2018 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless four

Men's coxless four at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates	9–15 September
Competitors	76 from 19 nations
Winning time	5:44.74
Medalists
Joshua Hicks Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Hill    Australia   Matteo Castaldo Bruno Rosetti Matteo Lodo Marco Di Costanzo    Italy   Thomas Ford Jacob Dawson Adam Neill James Johnston    Great Britain
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The men's coxless four competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue. ^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 9 September 2018	16:19	Heats
Tuesday 11 September 2018	11:21	Repechages
Thursday 13 September 2018	12:30	Semifinals A/B
	15:33	Semifinals C/D
Saturday 15 September 2018	10:18	Final B
	12:46	Final A
	15:17	Final C
	16:05	Final D

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Results

Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages. ^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Bjorn van den Ende Tone Wieten Jasper Tissen Bram Schwarz	Netherlands	5:48.61	SA/B
2	Kyle Schoonbee David Hunt John Smith Sandro Torrente	South Africa	5:51.28	SA/B
3	Steffen Jensen Toger Rasmussen Joachim Sutton Tobias Kempf	Denmark	5:51.93	R
4	Alexander Richards Michael Clougher Nicholas Mead Dariush Aghai	United States	5:55.37	R
5	Nelson Martínez Francisco Lapostol Ignacio Abraham Oscar Vasquez	Chile	6:08.43	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Matteo Castaldo Bruno Rosetti Matteo Lodo Marco Di Costanzo	Italy	5:50.96	SA/B
2	Mihăiță Țigănescu Cosmin Pascari Ștefan Berariu Ciprian Huc	Romania	5:53.35	SA/B
3	Vadzim Lialin Dzmitry Vyberanets Ihar Pashevich Mikalai Sharlap	Belarus	5:55.92	R
4	Florian Walk Maximilian Kohlmayr Rudolph Querfeld Gabriel Hohensasser	Austria	6:01.73	R
5	Paul Jacquot Markus Kessler Augustin Maillefer Benjamin Hirsch	Switzerland	6:01.79	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Joshua Hicks Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Hill	Australia	5:52.65	SA/B
2	Felix Brummel Nico Merget Peter Kluge Felix Drahotta	Germany	5:54.76	SA/B
3	Jakub Grabmüller Matyáš Klang Petr Melichar Matej Tikal	Czech Republic	6:00.53	R
4	Angus McFarlane Matthew MacDonald Thomas Mackintosh Thomas Russel	New Zealand	6:02.49	R
5	Maksim Golubev Semen Yaganov Ivan Balandin Daniil Andrienko	Russia	6:05.61	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Thomas Ford Jacob Dawson Adam Neill James Johnston	Great Britain	5:51.41	SA/B
2	Zbigniew Schodowski Mateusz Wilangowski Mikołaj Burda Michał Szpakowski	Poland	5:54.13	SA/B
3	Benoît Demey Edouard Jonville Sean Vedrinelle Benoît Brunet	France	5:56.64	R
4	Maksym Boklazhenko Dmytro Hula Vladyslav Bogoiavlenskyi Oleksii Tymoshenko	Ukraine	6:07.85	R

Repechages

The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals. ^[3]

Repechage 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Vadzim Lialin Dzmitry Vyberanets Ihar Pashevich Mikalai Sharlap	Belarus	5:50.90	SA/B
2	Maksym Boklazhenko Dmytro Hula Vladyslav Bogoiavlenskyi Oleksii Tymoshenko	Ukraine	5:51.56	SA/B
3	Angus McFarlane Matthew MacDonald Thomas Mackintosh Thomas Russel	New Zealand	5:53.09	SC/D
4	Steffen Jensen Toger Rasmussen Joachim Sutton Tobias Kempf	Denmark	5:54.28	SC/D
5	Maksim Golubev Semen Yaganov Ivan Balandin Daniil Andrienko	Russia	5:56.51	SC/D
6	Nelson Martínez Francisco Lapostol Ignacio Abraham Oscar Vasquez	Chile	5:58.68	SC/D

Repechage 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jakub Grabmüller Matyáš Klang Petr Melichar Matej Tikal	Czech Republic	5:52.87	SA/B
2	Paul Jacquot Markus Kessler Augustin Maillefer Benjamin Hirsch	Switzerland	5:53.47	SA/B
3	Alexander Richards Michael Clougher Nicholas Mead Dariush Aghai	United States	5:56.07	SC/D
4	Benoit Demey Edouard Jonville Sean Vedrinelle Benoît Brunet	France	5:56.23	SC/D
5	Florian Walk Maximilian Kohlmayr Rudolph Querfeld Gabriel Hohensasser	Austria	6:06.55	SC/D

Semifinals C/D

All but the slowest boat in each semi were sent to the C final. The slowest boats were sent to the D final. ^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Florian Walk Maximilian Kohlmayr Rudolph Querfeld Gabriel Hohensasser	Austria	6:05.67	FC
2	Benoit Demey Edouard Jonville Sean Vedrinelle Benoît Brunet	France	6:07.85	FC
3	Angus McFarlane Matthew MacDonald Thomas Mackintosh Thomas Russel	New Zealand	6:07.91	FC
4	Nelson Martínez Francisco Lapostol Ignacio Abraham Oscar Vasquez	Chile	6:12.47	FD

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Alexander Richards Michael Clougher Nicholas Mead Dariush Aghai	United States	6:02.40	FC
2	Maksim Golubev Semen Yaganov Ivan Balandin Daniil Andrienko	Russia	6:05.05	FC
3	Steffen Jensen Toger Rasmussen Joachim Sutton Tobias Kempf	Denmark	6:08.78	FD

Semifinals A/B

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final. ^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Joshua Hicks Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Hill	Australia	5:57.99	FA
2	Bjorn van den Ende Tone Wieten Jasper Tissen Bram Schwarz	Netherlands	5:58.84	FA
3	Mihăiță Țigănescu Cosmin Pascari Ștefan Berariu Ciprian Huc	Romania	6:00.08	FA
4	Zbigniew Schodowski Mateusz Wilangowski Mikołaj Burda Michał Szpakowski	Poland	6:04.00	FB
5	Vadzim Lialin Dzmitry Vyberanets Ihar Pashevich Mikalai Sharlap	Belarus	6:15.85	FB
6	Paul Jacquot Markus Kessler Augustin Maillefer Benjamin Hirsch	Switzerland	6:17.04	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Matteo Castaldo Bruno Rosetti Matteo Lodo Marco Di Costanzo	Italy	6:01.74	FA
2	Thomas Ford Jacob Dawson Adam Neill James Johnston	Great Britain	6:03.40	FA
3	Felix Brummel Nico Merget Peter Kluge Felix Drahotta	Germany	6:04.44	FA
4	Kyle Schoonbee David Hunt John Smith Sandro Torrente	South Africa	6:08.00	FB
5	Jakub Grabmüller Matyáš Klang Petr Melichar Matej Tikal	Czech Republic	6:11.39	FB
6	Maksym Boklazhenko Dmytro Hula Vladyslav Bogoiavlenskyi Oleksii Tymoshenko	Ukraine	6:24.18	FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals. ^[5]

Final D

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Toger Rasmussen Steffen Jensen Tobias Kempf Joachim Sutton	Denmark	6:02.66
2	Nelson Martínez Francisco Lapostol Ignacio Abraham Oscar Vasquez	Chile	6:03.52

Final C

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Alexander Richards Michael Clougher Nicholas Mead Dariush Aghai	United States	5:48.74
2	Benoit Demey Edouard Jonville Sean Vedrinelle Benoît Brunet	France	5:51.26
3	Angus McFarlane Matthew MacDonald Thomas Mackintosh Thomas Russel	New Zealand	5:53.19
4	Florian Walk Maximilian Kohlmayr Rudolph Querfeld Gabriel Hohensasser	Austria	5:54.80
5	Maksim Golubev Semen Yaganov Ivan Balandin Daniil Andrienko	Russia	5:58.36

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Zbigniew Schodowski Mateusz Wilangowski Mikołaj Burda Michał Szpakowski	Poland	5:50.87
2	Vadzim Lialin Dzmitry Vyberanets Ihar Pashevich Mikalai Sharlap	Belarus	5:52.24
3	Jakub Grabmüller Matyáš Klang Petr Melichar Matej Tikal	Czech Republic	5:52.78
4	Kyle Schoonbee David Hunt John Smith Sandro Torrente	South Africa	5:52.84
5	Paul Jacquot Markus Kessler Augustin Maillefer Benjamin Hirsch	Switzerland	6:00.13
6	Maksym Boklazhenko Dmytro Hula Vladyslav Bogoiavlenskyi Oleksii Tymoshenko	Ukraine	6:04.81

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Joshua Hicks Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Hill	Australia	5:44.74
	Matteo Castaldo Bruno Rosetti Matteo Lodo Marco Di Costanzo	Italy	5:44.99
	Thomas Ford Jacob Dawson Adam Neill James Johnston	Great Britain	5:46.46
4	Bjorn van den Ende Tone Wieten Jasper Tissen Bram Schwarz	Netherlands	5:47.78
5	Mihăiță Țigănescu Cosmin Pascari Ștefan Berariu Ciprian Huc	Romania	5:50.71
6	Felix Brummel Nico Merget Peter Kluge Felix Drahotta	Germany	5:55.32

References

1. "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing . Retrieved 14 September 2018.
2. "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (M4-) Men's Four – Heat". World Rowing . Retrieved 14 September 2018.
3. "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (M4-) Men's Four – Repechage". World Rowing . Retrieved 14 September 2018.
4. "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (M4-) Men's Four - Semifinal". World Rowing . Retrieved 14 September 2018.
5. "2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | (M4-) Men's Four – Final". World Rowing . Retrieved 7 June 2019.