Identified Athletes M-N-O

Hamadou Djibo Issaka (NIG) is not anOlympic Rowing champion

as the headline in both souvenir sheets suggests.On the contrary

- he came last in a field of 33 competitors, 300 mbehind the

second-slowest sculler in this event. He had been given awild-card

entry "to strengthen the principle of universal representation".

Whereas the media and the spectators celebrated the performance 

of the 35-years-old athlete who was a novice with only three months

of training, Sir Steven Redgrave - Rowing legend with five gold medals

from five consecutive Olympic regattas - claimed he should not have

been allowed into the competition at the expense of better scullers.

       SC 1195

       MI 2267

       YV 1881

       MI 2268

       YV 1882

       MI 2269

       YV 1883

       MI 2270

       YV 1884

       MI SS 194

       YV BF 177

      MI 3376

      SC 2667 

      SG 3810

      YV 3230

OG Rio de Janeiro 2016 M2- result (Aug. 11th)

Gold medal         NZL   6:59,71

Silver medal       RSA   7:02,51

Bronze medal     ITA    7:04,52

      MI 3379

      SC 2670

      SG 3813

      YV 3233

OG Rio de Janeiro 2016 W2- result

Gold medal       GBR  7:18,29

Silver medal     NZL  7:19,53

Bronze medal   DEN  7:20,71

      MI 3381 

      SC 2672

      SG 3815

      YV 3235

Mahe Drysdale - Olympic M1X champion 2012 -

retained his title 2016 at the age of 37. 

OG Rio de Janeiro 2016 M1X result

Gold medal        NZL  6:41,34

Silver medal      CRO  6:41,34

Bronze medal     CZE  6:44,10

This was the closest Olympic M1X final

ever - the time difference was 5/1000th

of a second. The silver medal winner

Martin had raised his stroke rate to 48!

Mahé Drysdale dominated the

single sculls competitions for 11 years:

2005 WRC Gifu - gold medal

2006 WRC Eton - gold medal

2007 WRC Munich - gold medal

2008 OG Beijing - bronze medal

2009 WRC Poznan - gold medal

2010 WRC Karapiro - silver medal

2011 WC Bled  - gold medal

2012 OG London - gold medal

2014 WRC Amsterdam - silver medal

2015 WRC Aiguebelette - silver medal

2016 OG Rio de Janeiro - gold medal

       MI SS 45

       SC C247

           large perforations

       YV BF 6A

       MI SS 45

       SC C247

           small perforations

The miniature sheet with black

overprint was not valid for postage.

The design shows a sweep oar

race whereas Frank & Alf Hansen

(NOR) won the M2X gold medal.