Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

The men's coxless four competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course, Mexico.[1]

Men's coxless four
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Date13–19 October
Competitors45 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Frank Forberger
Frank Rühle
Dieter Grahn
Dieter Schubert
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zoltán Melis
József Csermely
György Sarlós
Antal Melis
 Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Renato Bosatta
Pier Conti-Manzini
Tullio Baraglia
Abramo Albini
 Italy
← 1964
1972 →

Competition format

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This rowing competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and finals), as well as a repechage round that allowed teams that did not win their heats to advance to the final. All races were 2,000 metres in distance.

  • Heats: Two heats. With 11 boats entered, there were five or six boats per heat. The top boat in each heat (total of 2 boats) advanced directly to the final; all other boats (9 boats) went to the repechage.
  • Repechage: Two heats. There were four or five boats in each heat. The top two boats in each heat (total of 4 boats) advanced to the final. The remaining boats (5 boats) were sent to a 7th–11th place classification race.
  • Finals: A main final and a 7th–12th place classification race.

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   East Germany 6:54.62 Q
2   United States 6:57.68 R
3   Soviet Union 7:08.82 R
4   West Germany 7:14.44 R
5   Switzerland 7:14.74 R
6   Romania 7:21.84 R

Heat 2

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Hungary 6:44.72 Q
2   Italy 6:53.11 R
3   Denmark 6:58.02 R
4   France 7:00.05 R
5   Mexico 7:15.18 R

Repechage

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Repechage heat 1

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Italy 6:31.98 Q
2   West Germany 6:32.56 Q
3   Soviet Union 6:33.35 C
4   Mexico 7:02.92 C

Repechage heat 2

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   United States 6:39.78 Q
2   Switzerland 6:40.75 Q
3   France 6:44.06 C
4   Romania 6:44.71 C
5   Denmark ST C

Finals

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Classification 7–11

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Rank Rowers Nation Time
7   Romania 6:50.13
8   Mexico 6:53.21
9   France 6:53.71
10   Denmark 7:20.31
11   Soviet Union DNS

Final

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Rank Rowers Nation Time
    East Germany 6:39.18
    Hungary 6:41.64
    Italy 6:44.01
4   Switzerland 6:45.78
5   United States 6:47.70
6   West Germany 7:08.22

References

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  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2018.