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