The eight is a rowing event held at the Summer Olympics.Hernandez, Celia M., and Humberto Garcia Garcia. "History of Olympic rowing in Cuba." Proceedings: International Symposium for Olympic Research, Oct. 2006, pp. 100+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A176818713/AONE?u=brooklaw_main&sid=googleScholar&xid=34ec2067. Accessed 22 Feb. 2024. The event was first held for men at the second modern Olympics in 1900, with races taking place on the Seine in Paris, and has been held at every Games since. The women's event was added when women's rowing was added to the Olympic programme in 1976,Stefani, Raymond. "Kinesiology analysis of athletics at the ancient olympics and of performance differences between male and female olympic champions at the modern games in running, swimming and rowing." Athens Journal of Sports 4.2 (2017): 126. and has been held at every Games since 1996, it is the only Olympic rowing event that uses a coxswain.
Medalists
Men
1900 Paris 1904 St. Louis None awarded 1908 London 1912 Stockholm 1920 Antwerp 1924 Paris 1928 Amsterdam 1932 Los Angeles 1936 Berlin 1948 London 1952 Helsinki 1956 Melbourne 1960 Rome 1964 Tokyo 1968 Mexico City 1972 Munich 1976 Montreal 1980 Moscow 1984 Los Angeles 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2012 London 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo 2024 Paris 2028 Los Angeles
Medalists by country
Rank NationGoldSilverBronze Total 1 12 2 3 16 2 5 7 3 14 3 3 5 3 11 4 2 0 1 3 2 0 1 3 6 2 0 0 2 7 1 3 3 7 8 1 2 2 4 9 1 1 0 2 10 0 2 4 6 11 0 2 2 4 12 0 2 1 3 13 0 2 0 2 14 0 1 0 1 15 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 17 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Women
1976 Montreal 1980 Moscow 1984 Los Angeles 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2012 London 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo 2024 Paris 2028 Los Angeles
Medalists by country
Rank NationGoldSilverBronze Total 1 4 3 3 10 2 4 1 1 6 3 3 0 0 3 4 2 2 1 5 5 0 2 3 5 6 0 2 0 2 7 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 9 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1
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