Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four

The coxed fours was one of the competitions in the Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics events in Paris. The competition was plagued by controversy involving which boats should advance to the final. In one of the most unusual decisions in Olympic history, two separate finals were held for the event, each of which are still considered Olympic championships by the International Olympic Committee. The crew of all six boats to compete in the two finals are Olympic medallists.

Men's coxed fours
at the Games of the II Olympiad
VenueRiver Seine
Dates25–26 August
Competitors50 from 4 nations
Medalists
Cercle de l'Aviron Roubaix
 France
Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg
 Germany
Club Nautique de Lyon
 France
Minerva Amsterdam
 Netherlands
Favorite Hammonia
 Germany
Ludwigshafener Ruderverein
 Germany

The coxed fours event was held from 25 to 26 August 1900. Ten boats, involving fifty rowers from four nations, competed.[1]

Results

Semifinals

Initially, the top boat in each semifinal plus the runner-up in the third semifinal (which had four boats instead of the three boats competing in each of the other two), were to advance. Following protests which ensued after the runner-up in the second semifinal and the third-place boat in the third semifinal each posted better times than the winner of the first, the qualification rules for the final were altered. Eventually, the six boats were broken into two groups and competed in separate finals. The runners-up in semifinals 2 and 3 as well as the third-place boat in semifinal 3 competed in the first final, while the three semifinal winners competed in the second.

Semifinal 1

PlaceBoatRowersNationTime
1Ludwigshafener RudervereinErnst Felle
Otto Fickeisen
Carl Lehle
Hermann Wilker
Franz Kröwerath (cox)
 Germany6:14.0
2Réal Club BarcelonaJuan Camps
José Fórmica
Ricardo Margarit
Orestes Quintana
Antonio Vela (cox)
 Spain6:38.4
3Club Nautique de FranceRené Beslaud
Léon Deslinières
Peyronnie
Saurel
Unknown cox
 France6:40.0

Semifinal 2

PlaceBoatRowersNationTime
1Minerva AmsterdamCoenraad Hiebendaal
Geert Lotsij
Paul Lotsij
Johannes Terwogt
Hermanus Brockmann (cox)
 Netherlands6:02.0
2Club Nautique de LyonGeorges Lumpp
Charles Perrin
Daniel Soubeyran
Émile Wegelin
Unknown cox
 France6:06.2
Société Nautique de la MarnePaul Cocuet
Jules Demaré
Clément Dorlia
René Waleff
Unknown cox
 FranceDid not
finish

Semifinal 3

PlaceBoatRowersNationTime
1Germania Ruder Club, HamburgGustav Goßler
Oskar Goßler
Walter Katzenstein
Waldemar Tietgens
Carl Goßler (cox)
 Germany5:56.2
2Cercle de l'Aviron RoubaixHenri Bouckaert
Jean Cau
Émile Delchambre
Henri Hazebrouck
Charlot (cox)
 France5:59.0
3Favorite HammoniaWilhelm Carstens
Julius Körner
Adolf Möller
Hugo Rüster
Gustav Moths (cox)[2]
 Germany6:03.0
4Club Nautique de DieppeAngot
Henri Delabarre
Robert Gelée
Maison
Unknown cox
 France6:20.0

Final A

PlaceBoatRowersNationTime
1Cercle de l'Aviron RoubaixHenri Bouckaert
Jean Cau
Émile Delchambre
Henri Hazebrouck
Charlot (cox)
 France7:11.0
2Club Nautique de LyonGeorges Lumpp
Charles Perrin
Daniel Soubeyran
Émile Wegelin
Unknown cox
 France7:18.0
3Favorite HammoniaWilhelm Carstens
Julius Körner
Adolf Möller
Hugo Rüster
Max Ammermann (cox)[2]
 Germany7:18.2

Final B

PlaceBoatRowersNationTime
1Germania Ruder Club, HamburgGustav Goßler
Oskar Goßler
Walter Katzenstein
Waldemar Tietgens
Carl Goßler (cox)
 Germany5:59.0
2Minerva AmsterdamCoenraad Hiebendaal
Geert Lotsij
Paul Lotsij
Johannes Terwogt
Hermanus Brockmann (cox)
 Netherlands6:03.0
3Ludwigshafener RudervereinErnst Felle
Otto Fickeisen
Carl Lehle
Hermann Wilker
Franz Kröwerath (cox)
 Germany6:05.0

References

  1. "Rowing at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. The German team changed the coxswain after the semi-final. Gustav Moths participated only in the semi-final and Max Ammermann participated in the final. However, the IOC medal database credits the bronze medal only to Gustav Moths.
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