Top 3 crews advance to FA final. Others to FB final. AUS, ITA and NZL placed 1-2-3
to advance to the FA final for an historic meeting with Steve Redgrave and his GBR World
Champions. AUS's time was the fastest of the day, but only 0.25 seconds better than GBR's.
ITA, which defeated both AUS and GBR in Lucerne World Cup finals in July posted the same
time as GBR in placing 2nd here to AUS by a fraction of a second. So, GBR is in good shape
to make history for Redgrave in the final, but had no sure lock on the gold with these
crews to deal with. The instant replay for this race shows AUS moving back through the
field in the middle 1000 to claim the lead and victory at the end.
LANE CREW RELATIVE POSITIONS ELAPSED SPLIT
1500* CREW TIME TIME
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6 YUG <YUG NOR 1:27.61 1:27.61
5 NOR <NOR ITA 1:28.00 1:28.00
4 NZL <NZL AUS 1:28.25 1:28.25
3 ITA <ITA NZL 1:29.43 1:29.43
2 AUS <AUS YUG 1:30.34 1:30.34
1 EGY <EGY EGY 1:31.01 1:31.01
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1000*
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6 YUG <YUG ITA 3:00.00 1:32.00
5 NOR <NOR NOR 3:00.33 1:32.72
4 NZL <NZL AUS 3:00.61 1:32.36
3 ITA <ITA NZL 3:02.44 1:33.01
2 AUS <AUS YUG 3:03.61 1:33.26
1 EGY <EGY EGY 3:06.69 1:35.68
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500 *
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6 YUG <YUG ITA 4:31.39 1:31.39
5 NOR <NOR AUS 4:31.91 1:31.29
4 NZL <NZL NZL 4:33.69 1:31.24
3 ITA <ITA NOR 4:34.01 1:33.68
2 AUS <AUS YUG 4:38.57 1:34.96
1 EGY <EGY EGY 4:43.00 1:36.30
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FINISH*
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6 YUG <YUG AUS 6:02.02 1:30.11
5 NOR <NOR ITA 6:02.30 1:30.91
4 NZL <NZL NZL 6:05.32 1:31.63
3 ITA <ITA NOR 6:08.54 1:34.53
2 AUS <AUS YUG 6:08.82 1:30.25
1 EGY EGY 6:21.22 1:38.22
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