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Men's Coxless Pair (M2-)
2000 Olympic Games
Pre-Olympic Summary
August 13, 2000 -- Australia, the 1999 World Champion, looks like a good
bet for gold in Sydney. Tragically, a back injury to Australia's 1999 World gold medalist,
Drew Ginn, has eliminated him from the Olympics. His long-time partner, James Tomkins, is
now rowing with Matt Long, a newcomer to World and Olympic competition. Nevertheless, the
new combination, formed only minutes before the first World Cup heats in Lucerne, won that
regatta, and are now the favorites for gold in Sydney. France and Croatia, 2nd and 3rd at
the 1999 Worlds, return to Sydney intact, have both done well in World Cup races, and
should give the Aussies a good run for the gold. But watch out for Italy, 4th at last
year's Worlds, with two 2nd place finishes in World Cup competition 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 |
| AUS |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2.6 |
12 |
8 |
8 |
- |
- |
| FRA |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3.2 |
18 |
12 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| CRO |
8 |
3 |
2 |
6.9 |
13 |
2 |
- |
- |
2 |
| ITA |
10 |
4 |
1 |
4.0 |
5 |
2 |
- |
- |
2 |
| GBR |
4 |
5 |
0 |
3.8 |
13 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
| GER |
9 |
6 |
2 |
3.2 |
15 |
8 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
| RSA |
6 |
7 |
2 |
9.0 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| POL |
11 |
8 |
1 |
9.0 |
13 |
2 |
- |
1 |
1 |
| SLO |
12 |
10 |
2 |
10.0 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| USA |
2 |
- |
1 |
5.7 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| YUG |
5 |
- |
0 |
8.8 |
9 |
2 |
- |
- |
2 |
| CAN |
7 |
- |
0 |
7.1 |
16 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| ARG |
13 |
- |
0 |
10.2 |
6 |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
| EGY |
14 |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| IND |
15 |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Total |
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|
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106 |
49 |
20 |
10 |
19 |
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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