Overview

• Giacomo Gentili, Andrea Panizza, Luca Rambaldi and Luca Chiumento formed the gold-medal boat.
• Italy led early and extended clear gaps: 1.61 seconds at 500 meters over Poland, 3.25 mid-race over the United States, and 1.45 at 1500 meters over Great Britain.
• Great Britain won silver and Poland bronze, while the reigning Olympic champions from the Netherlands did not race.
• The victory restores Italy to the summit seven years after the 2018 title that featured Gentili, Panizza and Rambaldi with Filippo Mondelli.
• Italy’s women’s pair of Laura Meriano and Alice Codato finished fourth in their final.