Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's eight

The men's eight competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.[1]

Men's eight
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Date28 July – 2 August
Competitors126 from 14 nations
Medalists
Darren Barber
Andrew Crosby
Michael Forgeron
Robert Marland
Terrence Paul
Derek Porter
Michael Rascher
Bruce Robertson
John Wallace
 Canada
Iulică Ruican
Viorel Talapan
Vasile Năstase
Gabriel Marin
Dănuț Dobre
Valentin Robu
Vasile Măstăcan
Ioan Vizitiu
Marin Gheorghe
 Romania
Roland Baar
Armin Eichholz
Detlef Kirchhoff
Manfred Klein
Bahne Rabe
Frank Richter
Hans Sennewald
Thorsten Streppelhoff
Ansgar Wessling
 Germany

Competition format

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 14 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (9 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 5 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top three boats in the repechage advanced to the semifinals. The remaining two boats (4th and 5th place in the repechage) were placed in the "C" final to compete for 13th and 14th places.

The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal (6 boats total) advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th.[2]

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results

Heat 1

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Terrence Paul Canada5:32.59Q
2Adrian Ellison Great Britain5:36.01Q
3Andrew Lonmon-Davis South Africa5:37.83Q
4Jiří Pták Czechoslovakia5:41.85R
5Hidekazu Hayashi Japan5:42.97R

Heat 2

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Marin Gheorghe Romania5:30.21Q
2Manfred Klein Germany5:32.98Q
3Stephen Masters Denmark5:34.65Q
4Dino Lucchetta Italy5:46.97R
5Carlos Front Spain5:48.36R

Heat 3

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Michael Moore United States5:33.37Q
2David Colvin Australia5:34.28Q
3Igor Shkaberin Unified Team5:38.59Q
4Li Jianxin China5:38.98R

Repechage

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Dino Lucchetta Italy5:42.51Q
2Li Jianxin China5:43.55Q
3Jiří Pták Czechoslovakia5:48.18Q
4Hidekazu Hayashi Japan5:51.53QC
5Carlos Front Spain5:53.50QC

Semifinal 1

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Marin Gheorghe Romania5:33.01QA
2Terrence Paul Canada5:35.11QA
3David Colvin Australia5:35.76QA
4Stephen Masters Denmark5:35.83QB
5Andrew Lonmon-Davis South Africa5:45.13QB
6Jiří Pták Czechoslovakia5:45.32QB

Semifinal 2

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1Manfred Klein Germany5:35.60QA
2Michael Moore United States5:37.11QA
3Adrian Ellison Great Britain5:39.79QA
4Dino Lucchetta Italy5:40.89QB
5Li Jianxin China5:44.82QB
6Igor Shkaberin Unified Team5:48.41QB

Final C

RankRowersCoxswainNationTime
13Hidekazu Hayashi Japan6:02.44
14Carlos Front Spain6:10.45

Final B

RankRowersCoxswainNationTime
7Stephen Masters Denmark5:41.61
8Andrew Lonmon-Davis South Africa5:42.58
9Dino Lucchetta Italy5:43.33
10Igor Shkaberin Unified Team5:43.52
11Li Jianxin China5:44.01
12Jiří Pták Czechoslovakia5:47.77

Final A

RankRowersCoxswainNationTime
Terrence Paul Canada5:29.53
Marin Gheorghe Romania5:29.67
Manfred Klein Germany5:31.00
4Michael Moore United States5:33.18
5David Colvin Australia5:33.72
6Adrian Ellison Great Britain5:39.92

Final classification

The following rowers took part:[1]

Rank Rowers Country
Darren Barber
Andrew Crosby
Michael Forgeron
Robert Marland
Terrence Paul
Derek Porter
Michael Rascher
Bruce Robertson
John Wallace
 Canada
Iulică Ruican
Viorel Talapan
Vasile Năstase
Gabriel Marin
Dănuț Dobre
Valentin Robu
Vasile Măstăcan
Ioan Vizitiu
Marin Gheorghe
 Romania
Roland Baar
Armin Eichholz
Detlef Kirchhoff
Manfred Klein
Bahne Rabe
Frank Richter
Hans Sennewald
Thorsten Streppelhoff
Ansgar Wessling
 Germany
Mike Teti
Chris Sahs
Scott Munn
Jeff Klepacki
Rob Shepherd
Malcolm Baker
Richard Kennelly Jr.
John Parker
Michael Moore
 United States
Simon Spriggs
Peter Murphy
Wayne Diplock
Jaime Fernandez
Ben Dodwell
Samuel Patten
Bo Hanson
Robert Scott
David Colvin
 Australia
Martin Cross
Tim Foster
Richard Phelps
Jim Walker
Ben Hunt-Davis
Stephen Turner
Rupert Obholzer
Jonathan Singfield
Adrian Ellison
 Great Britain
Jens Pørneki
Jørgen Tramm
Thomas Larsen
Lars Christensen
Carsten Hassing
Jesper Thusgård Kristiansen
Martin Haldbo Hansen
Kent Skovsager
Stephen Masters
 Denmark
Martin Walsh
Rogan Clarke
Grant Hillary
Andrew Gordon-Brown
Erich Mauff
Timothy Lahner
Robin McCall
Ivan Pentz
Andrew Lonmon-Davis
 South Africa
Ciro Liguori
Antonio Maurogiovanni
Roberto Blanda
Raffaello Leonardo
Valter Molea
Riccardo Moretti
Giovanni Suarez
Walter Bottega
Dino Lucchetta
 Italy
Vitaliy Raievskiy
Alexandru Britov
Yevgeny Kislyakov
Aleksandr Anikeyev
Sergey Korotkikh
Oleg Sveshnikov
Vasily Tikhonov
Stepan Dmitriyevsky
Igor Shkaberin
 Unified Team
Yao Jianzhong
Li Zhongping
Feng Feng
Sun Senlin
Huang Xiaoping
Xu Wuling
Zheng Xianwei
Jiang Haiyang
Li Jianxin
 China
Pavel Menšík
Dušan Businský
Ondřej Holeček
Jiří Šefčík
Pavel Sokol
Petr Blecha
Jan Beneš
Radek Zavadil
Jiří Pták
 Czechoslovakia
Michinori Iwaguro
Hiroyoshi Matsui
Masahiro Sakata
Yasunori Tanabe
Hiroshi Mitome
Kazuhisa Yamani
Takatoshi Iwatsuki
Tadashi Abe
Hidekazu Hayashi
 Japan
Josu Andueza
Andreu Canals
José María Claro
Horacio Allegue
Jordi Quer
Garikoitz Azkue
Josép Robert
Juan María Altuna
Carlos Front
 Spain

References

  1. "Rowing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Coxed Eights". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. Official Report, vol. 5, pp. 329–30.
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