The senior women's team race was won by Great Britain.

In the team race, each competing nation sent five athletes.

This makes Rivers a target, and the team race to find him.

It was the first time, that a team race was held at the Olympics.

Likewise on the women's side, only one other nation has won the long team race since 1991: Portugal, in 1994.

Austria easily won the team race with 18 points.

It was the closest team race in recent memory heading into the finals.

Consider the following situation in a 3-boat team race (the most common format).

The rules allowed for a team race but it was not held.

The performances of the top four athletes are used for the men's senior team race.