1998 Nations Cup— Ioannina Greece
The 1998 regatta was conducted at Ioannina in Greece and were very successful for the Australians.
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Women's Four—Gold Medallists
Results—Women
Women's Single Scull
Final: 1st ITA 7:42.32, 2nd NOR 7:45.37, 3rd NED 7:45.79, 4th AUS 7:46.95, 5th ESP 7:58.40, 6th DEN 8:04.69
Jaye Reynolds raced consistently being in fourth place throughout the race. Whilst closing the margin on the third placed Dutch sculler, Jaye was unable to break through to a medal placing.
Women's Four
Final: 1st AUS 6:40.46, 2nd USA 6:46.89, 3rd GBR 6:49.24, 4th POL 6:50.33, 5th GER, 6th CAN 6:58.48
The Australians had a blistering fast first half of the race being 2.5 seconds in front at the 500m and 4.4 seconds at the 1000m. They extended the lead to 4.4 seconds at the 1500m and went on to win by 6.4 seconds.
Women's Four
Str: Diedre Coates, 3: Angela Heitman, 2: Emily Martin, Bow: Kristina Larsen
Women's Lightweight Double Scull
Final: 1st AUS 7:14.08, 2nd ITA 7:16.58, 3rd SUI 7:20.35, 4th CAN 7:25.32, 5th SWE 7:26.64, 6th ESP 7:27.47
The Australian double raced the first 1000m like their counterparts in the four taking a 4.3 second lead at the half way mark. The Italians fought back in the second half of the race but were unable to catch the Australians.
Christina Camiller
Women's Lightweight Single Scull
Australian Team
Men's Single Scull - Fourth
Matthew O'Callaghan (NSW)
Cch: Nick Garrett (WA)
Men's Quad Scull - Gold
Bow: Peter Hardcastle (NSW)
2: Stuart Reside (WA)
3: Martin Inglis (NSW)
Str: Shaun Coulton (QLD)
Cch: Nick Garrett (WA)
Men's Eight - Gold
Bow: Paul Myers (VIC)
2: Christian Ryan (VIC)
3: Nigel Sullivan (VIC)
4: Paul Gray (VIC)
5: Adam Woodward (NSW)
6: Stuart Welch (NSW)
7: Joseph Walsh (WA)
Str: Simon Gadsen (VIC)
Cox: Michael Toon (QLD)
Cch: Chris O'Brien (VIC)
Men's Lightweight Four - Fifth
Bow: Alex Headley (NSW)
2: Benjamin Clarsen
3: Jeremy Lawrence (QLD)
Str: Scott Fraser
Cch: Hanspeter Madritsch (NSW)
Women's Single Scull - Fourth
Jaye Reynolds (WA)
Cch: Rob Dallimore (WA)
Women's Double Scull - Eighth
Bow: Amber Bradley (WA)
Str: Jess Morrison (VIC)
Emerg: Jaime Kohleis
Cch: Rob Dalimore (WA)
Leith Johansen (NSW) Injured
NB: This crew was originally selected as a quad scull but due to injury, raced as a double scull.
Women's Four - Gold
Bow: Kristina Larsen (NSW)
2: Emily Martin (VIC)
3: Angela Heitman (VIC)
Str: Diedre Coates (NSW)
Cch: Adrian David (SA)
Women's Lightweight Scull - Seventh
Christina Camiller (VIC)
Cch: Peter Somerville (VIC)
Women's Lightweight Double Scull - Gold
Bow: Jillian Burston (VIC)
Str: Kisahn Lamshed (SA)
Cch: Stefan Tobler (SA)
Manager: Graham Tanner (ACT)
Selectors: Barbara Fenner (SA) & Dr John Rynne (QLD)
Results—Men
Men's Single Scull
Final: 1st SLO 6:54.59, 2nd FRA 6:57.92, 3rd CRO 6:59.18, 4th AUS 7:00.02, 5th GER 7:12.59, 6th EST 7:18.26
Matthew was in fourth place after the first 500m and came home strongly to be only 0.84 seconds off bronze.
Men's Quad Scull
Final: 1st AUS 6:08.85, 2nd GER 6:12.10, 3rd AUT 6:14.48, 4th DEN 6:17.06, 5th FRA 6:21.48, 6th ITA
The Australians were placed third through the first half of the race and had a good third 500 metre push to take the lead narrowly by the 1500m. They then pushed away to win comfortably in the end.
Men's Eight
Final: 1st AUS 5:53.97, 2nd USA 5:54.60, 3rd GER 6:03.86, 4th FRA 6:05.48, 5th GBR 6:06.70, 6th POL 6:10.92
The Australians led narrowly all the way in this tight encounter to take the gold medal.
Men's Lightweight Four
Final: 1st FRA 6:05.58, 2nd GRE 6:11.95, 3rd GER 6:12.20, 4th YUG 6:14.98, 5th AUS 6:16.76, 6th USA 6:17.99
The Australians were in third position through the half way mark but the Greeks had a strong third 500m pushing them to fourth placing and the Yugoslavs did the same in the last 500m leaving them in fifth place.