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907:1:13.3
901:
881:1:13.1
875:
855:1:12.8
849:
829:1:12.7
825:Brazil
823:
803:1:12.6
797:
777:1:12.3
771:
754:1:12.3
748:
731:1:12.3
725:
705:1:12.1
699:
679:1:11.6
673:
647:1:11.4
641:
610:1:09.8
604:
580:Notes
574:Nation
532:Round
517:UTC+10
469:
465:
426:
421:
291:Tandem
279:Sprint
214:at the
177:
149:
121:
955:Chile
903:Japan
606:Italy
546:Final
541:20:00
529:Time
526:Date
446:Italy
442:Milan
123:Italy
53:Venue
1730:2004
1707:2000
1684:1996
1661:1992
1638:1988
1615:1984
1592:1980
1569:1976
1546:1972
1523:1968
1500:1964
1477:1960
1454:1956
1431:1952
1408:1948
1385:1936
1362:1932
1339:1928
1316:1896
1231:2020
1203:2014
577:Time
568:Rank
198:1960
193:1952
63:Date
1746:GBR
1723:GBR
1700:FRA
1677:ESP
1654:URS
1631:FRG
1608:GDR
1585:GDR
1562:DEN
1539:FRA
1516:BEL
1493:ITA
1470:ITA
1447:AUS
1424:FRA
1401:DEN
1378:AUS
1355:DEN
1332:FRA
473:AUS
430:ITA
348:in
308:men
296:men
284:men
272:men
255:men
243:men
1766::
1732::
1709::
1686::
1663::
1640::
1617::
1594::
1571::
1548::
1525::
1502::
1479::
1456::
1433::
1410::
1387::
1364::
1341::
1318::
1222:.
1211:^
1189:.
1145:22
1119:21
1070:19
1044:18
1018:17
992:16
966:15
940:14
914:13
888:12
862:11
836:10
615:OR
487:,
444:,
85:OR
1748:)
1744:(
1725:)
1721:(
1702:)
1698:(
1679:)
1675:(
1656:)
1652:(
1633:)
1629:(
1610:)
1606:(
1587:)
1583:(
1564:)
1560:(
1541:)
1537:(
1518:)
1514:(
1495:)
1491:(
1472:)
1468:(
1449:)
1445:(
1426:)
1422:(
1403:)
1399:(
1380:)
1376:(
1357:)
1353:(
1334:)
1330:(
1285:e
1278:t
1271:v
1233:.
1205:.
810:9
784:8
712:5
686:4
519:)
515:(
475:)
471:(
432:)
428:(
333:e
326:t
319:v
20:)
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