Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

The men's coxless four competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea.[1]

Men's coxless four
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Date20–25 September
Competitors61 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Roland Schröder
Ralf Brudel
Olaf Förster
Thomas Greiner
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Raoul Rodriguez
Thomas Bohrer
Richard Kennelly
David Krmpotich
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Guido Grabow
Volker Grabow
Norbert Keßlau
Jörg Puttlitz
 West Germany
← 1984
1992 →

Competition format edit

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 15 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 5 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (9 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 6 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat, with the top three boats advancing to the semifinals and the remaining 3 boats (4th, 5th, and 6th placers in the repechage) being eliminated (13th, 14th, and 15th place overall). The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal (6 boats total) advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th.[2]

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results edit

Heats edit

Heat 1 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   East Germany 6:05.65 Q
2   Italy 6:07.97 Q
3   Soviet Union 6:11.15 Q
4   Sweden 6:19.12 R
5   Greece 6:39.28 R

Heat 2 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   United States 6:03.67 Q
2   New Zealand 6:06.75 Q
3   West Germany 6:13.16 Q
4   Canada 6:22.42 R
5   Spain 6:28.34 R

Heat 3 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Great Britain 6:06.52 Q
2   France 6:08.76 Q
3   Netherlands 6:17.24 Q
4   Brazil 6:29.61 R
5   South Korea 6:46.62 R

Repechage edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   Sweden 6:14.52 Q
2   Canada 6:16.88 Q
3   Greece 6:17.49 Q
4   Spain 6:18.25
5   Brazil 6:30.85
6   South Korea 6:50.47

Semifinals edit

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   East Germany 6:00.29 QA
2   Soviet Union 6:03.25 QA
3   Great Britain 6:03.85 QA
4   New Zealand 6:06.60 QB
5   Netherlands 6:14.96 QB
6   Canada 6:22.35 QB

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1   West Germany 6:04.17 QA
2   Italy 6:06.75 QA
3   United States 6:07.71 QA
4   France 6:10.36 QB
5   Sweden 6:16.28 QB
6   Greece 6:37.24 QB

Finals edit

Final B edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time
7   New Zealand 6:04.74
8   France 6:08.60
9   Netherlands 6:15.32
10   Sweden 6:16.41
11   Canada 6:16.74
12   Greece 6:18.25

Final A edit

Rank Rowers Nation Time
    East Germany 6:03.11
    United States 6:05.53
    West Germany 6:06.22
4   Great Britain 6:06.74
5   Italy 6:09.55
6   Soviet Union 11:03.77

Final classification edit

Rank Rowers Country
  Roland Schröder
Ralf Brudel
Olaf Förster
Thomas Greiner
  East Germany
  Raoul Rodriguez
Thomas Bohrer
Richard Kennelly
David Krmpotich
  United States
  Guido Grabow
Volker Grabow
Norbert Keßlau
Jörg Puttlitz
  West Germany
4 Mark Buckingham
Stephen Peel
Simon Berrisford
Peter Mulkerrins
  Great Britain
5 Sergio Caropreso
Carlo Gaddi
Pasquale Marigliano
Valter Molea
  Italy
6 Ivan Vysotskiy
Sergey Smirnov
Yuriy Pimenov
Nikolay Pimenov
  Soviet Union
7 Campbell Clayton-Greene
Geoff Cotter
Bill Coventry
Neil Gibson
  New Zealand
8 Pascal Bahuaud
Dominique Lecointe
Jean-Jacques Martigne
Olivier Pons
  France
9 Tjark de Vries
Johan Leutscher
Ralph Schwarz
Sven Schwarz
  Netherlands
10 Folke Brundin
Per-Olof Claesson
Anders Larson
David Svensson
  Sweden
11 Darby Berkhout
Gord Henry
John Ossowski
Bruce Robertson
Raymond Collier
  Canada
12 Khristos Khristomanos
Georgios Fotou
Spyridon Gatos
Vasilios Lykomitros
  Greece
13 José Luis Aguirre
Bartolomé Alarcón
Enrique Briones
José María Segurola
  Spain
14 Marcos Arantes
Fernando Fantoni
Oswaldo Kuster Neto
Waldemar Trombetta
  Brazil
15 Hong Jae-ho
Lee Hyung-ki
Yun Nam-ho
Yun Yong-ho
  South Korea

References edit

  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, pp. 523–25.