20.7.12

U.S. Newspaper's Olympic Medal Predictions: Only Two Nations Due to Retain Their Rowing Titles from Beijing

The American daily USA Today has been putting together projections of the expected results of each sport event at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. With the latest updated version released 11 June 2012, it comes out that Eton Dorney regatta venue may witness significant changes when compared to Beijing 2008. According to USA Today's expectations, only two countries will be able to retain their Olympic rowing titles: the host country, Great Britain, in men's four, and the United States in women's eight, respectively.

Fast-motion video of a new bridge construction at Eton Dorney Lake, the venue of rowing and canoeing events in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games

A total of 20 countries are likely to be represented in the Olympic rowing A-finals, and out of these, 16 national teams should earn medals. The following medal table prediction can thus be summarised (with details on each boat event following further below):

Great Britain 3-5-2
New Zealand 3-2-1
Germany 3-1-0
Greece 1-1-1
Czech Republic 1-1-0
United States 1-0-1
Croatia 1-0-0
Belarus 1-0-0
Australia 0-1-3
Canada 0-1-2
Denmark 0-1-0
Ukraine 0-1-0
France 0-0-1
Italy 0-0-1
Poland 0-0-1
Romania 0-0-1

MEN'S SCULLING EVENTS

Singles (M1x):

1 Czech Republic, 2 New Zealand, 3 Great Britain,
4 Norway, 5 Germany, 6 Sweden

Total number of entries: 30
Defending Olympic champion (2008): Norway (rank in last year's World Championships: 6)
Last world champion (2011): New Zealand
Scheduled date for Final A: Friday, 3 August

Doubles (M2x):

1 Germany, 2 New Zealand, 3 France,
4 Great Britain, 5 Australia, 6 Estonia

Total number of entries: 13
Defending Olympic champion (2008): Australia (rank in last year's World Championships: 4)
Last world champion (2011): New Zealand
Scheduled date for Final A: Thursday, 2 August

Quads (M4x):

1 Croatia, 2 Germany, 3 Australia,
4 Poland, 5 Italy, 6 Great Britain

Total number of entries: 13
Defending Olympic champion (2008): Poland (rank in last year's World Championships: 4)
Last world champion (2011): Australia
Scheduled date for Final A: Friday, 3 August

MEN'S SWEEPING EVENTS

Pairs (M2-):

1 New Zealand, 2 Great Britain, 3 Greece,
4 Italy, 5 Canada, 6 Germany

Total number of entries: 13
Defending Olympic champion (2008): Australia (rank in last year's World Championships: 7)
Last world champion (2011): New Zealand
Scheduled date for Final A: Friday, 3 August

Fours (M4-):

1 Great Britain, 2 Greece, 3 Australia,
4 France, 5 New Zealand, 6 United States

Total number of entries: 13
Defending Olympic champion (2008) and last world champion (2011): Great Britain
Scheduled date for Final A: Saturday, 4 August

Eights (M8+):

1 Germany, 2 Great Britain, 3 Canada,
4 Netherlands, 5 Poland, 6 Australia

Total number of entries: 8
Defending Olympic champion (2008): Canada (rank in last year's World Championships: 3)
Last world champion (2011): Germany
Scheduled date for Final A: Wednesday, 1 August

MEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT EVENTS

Doubles (LM2x):

1 New Zealand, 2 Great Britain, 3 Italy,
4 France, 5 Germany, 6 Denmark

Total number of entries: 20
Defending Olympic champion (2008) and last world champion (2011): Great Britain
Scheduled date for Final A: Saturday, 4 August

Fours (LM4-):

1 Great Britain, 2 Denmark, 3 Australia,
4 China, 5 Italy, 6 Germany

Total number of entries: 13
Defending Olympic champion (2008): Denmark (rank in last year's World Championships: 5)
Last world champion (2011): Australia
Scheduled date for Final A: Thursday, 2 August

WOMEN'S SCULLING EVENTS

Singles (W1x):

1 Belarus, 2 Czech Republic, 3 New Zealand,
4 China, 5 Sweden, 6 Great Britain

Total number of entries: 25
Defending Olympic champion (2008): Bulgaria (now absent)
Last world champion (2011): Czech Republic
Scheduled date for Final A: Saturday, 4 August

Doubles (W2x):

1 Great Britain, 2 Australia, 3 Poland,
4 Germany, 5 New Zealand, 6 Czech Republic

Total number of entries: 13
Defending Olympic champion (2008): New Zealand (rank in last year's World Championships: 3)
Last world champion (2011): Great Britain
Scheduled date for Final A: Friday, 3 August

Quads (W4x):

1 Germany, 2 Ukraine, 3 Great Britain,
4 United States, 5 New Zealand, 6 China

Total number of entries: 8
Defending Olympic champion (2008): China (rank in last year's World Championships: 5)
Last world champion (2011): Germany
Scheduled date for Final A: Wednesday, 1 August

WOMEN'S SWEEPING EVENTS

Pairs (W2-):

1 New Zealand, 2 Great Britain, 3 United States,
4 Australia, 5 Romania, 6 China

Total number of entries: 10
Defending Olympic champion (2008): Romania (rank in last year's World Championships: 5)
Last world champion (2011): New Zealand
Scheduled date for Final A: Wednesday, 1 August

Eights (W8+):

1 United States, 2 Canada, 3 Romania,
4 Great Britain, 5 Netherlands, 6 Germany

Total number of entries: 7
Defending Olympic champion (2008) and last world champion (2011): United States
Scheduled date for Final A: Thursday, 2 August

WOMEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT EVENTS

Doubles (LW2x):

1 Greece, 2 Great Britain, 3 Canada,
4 Germany, 5 United States, 6 China

Total number of entries: 10
Defending Olympic champion (2008): Netherlands (rank in last year's World Championships: 9)
Last world champion (2011): Greece
Scheduled date for Final A: Saturday, 4 August

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