Meanwhile, New Zealand crews finished outside the placings in the men's quadruple sculls, women's double sculls and men's double sculls B finals on Thursday (Friday NZT). Rio Olympics 2016: NZ men's four miss medals, four NZ crews into rowing finalsSHAUN BOTTERILL/GETTY IMAGESThe men's lightweight four has missed out on a medal at the Rio Olympics as four other New Zealand rowing crews reached finals. STATE OF PLAY FOR NZ ROWERSFINALS* Men's pair - gold* Men's lightweight four - fifthB FINALS RESULTS* Men's double sculls - fifth* Women's double sculls - sixth* Men's quadruple sculls - fourthQUALIFIED FOR FINALS* Women's pair (Saturday NZT)* Women's lightweight double sculls (Saturday NZT)* Men's eights (Sunday NZT)* Women's eights (Sunday NZT)QUALIFIED FOR SEMIFINALS* Men's single sculls (Saturday NZT)* Women's single sculls (Saturday NZT)- Stuff, NZNSign up here for the Rio Olympics: Going for Gold newsletter Earlier, the women's pair, women's lightweight double sculls and both the men's and women's eight boats qualified for finals. READ MORE:* Back-to-back Olympics golds for Bond, Murray* Stuff's Rio Olympics guide to NZers in action* Rio Olympics: Check out the medal table* Rio Olympics: Meet the New Zealand team* Stuff's Rio Olympics newsletter: Sign up hereNew Zealand could not make inroads in the last 1000m, finishing 7.63 seconds back of gold medallists Switzerland and 5.29 second off bronze medallists France in 6 minutes 28.14 seconds.

Source: Stuff August 11, 2016 13:17 UTC