# Rowing at the Summer Youth Olympics

Rowing has featured as a sport at the Youth Olympic Summer Games since its first edition in 2010. The Youth Olympic Games are multi-sport event and the games are held every four years just like the Olympic Games. Summer Youth Olympics racing is held over a 1000m course as opposed to the 2000m course used at the Olympics.

## Summary

| Games | Year | Events | Best Nation |
| 1 | 2010 | 4 | Germany |
| 2 | 2014 | 4 | Romania |
| 3 | 2018 | 4 | Argentina |
| 4 | 2026 | 5 | |

## Medal table

    As of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Romania | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Greece | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Belarus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Argentina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |

## Participating nations

| Nation | 10 | 14 | 18 | Years |
| Albania (ALB) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Algeria (ALG) | | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Argentina (ARG) | | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Australia (AUS) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Austria (AUT) | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| Azerbaijan (AZE) | | 1 | | 1 |
| Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Bulgaria (BUL) | 4 | 1 | | 5 |
| Canada (CAN) | | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Chile (CHI) | | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| China (CHN) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Croatia (CRO) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| Egypt (EGY) | | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| El Salvador (ESA) | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| Spain (ESP) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Estonia (EST) | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| France (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Germany (GER) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Greece (GRE) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Hong Kong (HKG) | | | 1 | 1 |
| Hungary (HUN) | 3 | | | 3 |
| Indonesia (INA) | | 1 | | 1 |
| India (IND) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| Italy (ITA) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Latvia (LAT) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Moldova (MDA) | | | 1 | 1 |
| Mexico (MEX) | | | 3 | 3 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 2 | | 2 | 4 |
| Norway (NOR) | | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| New Zealand (NZL) | 3 | 3 | | 6 |
| Paraguay (PAR) | | 1 | | 1 |
| Peru (PER) | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Poland (POL) | 1 | 3 | | 4 |
| Portugal (POR) | 1 | | | 1 |
| North Korea (PRK) | | 1 | | 1 |
| Romania (ROM) | 2 | | | 2 |
| Romania (ROU) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| South Africa (RSA) | 2 | | 2 | 4 |
| Russia (RUS) | 2 | | | 2 |
| Singapore (SGP) | 2 | | | 2 |
| Slovenia (SLO) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Serbia (SRB) | 3 | 1 | | 4 |
| Sri Lanka (SRI) | | 1 | | 1 |
| Sudan (SUD) | 2 | | | 2 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | | 2 | 3 |
| Sweden (SWE) | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| Thailand (THA) | | | 2 | 2 |
| Togo (TOG) | | 1 | | 1 |
| Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 2 | | 3 |
| Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Uganda (UGA) | | 1 | | 1 |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Uruguay (URU) | | | 1 | 1 |
| United States (USA) | | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Uzbekistan (UZB) | | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Vietnam (VIE) | | 1 | | 1 |
| Zimbabwe (ZIM) | | 2 | | 2 |
| Rowers |||||
| Singles - Male | 21 | 24 | 16 | 61 |
| Singles - Female | 22 | 24 | 16 | 62 |
| Doubles - Male | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |
| Doubles - Female | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |
| Rowers - Male | 45 | 48 | 40 | 133 |
| Rowers - Female | 46 | 48 | 40 | 134 |
| Rowers - Total | 91 | 96 | 80 | 267 |
| Boats |||||
| Boats | 67 | 72 | 56 | 195 |
| Nations |||||
| Continents | | | | |
| Countries | 43 | 48 | 40 | 131 |
| New Countries | 43 | 18 | 5 | 66 |
| Year | 10 | 14 | 18 | |

## Medalists
### 2010 Youth Olympic Games Events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Female Single Sculls details | Judith Sievers Germany | Nataliia Kovalova Ukraine | Noémie Kober France |
| Female Pair details | Great Britain Georgia Howard-Merrill Fiona Gammond | Australia Emma Basher Olympia Aldersey | Greece Eleni Diamnti Lydia Ntalamagka |
| Male Single Sculls details | Rolandas Maščinskas Lithuania | Felix Bach Germany | Ioan Prundeanu Romania |
| Male Pair details | Slovenia Jure Grace Grega Domanjko | Greece Michalis Nastopoulos Apostolos Lampridis | Australia Matthew Chochran David Watts |

### 2014 Youth Olympic Games Events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Male Single Sculls details | Tim Ole Naske Germany | Boris Yotov Azerbaijan | Dan de Groot Canada |
| Male Pairs details | Romania Gheorghe Robert Dedu Ciprian Tudosă | Czech Republic Miroslav Jech Lukáš Helešic | Turkey Gökhan Güven Eren Can Aslan |
| Female Single Sculls details | Krystsina Staraselets Belarus | Athina Angelopoulou Greece | Camille Juillet France |
| Female Pairs details | Romania Cristina Georgiana Popescu Denisa Tîlvescu | China Luo Yadan Pan Jie | Canada Larissa Werbicki Caileigh Filmer |

### 2018 Youth Olympic Games Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Boys' Single Sculls details | Ivan Tyshchenko Ukraine | Ivan Brynza Belarus | Cormac Kennedy-Leverett Australia |
| Boys' Pairs details | Italy Alberto Zamariola Nicolas Castelnovo | Romania Florin Nicolae Arteni-Fîntînariu Alexandru Danciu | Argentina Felipe Modarelli Tomas Herrera |
| Girls' Single Sculls details | Maria Sol Ordas Argentina | Elin Lindroth Sweden | Greta Jaanson Estonia |
| Girls' Pairs details | Greece Maria Kyridou Christina Bourmpou | Czech Republic Anna Šantrůčková Eliška Podrazilová | Romania Tabita Maftei Alina Maria Balețchi |