Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, for men only. Competitions were held over the Henley Royal Regatta course from August 5, 1948 to August 9, 1948.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's single sculls details	Mervyn Wood Australia (AUS)	Eduardo Risso Uruguay (URU)	Romolo Catasta Italy (ITA)
Men's double sculls details	Great Britain (GBR) Richard Burnell Bertie Bushnell	Denmark (DEN) Ebbe Parsner Aage Larsen	Uruguay (URU) William Jones Juan Rodríguez
Men's coxless pairs details	Great Britain (GBR) Jack Wilson Ran Laurie	Switzerland (SUI) Hans Kalt Josef Kalt	Italy (ITA) Felice Fanetti Bruno Boni
Men's coxed pairs details	Denmark (DEN) Finn Pedersen Tage Henriksen Carl Andersen	Italy (ITA) Giovanni Steffè Aldo Tarlao Alberto Radi	Hungary (HUN) Antal Szendey Béla Zsitnik Róbert Zimonyi
Men's coxless fours details	Italy (ITA) Giuseppe Moioli Elio Morille Giovanni Invernizzi Franco Faggi	Denmark (DEN) Helge Halkjær Aksel Hansen Helge Schrøder Ib Larsen	United States (USA) Frederick Kingsbury Stuart Griffing Gregory Gates Robert Perew
Men's coxed fours details	United States (USA) Warren Westlund Robert Martin Robert Will Gordon Giovanelli Allan Morgan	Switzerland (SUI) Rudolf Reichling Erich Schriever Emil Knecht Pierre Stebler André Moccand	Denmark (DEN) Erik Larsen Børge Nielsen Henry Larsen Harry Knudsen Jørgen Olsen
Men's eights details	United States (USA) Ian Turner David Turner James Hardy George Ahlgren Lloyd Butler David Brown Justus Smith John Stack Ralph Purchase	Great Britain (GBR) Christopher Barton Michael Lapage Guy Richardson Ernest Bircher Paul Massey Charles Lloyd David Meyrick Alfred Mellows Jack Dearlove	Norway (NOR) Kristoffer Lepsøe Thorstein Kråkenes Hans Hansen Halfdan Gran Olsen Harald Kråkenes Leif Næss Thor Pedersen Carl Monssen Sigurd Monssen

Participating nations

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	2	1	0	3
2	United States (USA)	2	0	1	3
3	Denmark (DEN)	1	2	1	4
4	Italy (ITA)	1	1	2	4
5	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
6	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	0	2
7	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	1	2
8	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1

References

• International Olympic Committee medal database

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