1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

Veirman started with a long, energetic spurt and, at the 500 met.mark, led by about half a length. Kinnear’s long stroke, with itsmasterly recovery, brought the representative of Great Britain levelwith the Belgian oarsmen at the kilometre mark, and very soonafterwards Kinnear was a length ahead. All the efforts of the Belgianwere fruitless, and Kinnear won safely in 7.4 7 3/s.Unfortunately, little attention was paid by the public to the OlympicRowing competitions, which, however, were the best of their kindhitherto seen. The reason of this is probably to be found in the fact,that the many preceding days of the Olympic Games, crowded asthey were with exciting events, had fatigued the public, which, at theperiod when the rowing competitions began, had been filled to repletionwith first-class sporting events.There was a very pleasant conclusion to the Olympic Rowing Regattaat Hasselbacken on the 20 July, when all the oarsmen and representativesof clubs from abroad, together with all the Swedish competitorsand officials taking part in the Regatta, were invited to a banquetgiven by the Olympic Rowing Committee.According to the official system of counting points, the relativeposition of the nations taking part in the rowing competitions was asfollows :Nation 1:st Prize 2:nd Prize PointsGreat BritainGermanyDenmarkSwedenBelgium676