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Lightweight Men's Coxless Four (LM4-)
2000 Olympic Games
Pre-Olympic Summary
August 13, 2000 -- Until Thomas Poulsen, Denmark's five-time World
Champion in this event, left the boat with injuries earlier this year, Denmark was a cinch
for the gold medal in Sydney. Since then, Denmark has struggled in World Cup competition
and now has a tough road ahead for any Olympic medal. The new favorite is France (3rd in
1999 Worlds) which has won its two World Cup appearances at Munich and Lucerne. Austria,
which finished less than 0.1 seconds behind France in Lucerne, and Canada, the United
States, Ireland, Italy and Australia should all be in the Sydney medal hunt for what
should be a fantastic final.
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 |
| DEN |
3 |
1 |
3 |
3.3 |
22 |
14 |
11 |
3 |
- |
| AUS |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4.2 |
18 |
9 |
- |
4 |
5 |
| FRA |
1 |
3 |
3 |
3.3 |
16 |
11 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
| ITA |
4 |
4 |
3 |
2.9 |
17 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
| AUT |
9 |
5 |
4 |
5.4 |
21 |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
| CAN |
7 |
6 |
4 |
10.9 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
| NED |
8 |
7 |
4 |
8.1 |
10 |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
| RUS |
10 |
8 |
4 |
9.8 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| USA |
6 |
9 |
3 |
6.8 |
13 |
3 |
1 |
- |
2 |
| RSA |
5 |
10 |
2 |
8.8 |
13 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| GER |
12 |
12 |
2 |
6.4 |
17 |
6 |
- |
1 |
5 |
| IRL |
11 |
- |
0 |
4.8 |
24 |
8 |
- |
2 |
6 |
| JPN |
14 |
15 |
3 |
14.3 |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| CHI |
13 |
- |
0 |
2.5 |
2 |
2 |
- |
1 |
1 |
| Total |
|
|
|
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211 |
67 |
21 |
19 |
27 |
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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