Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls

The men's quadruple sculls competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia took place at Lake Lanier.[1]

Men's quadruple sculls
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueLake Lanier Olympic Center
Date21–29 July
Competitors56 from 14 nations
Winning time5:56.93
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) André Steiner
Andreas Hajek
Stephan Volkert
André Willms
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tim Young
Brian Jamieson
Eric Mueller
Jason Gailes
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Janusz Hooker
Duncan Free
Ronald Snook
Bo Hanson
 Australia
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Competition format edit

This rowing event is a quadruple scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by four rowers. The "scull" portion means that each rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. The competition consisted 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.

With 14 boats in heats, the best 9 boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. 2 unsuccessful boats from the repechage are eliminated from the competition. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6 (including the medals). Unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B go forward to final B, which determines places 7–12

Results edit

Heats edit

The first 3 boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder went to the repechage.

Heat 1 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Janusz Hooker, Duncan Free, Ronald Snook, Bo Hanson   Australia 6:05.60 Q
2 Sander van der Marck, Adri Middag, Joris Loefs, Pieter van Andel   Netherlands 6:06.98 Q
3 Konstantin Belevich, Sergey Tarasevich, Oleg Solomakhin, Denis Tabako   Belarus 6:08.38 Q
4 Yves Lamarque, Vincent Lepvraud, Sébastien Vieilledent, Fabrice Leclerc   France 6:12.69 R
5 Jarosław Nowicki, Przemysław Lewandowski, Marek Kolbowicz, Piotr Bujnarowski   Poland 6:52.62 R

Heat 2 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Massimo Paradiso, Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori   Italy 6:05.75 Q
2 Tim Young, Brian Jamieson, Eric Mueller, Jason Gailes   United States 6:06.95 Q
3 Igor Kravtsov, Nikolay Spinyov, Georgy Nikitin, Vladimir Sokolov   Russia 6:10.62 Q
4 Carlos Pages, Santiago Fernández, Rubén Knulst, Guillermo Pfaab   Argentina 6:16.16 R
5 André Costa, Giovanni Valentina, Oswaldo Kuster Neto, Alexander Altair Soares   Brazil 6:36.30 R

Heat 3 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 André Steiner, Stephan Volkert, Andreas Hajek, André Willms   Germany 6:06.33 Q
2 René Benguerel, Michael Erdlen, Ueli Bodenmann, Simon Stürm   Switzerland 6:08.37 Q
3 Johan Flodin, Pontus Ek, Fredrik Hulten, Henrik Nilsson   Sweden 6:10.39 Q
4 Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Mykola Chupryna, Leonid Shaposhnykov   Ukraine 6:13.04 R

Repechage edit

First three qualify to semifinals.

Repechage 1 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Jaroslaw Nowicki, Przemyslaw Lewandowski, Marek Kolbowicz, Piotr Bujnarowski   Poland 5:51.15 Q
2 Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Mykola Chupryna, Leonid Shaposhnykov   Ukraine 5:51.51 Q
3 Yves Lamarque, Vincent Lepvraud, Sébastien Vieilledent, Fabrice Leclerc   France 5:51.82 Q
4 Carlos Pages, Santiago Fernández, Ruben Knulst, Guillermo Pfaab   Argentina 5:52.89
5 Andre Costa, Giovani Valentina, Oswaldo Kuster, Alexandre Soares   Brazil 6:12.86

Semifinals edit

First three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Massimo Paradiso, Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori   Italy 5:57.10 A
2 Janusz Hooker, Duncan Free, Ronald Snook, Bo Hanson   Australia 5:58.41 A
3 Rene Benguerel, Michael Erdlen, Ulrich Bodenmann, Simon Strum   Switzerland 5:59.63 A
4 Igor Kravtsov, Nikolay Spinyov, Georgiy Nikitin, Vladimir Sokolov   Russia 5:59.91 B
5 Yves Lamarque, Vincent Lepvraud, Sébastien Vieilledent, Fabrice Leclerc   France 6:03.74 B
6 Konstantin Belevich, Sergey Tarasevich, Oleg Solomakhin, Denis Tabako   Belarus 6:15.07 B

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 André Steiner, Stephan Volkert, Andreas Hajek, André Willms   Germany 5:55.10 A
2 Tim Young, Brian Jamieson, Eric Mueller, Jason Gailes   United States 5:57.97 A
3 Johan Flodin, Pontus Ek, Fredrik Hulten, Henrik Nilsson   Sweden 6:00.09 A
4 Sander van der Marck, Adri Middag, Joris Loefs, Pieter van Andel   Netherlands 6:03.72 B
5 Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Mykola Chupryna, Leonid Shaposhnykov   Ukraine 6:05.65 B
6 Jaroslaw Nowicki, Przemyslaw Lewandowski, Marek Kolbowicz, Piotr Bujnarowski   Poland 6:11.62 B

Finals edit

Final B edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
7 Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Mykola Chupryna, Leonid Shaposhnykov   Ukraine 5:53.46
8 Igor Kravtsov, Nikolay Spinyov, Georgiy Nikitin, Vladimir Sokolov   Russia 5:54.98
9 Jaroslaw Nowicki, Przemyslaw Lewandowski, Marek Kolbowicz, Piotr Bujnarowski   Poland 5:55.10
10 Sander van der Marck, Adri Middag, Joris Loefs, Pieter van Andel   Netherlands 5:55.15
11 Konstantin Belevich, Sergey Tarasevich, Oleg Solomakhin, Denis Tabako   Belarus 5:55.52
12 Yves Lamarque, Vincent Lepvraud, Sébastien Vieilledent, Fabrice Leclerc   France 6:00.48

Final A edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
  André Steiner, Stephan Volkert, Andreas Hajek, André Willms   Germany 5:56.93
  Tim Young, Brian Jamieson, Eric Mueller, Jason Gailes   United States 5:59.10
  Janusz Hooker, Duncan Free, Ronald Snook, Bo Hanson   Australia 6:01.65
4 Massimo Paradiso, Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori   Italy 6:02.12
5 Rene Benguerel, Michael Erdlen, Ulrich Bodenmann, Simon Strum   Switzerland 6:04.52
6 Johan Flodin, Pontus Ek, Fredrik Hulten, Henrik Nilsson   Sweden 6:07.75

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References edit

  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Quadruple Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  2. ^ *The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games Volume Three ˗ The Competition Results (PDF) (PDF). p. 329. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007.