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Eights, Men

Date	18 – 24 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith, New South Wales
Participants	82 from 9 countries

The United States had won the men’s coxed eights at the Olympics 11 times, but not once since 1964, although they seemed poised to capture that title in 2000. In addition to having won the event at the last three editions of the World Championships, they were also the reigning Pan American champions, while the defending Olympic champions from the Netherlands had not seen the podium in this event at a major international tournament since the 1996 Games. In the opening round, the Americans were bested by Croatia, while Australia posted the fastest time on its way to winning its own heat. In the final, the United States performed poorly and finished fifth, over six seconds behind Great Britain, the 1999 World Champion and now an Olympic gold medalist in the men’s eights for the first time since 1912. Australia came in just under a second later to take silver and Croatia captured bronze, its first Olympic medal in rowing as an independent nation.

Pos	Competitors	NOC
1	Great Britain	GBR	Gold
	Andrew Lindsay • Ben Hunt-Davis • Simon Dennis • Louis Attrill • Luka Grubor • Kieran West • Fred Scarlett • Steve Trapmore • Rowley Douglas
2	Australia	AUS	Silver
	Christian Ryan • Alastair Gordon • Nick Porzig • Rob Jahrling • Mike McKay • Stuart Welch • Dan Burke • Jaime Fernandez • Brett Hayman
3	Croatia	CRO	Bronze
	Igor Francetić • Tihomir Franković • Tomislav Smoljanović • Nikša Skelin • Siniša Skelin • Krešimir Čuljak • Igor Boraska • Branimir Vujević • Silvijo Petriško
4	Italy	ITA
	Gioacchino Cascone • Franco Berra • Mario Palmisano • Marco Penna • Valerio Pinton • Raffaello Leonardo • Alessandro Corona • Luca Ghezzi • Gaetano Iannuzzi
5	United States	USA
	Bryan Volpenhein • Bob Kaehler • Porter Collins • Thomas Welsh • Dave Simon • Chris Ahrens • Garrett Miller • Jeff Klepacki • Pete Cipollone
6	Romania	ROU
	Costel Mutescu • Vasile Măstăcan • Cornel Nemțoc • Florian Tudor • Viorel Talapan • Andrei Bănică • Gheorghe Pîrvan • Dorin Alupei • Dumitru Răducanu
7	Canada	CAN
	Mike Belenkie • Bryan Donnelly • Matt Swick • Tom Herschmiller • Larry Varga • Morgan Crooks • Dave Calder • Adam Parfitt • Chris Taylor
8	Netherlands	NED
	Adri Middag • Peter van der Noort • Niels van der Zwan • Gerritjan Eggenkamp • Geert-Jan Derksen • Gijs Kind • Geert Cirkel • Nico Rienks • Merijn van Oijen
9	Russian Federation	RUS
	Sergey Matveyev • Andrey Glukhov • Dmitry Kovalyov • Nikolay Aksyonov • Dmitry Rozinkevich • Vladimir Volodenkov • Pavel Melnikov • Anton Chermashentsev • Aleksandr Lukyanov • Aleksandr Litvinchev

Round One

Date	18 September 2000
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

Time	11:20

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	4	Croatia	CRO	5:33.33	1:20.81 (1)	2:44.47 (1)	4:09.66 (1)	1:23.66 (1)	1:25.19 (2)	1:23.67 (2)	Q
		Igor Francetić • Tihomir Franković • Tomislav Smoljanović • Nikša Skelin • Siniša Skelin • Krešimir Čuljak • Igor Boraska • Branimir Vujević • Silvijo Petriško
2	3	United States	USA	5:35.70	1:21.23 (2)	2:45.96 (2)	4:11.66 (2)	1:24.73 (3)	1:25.70 (3)	1:24.04 (4)
		Bryan Volpenhein • Bob Kaehler • Porter Collins • Thomas Welsh • Dave Simon • Jeff Klepacki • Garrett Miller • Chris Ahrens • Pete Cipollone
3	2	Netherlands	NED	5:36.42	1:22.06 (5)	2:50.04 (5)	4:14.89 (5)	1:27.98 (5)	1:24.85 (1)	1:21.53 (1)
		Adri Middag • Peter van der Noort • Niels van der Zwan • Gerritjan Eggenkamp • Geert-Jan Derksen • Gijs Kind • Geert Cirkel • Nico Rienks • Merijn van Oijen
4	1	Romania	ROU	5:36.93	1:21.73 (4)	2:46.43 (3)	4:12.97 (3)	1:24.70 (2)	1:26.54 (5)	1:23.96 (3)
		Costel Mutescu • Vasile Măstăcan • Cornel Nemțoc • Florian Tudor • Viorel Talapan • Andrei Bănică • Gheorghe Pîrvan • Dorin Alupei • Dumitru Răducanu
5	5	Italy	ITA	5:39.69	1:21.48 (3)	2:46.83 (4)	4:13.28 (4)	1:25.35 (4)	1:26.45 (4)	1:26.41 (5)
		Gioacchino Cascone • Franco Berra • Mario Palmisano • Marco Penna • Valerio Pinton • Raffaello Leonardo • Alessandro Corona • Luca Ghezzi • Gaetano Iannuzzi

Heat #2

Time	11:30

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	2	Australia	AUS	5:32.85	1:22.25 (1)	2:46.20 (1)	4:09.48 (1)	1:23.95 (1)	1:23.28 (1)	1:23.37 (1)	Q
		Christian Ryan • Alastair Gordon • Nick Porzig • Rob Jahrling • Mike McKay • Stuart Welch • Dan Burke • Jaime Fernandez • Brett Hayman
2	3	Great Britain	GBR	5:34.47	1:22.98 (3)	2:47.47 (3)	4:11.07 (2)	1:24.49 (3)	1:23.60 (2)	1:23.40 (2)
		Andrew Lindsay • Ben Hunt-Davis • Simon Dennis • Louis Attrill • Luka Grubor • Kieran West • Fred Scarlett • Steve Trapmore • Rowley Douglas
3	1	Canada	CAN	5:38.48	1:22.57 (2)	2:47.01 (2)	4:12.24 (3)	1:24.44 (2)	1:25.23 (4)	1:26.24 (3)
		Mike Belenkie • Bryan Donnelly • Matt Swick • Tom Herschmiller • Larry Varga • Morgan Crooks • Dave Calder • Adam Parfitt • Chris Taylor
4	4	Russian Federation	RUS	5:40.55	1:24.03 (4)	2:49.47 (4)	4:13.84 (4)	1:25.44 (4)	1:24.37 (3)	1:26.71 (4)
		Sergey Matveyev • Andrey Glukhov • Dmitry Kovalyov • Nikolay Aksyonov • Dmitry Rozinkevich • Vladimir Volodenkov • Pavel Melnikov • Anton Chermashentsev • Aleksandr Lukyanov

Round One Repêchage

Date	20 September 2000
Format	Top two finishers in each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

Time	10:30

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	2	United States	USA	5:43.22	1:23.60 (2)	2:49.24 (1)	4:17.38 (1)	1:25.64 (1)	1:28.14 (3)	1:25.84 (2)	Q
		Bryan Volpenhein • Bob Kaehler • Porter Collins • Thomas Welsh • Dave Simon • Jeff Klepacki • Garrett Miller • Chris Ahrens • Pete Cipollone
2	1	Romania	ROU	5:43.24	1:23.41 (1)	2:50.35 (2)	4:17.74 (2)	1:26.94 (2)	1:27.39 (1)	1:25.50 (1)	Q
		Costel Mutescu • Vasile Măstăcan • Cornel Nemțoc • Florian Tudor • Viorel Talapan • Andrei Bănică • Gheorghe Pîrvan • Dorin Alupei • Dumitru Răducanu
3	3	Canada	CAN	5:45.18	1:23.94 (3)	2:50.93 (3)	4:18.69 (3)	1:26.99 (3)	1:27.76 (2)	1:26.49 (3)
		Mike Belenkie • Bryan Donnelly • Matt Swick • Tom Herschmiller • Larry Varga • Morgan Crooks • Dave Calder • Adam Parfitt • Chris Taylor

Heat #2

Time	10:40

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	2	Great Britain	GBR	5:38.59	1:21.15 (1)	2:46.34 (1)	4:12.61 (1)	1:25.19 (1)	1:26.27 (2)	1:25.98 (2)	Q
		Andrew Lindsay • Ben Hunt-Davis • Simon Dennis • Louis Attrill • Luka Grubor • Kieran West • Fred Scarlett • Steve Trapmore • Rowley Douglas
2	4	Italy	ITA	5:41.23	1:23.61 (2)	2:49.13 (2)	4:14.91 (2)	1:25.52 (2)	1:25.78 (1)	1:26.32 (4)	Q
		Gioacchino Cascone • Franco Berra • Mario Palmisano • Marco Penna • Valerio Pinton • Raffaello Leonardo • Alessandro Corona • Luca Ghezzi • Gaetano Iannuzzi
3	1	Russian Federation	RUS	5:43.88	1:23.81 (3)	2:51.03 (3)	4:18.66 (3)	1:27.22 (4)	1:27.63 (4)	1:25.22 (1)
		Sergey Matveyev • Aleksandr Litvinchev • Pavel Melnikov • Andrey Glukhov • Dmitry Kovalyov • Vladimir Volodenkov • Dmitry Rozinkevich • Anton Chermashentsev • Aleksandr Lukyanov
4	3	Netherlands	NED	5:44.91	1:24.75 (4)	2:51.36 (4)	4:18.87 (4)	1:26.61 (3)	1:27.51 (3)	1:26.04 (3)
		Adri Middag • Peter van der Noort • Niels van der Zwan • Gerritjan Eggenkamp • Geert-Jan Derksen • Gijs Kind • Geert Cirkel • Nico Rienks • Merijn van Oijen

Final Round

Date	23 – 24 September 2000

Final A

Time	24 September 2000 — 10:30

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	2	Great Britain	GBR	5:33.08	1:21.02 (1)	2:44.55 (1)	4:08.77 (1)	1:23.53 (1)	1:24.22 (2)	1:24.31 (4)
		Andrew Lindsay • Ben Hunt-Davis • Simon Dennis • Louis Attrill • Luka Grubor • Kieran West • Fred Scarlett • Steve Trapmore • Rowley Douglas
2	3	Australia	AUS	5:33.88	1:23.96 (5)	2:47.91 (4)	4:12.36 (4)	1:23.95 (2)	1:24.45 (3)	1:21.52 (1)
		Christian Ryan • Alastair Gordon • Nick Porzig • Rob Jahrling • Mike McKay • Stuart Welch • Dan Burke • Jaime Fernandez • Brett Hayman
3	4	Croatia	CRO	5:34.85	1:21.62 (2)	2:45.66 (2)	4:10.90 (2)	1:24.04 (3)	1:25.24 (5)	1:23.95 (3)
		Igor Francetić • Tihomir Franković • Tomislav Smoljanović • Nikša Skelin • Siniša Skelin • Krešimir Čuljak • Igor Boraska • Branimir Vujević • Silvijo Petriško
4	1	Italy	ITA	5:35.37	1:22.90 (3)	2:47.49 (3)	4:11.58 (3)	1:24.59 (5)	1:24.09 (1)	1:23.79 (2)
		Gioacchino Cascone • Franco Berra • Mario Palmisano • Marco Penna • Valerio Pinton • Raffaello Leonardo • Alessandro Corona • Luca Ghezzi • Gaetano Iannuzzi
5	5	United States	USA	5:39.16	1:24.37 (6)	2:48.88 (5)	4:13.82 (5)	1:24.51 (4)	1:24.94 (4)	1:25.34 (5)
		Bryan Volpenhein • Bob Kaehler • Porter Collins • Thomas Welsh • Dave Simon • Chris Ahrens • Garrett Miller • Jeff Klepacki • Pete Cipollone
6	6	Romania	ROU	5:43.89	1:23.60 (4)	2:50.13 (6)	4:16.68 (6)	1:26.53 (6)	1:26.55 (6)	1:27.21 (6)
		Costel Mutescu • Vasile Măstăcan • Cornel Nemțoc • Florian Tudor • Viorel Talapan • Andrei Bănică • Gheorghe Pîrvan • Dorin Alupei • Dumitru Răducanu

Final B

Time	23 September 2000 — 12:00

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	2	Canada	CAN	5:36.30	1:22.32 (1)	2:46.94 (1)	4:12.35 (1)	1:24.62 (1)	1:25.41 (2)	1:23.95 (2)
		Mike Belenkie • Bryan Donnelly • Matt Swick • Tom Herschmiller • Larry Varga • Morgan Crooks • Dave Calder • Adam Parfitt • Chris Taylor
2	1	Netherlands	NED	5:36.63	1:24.19 (3)	2:49.66 (2)	4:14.73 (2)	1:25.47 (2)	1:25.07 (1)	1:21.90 (1)
		Adri Middag • Peter van der Noort • Niels van der Zwan • Gerritjan Eggenkamp • Geert-Jan Derksen • Gijs Kind • Geert Cirkel • Nico Rienks • Merijn van Oijen
3	3	Russian Federation	RUS	5:42.72	1:22.79 (2)	2:49.92 (3)	4:17.06 (3)	1:27.13 (3)	1:27.14 (3)	1:25.66 (3)
		Sergey Matveyev • Aleksandr Litvinchev • Pavel Melnikov • Andrey Glukhov • Dmitry Kovalyov • Vladimir Volodenkov • Dmitry Rozinkevich • Anton Chermashentsev • Aleksandr Lukyanov