As predicted, the USA 1999 silver medalists at Worlds won and advance with SUI and NED
to the FA final. POL stayed in the race for 1500 meters with a shot at the 3rd qualifying
spot, but faded in the final 500 meters.LANE CREW RELATIVE POSITIONS ELAPSED SPLIT
1500* CREW TIME TIME
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6 POL <POL USA 1:42.31 1:42.31
5 GRE <GRE SUI 1:43.02 1:43.02
4 SUI <SUI CHN 1:43.44 1:43.44
3 USA <USA POL 1:43.72 1:43.72
2 NED <NED NED 1:44.05 1:44.05
1 CHN <CHN GRE 1:44.36 1:44.36
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1000*
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6 POL <POL USA 3:29.27 1:46.95
5 GRE <GRE SUI 3:30.04 1:47.02
4 SUI <SUI NED 3:31.04 1:46.98
3 USA <USA POL 3:31.27 1:47.55
2 NED <NED CHN 3:33.29 1:49.85
1 CHN <CHN GRE 3:33.58 1:49.21
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500 *
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6 POL <POL USA 5:17.05 1:47.77
5 GRE <GRE SUI 5:18.26 1:48.22
4 SUI <SUI NED 5:19.29 1:48.25
3 USA <USA POL 5:19.52 1:48.25
2 NED <NED CHN 5:26.05 1:52.76
1 CHN <CHN GRE 5:26.27 1:52.69
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FINISH*
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6 POL <POL USA 7:04.89 1:47.83
5 GRE SUI 7:07.04 1:48.77
4 SUI <SUI NED 7:07.35 1:48.06
3 USA <USA POL 7:08.76 1:49.23
2 NED <NED CHN 7:18.58 1:52.52
1 CHN < GRE 7:21.92 1:55.64
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