Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

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Men's coxless four
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Date13–19 October
Competitors45 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Frank Forberger
Frank Rühle
Dieter Grahn
Dieter Schubert
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Zoltán Melis
József Csermely
György Sarlós
Antal Melis
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg Renato Bosatta
Pier Conti-Manzini
Tullio Baraglia
Abramo Albini
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  1964
1972  

The men's coxless four competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course, Mexico. [1]

Contents

Competition format

This rowing competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and finals), as well as a repechage round that allowed teams that did not win their heats to advance to the final. All races were 2,000 metres in distance.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 6:54.62Q
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:57.68R
3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7:08.82R
4Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 7:14.44R
5Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 7:14.74R
6Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 7:21.84R

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:44.72Q
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:53.11R
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:58.02R
4Flag of France.svg  France 7:00.05R
5Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 7:15.18R

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:31.98Q
2Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 6:32.56Q
3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6:33.35C
4Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 7:02.92C

Repechage heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:39.78Q
2Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:40.75Q
3Flag of France.svg  France 6:44.06C
4Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 6:44.71C
5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark STC

Finals

Classification 7–11

RankRowersNationTime
7Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 6:50.13
8Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 6:53.21
9Flag of France.svg  France 6:53.71
10Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:20.31
11Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union DNS

Final

RankRowersNationTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 6:39.18
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:41.64
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:44.01
4Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:45.78
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:47.70
6Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 7:08.22

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References

  1. "Rowing at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2018.