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Rowing has been at every Olympics since 1896 and is a widely popular event.

Women's events were introduced in 1976 and the sport undertook a major overhaul for the Atlanta games in 1996 when the lightweight division was brought in for the first time.

Rowing can boast arguably the greatest ever Olympian in Sir Steve Redgrave, who won gold at five consecutive Olympic Games.

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS

Men

Single sculls: Olaf Tufte (Norway)

Double sculls: Sebastien Vieilledent/Adrien Hardy (France)

Lightweight double sculls: Tomasz Kucharski/Robert Sycz (Poland)

Quadruple sculls: Russia

Coxless pairs: Drew Ginn/James Tomkins (Australia)

Lightweight fours: Denmark

Coxless fours: Britain

Eights: United States

Women

Single sculls: Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski (Germany)

Double sculls: Georgina Evers-Swindell/Caroline Evers-Swindell (New Zealand)

Lightweight double sculls: Constanta Burcica/Angela Alupei (Romania)

Quadruple sculls: Germany

Coxless pairs: Georgeta Damian/Viorica Susanu (Romania)

Eights: Romania

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