 In the final they met the British four of Cracknell, Pinsent, Redgrave and Ed Coode who foreshadowed what was planned for the Olympic Games and took the gold with Geoff Stewart and the Australians winning silver.Dodwell, Hanson and the two Stewart brothers held their seats and their combination into the 2000 Olympic year.They raced at two World Rowing Cups in Europe and then at the Sydney 2000 Olympics they again came up against the same champion British four they'd met in 1998.