This race was never in doubt from the winner's circle, as GER continued its decades
long dominance of the Women's Quadruple Sculls event and won another gold medal. Last
year's silver medalists at Worlds from UKR surprisingly fell off pace in the first 500
meters and never got back into medal contention. RUS was in 2nd place at the halfway mark
and led third place GBR by half a length, as projected. Then it all changed. GBR pulled
even with RUS with 500 meters to go, and the race for the silver medal was on. Over the
last 500 meters, RUS and GBR matched each other's speed. At the end it took a photo finish
to decide who really won the silver medal. The camera picked GBR, and RUS settled for the
bronze. They were followed by a disappointed UKR in 4th, and the USA and DEN in 5th and
6th. Take a look at the JAMCO Replay on this one to see the
pressure GBR put on RUS in the last 1000.LANE CREW RELATIVE POSITIONS ELAPSED SPLIT
1500* CREW TIME TIME
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6 USA <USA GER 1:32.02 1:32.02
5 GBR <GBR RUS 1:32.41 1:32.41
4 GER <GER GBR 1:33.33 1:33.33
3 RUS <RUS USA 1:34.00 1:34.00
2 UKR <UKR UKR 1:34.33 1:34.33
1 DEN <DEN DEN 1:34.65 1:34.65
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1000*
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6 USA <USA GER 3:07.94 1:35.91
5 GBR <GBR RUS 3:09.33 1:36.91
4 GER <GER GBR 3:10.53 1:37.20
3 RUS <RUS UKR 3:11.47 1:37.13
2 UKR <UKR USA 3:12.36 1:38.36
1 DEN <DEN DEN 3:14.71 1:40.06
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500 *
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6 USA <USA GER 4:44.42 1:36.47
5 GBR <GBR RUS 4:46.52 1:37.19
4 GER <GER GBR 4:46.85 1:36.31
3 RUS <RUS UKR 4:49.57 1:38.10
2 UKR <UKR USA 4:51.86 1:39.50
1 DEN <DEN DEN 4:55.10 1:40.39
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FINISH*
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6 USA <USA GER 6:19.57 1:35.14
5 GBR <GBR GBR 6:21.64 1:34.78
4 GER <GER RUS 6:21.65 1:35.11
3 RUS <RUS UKR 6:25.70 1:36.13
2 UKR <UKR USA 6:30.26 1:38.39
1 DEN <DEN DEN 6:31.29 1:36.19
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