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

Men's coxless four
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Date13–19 October 1968
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
Rowing at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Single scullsmen
Double scullsmen
Coxless pairmen
Coxed pairmen
Coxless four
Coxed fourmen
Eightmen

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

Competition format

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

Heats

Heat 1

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

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

Repechage heat 1

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

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

Classification 7–11

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

Rank Rowers Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)
 East Germany 6:39.18
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
 Hungary 6:41.64
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 Italy 6:44.01
4
 Switzerland 6:45.78
5
 United States 6:47.70
6
 West Germany 7:08.22

References

  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.
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