Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

The men's coxless four competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course, Mexico.[1]

Men's coxless four
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Date13–19 October
Competitors45 from 11 nations
Medalists
Frank Forberger
Frank Rühle
Dieter Grahn
Dieter Schubert
 East Germany
Zoltán Melis
József Csermely
György Sarlós
Antal Melis
 Hungary
Renato Bosatta
Pier Conti-Manzini
Tullio Baraglia
Abramo Albini
 Italy

Competition format

This rowing competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and finals), as well as a repechage round that allowed teams that did not win their heats to advance to the final. All races were 2,000 metres in distance.

  • Heats: Two heats. With 11 boats entered, there were five or six boats per heat. The top boat in each heat (total of 2 boats) advanced directly to the final; all other boats (9 boats) went to the repechage.
  • Repechage: Two heats. There were four or five boats in each heat. The top two boats in each heat (total of 4 boats) advanced to the final. The remaining boats (5 boats) were sent to a 7th–11th place classification race.
  • Finals: A main final and a 7th–12th place classification race.

Results

Heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 East Germany6:54.62Q
2 United States6:57.68R
3 Soviet Union7:08.82R
4 West Germany7:14.44R
5 Switzerland7:14.74R
6 Romania7:21.84R

Heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Hungary6:44.72Q
2 Italy6:53.11R
3 Denmark6:58.02R
4 France7:00.05R
5 Mexico7:15.18R

Repechage heat 1

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 Italy6:31.98Q
2 West Germany6:32.56Q
3 Soviet Union6:33.35C
4 Mexico7:02.92C

Repechage heat 2

RankRowersNationTimeNotes
1 United States6:39.78Q
2 Switzerland6:40.75Q
3 France6:44.06C
4 Romania6:44.71C
5 DenmarkSTC

Classification 7–11

RankRowersNationTime
7 Romania6:50.13
8 Mexico6:53.21
9 France6:53.71
10 Denmark7:20.31
11 Soviet UnionDNS

Final

RankRowersNationTime
 East Germany6:39.18
 Hungary6:41.64
 Italy6:44.01
4 Switzerland6:45.78
5 United States6:47.70
6 West Germany7:08.22

References

  1. "Rowing at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
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