Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

Men's coxless fours at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Date	12–14 August 1936
Competitors	36 from 9 nations
Medalists
Rudolf Eckstein Anton Rom Martin Karl Wilhelm Menne  Germany Martin Bristow Alan Barrett Peter Jackson John Sturrock  Great Britain Hermann Betschart Hans Homberger Alex Homberger Karl Schmid  Switzerland

Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Single sculls	men
Double sculls	men
Coxless pair	men
Coxed pair	men
Coxless four
Coxed four	men
Eight	men

The men's coxless fours competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin took place at Grünau on the Langer See.^[1]

First boat of each heat qualified to the final, remainder goes to the semifinal.

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Rudolf Eckstein Anton Rom Martin Karl Wilhelm Menne	Germany	6:22.5	Q
2	Rudolf Höpfler Camillo Winkler Wilhelm Pichler Hans Binder	Austria	6:32.1
3	Knud Olsen Keld Karise Bjørner Drøger Emil Boje Jensen	Denmark	6:36.8
4	Ferenc Dobos Frigyes Pabsz Tibor Vadai Gyula Halmay	Hungary	6:40.7
5	James Thomson Eugene Fruehauf George Hague Alfred Sapecky	United States	6:41.4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Hermann Betschart Hans Homberger Alex Homberger Karl Schmid	Switzerland	6:27.2	Q
2	Martin Bristow Alan Barrett Peter Jackson John Sturrock	Great Britain	6:30.8
3	Antonio Ghiardello Luigi Luxardo Aldo Pellizzoni Francesco Pittaluga	Italy	6:34.5
4	Mak Schoorl Flip Regout Hotse Bartlema Simon de Wit	Netherlands	6:46.0

First two qualify to the final.

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Rudolf Höpfler Camillo Winkler Wilhelm Pichler Hans Binder	Austria	7:23.4	Q
2	Knud Olsen Keld Karise Bjørner Drøger Emil Boje Jensen	Denmark	7:27.6	Q
3	James Thomson Eugene Fruehauf George Hague Alfred Sapecky	United States	7:31.5

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Martin Bristow Alan Barrett Peter Jackson John Sturrock	Great Britain	7:27.4	Q
2	Antonio Ghiardello Luigi Luxardo Aldo Pellizzoni Francesco Pittaluga	Italy	7:33.9	Q
3	Ferenc Dobos Frigyes Pabsz Tibor Vadai Gyula Halmay	Hungary	7:57.0

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
	Rudolf Eckstein Anton Rom Martin Karl Wilhelm Menne	Germany	7:01.8
	Martin Bristow Alan Barrett Peter Jackson John Sturrock	Great Britain	7:06.5
	Hermann Betschart Hans Homberger Alex Homberger Karl Schmid	Switzerland	7:10.6
4	Antonio Ghiardello Luigi Luxardo Aldo Pellizzoni Francesco Pittaluga	Italy	7:12.4
5	Rudolf Höpfler Camillo Winkler Wilhelm Pichler Hans Binder	Austria	7:20.5
6	Knud Olsen Keld Karise Bjørner Drøger Emil Boje Jensen	Denmark	7:26.3

• Official Olympic Report