POL, the 1997 and 1998 World Champions withdrew from the 1999 Worlds after the heats,
but are back this year with a vengeance, looking to unseat ITA, the 1999 World Champion.
These crews should be side by side from start to finish. The semi-finals times were used
in the prediction race bulletin that appears below. It indicates POL wil overcome ITA
slight lead in the first half of the race and win the gold medal by less than a second
over FRA and ITA. FRA was 5th at Worlds, but expect to see JPN (making its country's first
appearance ever in an Olympic rowing final) and SUI (4th at last year's Worlds) right in
there at the end.LANE CREW RELATIVE POSITIONS ELAPSED SPLIT
1500* CREW TIME TIME
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6 JPN <JPN ITA 1:32.81 1:32.81
5 ITA <ITA POL 1:32.94 1:32.94
4 POL <POL FRA 1:33.54 1:33.54
3 FRA <FRA GER 1:33.97 1:33.97
2 SUI <SUI JPN 1:34.05 1:34.05
1 GER <GER SUI 1:34.20 1:34.20
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1000*
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6 JPN <JPN ITA 3:08.63 1:35.81
5 ITA <ITA POL 3:09.49 1:36.54
4 POL <POL FRA 3:10.05 1:36.51
3 FRA <FRA JPN 3:10.36 1:36.30
2 SUI <SUI GER 3:10.88 1:36.91
1 GER <GER SUI 3:11.74 1:37.53
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500 *
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6 JPN <JPN POL 4:45.10 1:35.61
5 ITA <ITA ITA 4:45.80 1:37.17
4 POL <POL FRA 4:46.47 1:36.41
3 FRA <FRA JPN 4:47.41 1:37.05
2 SUI <SUI GER 4:48.48 1:37.59
1 GER <GER SUI 4:48.83 1:37.09
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FINISH*
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6 JPN <JPN POL 6:20.60 1:35.49
5 ITA <ITA FRA 6:21.32 1:34.85
4 POL <POL ITA 6:21.58 1:35.77
3 FRA <FRA SUI 6:23.07 1:34.24
2 SUI <SUI JPN 6:23.36 1:35.95
1 GER <GER GER 6:24.54 1:36.05
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