Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four

The men's coxed fours event was part of the rowing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 28, 1920 and August 29, 1920. It was the third appearance of the event, which had previously been held inaugural rowing competitions in 1900 as well as in 1912. Eight boats, each from a different nation, competed.[1]

Men's coxed fours
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueBrussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal
DatesAugust 28–29
Competitors40 from 8 nations
Medalists
Willy Brüderlin, Max Rudolf, Paul Rudolf, Paul Staub (cox), Hans Walter
 Switzerland
Sherm Clark (cox), Erich Federschmidt, Franz Federschmidt, Carl Klose, Ken Myers
 United States
Per Gulbrandsen, Thoralf Hagen (cox), Theodor Klem, Henry Larsen, Birger Var
 Norway
Rowing at the
1920 Summer Olympics
Single scullsmen
Double scullsmen
Coxed pairmen
Coxed fourmen
Eightmen

Results

Semifinals
Semifinal 1
PlaceTeamTimeQual.
1 Switzerland (SUI)
Willy Brüderlin
Max Rudolf
Paul Rudolf
Hans Walter
Paul Staub		7:03.0Q
2 Sweden (SWE)
John Lager
Nestor Östergren
Axel Eriksson
Gunnar Lager
Gösta Eriksson		7:12.0
3 Canada (CAN)
Robert Hay
Harold Harcourt
Larry Landrian
Strathy Hay
Art Everett		7:18.0
Semifinal 2
PlaceRowerTimeQual.
1 Norway (NOR)
Birger Var
Theodor Klem
Henry Larsen
Per Gulbrandsen
Thoralf Hagen		7:14.0Q
2 Belgium (BEL)
Jean Van Silfhout
Léon Vleurinck
Adrien D'Hondt
Robert Demulder
Roger Moeremans d'Emaüs		 7:40.0
Semifinal 3
PlaceRowersTimeQual.
1 United States (USA)
Franz Federschmidt
Ken Myers
Erich Federschmidt
Carl Klose
Sherm Clark		7:17.4Q
2 Brazil (BRA)
Guilherme Lorena
João Jório
Alcides Veira
Abrahão Saliture
Ernesto Flores Filho		7:25.4
3 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Jiří Wihan
Dominik Štillip
Jaroslav Oplt
Jindřich Mulač
Jan Bauch

Final
Final
PlaceTeamTime
 Switzerland (SUI)6:54.0
 United States (USA)6:58.0
 Norway (NOR)7:02.0

References
  1. "Rowing at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

Sources
  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 25 April 2008.
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