| Top 3 crews advance to FA final. Others to FB final. GBR, the defending World
Champions since 1997, with 4 time gold medalist Steve Redgrave going for an unprecedented
5th consecutive Olympic Gold Medal, continued their dominance with a wire-to-wire victory
here. SLO and the USA both made moves on GBR in the 3rd 500, and SLO continued to close on
GBR in the last 500. GBR may have "bent", but did not "break", and
moves on to the FA final with SLO and the USA. The instant replay for this race shows the
moves made on GBR in the last 1000 meters.
LANE CREW RELATIVE POSITIONS ELAPSED SPLIT
1500* CREW TIME TIME
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6 ROM <ROM GBR 1:27.08 1:27.08
5 SLO <SLO USA 1:28.52 1:28.52
4 GBR <GBR SLO 1:28.75 1:28.75
3 FRA <FRA FRA 1:29.54 1:29.54
2 USA <USA GER 1:30.02 1:30.02
1 GER <GER ROM 1:30.52 1:30.52
---+---+---+---+---+---+
1000*
---+---+---+---+---+---+
6 ROM <ROM GBR 2:59.54 1:32.46
5 SLO <SLO SLO 3:02.05 1:33.30
4 GBR <GBR USA 3:02.30 1:33.77
3 FRA <FRA FRA 3:03.83 1:34.29
2 USA <USA GER 3:05.33 1:35.30
1 GER <GER ROM 3:05.58 1:35.05
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500 *
---+---+---+---+---+---+
6 ROM <ROM GBR 4:31.60 1:32.06
5 SLO <SLO SLO 4:33.52 1:31.47
4 GBR <GBR USA 4:33.73 1:31.43
3 FRA <FRA FRA 4:36.91 1:33.08
2 USA <USA ROM 4:40.58 1:35.00
1 GER <GER GER 4:41.05 1:35.72
---+---+---+---+---+---+
FINISH*
---+---+---+---+---+---+
6 ROM <R GBR 6:02.27 1:30.67
5 SLO <SLO SLO 6:04.07 1:30.54
4 GBR <GBR USA 6:05.79 1:32.06
3 FRA <FRA FRA 6:07.76 1:30.85
2 USA <USA ROM 6:15.04 1:34.45
1 GER <G GER 6:15.11 1:34.05
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