Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

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Men's coxless four
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Regattastrecke Oberschleissheim Zielbereich.jpg
Aerial view of the venue in Oberschleißheim
Venue Oberschleißheim Regatta Course
Date27 August – 2 September
Competitors80; (20 teams) from 20 nations
Winning time6:24.27
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Frank Forberger
Frank Rühle
Dieter Grahn
Dieter Schubert
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Dick Tonks
Dudley Storey
Ross Collinge
Noel Mills
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Bronze medal icon.svg Joachim Ehrig
Peter Funnekötter
Franz Held
Wolfgang Plottke
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
  1968
1976  

The men's coxless four competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from 27 August to 2 September at the Olympic Reggatta Course in Oberschleißheim. [1]

Results

Heats

Winner of each heat (green) qualify to the semifinal round, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

RankRowerCountryTime
1 Emeric Tuşa
Adalbert Agh
Mihai Naumencu
Francisc Papp
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 6:49.11
2 Ole Nafstad
Tom Amundsen
Kjell Sverre Johansen
Svein Erik Nilsen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:53.27
3 Ian Gordon
Karel Jonker
Gregory Rokosh
Donald Curphey
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:02.34
4 Marko Mandič
Jože Berc
Jure Potočnik
Miloš Janša
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 7:05.00
5 Kim Ki-tae
Ham Il-nyon
Kim Un-son
Hong Song-su
Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 7:10.57

Heat 2

RankRowerCountryTime
1 Dick Tonks
Dudley Storey
Ross Collinge
Noel Mills
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:47.27
2 Hans-Jörg Bendiner
Walter Steiner
Thomas Macher
Kurt Baumann
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:55.81
3 Oscar de Andrés
José Manuel Bugia
Luciano Wilk
Tomás Forray
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 6:59.72
4 Csaba Czakó
András Kormos
József Csermely
Antal Melis
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 7:02.98
5 José Luis Morales
Arturo Figueroa
Arcadio Padilla
Juan López
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 7:20.00

Heat 3

RankRowerCountryTime
1 Frank Forberger
Dieter Grahn
Frank Rühle
Dieter Schubert
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 6:43.87
2 Fred Smallbone
Lenny Robertson
Jim Clark
Bill Mason
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:45.30
3 Joachim Ehrig
Peter Funnekötter
Franz Held
Wolfgang Plottke
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 6:47.53
4 Primo Baran
Angelo Rossetto
Pier Angelo Conti
Abramo Albini
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:53.85
5 Patrick Sellier
Roger Rouver
Gérard Chenuet
Yves Fraisse
Flag of France.svg  France 6:56.58

Heat 4

RankRowerCountryTime
1 Anatoliy Tkachuk
Igor Kashurov
Aleksandr Motin
Vitaly Sapronov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6:42.40
2 Willy Poulsen
Peter Fich Christiansen
Egon Pedersen
Rolf Andersen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:47.60
3 Biser Boyadzhiev
Borislav Vasilev
Nikolay Kolev
Metodi Khalvadzhiski
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 6:47.99
4 Charles Hewitt
William Miller
Richard Dreissigacker
James Moroney
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:57.05
5 Eralio Cabrera
Troadio Delgado
Ramón Luperón
Angel Serra
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7:07.61

Repechage

Top two finishers in each heat qualify to the semifinal round.

Repechage 1

RankRowerCountryTime
1 Joachim Ehrig
Peter Funnekötter
Franz Held
Wolfgang Plottke
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 6:58.10
2 Willy Poulsen
Peter Fich Christiansen
Egon Pedersen
Rolf Andersen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:04.37
3 Csaba Czakó
András Kormos
József Csermely
Antal Melis
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 7:16.06
4 Kim Ki-Tae
Ham Il-Nyon
Kim Un-Son
Hong Song-Su
Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 7:18.30

Repechage 2

RankRowerCountryTime
1 Fred Smallbone
Lenny Robertson
Jim Clark
Bill Mason
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:06.79
2 Eralio Cabrera
Troadio Delgado
Ramón Luperón
Angel Serra
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7:11.23
3 Oscar de Andrés
José Manuel Bugia
Luciano Wilk
Tomás Forray
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 7:12.74
4 Marko Mandič
Jože Berc
Jure Potočnik
Miloš Janša
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 7:18.18

Repechage 3

RankRowerCountryTime
1 Hans-Jörg Bendiner
Walter Steiner
Thomas Macher
Kurt Baumann
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 7:03.31
2 Ian Gordon
Karel Jonker
Gregory Rokosh
Donald Curphey
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:06.90
3 Patrick Sellier
Roger Rouver
Gérard Chenuet
Yves Fraisse
Flag of France.svg  France 7:09.33
4 Charles Hewitt
William Miller
Richard Dreissigacker
James Moroney
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:13.95

Repechage 4

RankRowerCountryTime
1 Primo Baran
Angelo Rossetto
Pier Angelo Conti
Abramo Albini
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:00.65
2 Biser Boyadzhiev
Borislav Vasilev
Nikolay Kolev
Metodi Khalvadzhiski
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 7:02.69
3 Ole Nafstad
Tom Amundsen
Kjell Sverre Johansen
Svein Erik Nilsen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:03.08
4 José Luis Morales
Arturo Figueroa
Arcadio Padilla
Juan López
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 7:32.31

Semifinals

Semifinal A/B

First three qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1
RankRowerCountryTime
1 Dick Tonks
Dudley Storey
Ross Collinge
Noel Mills
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7:03.99
2 Frank Forberger
Dieter Grahn
Frank Rühle
Dieter Schubert
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 7:06.88
3 Joachim Ehrig
Peter Funnekötter
Franz Held
Wolfgang Plottke
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 7:10.56
4 Ian Gordon
Karel Jonker
Gregory Rokosh
Donald Curphey
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:13.61
5 Primo Baran
Angelo Rossetto
Pier Angelo Conti
Abramo Albini
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:14.20
6 Eralio Cabrera
Troadio Delgado
Ramón Luperón
Angel Serra
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7:36.30
Semifinal 2
RankRowerCountryTime
1 Emeric Tuşa
Adalbert Agh
Mihai Naumencu
Francisc Papp
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 7:12.50
2 Willy Poulsen
Peter Fich Christiansen
Egon Pedersen
Rolf Andersen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:16.01
3 Anatoliy Tkachuk
Igor Kashurov
Aleksandr Motin
Vitaly Sapronov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7:16.59
4 Fred Smallbone
Lenny Robertson
Jim Clark
Bill Mason
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:22.21
5 Hans-Jörg Bendiner
Walter Steiner
Thomas Macher
Kurt Baumann
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 7:23.87
6 Biser Boyadzhiev
Borislav Vasilev
Nikolay Kolev
Metodi Khalvadzhiski
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 7:24.93

Finals

Final B

RankRowerCountryTime
1 Fred Smallbone
Lenny Robertson
Jim Clark
Bill Mason
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:52.89
2 Biser Boyadzhiev
Borislav Vasilev
Nikolay Kolev
Metodi Khalvadzhiski
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 6:54.54
3 Ian Gordon
Karel Jonker
Gregory Rokosh
Donald Curphey
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:57.18
4 Primo Baran
Angelo Rossetto
Pier Angelo Conti
Abramo Albini
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:57.59
5 Hans-Jörg Bendiner
Walter Steiner
Thomas Macher
Kurt Baumann
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:59.41
6 Eralio Cabrera
Troadio Delgado
Ramón Luperón
Angel Serra
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7:10.83

Final A

RankRowerCountryTime
Gold medal icon.svg Frank Forberger
Dieter Grahn
Frank Rühle
Dieter Schubert
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 6:24.27
Silver medal icon.svg Dick Tonks
Dudley Storey
Ross Collinge
Noel Mills
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:25.64
Bronze medal icon.svg Joachim Ehrig
Peter Funnekötter
Franz Held
Wolfgang Plottke
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 6:28.41
4 Anatoliy Tkachuk
Igor Kashurov
Aleksandr Motin
Vitaly Sapronov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6:31.92
5 Emeric Tuşa
Adalbert Agh
Mihai Naumencu
Francisc Papp
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 6:35.60
6 Willy Poulsen
Peter Fich Christiansen
Egon Pedersen
Rolf Andersen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:37.28

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References

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