111 rowing crews already qualified for 2008 Olympics

Three gold medals and two silver today puts New Zealand at the top of the medals table after 16 events, including four adaptive boat classes, raced their finals in Munich today. The remaining eleven events will complete their medal contention tomorrow.

Despite very exciting A Finals today it was the B Finals that created the most nail biting tension. With Olympic spots up for grabs for 27 out of 42 crews participating in today’s Olympic event B Finals, competition was fierce and the stakes were high. In total, 129 crews qualify from this regatta; as of this evening, 111 are already safe:

Women’s single sculls W1x: BLR, BUL, USA, CZE, CHN, NZL, FRA, POL, SWE

Men’s single sculls M1x: NZL, CZE, NOR, GBR, GER, SWE, BEL, ARG, SUI, NED, AUS

Women’s pair W2-: BLR, GER, ROU, AUS, NZL, CHN, USA, CAN

Men’s pair M2-: AUS, NZL, GBR, FRA, RSA, SRB, POL, USA, GER, CRO, DEN

Womens double sculls W2x: CHN, NZL, GBR, ROU, CZE, GER, ITA, USA

Men’s double sculls M2x: SLO, FRA, EST, GBR, BLR, NZL, CRO, AUS, USA, GER, BEL

Men’s four M4-: NZL, ITA, NED, GBR, SLO, FRA, CZE, USA, GER, IRL, BLR

In addition, all crews racing in tomorrow's Olympic A Finals have a spot secured for Beijing. The final 18 qualification spots will be earned in the B Finals tomorrow of the remaining events (LW2x, LM2x, LM4-, W4x, M4x, W8+ and M8+).

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