Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

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Men's coxless four
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue Krylatskoye Rowing Canal
Date20–27 July
Competitors44 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Siegfried Brietzke
Andreas Decker
Stefan Semmler
Jürgen Thiele
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Aleksey Kamkin
Valeriy Dolinin
Aleksandr Kulagin
Vitali Eliseev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg John Beattie
Ian McNuff
David Townsend
Martin Cross
Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain
  1976
1984  
The silver medalists RIAN archive 492350 Alexei Kamkin, Valery Dolinin, Alexei Kulagin, Vitaly Eliseyev.jpg
The silver medalists

The men's coxless four (M4-) rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held from 20 to 27 July. [1]

Contents

Heats

Winner of each heat advanced to final. The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the final.

Heat One

RankRowersCountryTime
1 Aleksey Kamkin, Valeriy Dolinin, Aleksandr Kulagin, Vitali Eliseev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)6:31.71
2 Vojtěch Caska, Jiří Prudil, Josef Neštický, Lubomír Zapletal Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)6:43.30
3 Georgi Georgiev, Lachezar Boychev, Kiril Kirchev, Valentin Stoev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)6:47.21
4 Jean-Pierre Bremer, Nicolas Lourdaux, Bernard Bruand, Dominique Basset Olympic flag.svg  France  (FRA)6:50.18
5 Mirosław Jarzembowski, Mariusz Trzciński, Henryk Trzciński, Marek Niedziałkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)6:55.28
6 Wenceslao Borroto, Ismael Carbonell, Jorge Álvarez, Hermenegildo Palacio Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)7:02.83

Heat Two

RankRowersCountryTime
1 Siegfried Brietzke, Andreas Decker, Stefan Semmler, Jürgen Thiele Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)6:19.93
2 Daniel Voiculescu, Carolică Ilieş, Petru Iosub, Nicolae Simion Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROM)6:32.16
3 Jürg Weitnauer, Bruno Saile, Hans-Konrad Trümpler, Stefan Netzle Olympic flag.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)6:32.74
4 John Beattie, Ian McNuff, David Townsend, Martin Cross Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)6:42.73
5 Kent Larsson, Pär Hurtig, Jan Nicklasson, Göran Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)6:49.78

Repechage

The top two teams in each repechage heat qualified for the final. [2]

Heat One

RankRowersCountryTime
1 Jürg Weitnauer, Bruno Saile, Hans-Konrad Trümpler, Stefan Netzle Olympic flag.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)6:16.07
2 Vojtěch Caska, Jiří Prudil, Josef Neštický, Lubomír Zapletal Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)6:18.49
3 Jean-Pierre Bremer, Nicolas Lourdaux, Bernard Bruand, Dominique Basset Olympic flag.svg  France  (FRA)6:19.21
4 Kent Larsson, Pär Hurtig, Jan Nicklasson, Göran Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)6:29.33
5 Wenceslao Borroto, Ismael Carbonell, Jorge Álvarez, Hermenegildo Palacio Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)6:40.84

Heat Two

RankRowersCountryTime
1 John Beattie, Ian McNuff, David Townsend, Martin Cross Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)6:12.71
2 Daniel Voiculescu, Carolică Ilieş, Petru Iosub, Nicolae Simion Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROM)6:13.31
3 Georgi Georgiev, Lachezar Boychev, Kiril Kirchev, Valentin Stoev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)6:22.57
4 Mirosław Jarzembowski, Mariusz Trzciński, Henryk Trzciński, Marek Niedziałkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)6:30.26

Finals

Finals A

RankRowersCountryTime
Gold medal icon.svg Siegfried Brietzke, Andreas Decker, Stefan Semmler, Jürgen Thiele Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)6:08.17
Silver medal icon.svg Aleksey Kamkin, Valeriy Dolinin, Aleksandr Kulagin, Vitali Eliseev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)6:11.81
Bronze medal icon.svg John Beattie, Ian McNuff, David Townsend, Martin Cross Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)6:16.58
4 Vojtěch Caska, Jiří Prudil, Josef Neštický, Lubomír Zapletal Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)6:18.63
5 Daniel Voiculescu, Carolică Ilieş, Petru Iosub, Nicolae Simion Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROM)6:19.45
6 Jürg Weitnauer, Bruno Saile, Hans-Konrad Trümpler, Stefan Netzle Olympic flag.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)6:26.46

Finals B

RankRowersCountryTime
7 Jean-Pierre Bremer, Nicolas Lourdaux, Bernard Bruand, Dominique Basset Olympic flag.svg  France  (FRA)6:19.06
8 Mirosław Jarzembowski, Mariusz Trzciński, Henryk Trzciński, Marek Niedziałkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)6:22.31
9 Georgi Georgiev, Lachezar Boychev, Kiril Kirchev, Valentin Stoev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)6:22.49
10 Kent Larsson, Pär Hurtig, Jan Nicklasson, Göran Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)6:23.61
11 Wenceslao Borroto, Ismael Carbonell, Jorge Álvarez, Hermenegildo Palacio Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)6:36.20

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References

  1. "Rowing at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  2. Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours Round One Repêchage. Sports Reference. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

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