Postcards - FRA

    Kirmann, Lehmann, Metzelaire,Schlewer,

                     cox Lapipe

Quote from The FISA Centenary Book (p. 54):

4+: 1. FRA  2. SUI  3. BEL  4. NED

Having been slightly outpaced in the preliminary heat,

the Frenchmen from Stasbourg avenged themselves

brilliantly. The "Cercle Nautique du Rhin" proved to be

very tough adversaries, rowing with perfect rhythm.

Their final spurt was remarkable. 

                                                      M8+ result OG Paris 1924

                         !. USA (L. Carpenter, H. Kingsbury, D. Lindley, John Miller, J. Rockefeller,

                                    F. Sheffield, B. Spock, A. Wilson, cox L. Stoddard)         6:33,4                                              

                       2. CAN (A. Bell, R. Hunter, W. Langford, H. Little, J. Smith, W. Snyder,

                                   N. Taylor, W.Wallace, cox I. Campbell)                         6:49,0

                       This was the largest margin ever in an Olympic M8+ final.