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James, Williams, Reed and Hodge celebrate
British four win thrilling gold
Great Britain win the Olympic title in coxless fours for the third successive Games, while the men's and women's double take bronze.
Video - Britain strike gold
Video - Four relieved
Rowers 'will improve on Beijing'

Hunter and Purchase with their medals
GB duo win first lightweight gold
Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter win Great Britain's first ever lightweight rowing medal and make it gold in style.
Video - GB's lightweight gold
Purchase expects better 2012
China win denies GB women

Video and audio highlights

Britain's coxless four Video review - GB finish as top rowing nation

Zac Purchase celebrates after winning gold with Mark Hunter Video - GB double win first lightweight gold

Frances Houghton Video - GB women's quad scull to silver
Canada's men's eight on their way to gold Video - GB held to rowing silver by Canada

Video - USA win womens eight Video - USA win women's eight

Andy Hodge and Peter Reed Video - Britain strike gold in coxless four

Features and comment
GB men's four and women's quad
OLYMPICS
What now for Olympic rowers?
How do they build on Beijing success? And which of the stars will be back in 2012?
Alastair Heathcote (centre) won silver in the GB men's rowing eight GB party time
Alastair Heathcote gives an insight into life after winning Olympic silver
Joy for Hunter and Purchase contrasted with devastation for Vernon, Flood, Houghton and Grainger Rowers want more
Britain top rowing medal table - but near-misses show there's more to come
Houghton and Grainger distrought at silver Rower Frances Houghton's blog
"Still disappointed but I'm putting it in perspective"

The knowledge that the heart of the nation is behind you makes the job we had to do so much easier
Alastair Heathcote, Olympic Silver Medalist
Debate rowing on 606

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Updated: 12 Dec, 14:38 GMT

More news and reports

Rowers 'will improve on Beijing'
Gold medal rower hints at London
First China rowing win denies GB
Parade for Scottish stars
Canada eight take gold from GB
Denmark defend lightweight title
Tufte takes second Olympic gold
Ginn heads Aussie double
GB men's lightweights into finals
Superb GB power into fours final
GB women's pair into final
GB men's eight cruise into final
GB women qualify for quad final
GB four victorious in first heat




Tips and tactics
Andy Hodge from the Great Britain coxless four Power to your pull, with Andy Hodge
Ed Coode and James Cracknell in a coxless four Rowing boat classes explained


Rowing medals table

Sunday, 24 August 2008 10:17 UK
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze TOTAL
1 also show each event results forGreat Britain 2 2 2 6
Men's Double Sculls 0 0 1
Men's Eight 0 1 0
Men's Four 1 0 0
Men's Lightweight Double Scull 1 0 0
Women's Double Sculls 0 0 1
Women's Quadruple Sculls 0 1 0
2 also show each event results forAustralia 2 1 0 3
Men's Double Sculls 1 0 0
Men's Four 0 1 0
Men's Pair 1 0 0
3 also show each event results forCanada 1 1 2 4
Men's Eight 1 0 0
Men's Lightweight Four 0 0 1
Men's Pair 0 1 0
Women's Lightweight Double Scu 0 0 1
4 also show each event results forUSA 1 1 1 3
Men's Eight 0 0 1
Women's Eight 1 0 0
Women's Single Sculls 0 1 0
5 also show each event results forChina 1 1 0 2
Women's Pair 0 1 0
Women's Quadruple Sculls 1 0 0
6 also show each event results forNetherlands 1 1 0 2
Women's Eight 0 1 0
Women's Lightweight Double Scu 1 0 0
7 also show each event results forPoland 1 1 0 2
Men's Lightweight Four 0 1 0
Men's Quadruple Sculls 1 0 0
8 also show each event results forNew Zealand 1 0 2 3
Men's Pair 0 0 1
Men's Single Sculls 0 0 1
Women's Double Sculls 1 0 0
9 also show each event results forDenmark 1 0 1 2
Men's Lightweight Double Scull 0 0 1
Men's Lightweight Four 1 0 0
10 also show each event results forRomania 1 0 1 2
Women's Eight 0 0 1
Women's Pair 1 0 0
11 also show each event results forBulgaria 1 0 0 1
Women's Single Sculls 1 0 0
12 also show each event results forNorway 1 0 0 1
Men's Single Sculls 1 0 0
13 also show each event results forGermany 0 1 1 2
Women's Double Sculls 0 1 0
Women's Quadruple Sculls 0 0 1
14 also show each event results forCzech Republic 0 1 0 1
Men's Single Sculls 0 1 0
15 also show each event results forEstonia 0 1 0 1
Men's Double Sculls 0 1 0
16 also show each event results forFinland 0 1 0 1
Women's Lightweight Double Scu 0 1 0
17 also show each event results forGreece 0 1 0 1
Men's Lightweight Double Scull 0 1 0
18 also show each event results forItaly 0 1 0 1
Men's Quadruple Sculls 0 1 0
19 also show each event results forBelarus 0 0 2 2
Women's Pair 0 0 1
Women's Single Sculls 0 0 1
20 also show each event results forFrance 0 0 2 2
Men's Four 0 0 1
Men's Quadruple Sculls 0 0 1
Nick Heathcote is supporting his brother Alistair's Olympic rowing campaign in Beijing My brother the Olympic rower
Nick Heathcote is following his brother's Beijing campaign

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