Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls
The men's quadruple sculls competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.
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. The top three boats in the repechage advanced to the semifinals. The remaining three boats were placed in the "C" final to compete for 13th through 15th places.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
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5:45.65 | |||
| 2 | 5:46.47 | |||
| 3 | 5:52.69 | |||
| 4 | 5:56.00 | |||
| 5 | 5:57.18 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5:47.80 | |||
| 2 | 5:49.39 | |||
| 3 | 5:53.47 | |||
| 4 | 5:54.13 | |||
| 5 | 6:01.12 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5:46.83 | |||
| 2 | 5:47.16 | |||
| 3 | 5:49.15 | |||
| 4 | 5:49.28 | |||
| 5 | 5:55.59 |
Repechage
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5:56.98 | |||
| 2 | 5:57.41 | |||
| 3 | 5:59.03 | |||
| 4 | 5:59.47 | |||
| 5 | 6:00.52 | |||
| 6 | 6:02.96 |
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5:46.65 | |||
| 2 | 5:48.12 | |||
| 3 | 5:48.72 | |||
| 4 | 5:49.58 | |||
| 5 | 6:05.31 | |||
| 6 | 6:05.87 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5:48.72 | |||
| 2 | 5:49.53 | |||
| 3 | 5:50.12 | |||
| 4 | 5:52.48 | |||
| 5 | 5:55.62 | |||
| 6 | 5:58.77 |
Finals
Final C
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| 13 | 6:08.92 | ||
| 14 | 6:13.75 | ||
| 15 | 6:20.86 |
Final B
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| 7 | 5:54.48 | ||
| 8 | 5:55.06 | ||
| 9 | 5:56.44 | ||
| 10 | 5:58.33 | ||
| 11 | 6:01.18 | ||
| 12 | 6:01.38 |
Final A
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| 5:45.17 | |||
| 5:47.09 | |||
| 5:47.33 | |||
| 4 | 5:47.39 | ||
| 5 | 5:48.92 | ||
| 6 | 5:54.80 |
Final classification
The following rowers took part:| Rank | Rowers | Country |
| Andreas Hajek Michael Steinbach Stephan Volkert André Willms | ||
| Kjetil Undset Per Sætersdal Lars Bjønness Rolf Thorsen | ||
| Alessandro Corona Gianluca Farina Rossano Galtarossa Filippo Soffici | ||
| Ueli Bodenmann Alexander Rückstuhl Beat Schwerzmann Marc-Sven Nater | ||
| Hans Kelderman Ronald Florijn Koos Maasdijk Rutger Arisz | ||
| Fiorenzo Di Giovanni Fabrice LeClerc Yves Lamarque Samuel Barathay | ||
| Valeriy Dosenko Sergey Kinyakin Mykola Chupryna Girts Vilks | ||
| Keir Pearson John Riley Bob Kaehler Chip McKibben | ||
| Richard Powell Hamish McGlashan Robin Bakker Jason Day | ||
| José Antonio Rodríguez Melquiades Verduras Bruno López José Manuel Bermúdez | ||
| Marek Gawkowski Piotr Bujnarowski Cezary Jędrzycki Jarosław Janowski | ||
| Dirk Crois Alain Lewuillon Tom Symoens Wim Van Belleghem | ||
| Mike Harris Roger Brown Guy Pooley Peter Haining | ||
| Günther Schuster Walter Kaiser Gert Port Horst Nußbaumer | ||
| Fredrik Hultén Tommy Österlund David Svensson Per-Olof Claesson |