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

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Men's coxless four
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tom James
Steve Williams
Pete Reed
Andrew Triggs Hodge
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Matt Ryan
James Marburg
Cameron McKenzie-McHarg
Francis Hegerty
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Julien Desprès
Benjamin Rondeau
Germain Chardin
Dorian Mortelette
Flag of France.svg  France
  2004
2012  

Men's coxless four competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 9 and 16, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. [1]

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. The competition consists 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 remaining boats going to the repechage. A single repechage heat was held, with the top three boats from that heat also advancing to the A/B semifinal. The lone remaining boat, placing fourth in the repechage, received a final rank of 13th of the 13 boats competing.

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
Saturday, August 9, 200817:30-18:00 Heats
Monday, August 11, 200817:30-17:40 Repechage
Wednesday, August 13, 200816:50-17:10 Semifinals A/B
Friday, August 15, 200817:50-18:00 Final B
Saturday, August 16, 200817:30-17:40 Final A

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 James, Williams, Reed, Triggs Hodge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:00.59 SA/B
2 C. Mornati, Sartori, N. Mornati, Carboncini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:02.84 SA/B
3 Banks, Teti, Lanzone, Newlin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:03.96 SA/B
4 Zhang, Zhao, Guo, Song Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:09.64 R
5 Dzemyanenka, Lialin, Nosau, Kazubouski Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 6:12.63 R

Heat 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Cirkel, Vellenga, Gabriels, Vermeulen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:00.50 SA/B
2 Meyer, Dallinger, Murray, Bond Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:00.73 SA/B
3 T. Pirih, Rozman, Kolander, M. Pirih Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 6:03.78 SA/B
4 Gruber, Horvath, Bruncvik, Neffe Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6:10.36 R

Heat 3

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Ryan, Marburg, McKenzie, Hegerty Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:00.40 SA/B
2 Hauffe, Seifert, Kaeufer, Adamski Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:00.95 SA/B
3 Folan, Casey, Devlin, O'Neill Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 6:02.85 SA/B
4 Desprès, Rondeau, Chardin, Mortelette Flag of France.svg  France 6:05.00 R

Repechage

Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Gruber, Horvath, Bruncvik, Neffe Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 5:58.69 SA/B
2 Desprès, Rondeau, Chardin, Mortelette Flag of France.svg  France 6:00.01 SA/B
3 Dzemyanenka, Lialin, Nosau, Kazubouski Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 6:00.44 SA/B
4 Zhang, Zhao, Guo, Song Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:02.37

Semifinals A/B

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

Semifinal A/B 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 James, Williams, Reed, Triggs Hodge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5:54.77 FA
2 Ryan, Marburg, McKenzie, Hegerty Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 5:56.20 FA
3 Desprès, Rondeau, Chardin, Mortelette Flag of France.svg  France 5:56.73 FA
4 Meyer, Dallinger, Murray, Bond Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5:57.31 FB
5 Banks, Teti, Lanzone, Newlin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5:57.52 FB
6 Folan, Casey, Devlin, O'Neill Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 5:58.14 FB

Semifinal A/B 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 T. Pirih, Rozman, Kolander, M. Pirih Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 5:56.08 FA
2 Gruber, Horvath, Bruncvik, Neffe Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 5:58.02 FA
3 Hauffe, Seifert, Kaeufer, Adamski Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5:58.72 FA
4 Cirkel, Vellenga, Gabriels, Vermeulen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:02.46 FB
5 Dzemyanenka, Lialin, Nosau, Kazubouski Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 6:02.79 FB
6 C. Mornati, Sartori, N. Mornati, Carboncini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:05.21 FB

Final B

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Meyer, Dallinger, Murray, Bond Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:06.30
2 Cirkel, Vellenga, Gabriels, Vermeulen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:06.37
3 Banks, Teti, Lanzone, Newlin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:07.17
4 Folan, Casey, Devlin, O'Neill Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 6:07.97
5 C. Mornati, Sartori, N. Mornati, Carboncini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:08.77
6 Dzemyanenka, Lialin, Nosau, Kazubouski Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 6:12.54

Final A

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg James, Williams, Reed, Triggs Hodge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:06.57
Silver medal icon.svg Ryan, Marburg, McKenzie, Hegerty Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:07.85
Bronze medal icon.svg Desprès, Rondeau, Chardin, Mortelette Flag of France.svg  France 6:09.31
4 T. Pirih, Rozman, Kolander, M. Pirih Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 6:11.62
5 Gruber, Horvath, Bruncvik, Neffe Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6:16.56
6 Urban, Schmidt, Kaeufer, Hauffe Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:19.63

Australia took out an early lead and had were leading by about one boat length at the 500 m to go mark. At that point the favored British crew began to take back ground and took the lead with about 200 m to go, eventually winning by half a length. France came back from last at one point to grab the bronze.

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