Coxed four at the Olympics

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Coxed four
at the Olympic Games
1912 British coxed fours Thames R. C..JPG
Coxed four at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Overview
SportRowing
GenderMen and women
Years heldMen: 1900, 19121992
Women: 19761988
Reigning champion
MenFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Iulică Ruican
Viorel Talapan
Dimitrie Popescu
Nicolae Țaga
Dumitru Răducanu (cox)
WomenFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Martina Walther
Gerlinde Doberschütz
Carola Hornig
Birte Siech
Sylvia Rose (cox)

The coxed four was a rowing event held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the second modern Olympics in 1900. It was not held in 1904 or 1908. It returned in 1912 with two versions: the standard one as well as one with inriggers (the only time that version was held). It continued to be held for men until it was removed from the programme following the 1992 Games, at which point it and the men's coxed pair were replaced with the men's lightweight double sculls and men's lightweight coxless four. The women's event was added when women's rowing was added to the Olympic programme in 1976. It was held each year through 1988, when it was replaced with the women's coxless four.

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Medalists

Men

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1900 Paris
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Flag of France.svg  France
Henri Bouckaert, Jean Cau, Émile Delchambre, Henri Hazebrouck, Charlot (cox)
Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Gustav Goßler, Oscar Goßler, Walther Katzenstein, Waldemar Tietgens, Carl Goßler (cox)
Flag of France.svg  France
Georges Lumpp, Charles Perrin, Daniel Soubeyran, Émile Wegelin, Unknown (cox)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Coenraad Hiebendaal, Geert Lotsij, Paul Lotsij, Johannes Terwogt, Hermanus Brockmann (cox)
Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Wilhelm Carstens, Julius Körner, Adolf Möller, Hugo Rüster, Gustav Moths [1] (cox), Max Ammermann (cox)
Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Ernst Felle, Otto Fickeisen, Carl Lehle, Hermann Wilker, Franz Kröwerath (cox)
1912 Stockholm
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Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Albert Arnheiter, Hermann Wilker, Rudolf Fickeisen, Otto Fickeisen, Karl Leister (cox)
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Julius Beresford, Karl Vernon, Charles Rought, Bruce Logan, Geoffrey Carr (cox)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Erik Bisgaard, Rasmus Frandsen, Mikael Simonsen, Poul Thymann, Ejgil Clemmensen (cox)
1920 Antwerp
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Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Willy Brüderlin, Max Rudolf, Paul Rudolf, Hans Walter, Paul Staub (cox)
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Erich Federschmidt, Franz Federschmidt, Carl Klose, Ken Myers, Sherm Clark (cox)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Per Gulbrandsen, Theodor Klem, Henry Larsen, Birger Var, Thoralf Hagen (cox)
1924 Paris
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Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Émile Albrecht, Alfred Probst, Eugen Sigg, Hans Walter, Émile Lachapelle (cox), Walter Loosli (cox)
Flag of France.svg  France
Eugène Constant, Louis Gressier, Georges Lecointe, Raymond Talleux, Marcel Lepan (cox)
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bob Gerhardt, Sid Jelinek, Ed Mitchell, Henry Welsford, John Kennedy (cox)
1928 Amsterdam
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Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy
Valerio Perentin, Giliante D'Este, Nicolò Vittori, Giovanni Delise, Renato Petronio (cox)
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Ernst Haas, Joseph Meyer, Otto Bucher, Karl Schwegler, Fritz Bösch (cox)
Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg  Poland
Franciszek Bronikowski, Edmund Jankowski, Leon Birkholc, Bernard Ormanowski, Bolesław Drewek (cox)
1932 Los Angeles
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Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany
Hans Eller, Horst Hoeck, Walter Meyer, Joachim Spremberg, Carlheinz Neumann (cox)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy
Riccardo Divora, Bruno Parovel, Giovanni Plazzer, Bruno Vattovaz, Guerrino Scher (cox)
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Jerzy Braun, Edward Kobyliński, Janusz Ślązak, Stanisław Urban, Jerzy Skolimowski (cox)
1936 Berlin
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Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany
Hans Maier, Walter Volle, Ernst Gaber, Paul Söllner, Fritz Bauer (cox)
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Hermann Betschart, Hans Homberger, Alex Homberger, Karl Schmid, Rolf Spring (cox)
Flag of France.svg  France
Fernand Vandernotte, Marcel Vandernotte, Jean Cosmat, Marcel Chauvigné, Noël Vandernotte (cox)
1948 London
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US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Warren Westlund, Bob Martin, Bob Will, Gordy Giovanelli, Allen Morgan (cox)
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Rudolf Reichling, Erich Schriever, Émile Knecht, Peter Stebler, André Moccand (cox)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Erik Larsen, Børge Raahauge Nielsen, Henry Larsen, Harry Knudsen, Ib Olsen (cox)
1952 Helsinki
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Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
Karel Mejta Sr, Jiří Havlis, Jan Jindra, Stanislav Lusk, Miroslav Koranda (cox)
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Rico Bianchi, Karl Weidmann, Heini Scheller, Émile Ess, Walter Leiser (cox)
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Carl Lovsted, Al Ulbrickson, Richard Wahlstrom, Matt Leanderson, Al Rossi (cox)
1956 Melbourne
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Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Alberto Winkler, Romano Sgheiz, Angelo Vanzin, Franco Trincavelli, Ivo Stefanoni (cox)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Olle Larsson, Gösta Eriksson, Ivar Aronsson, Evert Gunnarsson, Bertil Göransson (cox)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Kauko Hänninen, Reino Poutanen, Veli Lehtelä, Toimi Pitkänen, Matti Niemi (cox)
1960 Rome
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Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Gerd Cintl, Horst Effertz, Klaus Riekemann, Jürgen Litz, Michael Obst (cox)
Flag of France.svg  France
Robert Dumontois, Claude Martin, Jacques Morel, Guy Nosbaum, Jean Klein (cox)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Fulvio Balatti, Romano Sgheiz, Franco Trincavelli, Giovanni Zucchi, Ivo Stefanoni (cox)
1964 Tokyo
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Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Peter Neusel, Bernhard Britting, Joachim Werner, Egbert Hirschfelder, Jürgen Oelke (cox)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Renato Bosatta, Emilio Trivini, Giuseppe Galante, Franco De Pedrina, Giovanni Spinola (cox)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Lex Mullink, Jan van de Graaff, Freek van de Graaff, Bobbie van de Graaf, Marius Klumperbeek (cox)
1968 Mexico City
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Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Dick Joyce, Ross Collinge, Dudley Storey, Warren Cole, Simon Dickie (cox)
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany
Peter Kremtz, Manfred Gelpke, Roland Göhler, Klaus Jacob, Dieter Semetzky (cox)
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Denis Oswald, Peter Bolliger, Hugo Waser, Jakob Grob, Gottlieb Fröhlich (cox)
1972 Munich
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Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Peter Berger, Hans-Johann Färber, Gerhard Auer, Alois Bierl, Uwe Benter (cox)
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Dietrich Zander, Reinhard Gust, Eckhard Martens, Rolf Jobst, Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (cox)
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
Otakar Mareček, Karel Neffe, Vladimír Jánoš, František Provazník, Vladimír Petříček (cox)
1976 Montreal
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Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Vladimir Eshinov, Nikolay Ivanov, Mikhail Kuznetsov, Aleksandr Klepikov, Aleksandr Sema, Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox)
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Andreas Schulz, Rüdiger Kunze, Walter Dießner, Ullrich Dießner, Johannes Thomas (cox)
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Hans-Johann Färber, Ralph Kubail, Siegfried Fricke, Peter Niehusen, Hartmut Wenzel (cox)
1980 Moscow
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Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Dieter Wendisch, Walter Dießner, Ullrich Dießner, Gottfried Döhn, Andreas Gregor (cox)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Artūrs Garonskis, Dimants Krišjānis, Dzintars Krišjānis, Žoržs Tikmers, Juris Bērziņš (cox)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Grzegorz Stellak, Adam Tomasiak, Grzegorz Nowak, Ryszard Stadniuk, Ryszard Kubiak (cox)
1984 Los Angeles
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Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Martin Cross, Richard Budgett, Andy Holmes, Steve Redgrave, Adrian Ellison (cox)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Thomas Kiefer, Gregory Springer, Michael Bach, Edward Ives, John Stillings (cox)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Kevin Lawton, Don Symon, Barrie Mabbott, Ross Tong, Brett Hollister (cox)
1988 Seoul
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Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bernd Niesecke, Karsten Schmeling, Bernd Eichwurzel, Frank Klawonn, Hendrik Reiher (cox)
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Dimitrie Popescu, Ioan Snep, Vasile Tomoiagă, Valentin Robu, Ladislau Lovrenschi (cox)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Chris White, Ian Wright, Greg Johnston, George Keys, Andrew Bird (cox)
1992 Barcelona
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Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Iulică Ruican, Viorel Talapan, Dimitrie Popescu, Nicolae Țaga, Dumitru Răducanu (cox)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Ralf Brudel, Uwe Kellner, Thoralf Peters, Karsten Finger, Hendrik Reiher (cox)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Wojciech Jankowski, Maciej Łasicki, Jacek Streich, Tomasz Tomiak, Michał Cieślak (cox)

Multiple medalists

RankGymnastNationOlympicsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Hans Walter Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)1920–19242002
2 Ullrich Dießner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)1976–19801102
Walter Dießner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)1976–19801102
Dimitrie Popescu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)1988–19921102
Hendrik Reiher Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
1988–19921102
6 Romano Sgheiz Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1956–19601012
Ivo Stefanoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1956–19601012
Franco Trincavelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1956–19601012
Hans-Johann Färber Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)1972–19761012

Medalists by country

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)4127
2Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)2417
3Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)2305
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)2215
5Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)2002
6Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1315
7Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1225
8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)1102
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)1102
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)1102
11Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)1023
12Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)1012
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)1012
14Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0112
15Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0101
16Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)0044
17Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)0022
18Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)0011
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)0011

Women

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1976 Montreal
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Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Karin Metze, Bianka Schwede, Gabriele Lohs, Andrea Kurth, Sabine Heß (cox)
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Ginka Gyurova, Lilyana Vaseva, Reni Yordanova, Mariyka Modeva, Kapka Georgieva (cox)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Nadezhda Sevostyanova, Lyudmila Krokhina, Galina Mishenina, Anna Pasokha, Lidiya Krylova (cox)
1980 Moscow
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Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Ramona Kapheim, Silvia Fröhlich, Angelika Noack, Romy Saalfeld, Kirsten Wenzel (cox)
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva, Rita Todorova, Iskra Velinova, Nadiya Filipova (cox)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Mariya Fadeyeva, Galina Sovetnikova, Marina Studneva, Svetlana Semyonova, Nina Cheremisina (cox)
1984 Los Angeles
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Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Florica Lavric, Maria Fricioiu, Chira Apostol, Olga Bularda, Viorica Ioja (cox)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Marilyn Brain, Angela Schneider, Barbara Armbrust, Jane Tregunno, Lesley Thompson (cox)
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Robyn Grey-Gardner, Karen Brancourt, Susan Chapman, Margot Foster, Susan Lee (cox)
1988 Seoul
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Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Martina Walther, Gerlinde Doberschütz, Carola Hornig, Birte Siech, Sylvia Rose (cox)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Zhang Xianghua, Hu Yadong, Yang Xiao, Zhou Shouying, Li Ronghua (cox)
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Marioara Trașcă, Veronica Necula, Herta Anitaș, Doina Șnep-Bălan, Ecaterina Oancia (cox)

Multiple medalists

RankGymnastNationOlympicsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Ginka Gyurova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)1976–19800202

Medalists by country

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)3003
2Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)1012
3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)0202
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0101
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)0101
6Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)0022
7Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)0011

Men with Inriggers

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1912 Stockholm
details
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Ejler Allert, Christian Hansen, Carl Møller, Carl Pedersen, Poul Hartmann (cox)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Ture Rosvall, William Bruhn-Möller, Conrad Brunkman, Herman Dahlbäck, Leo Wilkens (cox)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Claus Høyer, Reidar Holter, Max Herseth, Frithjof Olstad, Olav Bjørnstad (cox)

References

  1. The German team changed the coxswain after the semi-final. Gustav Moths participated only in the semi-final and Max Ammermann participated in the final. However, the IOC medal database credits the gold medal only to Gustav Moths