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Lightweight Men's Double Sculls (LM2X)

2000 Olympic Games

	Pre-race Analyses and Predictions	Results
Heats	Heats 1-4	H1 H2 H3 H4
Repechage	R1 R2 R3 R4	R1 R2 R3 R4
Semi-finals	SFAB1 SFAB2	SFAB1 SFAB2
Finals	FA	FA FB FC

Pre-Olympic Summary

August 13, 2000 -- Italy, with Elia Luini and Leonardo Pettino, the 1999 World Champion, was second to another Italian double in the Vienna World Cup, but reversed that loss and was 1st in Lucerne, beating its countrymen decisively. Compared to the other nations in this event, Italy seems to have a lock on the gold medal in Sydney. Challenges should come from France (5th at 1999 Worlds, but with 1st and 2nd place finishes in World Cup competition), Germany (3rd at 1999 Worlds, and 3rd in two World Cup competitions), and perhaps Switzerland (4th at 1999 Worlds, with a 3rd, 2nd and 10th in World Cup races). Last year's silver medalist from Australia returns with its 1999 boat intact, but has turned in disappointing 6th and 8th place finishes in World Cup racing at Vienna and Lucerne.

World and Olympic Championship Histories

Nation	2000 Place	1999 Place	'99 Rowers in '00 Boat	Avg. Place in Prev Events	# Prev Events	Total medals	Gold medals	Silver medals	Bronze medals
ITA	2	1	1	2.4	10	7	4	2	1
AUS	7	2	2	4.0	10	5	1	3	1
GER	4	3	2	3.8	11	6	-	2	4
SUI	5	4	2	3.4	12	8	2	2	4
FRA	3	5	2	5.5	5	-	-	-	-
USA	11	6	2	6.2	6	1	-	-	1
JPN	6	7	2	7.5	4	-	-	-	-
NED	12	8	2	5.8	12	3	-	2	1
GBR	14	9	1	5.8	7	1	1	-	-
GRE	8	10	2	9.8	8	-	-	-	-
RUS	19	11	1	12.0	4	-	-	-	-
SWE	15	R	2	R	5	-	-	-	-
HKG	16	R	2	R	5	-	-	-	-
CUB	18	-	0	12.7	3	-	-	-	-
ESP	9	-	0	9.0	6	-	-	-	-
MEX	10	-	0	8.7	3	-	-	-	-
POL	1	-	2	3.1	10	4	4	-	-
ARG	13	-	0	7.0	1	-	-	-	-
PAK	17	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total					122	35	12	11	12

R = 13th place or lower.

To see detailed Olympic and World Championship histories for the rowers in any of these crews, click on that crew's abbreviation.

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