Record-breaking day for several rowers

The Netherlands set a new world record in men’s quadruple sculls with a sprint over the final 500 meters to win the gold medal.

Their time of 5 minutes, 32.03 seconds beat the previous mark of 5:32.26 set by Ukraine at the 2014 world championships.

The Dutch boat was fourth after the first 500 meters but had closed to second by the next marker. A late push overtook Great Britain for the lead.

Great Britain then held off a late charge by Australia to win silver.

• Australia doubled its haul of Olympic rowing gold medals as the men’s four charged to victory moments after the Aussie women claimed their gold.

Australia bolted to the front by the 500-meter mark and never were challenged for the lead to reach in the finish line as Romania fought a late surge by Italy to claim the silver medal. Australia’s time of 5:42.76 set a new Olympic record.

Australia’s women’s four set a new Olympic-best time to win the gold medal.

The Australian boat led at each marker but had to fight off the Netherlands over the last 50 meters to win in 6:15.37 seconds, just .34 seconds ahead of the Dutch boat.

• The French team of Hugo Boucheron and Matthieu Androdias held off a late charge from the Netherlands over the final 50 meters to win the men’s double sculls by 0.2 seconds in Olympic record time of 6:33.

• Romania’s Ancuta Bodnar and Simona Radis won the gold medal in women’s double sculls. They bolted from the start and never let up in a dominating performance.