Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

The men's coxless four (M4-) competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Casitas in Ventura County, California, United States. It was held from 31 July to 5 August and the outcome was wide open due to the Eastern Bloc boycott and thus the absence of the dominating team from the Soviet Union, and previously East Germany. The event was won by the team from New Zealand.[2]

Men's coxless four
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueLake Casitas
Date31 July – 5 August
Competitors40[1] from 10[1] nations
Teams10[1]
Winning time6:03.48
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Les O'Connell
Shane O'Brien
Conrad Robertson
Keith Trask
 New Zealand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) David Clark
Jonathan Smith
Phillip Stekl
Alan Forney
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michael Jessen
Lars Nielsen
Per Rasmussen
Erik Christiansen
 Denmark
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Background

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Beginning in 1966, East Germany was for many years the dominating nation in the men's coxless four event at European, World, and Olympic level. Their last gold came with the 1980 Summer Olympics.[2][3] At the three subsequent World Championships, the Soviet Union had the best success (with one gold and two silvers), followed by Switzerland (one gold and one silver) and West Germany (one gold).[2][4][5][6] With the Eastern Bloc nations absent due to their boycott, the field was wide open.[2]

Previous M4- competitions

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze
1966 World Rowing Championships[7]   East Germany   Soviet Union   Netherlands
1967 European Rowing Championships[8]   East Germany   Hungary   United States
1968 Summer Olympics[9]   East Germany   Hungary   Italy
1969 European Rowing Championships[8]   Soviet Union   Hungary   East Germany
1970 World Rowing Championships[7]   East Germany   West Germany   Denmark
1971 European Rowing Championships[10]   East Germany   Norway   West Germany
1972 Summer Olympics[11]   East Germany   New Zealand   West Germany
1973 European Rowing Championships[12]   East Germany   Norway   West Germany
1974 World Rowing Championships[7]   East Germany   Soviet Union   West Germany
1975 World Rowing Championships[7]   East Germany   Soviet Union   Romania
1976 Summer Olympics[13]   East Germany   Norway   Soviet Union
1977 World Rowing Championships[14]   East Germany   New Zealand   Czechoslovakia
1978 World Rowing Championships[15]   Soviet Union   East Germany   Great Britain
1979 World Rowing Championships[16]   East Germany   Czechoslovakia   Great Britain
1980 Summer Olympics[3]   East Germany   Soviet Union   Great Britain
1981 World Rowing Championships[4]   Soviet Union   Switzerland   East Germany
1982 World Rowing Championships[5]   Switzerland   Soviet Union   Romania
1983 World Rowing Championships[6]   West Germany   Soviet Union   Sweden

Results

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Heats

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The first two races were held on 31 July.[17] Five teams competed per heat, and the winner would progress to the A final. The remaining teams would progress to the repechage.[18]

Heat 1

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Les O'Connell
Shane O'Brien
Conrad Robertson
Keith Trask
  New Zealand 6:08.41 FA
2 Norbert Keßlau
Volker Grabow
Jörg Puttlitz
Guido Grabow
  West Germany 6:09.54 R
3 Michael Jessen
Lars Nielsen
Per Rasmussen
Erik Christiansen
  Denmark 6:15.58 R
4 Tim Turner
Ted Gibson
David Johnson
Stephen Beatty
  Canada 6:24.79 R
5 Gu Jiahong
Tang Hongwei
Liu Baogang
Wang Hongbing
  China 6:45.25 R

Heat 2

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 David Clark
Jonathan Smith
Phillip Stekl
Alan Forney
  United States 6:11.58 FA
2 Anders Wilgotson
Hans Svensson
Lars-Åke Lindqvist
Anders Larson
  Sweden 6:13.40 R
3 Bruno Saile
Jürg Weitnauer
Hans-Konrad Trümpler
Stefan Netzle
  Switzerland 6:19.23 R
4 David Doyle
James Lowe
Duncan Fisher
John Bentley
  Australia 6:22.14 R
5 Jonathan Clift
John Garrett
Martin Knight
John Bland
  Great Britain 6:23.95 R

Repechage

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Two repechages were held on 2 August with four teams each.[19] The first two teams would progress to the A final, whilst the remaining two teams would go to the B final.[20]

Heat 1

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The Chinese team changed all four seats for the repechage. This was the only seat change during the coxless four competition.[17]

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Bruno Saile
Jürg Weitnauer
Hans-Konrad Trümpler
Stefan Netzle
  Switzerland 6:20.44 FA
2 Norbert Keßlau
Volker Grabow
Jörg Puttlitz
Guido Grabow
  West Germany 6:22.54 FA
3 David Doyle
James Lowe
Duncan Fisher
John Bentley
  Australia 6:29.04 FB
4 Wang Hongbing
Liu Baogang
Gu Jiahong
Tang Hongwei
  China 6:46.18 FB

Heat 2

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Anders Wilgotson
Hans Svensson
Lars-Åke Lindqvist
Anders Larson
  Sweden 6:21.22 FA
2 Michael Jessen
Lars Nielsen
Per Rasmussen
Erik Christiansen
  Denmark 6:22.94 FA
3 Tim Turner
Ted Gibson
David Johnson
Stephen Beatty
  Canada 6:28.11 FB
4 Jonathan Clift
John Garrett
Martin Knight
John Bland
  Great Britain 6:32.84 FB

Finals

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Four teams competed in the B final for places 7 to 10, and six teams competed in the A final.[21]

B final

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The B final was held on 3 August.[19]

Rank Rower Country Time
7 Tim Turner
Ted Gibson
David Johnson
Stephen Beatty
  Canada 6:26.10
8 David Doyle
James Lowe
Duncan Fisher
John Bentley
  Australia 6:28.31
9 Jonathan Clift
John Garrett
Martin Knight
John Bland
  Great Britain 6:32.13
10 Wang Hongbing
Liu Baogang
Gu Jiahong
Tang Hongwei
  China 6:50.03

A final

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The A final was held on 5 August.[19]

Rank Rower Country Time
  Les O'Connell
Shane O'Brien
Conrad Robertson
Keith Trask
  New Zealand 6:03.48
  David Clark
Jonathan Smith
Phillip Stekl
Alan Forney
  United States 6:06.10
  Michael Jessen
Lars Nielsen
Per Rasmussen
Erik Christiansen
  Denmark 6:07.72
4 Norbert Keßlau
Volker Grabow
Jörg Puttlitz
Guido Grabow
  West Germany 6:09.27
5 Bruno Saile
Jürg Weitnauer
Hans-Konrad Trümpler
Stefan Netzle
  Switzerland 6:09.50
6 Anders Wilgotson
Hans Svensson
Lars-Åke Lindqvist
Anders Larson
  Sweden 6:11.71

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Perelman 1985b, p. 518.
  2. ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  4. ^ a b "1981 World Rowing Championships: (M4-) Men's Four – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  5. ^ a b "1982 World Rowing Championships: (M4-) Men's Four – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  6. ^ a b "1983 World Rowing Championships: (M4-) Men's Four – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  7. ^ a b c d "Rudern - Weltmeisterschaften. Vierer ohne Steuermann" [Rowing - World Championships. Coxless four]. Sport-Komplett.de (in German). Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
  8. ^ a b Hoffmann, Wilfried. "Ruder-Europameisterschaften seit 1913: Deutsche Medaillenerfolge – Gold, Silber und Bronze". Rüsselsheimer Ruderclub 08 e.V. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  9. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  10. ^ "(M4-) Men's Four - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  11. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1972 München Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  12. ^ "(M4-) Men's Four - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  13. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  14. ^ "1977 World Rowing Championships: (M4-) Men's Four – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  15. ^ "1978 World Rowing Championships: (M4-) Men's Four – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  16. ^ "1979 World Rowing Championships: (M4-) Men's Four – Final". WorldRowing.com. FISA. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  17. ^ a b Perelman 1985b, pp. 527f.
  18. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours Round Ones". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  19. ^ a b c Perelman 1985b, p. 528.
  20. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours Round One Repêchage". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  21. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours Final Round". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

References

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  • Perelman, Richard B., ed. (1985). Official Report Los Angeles 1984, Volume 1: Organization and Planning. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee.
  • Perelman, Richard B., ed. (1985). Official Report Los Angeles 1984, Volume 2: Competition and Summary and Results. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee.