Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

The men's coxless four (M4-) rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held from 20 to 27 July.

Men's coxless four at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Krylatskoye Rowing Canal
Date	20–27 July
Competitors	44 from 11 nations
Medalists
Siegfried Brietzke Andreas Decker Stefan Semmler Jürgen Thiele  East Germany Aleksey Kamkin Valeriy Dolinin Aleksandr Kulagin Vitali Eliseev  Soviet Union John Beattie Ian McNuff David Townsend Martin Cross  Great Britain

The silver medalists

Heats

Winner of each heat advanced to final. The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the final.

Heat One

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Aleksey Kamkin, Valeriy Dolinin, Aleksandr Kulagin, Vitali Eliseev	Soviet Union (URS)	6:31.71
2	Vojtěch Caska, Jiří Prudil, Josef Neštický, Lubomír Zapletal	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	6:43.30
3	Georgi Georgiev, Lachezar Boychev, Kiril Kirchev, Valentin Stoev	Bulgaria (BUL)	6:47.21
4	Jean-Pierre Bremer, Nicolas Lourdaux, Bernard Bruand, Dominique Basset	France (FRA)	6:50.18
5	Mirosław Jarzembowski, Mariusz Trzciński, Henryk Trzciński, Marek Niedziałkowski	Poland (POL)	6:55.28
6	Wenceslao Borroto, Ismael Carbonell, Jorge Álvarez, Hermenegildo Palacio	Cuba (CUB)	7:02.83

Heat Two

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Siegfried Brietzke, Andreas Decker, Stefan Semmler, Jürgen Thiele	East Germany (GDR)	6:19.93
2	Daniel Voiculescu, Carolică Ilieş, Petru Iosub, Nicolae Simion	Romania (ROM)	6:32.16
3	Jürg Weitnauer, Bruno Saile, Hans-Konrad Trümpler, Stefan Netzle	Switzerland (SUI)	6:32.74
4	John Beattie, Ian McNuff, David Townsend, Martin Cross	Great Britain (GBR)	6:42.73
5	Kent Larsson, Pär Hurtig, Jan Nicklasson, Göran Johansson	Sweden (SWE)	6:49.78

Repechage

The top two teams in each repechage heat qualified for the final.

Heat One

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Jürg Weitnauer, Bruno Saile, Hans-Konrad Trümpler, Stefan Netzle	Switzerland (SUI)	6:16.07
2	Vojtěch Caska, Jiří Prudil, Josef Neštický, Lubomír Zapletal	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	6:18.49
3	Jean-Pierre Bremer, Nicolas Lourdaux, Bernard Bruand, Dominique Basset	France (FRA)	6:19.21
4	Kent Larsson, Pär Hurtig, Jan Nicklasson, Göran Johansson	Sweden (SWE)	6:29.33
5	Wenceslao Borroto, Ismael Carbonell, Jorge Álvarez, Hermenegildo Palacio	Cuba (CUB)	6:40.84

Heat Two

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	John Beattie, Ian McNuff, David Townsend, Martin Cross	Great Britain (GBR)	6:12.71
2	Daniel Voiculescu, Carolică Ilieş, Petru Iosub, Nicolae Simion	Romania (ROM)	6:13.31
3	Georgi Georgiev, Lachezar Boychev, Kiril Kirchev, Valentin Stoev	Bulgaria (BUL)	6:22.57
4	Mirosław Jarzembowski, Mariusz Trzciński, Henryk Trzciński, Marek Niedziałkowski	Poland (POL)	6:30.26

Finals

Finals A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Siegfried Brietzke, Andreas Decker, Stefan Semmler, Jürgen Thiele	East Germany (GDR)	6:08.17
	Aleksey Kamkin, Valeriy Dolinin, Aleksandr Kulagin, Vitali Eliseev	Soviet Union (URS)	6:11.81
	John Beattie, Ian McNuff, David Townsend, Martin Cross	Great Britain (GBR)	6:16.58
4	Vojtěch Caska, Jiří Prudil, Josef Neštický, Lubomír Zapletal	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	6:18.63
5	Daniel Voiculescu, Carolică Ilieş, Petru Iosub, Nicolae Simion	Romania (ROM)	6:19.45
6	Jürg Weitnauer, Bruno Saile, Hans-Konrad Trümpler, Stefan Netzle	Switzerland (SUI)	6:26.46

Finals B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
7	Jean-Pierre Bremer, Nicolas Lourdaux, Bernard Bruand, Dominique Basset	France (FRA)	6:19.06
8	Mirosław Jarzembowski, Mariusz Trzciński, Henryk Trzciński, Marek Niedziałkowski	Poland (POL)	6:22.31
9	Georgi Georgiev, Lachezar Boychev, Kiril Kirchev, Valentin Stoev	Bulgaria (BUL)	6:22.49
10	Kent Larsson, Pär Hurtig, Jan Nicklasson, Göran Johansson	Sweden (SWE)	6:23.61
11	Wenceslao Borroto, Ismael Carbonell, Jorge Álvarez, Hermenegildo Palacio	Cuba (CUB)	6:36.20

Sources

• Fizkultura i Sport, ed. (1981). The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three (PDF). p. 110.