Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight coxless four

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Men's lightweight coxless four
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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Switzerland leading in heat 1
Venue Dorney Lake
Date28 July – 2 August
Competitors52 from 13 nations
Winning time6:02.84
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg James Thompson
Matthew Brittain
John Smith
Sizwe Ndlovu
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Silver medal icon.svg Peter Chambers
Rob Williams
Richard Chambers
Chris Bartley
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Kasper Winther Jørgensen
Morten Jørgensen
Jacob Barsøe
Eskild Ebbesen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
  2008
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The men's lightweight coxless four competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney. [1] [2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 28 July 201211:00Heats
Sunday, 29 July 201209:40Repechage
Tuesday, 31 July 201212:40Semifinals
Thursday 2 August 201210:00Final B
Thursday, 2 August 201212:10Final

Results

Heats

First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Schürch, Tramèr, Niepmann, Gyr Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 5:53.56Q
2 Thompson, Brittain, Smith, Ndlovu Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 5:54.62Q
3 Winther, Jørgensen, Barsøe, Ebbesen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 5:55.64Q
4 Danesin, Caianiello, Miani, Goretti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5:56.71R
5 Fahden, Newell, la Cava, Prendes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:02.42R

Heat 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Chambers, Williams, Chambers, Bartley Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 5:49.29Q
2 Edwards, Beltz, Cureton, Skipworth Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 5:51.18Q
3 Seibt, Wichert, Kühner, Kühner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5:52.05Q
4 Vetešník, Vetešník, Kopač, Vraštil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 5:52.69R

Heat 3

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Moutton, Solforosi, Baroukh, Moreau Flag of France.svg  France 5:50.79Q
2 Lievens, Heijbrock, Muda, Muda Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5:52.47Q
3 Yu, Huang, Zhang, Wang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5:52.58Q
4 Pawłowski, Siemion, Bernatajtys, Rańda Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 5:53.52R

Repechage

First three qualify to the semifinals.

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Fahden, Newell, la Cava, Prendes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:00.86Q
2 Danesin, Caianiello, Miani, Goretti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:01.66Q
3 Vetešník, Vetešník, Kopač, Vraštil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6:02.23Q
4 Pawłowski, Siemion, Bernatajtys, Rańda Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:04.46

Semifinals

First three qualify to the final.

Semifinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Chambers, Williams, Chambers, Bartley Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 5:59.68Q
2 Schürch, Tramèr, Niepmann, Gyr Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 6:00.97Q
3 Lievens, Heijbrock, Muda, Muda Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:01.37Q
4 Seibt, Wichert, Kühner, Kühner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:02.10
5 Fahden, Newell, la Cava, Prendes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:05.06
6 Vetešník, Vetešník, Kopač, Vraštil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6:06.85

Semifinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Winther, Jørgensen, Barsøe, Ebbesen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:03.53Q
2 Thompson, Brittain, Smith, Ndlovu Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 6:04.21Q
3 Edwards, Beltz, Cureton, Skipworth Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:05.31Q
4 Moutton, Solforosi, Baroukh, Moreau Flag of France.svg  France 6:06.90
5 Danesin, Caianiello, Miani, Goretti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:08.44
6 Yu, Huang, Zhang, Wang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:08.47

Finals

Final B

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Moutton, Solforosi, Baroukh, Moreau Flag of France.svg  France 6:08.37
2 Fahden, Newell, la Cava, Prendes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:09.23
3 Seibt, Wichert, Kühner, Kühner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:10.07
4 Yu, Huang, Zhang, Wang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:11.33
5 Vetešník, Vetešník, Kopač, Vraštil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6:11.49
6 Danesin, Caianiello, Miani, Goretti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:14.63

Final A

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Thompson, Brittain, Smith, Ndlovu Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 6:02.84
Silver medal icon.svg Chambers, Williams, Chambers, Bartley Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6:03.09
Bronze medal icon.svg Winther, Jørgensen, Barsøe, Ebbesen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:03.16
4 Edwards, Beltz, Cureton, Skipworth Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:04.05
5 Schürch, Tramèr, Niepmann, Gyr Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 6:09.30
6 Lievens, Heijbrock, Muda, Muda Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:11.39

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References

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