal haul here) – and plenty of the team’s best sports are still to come.
Historically speaking, rowing is one of Team GB’s most successful sports (in fact, according to Team GB itself, it’s the country’s third-most successful Olympic sport). GB has produced countless legendary rowers, including Sir Steve Redgrave, Dame Katherine Grainger and Sir Matthew Pincent.
And GB has already triumphed in the rowing. In the women’s quadruple sculls on Wednesday (July 31), Lauren Henry, Lola Anderson, Hannah Scott and Georgina Brayshaw received gold medals in a spectacular photo finish. Yesterday (August 1), Helen Glover, Esme Booth, Sam Redgrave and Rebecca Shorten took home silver in the women’s four, while bronzes were won in the women’s double sculls (Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne and Becky Wilde) and men’s four (Oli Wilkes, David Ambler, Matt Aldridge and Freddie Davidson).
GB’s rep for Olympic rowing supremacy is hoping to be continued today (August 2), which will see more action at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium. Hoping to catch the rowers in action? Here’s everything you need to know (see a full schedule of Friday’s Olympic action here)
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Team GB Olympics rowing schedule
Here are all the rowing finals at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
July 31
- 11.02am Men’s Quad. Sculls Finals
- 11.14am Women’s Quad. Sculls Finals
August 1
- 10.18am Women’s Double Sculls Finals
- 10.30am Men’s Double Sculls Finals
- 10.50am Women’s Four Finals (featuring Helen Glover)
- 11.10am Men’s Four Finals
August 2
- 10.30am Men’s Pair Finals
- 10.42am Women’s Pair Finals
- 11.02am LWT Men’s Double Sculls Finals
- 11.22am LWT Women’s Double Sculls Finals
August 3
- 9.18am Women’s Single Sculls Finals
- 9.30am Men’s Single Sculls Finals
- 9.50am Women’s Eight Final A
- 10.10am Men’s Eight Final AA
Top rowers to look out for
Helen Glover, as a two-time Olympic champion, is obviously the one to watch when it comes to Team GB’s rowers – but she isn’t the only acclaimed athlete on the team. Lightweight double scullers Imogen Grant and Emily Craig may have missed out on gold in Tokyo, but they’ve been unbeaten since.
How to watch
Coverage of major rowing races will be available on the BBC, on BBC One/Two and BBC iPlayer.
Full coverage, however, will only be available on Eurosport and Discovery+.
Find out more about all the different ways of watching the Paris 2024 Olympic Games here.
Results so far
So far no rowing events at the Paris 2024 Olympics have had medals awarded. Events have seen heats, repechages and some semi-finals.
The first official results will come in this morning, with the quadruple sculls finals.
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