Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four

The coxed four event was a rowing event conducted as part of the Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme.[1]

Men's coxed four
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
VenueToda Rowing Course
Date11–15 October
Competitors80 from 16 nations
Teams16
Medalists
Peter Neusel
Bernhard Britting
Joachim Werner
Egbert Hirschfelder
Jürgen Oelke (cox)		  United Team of Germany
Renato Bosatta
Emilio Trivini
Giuseppe Galante
Franco De Pedrina
Giovanni Spinola (cox)		  Italy
Lex Mullink
Jan van de Graaff
Freek van de Graaff
Bobbie van de Graaf
Marius Klumperbeek (cox)		  Netherlands
Rowing at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Single scullsmen
Double scullsmen
Coxless pairmen
Coxed pairmen
Coxless fourmen
Coxed fourmen
Eightmen

Medallists
Gold Silver Bronze
 United Team of Germany (EUA)  Italy (ITA)  Netherlands (NED)

Results

Heats

The top crew in each heat advanced to the final, with all others sent to the repechages.

Heat 1
1. United Team of Germany (EUA), Peter Neusel, Bernhard Britting, Joachim Werner, Egbert Hirschfelder and Jürgen Oelke6:44.12QF
2. United States (USA), Paul Gunderson, Hughie Pollock, Tom Pollock, Jim Tew and Ted Washburn6:48.19QR
3. Czechoslovakia (TCH), Karel Karafiát, Jaroslav Starosta, René Líbal, Jan Štefan and Arnošt Poisl6:55.59QR
4. Australia (AUS), Gary Herford, Alf Duval, Mick Allen, John Campbell and Alan Grover7:00.16QR
5. Japan (JPN), Hideo Oe, Yukio Matsuda, Hideaki Aida, Masakatsu Yamanouchi and Noriichi Yoshino7:10.77QR
6. Cuba (CUB), Osvaldo Díaz, Alfredo Hernández, Gilberto Campbell, Leovigildo Millan and Roberto Ojeda7:17.11QR
Heat 2
1. Italy (ITA), Renato Bosatta, Emilio Trivini, Giuseppe Galante, Franco De Pedrina and Giovanni Spinola6:47.06QF
2. Netherlands (NED), Lex Mullink, Jan van de Graaff, Freek van de Graaff, Marius Klumperbeek and Bobbie van der Graaf6:48.72QR
3. New Zealand (NZL), Darien Boswell, Alistair Dryden, Peter Masfen, Dudley Storey and Robert Page6:50.81QR
4. Norway (NOR), Tor Ahlsand, Birger Knudtzon, Eilif Brodtkorb, Ingolf Kristiansen and Rolf Syversen6:57.35QR
5. Egypt (EGY), Mahmoud Shehata, Salem Mashour, Ibrahim Sayed Sabri, Mohamed Eissa and Abdullah Ali7:28.96QR
Heat 3
1. Soviet Union (URS), Anatoliy Tkachuk, Vitaly Kurdchenko, Boris Kuzmin, Vladimir Yevseyev and Anatoly Luzgin6:45.35QF
2. France (FRA), Yves Fraisse, Claude Pache, Gérard Jacquesson, Michel Dumas and Jean-Claude Darouy6:53.52QR
3. Poland (POL), Szczepan Grajczyk, Marian Leszczyński, Ryszard Lubicki, Andrzej Nowaczyk and Jerzy Pawłowski6:58.64QR
4. Finland (FIN), Teppo Kesäläinen, Kauko Hänninen, Pekka Sylvander, Mauno Maisala and Ismo Kanerva7:03.85QR
4. Denmark (DEN), Niels Nielsen, Poul Erik Nielsen, Ole Paustian, Tom Hinsby and Bent Larsen7:04.48QR

Repechages

The top finisher in each of the three repechages joined the finalists. The second and third-place finishers competed in a consolation final for 7th-12th places. All other crews were eliminated.

Repechage 1
1. Poland (POL)7:11.74QF
2. United States (USA)7:12.82QC
3. Norway (NOR)7:18.57QC
4. Egypt (EGY)10:44.94
Repechage 2
1. Netherlands (NED)7:04.85QF
2. Denmark (DEN)7:12.45QC
3. Czechoslovakia (TCH)7:12.91QC
4. Finland (FIN)7:21.16
— Cuba (CUB)Did not start
Repechage 3
1. France (FRA)7:05.78QF
2. New Zealand (NZL)7:09.26QC
3. Australia (AUS)7:17.06QC
4. Japan (JPN)7:31.60

Consolation final

The consolation final determined places from 7th to 12th.

7. United States (USA)6:43.68
8. New Zealand (NZL)6:45.16
9. Norway (NOR)6:48.38
10. Australia (AUS)6:48.45
11. Denmark (DEN)6:52.83
12. Czechoslovakia (TCH)Did not start

Final
 United Team of Germany (EUA)7:00.44
 Italy (ITA)7:02.84
 Netherlands (NED)7:06.46
4. France (FRA)7:13.92
5. Soviet Union (URS)7:16.05
6. Poland (POL)7:28.15

References
  1. "Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

Sources
  • Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.
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