Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight coxless four

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Men's lightweight coxless four
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Thomas Ebert
Morten Jørgensen
Mads Andersen
Eskild Ebbesen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Silver medal icon.svg Łukasz Pawłowski
Bartłomiej Pawełczak
Miłosz Bernatajtys
Paweł Rańda
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Bronze medal icon.svg Iain Brambell
Jon Beare
Mike Lewis
Liam Parsons
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  2004
2012  

Men's lightweight coxless four competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 10 to 17 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. [1]

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This rowing event is a sweep rowing event, meaning that each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. Four rowers crew each boat, and no coxswain is used. As a lightweight rowing event, rowers were limited to a maximum body mass of 72.5 kilograms each and 70 kilograms on average.

The competition consisted of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.

During the first round three heats were held. The top three boats in each heat advanced to the A/B semifinals, with the rest moving to the repechage. The repechage was a single heat, with the best three of the four competing boats moving on to the A/B semifinals as well. The fourth-place finisher in the repechage was given an overall ranking of 13th overall, out of the 13 boats in the competition.

Only A/B semifinals were held. For each of the two semifinal races, the top three boats moved on to the better of the two finals (the A final), while the bottom three boats went to the lesser of the two finals (the B final).

The third and final round was the Finals. Each final determined a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th. The B final gave rankings from 7th to 12th.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

DateTimeRound
Sunday, August 10, 200816:00-16:30 Heats
Tuesday, August 12, 200816:40-16:50 Repechage
Friday, August 15, 200816:10-16:30 Semifinals A/B
Saturday, August 16, 200814:50-15:00 Final B
Sunday, August 17, 200816:10-16:20 Final A

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B, 4..->R

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Huang, Wu, Zhang, Tian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5:51.30 SA/B
2 Chambers, Lindsay-Fynn, Mattick, Clarke Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5:52.38 SA/B
3 Chisholm, Edwards, Cureton, Skipworth Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 5:55.18 SA/B
4 van der Linden, Godschalk, Snijders, Drewes Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5:57.54 R
5 Zidan, Ramadan, Gad, Ibrahim Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 6:11.71 R

Heat 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Ebert, Jørgensen, Ebbesen, Andersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 5:50.12 SA/B
2 Brambell, Beare, Lewis, Parsons Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5:52.13 SA/B
3 Vlcek, Amarante, Amitrano, Mascarenhas Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5:54.12 SA/B
4 Altman, Daly, Todd, Paradiso Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5:56.54 R

Heat 3

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Seibt, Schoemann-Finck, J. Kühner, M. Kühner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5:50.16 SA/B
2 Solforosi, Raineau, Bette, Tilliet Flag of France.svg  France 5:51.68 SA/B
3 Pawłowski, Pawełczak, Bernatajtys, Rańda Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 5:52.06 SA/B
4 Moynihan, Coakley, Archibald, Griffin Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 5:52.32 R

Repechage

Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Moynihan, Towey, Archibald, Griffin Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 6:21.79 SA/B
2 van der Linden, Godschalk, Snijders, Drewes Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:25.25 SA/B
3 Altman, Daly, Todd, Paradiso Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:27.43 SA/B
4 Zidan, Ramadan, Gad, Ibrahim Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 6:37.50-

Semifinals A/B

Qualification Rules: 1-3->FA, 4..->FB

Semifinal A/B 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Pawłowski, Pawełczak, Bernatajtys, Rańda Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:06.60 FA
2 Brambell, Beare, Lewis, Parsons Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:07.86 FA
3 van der Linden, Godschalk, Snijders, Drewes Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:08.73 FA
4 Chisholm, Edwards, Cureton, Skipworth Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:12.38 FB
5 Huang, Wu, Zhang, Tian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:12.55 FB
Seibt, Schoemann-Finck, J. Kühner, M. Kühner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNS

Semifinal A/B 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Ebert, Jørgensen, Ebbesen, Andersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:05.75 FA
2 Solforosi, Raineau, Bette, Tilliet Flag of France.svg  France 6:07.26 FA
3 Chambers, Lindsay-Fynn, Mattick, Clarke Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:08.75 FA
4 Moynihan, Towey, Archibald, Griffin Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 6:13.85 FB
5 Vlcek, Amarante, Amitrano, Mascarenhas Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:14.73 FB
6 Altman, Daly, Todd, Paradiso Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:16.30 FB

Final B

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Vlcek, Amarante, Amitrano, Mascarenhas Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:03.12
2 Huang, Wu, Zhang, Tian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:04.48
3 Chisholm, Edwards, Cureton, Skipworth Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:05.26
4 Moynihan, Towey, Archibald, Griffin Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 6:06.02
5 Altman, Daly, Todd, Paradiso Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:07.79

Final A

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ebert, Jørgensen, Ebbesen, Andersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 5:47.76 OB
Silver medal icon.svg Pawłowski, Pawełczak, Bernatajtys, Rańda Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 5:49.39
Bronze medal icon.svg Brambell, Beare, Lewis, Parsons Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5:50.09
4 Solforosi, Raineau, Bette, Tilliet Flag of France.svg  France 5:51.22
5 Chambers, Lindsay-Fynn, Mattick, Clarke Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5:52.12
6 van der Linden, Godschalk, Snijders, Drewes Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5:54.06

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