Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls

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Men's quadruple sculls
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Date28 July – 2 August
Competitors60 from 15 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Andreas Hajek
Michael Steinbach
Stephan Volkert
André Willms
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Kjetil Undset
Per Sætersdal
Lars Bjønness
Rolf Thorsen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Bronze medal icon.svg Alessandro Corona
Gianluca Farina
Rossano Galtarossa
Filippo Soffici
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  1988
1996  

The men's quadruple sculls competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain. [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 (4th and 5th place in each heat) were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top three boats in the repechage advanced to the semifinals. The remaining three boats (4th, 5th, and 6th place in the repechage) were placed in the "C" final to compete for 13th through 15th places.

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 Germany.svg  Germany 5:45.65Q
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5:46.47Q
3Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 5:52.69Q
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5:56.00R
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5:57.18R

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of France.svg  France 5:47.80Q
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5:49.39Q
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 5:53.47Q
4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 5:54.13R
5Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:01.12R

Heat 3

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 5:46.83Q
2Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 5:47.16Q
3Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 5:49.15Q
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5:49.28R
5Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5:55.59R

Repechage

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5:56.98Q
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5:57.41Q
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 5:59.03Q
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5:59.47QC
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:00.52QC
6Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:02.96QC

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5:46.65QA
2Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 5:48.12QA
3Flag of France.svg  France 5:48.72QA
4Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 5:49.58QB
5Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:05.31QB
6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:05.87QB

Semifinal 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5:48.72QA
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 5:49.53QA
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5:50.12QA
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5:52.48QB
5Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 5:55.62QB
6Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5:58.77QB

Finals

Final C

RankRowersNationTime
13Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:08.92
14Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:13.75
15Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6:20.86

Final B

RankRowersNationTime
7Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 5:54.48
8Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5:55.06
9Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 5:56.44
10Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5:58.33
11Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:01.18
12Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:01.38

Final A

RankRowersNationTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 5:45.17
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Norway.svg  Norway 5:47.09
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 5:47.33
4Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 5:47.39
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5:48.92
6Flag of France.svg  France 5:54.80

Final classification

The following rowers took part: [1]

RankRowersCountry
Gold medal icon.svg Andreas Hajek
Michael Steinbach
Stephan Volkert
André Willms
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Kjetil Undset
Per Sætersdal
Lars Bjønness
Rolf Thorsen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Bronze medal icon.svg Alessandro Corona
Gianluca Farina
Rossano Galtarossa
Filippo Soffici
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Ueli Bodenmann
Alexander Rückstuhl
Beat Schwerzmann
Marc-Sven Nater
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Hans Keldermann
Ronald Florijn
Koos Maasdijk
Rutger Arisz
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Fiorenzo Di Giovanni
Fabrice LeClerc
Yves Lamarque
Samuel Barathay
Flag of France.svg  France
Valeriy Dosenko
Sergey Kinyakin
Mykola Chupryna
Girts Vilks
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
Keir Pearson
John Riley
Bob Kaehler
Chip McKibben
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Richard Powell
Hamish McGlashan
Robin Bakker
Jason Day
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
José Antonio Rodríguez
Melquiades Verduras
Bruno López
José Manuel Bermúdez
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Marek Gawkowski
Piotr Bujnarowski
Cezary Jędrzycki
Jarosław Janowski
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Dirk Crois
Alain Lewuillon
Tom Symoens
Wim Van Belleghem
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Mike Harris
Roger Brown
Guy Pooley
Peter Haining
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Günther Schuster
Walter Kaiser
Gert Port
Horst Nußbaumer
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Fredrik Hultén
Tommy Österlund
David Svensson
Per-Olof Claesson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

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