2023 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless four

Men's coxless four at the 2023 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Lake Sava
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Dates	4 September – 9 September
Competitors	64 from 16 nations
Winning time	6:04.35
Medalists
Oliver Wilkes David Ambler Matthew Aldridge Freddie Davidson    Great Britain   Justin Best Nicholas Mead Michael Grady Liam Corrigan    United States   Ollie Fitzroy Maclean Logan Ullrich Tom Murray Matt Macdonald    New Zealand
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The men's coxless four competition at the 2023 World Rowing Championships took place at Lake Sava, in Belgrade. ^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Monday 4 September 2023	11:09	Heats
Tuesday 5 September 2023	12:15	Repechages
Thursday 7 September 2023	11:15	Semifinals A/B
Saturday 9 September 2023	10:33	Final C
	12:00	Final B
	14:54	Final A

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Justin Best Nicholas Mead Michael Grady Liam Corrigan	United States	6:01.51	SA/B
2	Alexander Hill Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Purnell	Australia	6:03.76	SA/B
3	Maksym Boklazhenko Mykola Mazur Oleh Kravchenko Serhiy Hryn	Ukraine	6:08.37	R
4	Joel Schürch Tim Roth Patrick Brunner Kai Schätzle	Switzerland	6:13.74	R
5	Henry Torr Luc Daffarn James Mitchell Sandro Torrente	South Africa	6:17.06	R
6	Fionnan Mc Quillan-Tolan Adam Murphy Jack Dorney John Kearney	Ireland	6:22.23	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Oliver Wilkes David Ambler Matthew Aldridge Freddie Davidson	Great Britain	6:03.65	SA/B
2	Thibaud Turlan Guillaume Turlan Benoit Brunet Teo Rayet	France	6:06.00	SA/B
3	Mihaita Tiganescu Mugurel Vasile Semciuc Stefan Berariu Florin Lehaci	Romania	6:07.99	R
4	Paolo Covini Alessandro Bonamoneta Davide Verità Alfonso Scalzone	Italy	6:12.39	R
5	Magnus Valbirk Kaare Mortensen Christian Soendergaard Bastian Secher	Denmark	6:16.49	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Niki van Sprang Ruben Knab Ralf Rienks Rik Rienks	Netherlands	5:59.50	SA/B
2	Ollie Fitzroy Maclean Logan Ullrich Tom Murray Matt Macdonald	New Zealand	6:00.41	SA/B
3	Łukasz Posyłajka Mateusz Wilangowski Mikołaj Burda Michał Szpakowski	Poland	6:09.59	R
4	Theis Hagemeister Malte Großmann Mark Hinrichs Soenke Kruse	Germany	6:10.83	R
5	Li Wenlei Chen Xianfeng Xu Qiao Cai Pengpeng	China	6:13.52	R

Repechages

The three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the AB semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final. ^[3]

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mihaita Tiganescu Mugurel Vasile Semciuc Stefan Berariu Florin Lehaci	Romania	5:54.48	SA/B
2	Maksym Boklazhenko Mykola Mazur Oleh Kravchenko Serhiy Hryn	Ukraine	5:55.61	SA/B
3	Magnus Valbirk Kaare Mortensen Christian Soendergaard Bastian Secher	Denmark	5:57.32	SA/B
4	Theis Hagemeister Malte Großmann Mark Hinrichs Soenke Kruse	Germany	5:57.56	FC
5	Fionnan Mc Quillan-Tolan Adam Murphy Jack Dorney John Kearney	Ireland	6:03.69	FC

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Paolo Covini Alessandro Bonamoneta Davide Verità Alfonso Scalzone	Italy	5:55.28	SA/B
2	Joel Schürch Tim Roth Patrick Brunner Kai Schätzle	Switzerland	5:55.51	SA/B
3	Henry Torr Luc Daffarn James Mitchell Sandro Torrente	South Africa	5:56.34	SA/B
4	Łukasz Posyłajka Mateusz Wilangowski Mikołaj Burda Michał Szpakowski	Poland	5:56.36	FC
5	Li Wenlei Chen Xianfeng Xu Qiao Cai Pengpeng	China	6:03.63	FC

Semifinals A/B

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

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Justin Best Nicholas Mead Michael Grady Liam Corrigan	United States	6:25.99	FA
2	Niki van Sprang Ruben Knab Ralf Rienks Rik Rienks	Netherlands	6:28.48	FA
3	Thibaud Turlan Guillaume Turlan Benoit Brunet Teo Rayet	France	6:30.40	FA
4	Paolo Covini Alessandro Bonamoneta Davide Verità Alfonso Scalzone	Italy	6:33.81	FB
5	Maksym Boklazhenko Mykola Mazur Oleh Kravchenko Serhiy Hryn	Ukraine	6:40.81	FB
6	Magnus Valbirk Kaare Mortensen Christian Soendergaard Bastian Secher	Denmark	6:44.85	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Oliver Wilkes David Ambler Matthew Aldridge Freddie Davidson	Great Britain	6:26.39	FA
2	Ollie Fitzroy Maclean Logan Ullrich Tom Murray Matt Macdonald	New Zealand	6:31.14	FA
3	Alexander Hill Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Purnell	Australia	6:38.28	FA
4	Mihaita Tiganescu Mugurel Vasile Semciuc Stefan Berariu Florin Lehaci	Romania	6:44.95	FB
5	Joel Schürch Tim Roth Patrick Brunner Kai Schätzle	Switzerland	6:47.32	FB
6	Henry Torr Luc Daffarn James Mitchell Sandro Torrente	South Africa	6:55.35	FB

Finals

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

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Łukasz Posyłajka Mateusz Wilangowski Mikołaj Burda Michał Szpakowski	Poland	5:58.76	13
2	Li Wenlei Chen Xianfeng Xu Qiao Cai Pengpeng	China	6:02.32	14
3	Fionnan Mc Quillan-Tolan Adam Murphy Jack Dorney John Kearney	Ireland	6:02.82	15
4	Theis Hagemeister Malte Großmann Mark Hinrichs Soenke Kruse	Germany	6:03.24	16

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Total rank
1	Mihaita Tiganescu Mugurel Vasile Semciuc Stefan Berariu Florin Lehaci	Romania	6:03.08	7
2	Joel Schürch Tim Roth Patrick Brunner Kai Schätzle	Switzerland	6:05.44	8
3	Paolo Covini Alessandro Bonamoneta Davide Verità Alfonso Scalzone	Italy	6:06.44	9
4	Henry Torr Luc Daffarn James Mitchell Sandro Torrente	South Africa	6:08.96	10
5	Maksym Boklazhenko Mykola Mazur Oleh Kravchenko Serhiy Hryn	Ukraine	6:10.68	11
6	Magnus Valbirk Kaare Mortensen Christian Soendergaard Bastian Secher	Denmark	6:11.07	12

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
	Oliver Wilkes David Ambler Matthew Aldridge Freddie Davidson	Great Britain	6:04.35
	Justin Best Nicholas Mead Michael Grady Liam Corrigan	United States	6:06.37
	Ollie Fitzroy Maclean Logan Ullrich Tom Murray Matt Macdonald	New Zealand	6:08.44
4	Niki van Sprang Ruben Knab Ralf Rienks Rik Rienks	Netherlands	6:12.38
5	Alexander Hill Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Purnell	Australia	6:20.09
6	Thibaud Turlan Guillaume Turlan Benoit Brunet Teo Rayet	France	6:24.94

References

1. "2023 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
2. "Men's four – Results summary Heats" (PDF). World Rowing. 4 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
3. "Men's four – Results summary Repechages" (PDF). World Rowing. 5 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
4. "Men's coxless four – Results summary Semifinals A/B" (PDF). World Rowing. 7 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
5. "Results Summary by Event Men's Coxless Four – Finals" (PDF). World Rowing. 9 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2023.