River & RowingMuseumHenley on Thames

Rowing in the Olympic Games

Christopher Dodd

Saturday 3 November 2012FISA Coaches Conference,

Limerick

1894: Pierre de Coubertin founds the IOC1896 Athens: First modern Games - rowing cancelled

1908 London: The first organised Games

1920 Antwerp: Faster, Higher, Stronger

1920 Antwerp: Kelly versus Beresford1924 Paris: Benjamin Spock wins 8+ with Yale

1928 Amsterdam: Henry Pearce pauses for ducks and wins the 1x1932 Los Angeles:

Hugh ‘Jumbo’Edwards wins two

golds on the same day

First torch relayFirst commentaryBeresford wins fifth medalCase of the blind starter

1936 Berlin