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.

Competition format

The competition consisted of three main rounds 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 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 being eliminated. The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal 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.
All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
16:05.65
26:07.97
36:11.15
46:19.12
56:39.28

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
16:03.67
26:06.75
36:13.16
46:22.42
56:28.34

Heat 3

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
16:06.52
26:08.76
36:17.24
46:29.61
56:46.62

Repechage

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
16:14.52
26:16.88
36:17.49
46:18.25
56:30.85
66:50.47

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
16:00.29
26:03.25
36:03.85
46:06.60
56:14.96
66:22.35

Semifinal 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
16:04.17
26:06.75
36:07.71
46:10.36
56:16.28
66:37.24

Finals

Final B

RankRowersNationTime
76:04.74
86:08.60
96:15.32
106:16.41
116:16.74
126:18.25

Final A

RankRowersNationTime
6:03.11
6:05.53
6:06.22
46:06.74
56:09.55
611:03.77

Final classification

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