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


The men's coxless four 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.

Background

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. At the three subsequent World Championships, the Soviet Union had the best success, followed by Switzerland and West Germany. With the Eastern Bloc nations absent due to their boycott, the field was wide open.

Previous M4- competitions

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Heat 2

Repechage

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

Heat 1

The Chinese team changed all four seats for the repechage. This was the only seat change during the coxless four competition.
RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Bruno Saile
Jürg Weitnauer
Hans-Konrad Trümpler
Stefan Netzle
6:20.44FA
2Norbert Keßlau
Volker Grabow
Jörg Puttlitz
Guido Grabow
6:22.54FA
3David Doyle
James Lowe
Duncan Fisher
John Bentley
6:29.04FB
4Wang Hongbing
Liu Baogang
Gu Jiahong
Tang Hongwei
6:46.18FB

Heat 2

Finals

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

B final

The B final was held on 3 August.
RankRowerCountryTime
7Tim Turner
Ted Gibson
David Johnson
Stephen Beatty
6:26.10
8David Doyle
James Lowe
Duncan Fisher
John Bentley
6:28.31
9Jonathan Clift
John Garrett
Martin Knight
John Bland
6:32.13
10Wang Hongbing
Liu Baogang
Gu Jiahong
Tang Hongwei
6:50.03

A final

The A final was held on 5 August.
RankRowerCountryTime
Les O'Connell
Shane O'Brien
Conrad Robertson
Keith Trask
6:03.48
David Clark
Jonathan Smith
Phillip Stekl
Alan Forney
6:06.10
Michael Jessen
Lars Nielsen
Per Rasmussen
Erik Christiansen
6:07.72
4Norbert Keßlau
Volker Grabow
Jörg Puttlitz
Guido Grabow
6:09.27
5Bruno Saile
Jürg Weitnauer
Hans-Konrad Trümpler
Stefan Netzle
6:09.50
6Anders Wilgotson
Hans Svensson
Lars-Åke Lindqvist
Anders Larson
6:11.71