NZL third in B Final of Mens Four

by Rowing-World on 26 Aug 2006 The New Zealand Mens coxless Four finished a disappointing third in the B Final of on Saturday morning. As the first 'big boat' in a Olympic mens event, the NZL crew won a Bronze medal in the last round of the World Cup, however couldn't build on this momentum in the Rowing World Championships.

They came so close to qualifying for the A Final - losing to USA in the rerun of the race after the controversial dead-heat in the Semifinal.

The crew went through the first 500 in third place dropped briefly to fourth at the 1000metre mark before recovering to finish third.

Result  World Cup World Rowing Championships 2006, Eton - Race 189: M4-  Final B
Rank	Boat	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	Finish	Lane
1	IRL	1:26.34  (4)	2:55.35  (2)	4:25.23  (2)	5:53.66	5
Cormac FOLAN, Sean O'NEILL, Sean CASEY, Alan MARTIN
2	CAN	1:24.70  (1)	2:54.11  (1)	4:24.95  (1)	5:54.39	3
Scott FRANDSEN, Kyle HAMILTON, Benjamin RUTLEDGE, Barney WILLIAMS
3	NZL	1:26.03  (3)	2:56.08  (4)	4:26.98  (3)	5:54.98	4
Hamish BOND, Carl MEYER, Selwyn CLELAND, Eric MURRAY
4	CZE	1:26.60  (5)	2:56.94  (5)	4:31.10  (5)	5:57.74	2
Jan GRUBER, Jakub ZOF, Petr VITASEK, Karel NEFFE JR
5	ESP	1:25.78  (2)	2:55.80  (3)	4:28.04  (4)	5:59.00	1
Oriol PUEYO VALLET, Eduardo MURILLO GARRIDO, Pedro M. MURILLO GARRIDO, Imanol MUGICA LESMES
6	ITA	1:29.63  (6)	3:01.39  (6)	4:31.38  (6)	5:59.07	6
Valerio MASSIMO, Aldo TRAMONTANO, Valerio PINTON, Raffaello LEONARDO
Key to terms: DNA=Data Not Available DNF=Did Not Finish DNS=Did Not Start DSQ=Disqualified EXC=Excluded BUW=Boat Under Weight