Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight coxless four

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Men's lightweight coxless four
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
Date6–11 August 2016
Competitors52 from 13 nations
Teams13
Winning time6:20.51
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Lucas Tramèr
Simon Schürch
Simon Niepmann
Mario Gyr
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Silver medal icon.svg Jacob Barsøe
Jacob Larsen
Kasper Winther Jørgensen
Morten Jørgensen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Bronze medal icon.svg Franck Solforosi
Thomas Baroukh
Guillaume Raineau
Thibault Colard
Flag of France.svg  France
  2012

The men's lightweight coxless four competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 6–11 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas. [1] This was the last time that this boat class competed, as FISA axed it after the 2017 World Rowing Championships with immediate effect.

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Stefano Oppo
Martino Goretti
Livio La Padula
Pietro Ruta
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:03.26SA/B
2 Jin Wei
Zhao Jingbin
Yu Chenggang
Wang Tiexin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:03.43SA/B
3 Lucas Tramèr
Simon Schürch
Simon Niepmann
Mario Gyr
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:03.52SA/B
4 Franck Solforosi
Thomas Baroukh
Guillaume Raineau
Thibault Colard
Flag of France.svg  France 6:07.31R
5 Jan Vetešník
Ondřej Vetešník
Jiří Kopáč
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6:39.95R

Heat 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Jacob Barsøe
Jacob Larsen
Kasper Winther Jørgensen
Morten Jørgensen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 5:58.21SA/B
2 Chris Bartley
Mark Aldred
Jono Clegg
Peter Chambers
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:01.27SA/B
3 Spyridon Giannaros
Panagiotis Magdanis
Stefanos Ntouskos
Ioannis Petrou
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6:05.27SA/B
4 Jonathan Koch
Lars Wichert
Tobias Franzmann
Lucas Schäfer
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:14.87R

Heat 3

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 James Lassche
Peter Taylor
Alistair Bond
James Hunter
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:03.34SA/B
2 Robin Prendes
Anthony Fahden
Edward King
Tyler Nase
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:05.61SA/B
3 Joris Pijs
Tim Heijbrock
Jort van Gennep
Björn van den Ende
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:07.88SA/B
4 Maxwell Lattimer
Brendan Hodge
Nicolas Pratt
Eric Woelfl
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:19.44R

Repechage

First three of heat qualify to the semifinals.

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Franck Solforosi
Thomas Baroukh
Guillaume Raineau
Thibault Colard
Flag of France.svg  France 6:01.18SA/B
2 Jonathan Koch
Lars Wichert
Tobias Franzmann
Lucas Schäfer
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:03.29SA/B
3 Jan Vetešník
Ondřej Vetešník
Jiří Kopáč
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6:04.30SA/B
4 Maxwell Lattimer
Brendan Hodge
Nicolas Pratt
Eric Woelfl
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:05.35

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Stefano Oppo
Martino Goretti
Livio La Padula
Pietro Ruta
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:06.56FA
2 Franck Solforosi
Thomas Baroukh
Guillaume Raineau
Thibault Colard
Flag of France.svg  France 6:07.32FA
3 James Lassche
Peter Taylor
Alistair Bond
James Hunter
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:08.96FA
4 Chris Bartley
Mark Aldred
Jono Clegg
Peter Chambers
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:10.46FB
5 Joris Pijs
Tim Heijbrock
Jort van Gennep
Björn van den Ende
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:12.87FB
6 Jonathan Koch
Lars Wichert
Tobias Franzmann
Lucas Schäfer
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:18.43FB

Semifinal 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Lucas Tramèr
Simon Schürch
Simon Niepmann
Mario Gyr
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:17.85FA
2 Jacob Barsøe
Jacob Larsen
Kasper Winther Jørgensen
Morten Jørgensen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:19.62FA
3 Spyridon Giannaros
Panagiotis Magdanis
Stefanos Ntouskos
Ioannis Petrou
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6:23.95FA
4 Robin Prendes
Anthony Fahden
Edward King
Tyler Nase
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:26.82FB
5 Jin Wei
Zhao Jingbin
Yu Chenggang
Wang Tiexin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:27.27FB
6 Jan Vetešník
Ondřej Vetešník
Jiří Kopáč
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6:33.43FB

Final

Final B

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1 Chris Bartley
Mark Aldred
Jono Clegg
Peter Chambers
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:31.54
2 Jin Wei
Zhao Jingbin
Yu Chenggang
Wang Tiexin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:32.78
3 Jonathan Koch
Lars Wichert
Tobias Franzmann
Lucas Schäfer
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:35.83
4 Robin Prendes
Anthony Fahden
Edward King
Tyler Nase
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:36.93
5 Joris Pijs
Tim Heijbrock
Jort van Gennep
Björn van den Ende
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:37.28
6 Jan Vetešník
Ondřej Vetešník
Jiří Kopáč
Miroslav Vraštil Jr.
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6:43.52

Final A

The medals for the competition were presented by Denis Oswald, Switzerland, member of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Matt Smith, United States of America, executive director of the International Rowing Federation.

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Lucas Tramèr
Simon Schürch
Simon Niepmann
Mario Gyr
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:20.51
Silver medal icon.svg Jacob Barsøe
Jacob Larsen
Kasper Winther Jørgensen
Morten Jørgensen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:21.97
Bronze medal icon.svg Franck Solforosi
Thomas Baroukh
Guillaume Raineau
Thibault Colard
Flag of France.svg  France 6:22.85
4 Stefano Oppo
Martino Goretti
Livio La Padula
Pietro Ruta
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:25.52
5 James Lassche
Peter Taylor
Alistair Bond
James Hunter
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:28.14
6 Spyridon Giannaros
Panagiotis Magdanis
Stefanos Ntouskos
Ioannis Petrou
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6:36.47

Aftermath

This was the last time the Danish Gold Four competed, as they did not nominate their boat for the 2017 World Rowing Championships. [2]

To achieve gender equality in rowing, FISA suggested early in 2017 to drop the lightweight men's four from the Olympic programme, and the recommendation was adopted by the executive board of the International Olympic Committee in June 2017. [3] Shortly after the 2017 championships, the FISA council voted to remove the lightweight men's four from the world championships with immediate effect. [4]

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