Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight coxless four

The men's lightweight coxless four competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.

Men's lightweight coxless four
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Regatta Centre
Date18–24 September
Competitors57 from 14 nations
Winning time6:01.68
Medalists
Laurent Porchier
Jean-Christophe Bette
Yves Hocdé
Xavier Dorfman
 France
Simon Burgess
Anthony Edwards
Darren Balmforth
Robert Richards
 Australia
Søren Madsen
Thomas Ebert
Eskild Ebbesen
Victor Feddersen
 Denmark

Competition format

This rowing event is a sweep rowing event, meaning that each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. Four rowers crew each boat, and no coxswain is used. As a lightweight rowing event, rowers were limited to a maximum body mass of 72.5 kilograms each and 70 kilograms on average. The competition consisted of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.

With 14 boats in with heats, the best boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. Unsuccessful boats from the repechage are eliminated from the competition. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6 (including the medals). Unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B go forward to final B, which determines places 7–12.[1]

Schedule

All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Monday, 18 September 200009:40Heats
Wednesday, 20 September 200009:40Repechages
Friday, 22 September 200009:10Semifinals
Saturday, 23 September 200011:30Final B
Sunday, 24 September 200009:10Final

Results

Heats

The first three boats of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Laurent Porchier, Jean-Christophe Bette, Yves Hocdé, Xavier Dorfman  France 6:09.32 A/B
2 Iain Brambell, Chris Davidson, Gavin Hassett, Jon Beare  Canada 6:10.37 A/B
3 Roland Händle, Björn Spaeter, Thorsten Schmidt, Marcus Mielke  Germany 6:16.37 A/B
4 Jorge Morgenstern, Herbert Jans, Christián Yantani, Miguel Cerda  Chile 6:21.10 R
5 Keisuke Murai, Atsushi Obata, Hiroya Sato, Yasunori Tanabe  Japan 6:22.31 R

Heat 2

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Simon Burgess, Anthony Edwards, Darren Balmforth, Robert Richards  Australia 6:11.42 A/B
2 Joris Trooster, Jeroen Spaans, Simon Kolkman, Robert van der Vooren  Netherlands 6:14.37 A/B
3 Helfried Jurtschitsch, Bernd Wakolbinger, Martin Kobau, Wolfgang Sigl  Austria 6:16.94 A/B
4 Dmitry Kartashov, Andrey Shevel, Sergey Bukreyev, Aleksandr Zyuzin  Russia 6:17.01 R
5 Neville Maxwell, Neal Byrne, Gearoid Towey, Anthony O'Connor  Ireland 6:18.94 R

Heat 3

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Salvatore Amitrano, Franco Sancassani, Catello Amarante, Carlo Gaddi  Italy 6:14.89 A/B
2 Marc Schneider, Greg Ruckman, Paul Teti, Tom Auth  United States 6:16.36 A/B
3 Mark Raeside Rowand, Ross Hawkins, Roger Tobler, Mike Hasselbach  South Africa 6:17.88 A/B
4 Søren Madsen, Thomas Ebert, Eskild Ebbesen, Victor Feddersen  Denmark 6:21.30 R

Repechage

First three qualify to semifinals.

Repechage 1

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Søren Madsen, Thomas Ebert, Eskild Ebbesen, Victor Feddersen  Denmark 6:08.63 A/B
2 Dmitry Kartashov, Andrey Shevel, Sergey Bukreyev, Alexandre Zyuzin  Russia 6:10.35 A/B
3 Neville Maxwell, Neal Byrne, Gearoid Towey, Anthony O'Connor  Ireland 6:13.00 A/B
4 Jorge Morgenstern, Herbert Jans, Christián Yantani, Miguel Cerda  Chile 6:15.49
5 Keisuke Murai, Atsushi Obata, Hiroya Sato, Yasunori Tanabe  Japan 6:18.56

Semifinals

First three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Simon Burgess, Anthony Edwards, Darren Balmforth, Robert Richards  Australia 6:00.82 A
2 Laurent Porchier, Jean-Christophe Bette, Yves Hocdé, Xavier Dorfman  France 6:00.85 A
3 Marc Schneider, Greg Ruckman, Paul Teti, Tom Auth  United States 6:05.13 A
4 Helfried Jurtschitsch, Bernd Wakolbinger, Martin Kobau, Wolfgang Sigl  Austria 6:10.11 B
5 Neville Maxwell, Neal Byrne, Gearoid Towey, Anthony O'Connor  Ireland 6:10.30 B
6 Roland Händle, Björn Später, Thorsten Schmidt, Marcus Mielke  Germany 6:15.75 B

Semifinal 2

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Salvatore Amitrano, Franco Sancassani, Catello Amarante, Carlo Gaddi  Italy 6:00.82 A
2 Søren Madsen, Thomas Ebert, Eskild Ebbesen, Victor Feddersen  Denmark 6:01.67 A
3 Mark Raeside Rowand, Ross Hawkins, Roger Tobler, Mike Hasselbach  South Africa 6:02.09 A
4 Iain Brambell, Chris Davidson, Gavin Hassett, Jon Beare  Canada 6:02.49 B
5 Joris Trooster, Jeroen Spaans, Simon Kolkman, Robert van der Vooren  Netherlands 6:03.25 B
6 Dmitry Kartashov, Andrey Shevel, Sergey Bukreyev, Alexandre Zyuzin  Russia 6:15.31 B

Final B

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Iain Brambell, Chris Davidson, Gavin Hassett, Jon Beare  Canada 6:04.31
2 Joris Trooster, Jeroen Spaans, Simon Kolkman, Robert van der Vooren  Netherlands 6:05.96
3 Helfried Jurtschitsch, Bernd Wakolbinger, Martin Kobau, Wolfgang Sigl  Austria 6:10.11
4 Dmitry Kartashov, Andrey Shevel, Sergey Bukreyev, Alexandre Zyuzin  Russia 6:09.12
5 Neville Maxwell, Neal Byrne, Gearoid Towey, Anthony O'Connor  Ireland 6:09.84
6 Roland Händle, Björn Später, Thorsten Schmidt, Marcus Mielke  Germany 6:15.31

Final A

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
Laurent Porchier, Jean-Christophe Bette, Yves Hocdé, Xavier Dorfman  France 6:01.68
Simon Burgess, Anthony Edwards, Darren Balmforth, Robert Richards  Australia 6:02.09
Søren Madsen, Thomas Ebert, Eskild Ebbesen, Victor Feddersen  Denmark 6:03.51
4 Salvatore Amitrano, Franco Sancassani, Catello Amarante, Carlo Gaddi  Italy 6:03.77
5 Mark Raeside Rowand, Ross Hawkins, Roger Tobler, Mike Hasselbach  South Africa 6:07.67
6 Marc Schneider, Greg Ruckman, Paul Teti, Tom Auth  United States 6:10.09

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
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