Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four
The men's coxed four competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.
Competition format
The competition consisted of two main rounds as well as a repechage. The 12 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 6 boats in each heat. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place. The remaining 10 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured two heats, with 5 boats in each heat. The top two boats in each repechage heat advanced to the "A" final. The remaining 6 boats in the repechage were placed in the "B" final to compete for 7th through 12th places.All races were over a 2000 metre course.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hendrik Reiher | 6:21.47 | |||
| 2 | Pyotr Petrinich | 6:25.63 | |||
| 3 | John Deakin | 6:27.95 | |||
| 4 | Goran Puljko | 6:31.19 | |||
| 5 | Carl Sheehan | 6:32.61 | |||
| 6 | Alexandre Fernandes | 6:45.54 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dumitru Răducanu | 6:17.22 | |||
| 2 | Tim Evans | 6:21.79 | |||
| 3 | Li Jianxin | 6:25.03 | |||
| 4 | Jean-Pierre Huguet-Balent | 6:26.51 | |||
| 5 | Michał Cieślak | 6:27.24 | |||
| 6 | Martin Svoboda | 6:28.83 |
Repechage
Repechage 1
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Pyotr Petrinich | 6:16.26 | |||
| 2 | Michał Cieślak | 6:16.93 | |||
| 3 | Goran Puljko | 6:18.98 | |||
| 4 | Li Jianxin | 6:26.70 | |||
| 5 | Alexandre Fernandes | 6:34.87 |
Repechage 2
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tim Evans | 6:18.10 | |||
| 2 | Jean-Pierre Huguet-Balent | 6:18.77 | |||
| 3 | John Deakin | 6:21.19 | |||
| 4 | Carl Sheehan | 6:25.32 | |||
| 5 | Martin Svoboda | 6:28.03 |
Finals
Final B
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| 7 | Goran Puljko | 6:08.52 | ||
| 8 | Li Jianxin | 6:11.52 | ||
| 9 | John Deakin | 6:12.60 | ||
| 10 | Martin Svoboda | 6:13.32 | ||
| 11 | Carl Sheehan | 6:15.66 | ||
| 12 | Alexandre Fernandes | 6:22.00 |
Final A
| Rank | Rowers | Coxswain | Nation | Time |
| Dumitru Răducanu | 5:59.37 | |||
| Hendrik Reiher | 6:00.34 | |||
| Michał Cieślak | 6:03.27 | |||
| 4 | Tim Evans | 6:06.03 | ||
| 5 | Jean-Pierre Huguet-Balent | 6:06.82 | ||
| 6 | Pyotr Petrinich | 6:12.13 |
Final classification
The following rowers took part:| Rank | Rowers | Country |
| Iulică Ruican Viorel Talapan Dimitrie Popescu Dumitru Răducanu Nicolae Țaga | ||
| Ralf Brudel Uwe Kellner Thoralf Peters Karsten Finger Hendrik Reiher | ||
| Wojciech Jankowski Maciej Łasicki Jacek Streich Tomasz Tomiak Michał Cieślak | ||
| James Neil Teo Bielefeld Sean Hall Jack Rusher Tim Evans | ||
| Yannick Schulte Philippe Lot Daniel Fauché Jean-Paul Vergne Jean-Pierre Huguet-Balent | ||
| Veniamin But Igor Bortnitsky Vladimir Romanishin Gennadi Kryuçkin Pyotr Petrinich | ||
| Sead Marušić Marko Banović Ninoslav Saraga Aleksandar Fabijanić Goran Puljko | ||
| Feng Feng Sun Senlin Huang Xiaoping Xu Wuling Li Jianxin | ||
| Peter Mulkerrins Nicholas Burfitt Terence Dillon Simon Berrisford John Deakin | ||
| Ivo Žerava Richard Krejčí Jan Kabrhel Petr Batěk Martin Svoboda | ||
| Bill Coventry Guy Melville Toni Dunlop Ian Wright Carl Sheehan | ||
| Cleber Leite Otávio Bandeira José Augusto Loureiro Júnior José Ribeiro Alexandre Fernandes |