Coxed Fours, Men

In the fours with coxswain, Canada brought a powerful crew to the competition. However, their boat did not arrive in Antwerp and they were forced to borrow one. Shortly before their heat in the semi-finals, one of their riggers cracked. They tried to alert the starter but he let the race start despite this. The Canadians managed to start and were briefly in the lead, but the other shoulder of the rigger failed and they were forced to row with only three oars. The Swiss won the finals over the United States. The USA crew barely held off the Norwegians for the silver medal, as they finished with the same time. Switzerland had won the 1920 European Championship and, prior to the War, had won that title in 1911-1913. France had won this event at the 1919 Inter-Allied Games, but no French crew competed in the coxed fours at Antwerpen.