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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
It was a serious question though. Anyone know the answer?
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I thought they were rhetorical questions. Yes, the coxswains get medals. I presume they call it eights because of the number of rowers.
For pairs and fours they differentiate between coxed and coxless, but the coxed events are not in the Olympics. Wikipedia tells me that coxless eights is considered unsafe because the boats are too fast, so I guess that's why they don't call it a coxed eight.