Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

The men's coxless four competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from 27 August to 2 September at the Olympic Reggatta Course in Oberschleißheim.[1]

Men's coxless four
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Aerial view of the venue in Oberschleißheim
VenueOberschleißheim Regatta Course
Date27 August – 2 September
Competitors80; (20 teams) from 20 nations
Winning time6:24.27
Medalists
Frank Forberger
Frank Rühle
Dieter Grahn
Dieter Schubert
 East Germany
Dick Tonks
Dudley Storey
Ross Collinge
Noel Mills
 New Zealand
Joachim Ehrig
Peter Funnekötter
Franz Held
Wolfgang Plottke
 West Germany

Results

Heats

Winner of each heat (green) qualify to the semifinal round, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Emeric Tuşa
Adalbert Agh
Mihai Naumencu
Francisc Papp
 Romania 6:49.11
2 Ole Nafstad
Tom Amundsen
Kjell Sverre Johansen
Svein Erik Nilsen
 Norway 6:53.27
3 Ian Gordon
Karel Jonker
Gregory Rokosh
Donald Curphey
 Canada 7:02.34
4 Marko Mandič
Jože Berc
Jure Potočnik
Miloš Janša
 Yugoslavia 7:05.00
5 Kim Ki-tae
Ham Il-nyon
Kim Un-son
Hong Song-su
 North Korea 7:10.57

Heat 2

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Dick Tonks
Dudley Storey
Ross Collinge
Noel Mills
 New Zealand 6:47.27
2 Hans-Jörg Bendiner
Walter Steiner
Thomas Macher
Kurt Baumann
 Switzerland 6:55.81
3 Oscar de Andrés
José Manuel Bugia
Luciano Wilk
Tomás Forray
 Argentina 6:59.72
4 Csaba Czakó
András Kormos
József Csermely
Antal Melis
 Hungary 7:02.98
5 José Luis Morales
Arturo Figueroa
Arcadio Padilla
Juan López
 Mexico 7:20.00

Heat 3

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Frank Forberger
Dieter Grahn
Frank Rühle
Dieter Schubert
 East Germany 6:43.87
2 Fred Smallbone
Lenny Robertson
Jim Clark
Bill Mason
 Great Britain 6:45.30
3 Joachim Ehrig
Peter Funnekötter
Franz Held
Wolfgang Plottke
 West Germany 6:47.53
4 Primo Baran
Angelo Rossetto
Pier Angelo Conti
Abramo Albini
 Italy 6:53.85
5 Patrick Sellier
Roger Rouver
Gérard Chenuet
Yves Fraisse
 France 6:56.58

Heat 4

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Anatoliy Tkachuk
Igor Kashurov
Aleksandr Motin
Vitaly Sapronov
 Soviet Union 6:42.40
2 Willy Poulsen
Peter Fich Christiansen
Egon Pedersen
Rolf Andersen
 Denmark 6:47.60
3 Biser Boyadzhiev
Borislav Vasilev
Nikolay Kolev
Metodi Khalvadzhiski
 Bulgaria 6:47.99
4 Charles Hewitt
William Miller
Richard Dreissigacker
James Moroney
 United States 6:57.05
5 Eralio Cabrera
Troadio Delgado
Ramón Luperón
Angel Serra
 Cuba 7:07.61

Repechage

Top two finishers in each heat qualify to the semifinal round.

Repechage 1

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Joachim Ehrig
Peter Funnekötter
Franz Held
Wolfgang Plottke
 West Germany 6:58.10
2 Willy Poulsen
Peter Fich Christiansen
Egon Pedersen
Rolf Andersen
 Denmark 7:04.37
3 Csaba Czakó
András Kormos
József Csermely
Antal Melis
 Hungary 7:16.06
4 Kim Ki-Tae
Ham Il-Nyon
Kim Un-Son
Hong Song-Su
 North Korea 7:18.30

Repechage 2

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Fred Smallbone
Lenny Robertson
Jim Clark
Bill Mason
 Great Britain 7:06.79
2 Eralio Cabrera
Troadio Delgado
Ramón Luperón
Angel Serra
 Cuba 7:11.23
3 Oscar de Andrés
José Manuel Bugia
Luciano Wilk
Tomás Forray
 Argentina 7:12.74
4 Marko Mandič
Jože Berc
Jure Potočnik
Miloš Janša
 Yugoslavia 7:18.18

Repechage 3

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Hans-Jörg Bendiner
Walter Steiner
Thomas Macher
Kurt Baumann
 Switzerland 7:03.31
2 Ian Gordon
Karel Jonker
Gregory Rokosh
Donald Curphey
 Canada 7:06.90
3 Patrick Sellier
Roger Rouver
Gérard Chenuet
Yves Fraisse
 France 7:09.33
4 Charles Hewitt
William Miller
Richard Dreissigacker
James Moroney
 United States 7:13.95

Repechage 4

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Primo Baran
Angelo Rossetto
Pier Angelo Conti
Abramo Albini
 Italy 7:00.65
2 Biser Boyadzhiev
Borislav Vasilev
Nikolay Kolev
Metodi Khalvadzhiski
 Bulgaria 7:02.69
3 Ole Nafstad
Tom Amundsen
Kjell Sverre Johansen
Svein Erik Nilsen
 Norway 7:03.08
4 José Luis Morales
Arturo Figueroa
Arcadio Padilla
Juan López
 Mexico 7:32.31

Semifinal A/B

First three qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Dick Tonks
Dudley Storey
Ross Collinge
Noel Mills
 New Zealand 7:03.99
2 Frank Forberger
Dieter Grahn
Frank Rühle
Dieter Schubert
 East Germany 7:06.88
3 Joachim Ehrig
Peter Funnekötter
Franz Held
Wolfgang Plottke
 West Germany 7:10.56
4 Ian Gordon
Karel Jonker
Gregory Rokosh
Donald Curphey
 Canada 7:13.61
5 Primo Baran
Angelo Rossetto
Pier Angelo Conti
Abramo Albini
 Italy 7:14.20
6 Eralio Cabrera
Troadio Delgado
Ramón Luperón
Angel Serra
 Cuba 7:36.30
Semifinal 2
Rank Rower Country Time
1 Emeric Tuşa
Adalbert Agh
Mihai Naumencu
Francisc Papp
 Romania 7:12.50
2 Willy Poulsen
Peter Fich Christiansen
Egon Pedersen
Rolf Andersen
 Denmark 7:16.01
3 Anatoliy Tkachuk
Igor Kashurov
Aleksandr Motin
Vitaly Sapronov
 Soviet Union 7:16.59
4 Fred Smallbone
Lenny Robertson
Jim Clark
Bill Mason
 Great Britain 7:22.21
5 Hans-Jörg Bendiner
Walter Steiner
Thomas Macher
Kurt Baumann
 Switzerland 7:23.87
6 Biser Boyadzhiev
Borislav Vasilev
Nikolay Kolev
Metodi Khalvadzhiski
 Bulgaria 7:24.93

Final B

Rank Rower Country Time
1 Fred Smallbone
Lenny Robertson
Jim Clark
Bill Mason
 Great Britain 6:52.89
2 Biser Boyadzhiev
Borislav Vasilev
Nikolay Kolev
Metodi Khalvadzhiski
 Bulgaria 6:54.54
3 Ian Gordon
Karel Jonker
Gregory Rokosh
Donald Curphey
 Canada 6:57.18
4 Primo Baran
Angelo Rossetto
Pier Angelo Conti
Abramo Albini
 Italy 6:57.59
5 Hans-Jörg Bendiner
Walter Steiner
Thomas Macher
Kurt Baumann
 Switzerland 6:59.41
6 Eralio Cabrera
Troadio Delgado
Ramón Luperón
Angel Serra
 Cuba 7:10.83

Final A

Rank Rower Country Time
Frank Forberger
Dieter Grahn
Frank Rühle
Dieter Schubert
 East Germany 6:24.27
Dick Tonks
Dudley Storey
Ross Collinge
Noel Mills
 New Zealand 6:25.64
Joachim Ehrig
Peter Funnekötter
Franz Held
Wolfgang Plottke
 West Germany 6:28.41
4 Anatoliy Tkachuk
Igor Kashurov
Aleksandr Motin
Vitaly Sapronov
 Soviet Union 6:31.92
5 Emeric Tuşa
Adalbert Agh
Mihai Naumencu
Francisc Papp
 Romania 6:35.60
6 Willy Poulsen
Peter Fich Christiansen
Egon Pedersen
Rolf Andersen
 Denmark 6:37.28

References

  1. "Rowing at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
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