Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight coxless four

The men's lightweight coxless four competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia took place at Lake Lanier.[1]

Men's lightweight coxless four
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Date22–28 July
Competitors68 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Victor Feddersen
Niels Henriksen
Thomas Poulsen
Eskild Ebbesen
 Denmark
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brian Peaker
Jeffrey Lay
Dave Boyes
Gavin Hassett
 Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marc Schneider
Jeff Pfaendtner
David Collins
William Carlucci
 United States
2000 →

At international level for crew boats the limits are: Men: Crew average 70 kg (154.3 lb / 11 st 0.3 lb) – no rower over 72.5 kg (159.8 lb / 11 st 5.8 lb)

Competition format edit

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. The competition consists 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. The boats finishing in the 2 last positions 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.

Results edit

Heats edit

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

Heat 1 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Victor Feddersen
Niels Henriksen
Thomas Poulsen
Eskild Ebbesen
  Denmark 6:20.13 Q
2 Derek Holland
Sam Lynch
Neville Maxwell
Tony O'Connor
  Ireland 6:23.82 R
3 Haimish Karrasch
Gary Lynagh
David Belcher
Simon Burgess
  Australia 6:25.87 R
4 Andrea Re
Leonardo Pettinari
Ivano Zasio
Carlo Gaddi
  Italy 6:26.80 R
5 David Lemon
James McNiven
Tom Kay
Benjamin Helm
  Great Britain 6:35.95 R
6 Hernán Legizamón
Jorge Enríquez
Federico Querín
Gabriel Scortiquini
  Argentina 6:43.58 R

Heat 2 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Derek Holland
Sam Lynch
Neville Maxwell
Tony O'Connor
  Ireland 6:00.99 Q
2 Marc Schneider
Jeff Pfaendtner
David Collins
William Carlucci
  United States 6:21.85 R
3 Vladimir Mityushov
Aleksandr Ustinov
Andrey Shevel
Dmitry Kartashov
  Russia 6:26.39 R
4 Fernando Climent
David Morales
Juan Manuel Florido
Alfredo Girón
  Spain 6:28.05 R
5 Katsuhiko Nakamizo
Yasunori Tanabe
Michinori Iwaguro
Kazuaki Mimoto
  Japan 6:30.16 R
6 Samuel Aguiar
João Fernandes
Henrique Baixinho
Manuel Fernandes
  Portugal 7:37.13 R

Heat 3 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Roger Tobler
Mark Rowand
Gareth Costa
Mike Hasselbach
  South Africa 6:19.98 Q
2 Tobias Rose
Martin Weis
Michael Buchheit
Bernhard Stomporowski
  Germany 6:22.97 R
3 Martin Kobau
Harald Hofmann
Christoph Schmölzer
Gernot Faderbauer
  Austria 6:24.59 R
4 Michael Bänninger
Mathias Binder
Markus Feusi
Nicolai Kern
  Switzerland 6:26.5 R
5 Stéphane Barré
Xavier Dorfman
Stéphane Guerinot
Henri-Pierre Dall'acqua
  France 6:26.84 R

Repechages edit

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

Repechage 1 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Marc Schneider
Jeff Pfaendtner
David Collins
William Carlucci
  United States 5:58.58 S
2 Haimish Karrasch
Gary Lynagh
David Belcher
Simon Burgess
  Australia 6:02.04 S
3 Michael Bänninger
Mathias Binder
Markus Feusi
Nicolai Kern
  Switzerland 6:04.38 S
4 Katsuhiko Nakamizo
Yasunori Tanabe
Michinori Iwaguro
Kazuaki Mimoto
  Japan 6:06.77 C
5 Hernán Legizamón
Jorge Enríquez
Federico Querín
Gabriel Scortiquini
  Argentina 6:09.86 C

Repechage 2 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Marc Schneider
Jeff Pfaendtner
David Collins
William Carlucci
  United States 5:58.58 S
2 David Lemon
James McNiven
Tom Kay
Benjamin Helm
  Great Britain 6:02.65 S
3 Martin Kobau
Harald Hofmann
Christoph Schmölzer
Gernot Faderbauer
  Austria 6:02.76 S
4 Fernando Climent
David Morales
Juan Manuel Florido
Alfredo Girón
  Spain 6:03.33 C

Repechage 3 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Tobias Rose
Martin Weis
Michael Buchheit
Bernhard Stomporowski
  Germany 5:58.90 S
2 Andrea Re
Leonardo Pettinari
Ivano Zasio
Carlo Gaddi
  Italy 5:59.67 S
3 Stéphane Barré
Xavier Dorfman
Stéphane Guerinot
Henri-Pierre Dall'acqua
  France 5:59.95 S
4 Vladimir Mityushov
Aleksandr Ustinov
Andrey Shevel
Dmitry Kartashov
  Russia 6:00.03 C
5 Samuel Aguiar
João Fernandes
Henrique Baixinho
Manuel Fernandes
  Portugal 6:15.82 C

Semifinals edit

The first three boats of each semifinal advanced to the Final A, the remainder go to Final B.

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Victor Feddersen
Niels Henriksen
Thomas Poulsen
Eskild Ebbesen
  Denmark 6:13.21 A
2 Haimish Karrasch
Gary Lynagh
David Belcher
Simon Burgess
  Australia 6:15.47 A
3 Derek Holland
Sam Lynch
Neville Maxwell
Tony O'Connor
  Ireland 6:15.66 A
4 Roger Tobler
Mark Rowand
Gareth Costa
Mike Hasselbach
  South Africa 6:16.65 B
5 Andrea Re
Leonardo Pettinari
Ivano Zasio
Carlo Gaddi
  Italy 6:17.84 B
6 Martin Kobau
Harald Hofmann
Christoph Schmölzer
Gernot Faderbauer
  Austria 6:22.60 B

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Marc Schneider
Jeff Pfaendtner
David Collins
William Carlucci
  United States 6:09.89 A
2 Brian Peaker
Jeffrey Lay
Dave Boyes
Gavin Hassett
  Canada 6:10.38 A
3 Tobias Rose
Martin Weis
Michael Buchheit
Bernhard Stomporowski
  Germany 6:12.73 A
4 Stéphane Barré
Xavier Dorfman
Stéphane Guerinot
Henri-Pierre Dall'acqua
  France 6:15.75 B
5 David Lemon
James McNiven
Tom Kay
Benjamin Helm
  Great Britain 6:19.07 B
6 Michael Bänninger
Mathias Binder
Markus Feusi
Nicolai Kern
  Switzerland 6:20.98 B

Finals edit

Final C edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
13 Vladimir Mityushov
Aleksandr Ustinov
Andrey Shevel
Dmitry Kartashov
  Russia 6:23.59
14 Fernando Climent
David Morales
Juan Manuel Florido
Alfredo Girón
  Spain 6:25.81
15 Samuel Aguiar
João Fernandes
Henrique Baixinho
Manuel Fernandes
  Portugal 6:27.07
16 Katsuhiko Nakamizo
Yasunori Tanabe
Michinori Iwaguro
Kazuaki Mimoto
  Japan 6:28.60
17 Hernán Legizamón
Jorge Enríquez
Federico Querín
Gabriel Scortiquini
  Argentina 6:30.64

Final B edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
7 Stéphane Barré
Xavier Dorfman
Stéphane Guerinot
Henri-Pierre Dall'acqua
  France 6:02.39
8 Andrea Re
Leonardo Pettinari
Ivano Zasio
Carlo Gaddi
  Italy 6:03.25
9 Roger Tobler
Mark Rowand
Gareth Costa
Mike Hasselbach
  South Africa 6:04.13
10 David Lemon
James McNiven
Tom Kay
Benjamin Helm
  Great Britain 6:05.13
11 Michael Bänninger
Mathias Binder
Markus Feusi
Nicolai Kern
  Switzerland 6:05.92
12 Martin Kobau
Harald Hofmann
Christoph Schmölzer
Gernot Faderbauer
  Austria 6:06.09

Final A edit

Rank Rower Country Time Notes
  Victor Feddersen
Niels Henriksen
Thomas Poulsen
Eskild Ebbesen
  Denmark 6:09.58
  Brian Peaker
Jeffrey Lay
Dave Boyes
Gavin Hassett
  Canada 6:10.13
  Marc Schneider
Jeff Pfaendtner
David Collins
William Carlucci
  United States 6:12.29
4 Derek Holland
Sam Lynch
Neville Maxwell
Tony O'Connor
  Ireland 6:13.51
5 Tobias Rose
Martin Weis
Michael Buchheit
Bernhard Stomporowski
  Germany 6:14.79
6 Haimish Karrasch
Gary Lynagh
David Belcher
Simon Burgess
  Australia 6:18.16

References edit

  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2018.