Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight coxless four

Men's lightweight coxless four competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 10 to 17 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.[1]

Men's lightweight coxless four
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Thomas Ebert
Morten Jørgensen
Mads Andersen
Eskild Ebbesen
 Denmark
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Łukasz Pawłowski
Bartłomiej Pawełczak
Miłosz Bernatajtys
Paweł Rańda
 Poland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Iain Brambell
Jon Beare
Mike Lewis
Liam Parsons
 Canada
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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.

During the first round three heats were held. The top three boats in each heat advanced to the A/B semifinals, with the rest moving to the repechage. The repechage was a single heat, with the best three of the four competing boats moving on to the A/B semifinals as well. The fourth-place finisher in the repechage was given an overall ranking of 13th overall, out of the 13 boats in the competition.

Only A/B semifinals were held. For each of the two semifinal races, the top three boats moved on to the better of the two finals (the A final), while the bottom three boats went to the lesser of the two finals (the B final).

The third and final round was the Finals. Each final determined a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th. The B final gave rankings from 7th to 12th.

Schedule

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All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Sunday, August 10, 2008 16:00-16:30 Heats
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 16:40-16:50 Repechage
Friday, August 15, 2008 16:10-16:30 Semifinals A/B
Saturday, August 16, 2008 14:50-15:00 Final B
Sunday, August 17, 2008 16:10-16:20 Final A

Results

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Heats

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Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B, 4..->R

Heat 1

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Huang, Wu, Zhang, Tian   China 5:51.30 SA/B
2 Chambers, Lindsay-Fynn, Mattick, Clarke   Great Britain 5:52.38 SA/B
3 Chisholm, Edwards, Cureton, Skipworth   Australia 5:55.18 SA/B
4 van der Linden, Godschalk, Snijders, Drewes   Netherlands 5:57.54 R
5 Zidan, Ramadan, Gad, Ibrahim   Egypt 6:11.71 R

Heat 2

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Ebert, Jørgensen, Ebbesen, Andersen   Denmark 5:50.12 SA/B
2 Brambell, Beare, Lewis, Parsons   Canada 5:52.13 SA/B
3 Vlcek, Amarante, Amitrano, Mascarenhas   Italy 5:54.12 SA/B
4 Altman, Daly, Todd, Paradiso   United States 5:56.54 R

Heat 3

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Seibt, Schoemann-Finck, J. Kühner, M. Kühner   Germany 5:50.16 SA/B
2 Solforosi, Raineau, Bette, Tilliet   France 5:51.68 SA/B
3 Pawłowski, Pawełczak, Bernatajtys, Rańda   Poland 5:52.06 SA/B
4 Moynihan, Coakley, Archibald, Griffin   Ireland 5:52.32 R

Repechage

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Qualification Rules: 1-3->SA/B

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Moynihan, Towey, Archibald, Griffin   Ireland 6:21.79 SA/B
2 van der Linden, Godschalk, Snijders, Drewes   Netherlands 6:25.25 SA/B
3 Altman, Daly, Todd, Paradiso   United States 6:27.43 SA/B
4 Zidan, Ramadan, Gad, Ibrahim   Egypt 6:37.50 -

Semifinals A/B

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Qualification Rules: 1-3->FA, 4..->FB

Semifinal A/B 1

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Pawłowski, Pawełczak, Bernatajtys, Rańda   Poland 6:06.60 FA
2 Brambell, Beare, Lewis, Parsons   Canada 6:07.86 FA
3 van der Linden, Godschalk, Snijders, Drewes   Netherlands 6:08.73 FA
4 Chisholm, Edwards, Cureton, Skipworth   Australia 6:12.38 FB
5 Huang, Wu, Zhang, Tian   China 6:12.55 FB
Seibt, Schoemann-Finck, J. Kühner, M. Kühner   Germany DNS

Semifinal A/B 2

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Ebert, Jørgensen, Ebbesen, Andersen   Denmark 6:05.75 FA
2 Solforosi, Raineau, Bette, Tilliet   France 6:07.26 FA
3 Chambers, Lindsay-Fynn, Mattick, Clarke   Great Britain 6:08.75 FA
4 Moynihan, Towey, Archibald, Griffin   Ireland 6:13.85 FB
5 Vlcek, Amarante, Amitrano, Mascarenhas   Italy 6:14.73 FB
6 Altman, Daly, Todd, Paradiso   United States 6:16.30 FB

Final B

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Vlcek, Amarante, Amitrano, Mascarenhas   Italy 6:03.12
2 Huang, Wu, Zhang, Tian   China 6:04.99
3 Chisholm, Edwards, Cureton, Skipworth   Australia 6:05.26
4 Moynihan, Towey, Archibald, Griffin   Ireland 6:06.02
5 Altman, Daly, Todd, Paradiso   United States 6:07.79

Final A

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
  Ebert, Jørgensen, Ebbesen, Andersen   Denmark 5:47.76 OB
  Pawłowski, Pawełczak, Bernatajtys, Rańda   Poland 5:49.39
  Brambell, Beare, Lewis, Parsons   Canada 5:50.09
4 Solforosi, Raineau, Bette, Tilliet   France 5:51.22
5 Chambers, Lindsay-Fynn, Mattick, Clarke   Great Britain 5:52.12
6 van der Linden, Godschalk, Snijders, Drewes   Netherlands 5:54.06

References

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  1. ^ "Rowing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
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