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Men: Single sculls
Dates: 5 August 1948-9 August 1948
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Merv Wood | AUS | 7:24.4 |
| 2 | Eduardo Risso | URU | 7:38.2 |
| 3 | Romolo Catasta | ITA | 7:51.4 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 4 | Jack Kelly Jr. | USA | 8:09.7 |
| 5 | Tranquilo Cappozzo | ARG | 8:12.6 |
| 6 | Jean Séphériadès | FRA | 8:17.1 |
| 7 | Tony Rowe | GBR | 8:22.8 |
| Repechages | |||
| 8 | Ian Stephen | RSA | 7:35.6 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Jack Wilson; Ran Laurie | GBR | 7:21.1 |
| 2 | Hans Kalt; Josef Kalt | SUI | 7:23.9 |
| 3 | Felice Fanetti; Bruno Boni | ITA | 7:31.5 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 4 | Jørn Snogdahl; Søren Jensen | DEN | 7:54.3 |
| 5 | Spencer Grace; Edward Bromley | AUS | 7:54.5 |
| 6 | Gert Watzke; Kurt Watzke | AUT | 8:03.1 |
| 7 | Percio Zancani; Paulo Diebold | BRA | 8:18.6 |
| Repechages | |||
| 8 | John Wade; Ralph Stephan | USA | 7:30.5 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Dickie Burnell; Bert Bushnell | GBR | 6:51.3 |
| 2 | Ebbe Parsner; Aage Larsen | DEN | 6:55.3 |
| 3 | William Jones; Juan Rodríguez | URU | 7:12.4 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 4 | Mario Ustolin; Francesco Dapiran | ITA | 7:58.2 |
| 5 | Joseph Angyal; Arthur Gallagher | USA | 8:07.3 |
| 6 | Ben Piessens; Willy Collet | BEL | 8:17.2 |
| 7 | Jacques Maillet; Christian Guilbert | FRA | 8:33.2 |
| Repechages | |||
| 8 | Tom Neumeier; Henk van der Meer | NED | 7:00.2 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Finn Pedersen; Tage Henriksen; Carl-Ebbe Andersen (Coxswain) | DEN | 8:00.5 |
| 2 | Giovanni Steffè; Aldo Tarlao; Alberto Radi (Coxswain) | ITA | 8:12.2 |
| 3 | Antal Szendey; Béla Zsitnik; Róbert Zimonyi (Coxswain) | HUN | 8:25.2 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 4 | Vladeta Ristić; Milan Horvatin; Duško Đorđević (Coxswain); { + Predrag Sarić} | YUG | 8:07.9 |
| 5 | Ampelio Sartor; Aristide Sartor; René Crezen (Coxswain) | FRA | 8:14.9 |
| 6 | Pedro Towers; Ramón Porcel; Juan Parker (Coxswain) | ARG | 8:27.7 |
| Repechages | |||
| 7 | Mark Scott; Howard James; David Walker (Coxswain) | GBR | 8:01.7 |
| 8 | Vincent Deeney; Joseph Toland; John McIntyre (Coxswain) | USA | 8:09.2 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Giuseppe Moioli; Elio Morille; Giovanni Invernizzi; Francesco Faggi | ITA | 6:39.0 |
| 2 | Helge Halkjær; Aksel Bonde Hansen; Helge Muxoll Schrøder; Ib Storm Larsen | DEN | 6:43.5 |
| 3 | Fred Kingsbury; Stu Griffing; Greg Gates; Bob Perew | USA | 6:47.7 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 4 | Peter Kirkpatrick; Hank Rushmere; Tom Christie; Tony Butcher | GBR | 7:16.3 |
| 5 | Hein van Suylekom; Sietze Haarsma; Han Dekker; Han van den Berg | NED | 7:23.0 |
| 6 | Edgar Ramsay; Austin Ikin; Des Mayberry; Claude Kietzman | RSA | 7:57.2 |
| Repechages | |||
| 7 | Václav Roubík; Josef Kalaš; Josef Schejbal; Jiří Vaněk | TCH | 6:41.7 |
| 8 | Julio Curatella; Alberto Madero; Oscar Zolezzi; Oscar Almirón | ARG | 6:50.9 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Warren Westlund; Bob Martin; Bob Will; Gordy Giovanelli; Allan Morgan (Coxswain) | USA | 6:50.3 |
| 2 | Rudolf Reichling; Erich Schriever; Émile Knecht; Pierre Stebler; André Moccand (Coxswain) | SUI | 6:53.3 |
| 3 | Erik Larsen; Børge Raahauge Nielsen; Henry Larsen; Harry Knudsen; Ib Olsen (Coxswain) | DEN | 6:58.8 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 4 | Jean Pieddeloup; René Lotti; Gaston Maquat; Jean-Pierre Souche; Marcel Boigegrain (Coxswain) | FRA | 7:28.9 |
| 5 | Reginaldo Polloni; Francesco Gotti; Renato Macario; Riccardo Cerutti; Domenico Cambieri (Coxswain) | ITA | 7:32.8 |
| 6 | Miklós Zágon; Lajos Nagy; József Sátori; Tibor Nádas; Róbert Zimonyi (Coxswain) | HUN | 7:46.1 |
| Quarter-finals | |||
| 7 | António Torres; Delfim José da Silva; José Joaquim Cancela; José do Seixo; Leonel Rego (Coxswain) | POR | 7:28.5 |
| 8 | Arne Serck-Hanssen; Gunnar Sandborg; Sigurd Grønli; Willy Evensen; Torolf Sandaker (Coxswain) | NOR | 7:34.0 |