Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

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Men's coxless four
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Date20–25 September
Competitors61 from 15 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Roland Schröder
Ralf Brudel
Olaf Förster
Thomas Greiner
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Raoul Rodriguez
Thomas Bohrer
Richard Kennelly
David Krmpotich
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Guido Grabow
Volker Grabow
Norbert Keßlau
Jörg Puttlitz
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
  1984
1992  

The men's coxless four competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea. [1]

Competition format

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 15 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 5 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (9 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 6 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat, with the top three boats advancing to the semifinals and the remaining 3 boats (4th, 5th, and 6th placers in the repechage) being eliminated (13th, 14th, and 15th place overall). The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal (6 boats total) advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th. [2]

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 6:05.65Q
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:07.97Q
3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6:11.15Q
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6:19.12R
5Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6:39.28R

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:03.67Q
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:06.75Q
3Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 6:13.16Q
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:22.42R
5Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6:28.34R

Heat 3

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:06.52Q
2Flag of France.svg  France 6:08.76Q
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:17.24Q
4Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 6:29.61R
5Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 6:46.62R

Repechage

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6:14.52Q
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:16.88Q
3Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6:17.49Q
4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6:18.25
5Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 6:30.85
6Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 6:50.47

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 6:00.29QA
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6:03.25QA
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:03.85QA
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:06.60QB
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:14.96QB
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:22.35QB

Semifinal 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 6:04.17QA
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:06.75QA
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:07.71QA
4Flag of France.svg  France 6:10.36QB
5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6:16.28QB
6Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6:37.24QB

Finals

Final B

RankRowersNationTime
7Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:04.74
8Flag of France.svg  France 6:08.60
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:15.32
10Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6:16.41
11Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:16.74
12Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6:18.25

Final A

RankRowersNationTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 6:03.11
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 6:05.53
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany 6:06.22
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:06.74
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:09.55
6Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 11:03.77

Final classification

RankRowersCountry
Gold medal icon.svg Roland Schröder
Ralf Brudel
Olaf Förster
Thomas Greiner
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Raoul Rodriguez
Thomas Bohrer
Richard Kennelly
David Krmpotich
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Guido Grabow
Volker Grabow
Norbert Keßlau
Jörg Puttlitz
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
4 Mark Buckingham
Stephen Peel
Simon Berrisford
Peter Mulkerrins
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
5 Sergio Caropreso
Carlo Gaddi
Pasquale Marigliano
Valter Molea
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
6 Ivan Vysotskiy
Sergey Smirnov
Yuriy Pimenov
Nikolay Pimenov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
7 Campbell Clayton-Greene
Geoff Cotter
Bill Coventry
Neil Gibson
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
8 Pascal Bahuaud
Dominique Lecointe
Jean-Jacques Martigne
Olivier Pons
Flag of France.svg  France
9 Tjark de Vries
Johan Leutscher
Ralph Schwarz
Sven Schwarz
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
10 Folke Brundin
Per-Olof Claesson
Anders Larson
David Svensson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
11 Darby Berkhout
Gord Henry
John Ossowski
Bruce Robertson
Raymond Collier
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
12 Khristos Khristomanos
Georgios Fotou
Spyridon Gatos
Vasilios Lykomitros
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
13 José Luis Aguirre
Bartolomé Alarcón
Enrique Briones
José María Segurola
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
14 Marcos Arantes
Fernando Fantoni
Oswaldo Kuster Neto
Waldemar Trombetta
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil
15 Hong Jae-ho
Lee Hyung-ki
Yun Nam-ho
Yun Yong-ho
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea

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