London 2012 Olympic Games

The London 2012 Olympic Games were the GB Rowing Team's most successful, not just of the modern era, but all time.

The team won a record nine medals after qualifying boats for 13 of the 14 events on home water at the Olympic rowing regatta which was held at Eton Dorney from July 28 to August 4, 2012.

The medal haul included four golds, two silvers and three bronzes with GB finishing as top rowing nation for the second successive Games and surpassing the eight medals won at the 1908 Olympic rowing regatta at Henley-on-Thames.

Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won Team GB's first gold of London 2012 in the women's pair followed by the women's double scull of Anna Watkins and Katherin Grainger, the men's four of Alex Gregory, Pete Reed, Tom James and Andrew Triggs Hodge and the lightweight women's double scull of Kat Copeland and Sophie Hosking joined them, making it four gold medals for the GB Rowing Team.

The lightweight men's squad served up two silver medals in the double of Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter and four in the guise of brother Peter and Richard Chambers, Rob Williams and Chris Bartley.

And there were three superb bronze medals for the GB men's eight of Alex Partridge, James Foad, Tom Ransley, Ric Egington, Mohamed Sbihi, Greg Searle, Matt Langridge, Constantine Louloudis and cox Phelan Hill, single sculler Alan Cmpbell and the rookie men's pair of George Nash and Will Satch.

Landmarks for GB at the London 2012 Regatta

-Team GB's first gold of the games;

-GB won a record nine medals- GB's best regatta ever;

-A GB men's quadruple scull reached the Olympic final for the first time;

-GB won a men's single scull medal for the first time since 1928;

-The GB women won their first ever Olympic gold- and then added two more;

-The GB men's four made it four successive golds in that event;

-All 47 GB rowers accross 13 crews reched the Olympic finals; and

-Greg Searle won a medal aged 40 in the GB men's eight.

Katherine Grainger won gold at her fourth Games after three successive silvers. Greg Searle, beijing bronze medallist Matt Wells and double Olympic silver medallist Frances Houghton also competed at their fourth Olympic Games in the men's eight, men's quadruple scull and womens quadruple scull respectively.