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Coxless Fours, Men

Date	8 – 12 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio da Lagoa, Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	52 from 13 countries

Great Britain had held the Olympic Men’s Coxless Four title since 2000 and, more recently, had won the 2014, 2015, and 2016 European and 2014 World Championships, making them strong favorites in Rio. One member of the London squad, Alex Gregory, returned to defend his crown in 2016. The reigning World Champions, however, were the Italians, while the Australians were the 2012 Olympic and 2013 and 2015 World runners-up and the 2014 World bronze medalists.

These three countries won their preliminary heats without much trouble. In the semifinals, Australia and Great Britain were well ahead of their closest rivals, but Italy fell behind South Africa in Australia’s semifinal. In the final, Great Britain had no trouble meeting the Australian challenge and captured gold fairly comfortably, with the Australians in turn finishing over three seconds ahead of the Italians

Pos	Competitors	NOC
1	Great Britain	GBR	Gold
	Alex Gregory • Moe Sbihi • George Nash • Constantine Louloudis
2	Australia	AUS	Silver
	Will Lockwood • Josh Dunkley-Smith • Josh Booth • Alex Hill
3	Italy	ITA	Bronze
	Domenico Montrone • Matteo Castaldo • Matteo Lodo • Giuseppe Vicino
4	South Africa	RSA
	David Hunt • Jonathan Smith • Vincent Breet • Jake Green
5	Netherlands	NED
	Harold Langen • Peter van Schie • Vincent van der Want • Govert Viergever
6	Canada	CAN
	Will Crothers • Tim Schrijver • Conlin McCabe • Kai Langerfeld
7	United States	USA
	Henrik Rummel • Matt Miller • Charlie Cole • Seth Weil
8	Greece	GRE
	Dionysios Angelopoulos • Giannis Tsilis • Giorgos Tziallas • Ioannis Christou
9	Belarus	BLR
	Vadzim Lialin • Dzianis Mihal • Mikalai Sharlap • Ihar Pashevich
10	Russian Federation	RUS
	Artyom Kosov • Anton Zarutsky • Vladislav Ryabtsev • Nikita Morgachyov
11	France	FRA
	Benjamin Lang • Mickaël Marteau • Valentin Onfroy • Théophile Onfroy
12	Germany	GER
	Maximilian Korge • Maximilian Planer • Anton Braun • Felix Wimberger
13	Romania	ROU
	Vlad-Dragoș Aicoboae • Constantin Adam • Marius Cozmiuc • Toader Andrei Gontaru

Round One

Date	8 August 2016 — 13:00
Format	Top three in each heat advanced to semi-finals; all others to repêchage.

Heat #1

Time	13:00

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	2	Australia	AUS	5:54.84	1:23.38 (1)	2:51.12 (1)	4:22.98 (1)	1:27.74 (1)	1:31.86 (1)	1:31.86 (5)	Q
		Will Lockwood • Josh Dunkley-Smith • Josh Booth • Alex Hill
2	1	Germany	GER	5:59.74	1:25.46 (2)	2:56.96 (3)	4:30.05 (3)	1:31.50 (3)	1:33.09 (3)	1:29.69 (1)	Q
		Maximilian Korge • Maximilian Planer • Anton Braun • Felix Wimberger
3	3	Netherlands	NED	6:00.55	1:26.10 (4)	2:55.15 (2)	4:29.37 (2)	1:29.05 (2)	1:34.22 (5)	1:31.18 (2)	Q
		Harold Langen • Peter van Schie • Vincent van der Want • Govert Viergever
4	4	Romania	ROU	6:02.56	1:26.07 (3)	2:57.91 (4)	4:30.90 (4)	1:31.84 (4)	1:32.99 (2)	1:31.66 (4)
		Vlad-Dragoș Aicoboae • Constantin Adam • Marius Cozmiuc • Toader Andrei Gontaru
5	5	Russian Federation	RUS	6:03.89	1:26.35 (5)	2:58.23 (5)	4:32.41 (5)	1:31.88 (5)	1:34.18 (4)	1:31.48 (3)
		Artyom Kosov • Anton Zarutsky • Vladislav Ryabtsev • Nikita Morgachyov

Heat #2

Time	13:10

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	4	Italy	ITA	5:56.01	1:25.43 (1)	2:56.33 (1)	4:27.33 (1)	1:30.90 (1)	1:31.00 (2)	1:28.68 (3)	Q
		Domenico Montrone • Matteo Castaldo • Matteo Lodo • Giuseppe Vicino
2	3	Canada	CAN	5:58.26	1:28.04 (4)	2:59.45 (4)	4:29.60 (2)	1:31.41 (2)	1:30.15 (1)	1:28.66 (2)	Q
		Will Crothers • Tim Schrijver • Conlin McCabe • Kai Langerfeld
3	2	United States	USA	5:58.31	1:26.12 (3)	2:57.90 (2)	4:29.83 (3)	1:31.78 (3)	1:31.93 (3)	1:28.48 (1)	Q
		Henrik Rummel • Matt Miller • Charlie Cole • Seth Weil
4	1	Belarus	BLR	6:02.93	1:25.89 (2)	2:59.20 (3)	4:32.30 (4)	1:33.31 (4)	1:33.10 (4)	1:30.63 (4)
		Vadzim Lialin • Dzianis Mihal • Mikalai Sharlap • Ihar Pashevich

Heat #3

Time	13:20

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	4	Great Britain	GBR	5:55.59	1:24.59 (1)	2:53.70 (1)	4:25.45 (1)	1:29.11 (1)	1:31.75 (1)	1:30.14 (3)	Q
		Alex Gregory • Moe Sbihi • George Nash • Constantine Louloudis
2	1	Greece	GRE	5:59.65	1:26.43 (3)	2:57.56 (3)	4:31.18 (2)	1:31.13 (3)	1:33.62 (2)	1:28.47 (1)	Q
		Dionysios Angelopoulos • Giannis Tsilis • Giorgos Tziallas • Ioannis Christou
3	2	France	FRA	6:00.72	1:27.42 (4)	2:57.72 (4)	4:31.96 (4)	1:30.30 (2)	1:34.24 (3)	1:28.76 (2)	Q
		Benjamin Lang • Mickaël Marteau • Valentin Onfroy • Théophile Onfroy
4	3	South Africa	RSA	6:01.64	1:24.91 (2)	2:56.44 (2)	4:31.24 (3)	1:31.53 (4)	1:34.80 (4)	1:30.40 (4)
		David Hunt • Jonathan Smith • Vincent Breet • Jake Green

Round One Repêchage

Date	9 August 2016 — 12:00
Format	Top three to semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time	12:00

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	2	South Africa	RSA	6:34.97	1:34.10 (1)	3:14.23 (1)	4:55.75 (1)	1:40.13 (2)	1:41.52 (2)	1:39.22 (2)
		David Hunt • Jonathan Smith • Vincent Breet • Jake Green
2	3	Belarus	BLR	6:36.50	1:35.81 (3)	3:15.50 (2)	4:56.59 (2)	1:39.69 (1)	1:41.09 (1)	1:39.91 (4)
		Vadzim Lialin • Dzianis Mihal • Mikalai Sharlap • Ihar Pashevich
3	1	Russian Federation	RUS	6:39.32	1:35.29 (2)	3:16.64 (3)	4:59.61 (3)	1:41.35 (4)	1:42.97 (4)	1:39.71 (3)
		Artyom Kosov • Anton Zarutsky • Vladislav Ryabtsev • Nikita Morgachyov
4	4	Romania	ROU	6:39.64	1:37.60 (4)	3:18.71 (4)	5:00.98 (4)	1:41.11 (3)	1:42.27 (3)	1:38.66 (1)
		Vlad-Dragoș Aicoboae • Constantin Adam • Marius Cozmiuc • Toader Andrei Gontaru

Semi-Finals

Date	11 August 2016 — 9:30
Format	Top three in each heat to A Final.

Heat #1

Time	9:30

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	3	Australia	AUS	6:11.82	1:30.52 (1)	3:04.08 (1)	4:36.76 (1)	1:33.56 (1)	1:32.68 (1)	1:35.06 (3)	Q
		Will Lockwood • Josh Dunkley-Smith • Josh Booth • Alex Hill
2	6	South Africa	RSA	6:15.22	1:32.07 (3)	3:08.59 (4)	4:42.26 (3)	1:36.52 (4)	1:33.67 (2)	1:32.96 (1)	Q
		David Hunt • Jonathan Smith • Vincent Breet • Jake Green
3	4	Italy	ITA	6:16.54	1:32.58 (4)	3:07.68 (3)	4:42.95 (4)	1:35.10 (3)	1:35.27 (4)	1:33.59 (2)	Q
		Domenico Montrone • Matteo Castaldo • Matteo Lodo • Giuseppe Vicino
4	2	United States	USA	6:19.08	1:31.29 (2)	3:06.34 (2)	4:41.54 (2)	1:35.05 (2)	1:35.20 (3)	1:37.54 (6)	QB
		Henrik Rummel • Matt Miller • Charlie Cole • Seth Weil
5	5	Greece	GRE	6:24.04	1:34.18 (6)	3:11.56 (5)	4:48.91 (6)	1:37.38 (5)	1:37.35 (6)	1:35.13 (4)	QB
		Dionysios Angelopoulos • Giannis Tsilis • Giorgos Tziallas • Ioannis Christou
6	1	Russian Federation	RUS	6:24.89	1:33.84 (5)	3:11.60 (6)	4:48.01 (5)	1:37.76 (6)	1:36.41 (5)	1:36.88 (5)	QB
		Artyom Kosov • Anton Zarutsky • Vladislav Ryabtsev • Nikita Morgachyov

Heat #2

Time	9:40

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	3	Great Britain	GBR	6:17.13	1:29.49 (1)	3:02.99 (1)	4:36.53 (1)	1:33.50 (1)	1:33.54 (1)	1:40.60 (5)	Q
		Alex Gregory • Moe Sbihi • George Nash • Constantine Louloudis
2	2	Canada	CAN	6:20.66	1:32.76 (2)	3:08.07 (2)	4:42.04 (2)	1:35.31 (2)	1:33.97 (2)	1:38.62 (3)	Q
		Will Crothers • Tim Schrijver • Conlin McCabe • Kai Langerfeld
3	5	Netherlands	NED	6:21.04	1:33.26 (3)	3:10.29 (3)	4:45.35 (3)	1:37.03 (3)	1:35.06 (3)	1:35.69 (2)	Q
		Harold Langen • Peter van Schie • Vincent van der Want • Govert Viergever
4	6	Belarus	BLR	6:22.46	1:33.77 (4)	3:11.80 (4)	4:47.15 (4)	1:38.03 (6)	1:35.35 (5)	1:35.31 (1)	QB
		Vadzim Lialin • Dzianis Mihal • Mikalai Sharlap • Ihar Pashevich
5	1	France	FRA	6:26.94	1:35.07 (6)	3:12.21 (5)	4:47.40 (5)	1:37.14 (4)	1:35.19 (4)	1:39.54 (4)	QB
		Benjamin Lang • Mickaël Marteau • Valentin Onfroy • Théophile Onfroy
6	4	Germany	GER	6:35.90	1:34.94 (5)	3:12.67 (6)	4:49.97 (6)	1:37.73 (5)	1:37.30 (6)	1:45.93 (6)	QB
		Maximilian Korge • Maximilian Planer • Anton Braun • Felix Wimberger

Final Round

Date	12 August 2016 — 9:40

Final A

Time	11:27

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	3	Great Britain	GBR	5:58.61	1:27.36 (1)	2:59.26 (1)	4:30.09 (1)	1:31.90 (2)	1:30.83 (1)	1:28.52 (2)
		Alex Gregory • Moe Sbihi • George Nash • Constantine Louloudis
2	4	Australia	AUS	6:00.44	1:28.19 (2)	2:59.48 (2)	4:31.39 (2)	1:31.29 (1)	1:31.91 (3)	1:29.05 (3)
		Will Lockwood • Josh Dunkley-Smith • Josh Booth • Alex Hill
3	1	Italy	ITA	6:03.85	1:30.73 (4)	3:04.49 (4)	4:37.52 (4)	1:33.76 (4)	1:33.03 (4)	1:26.33 (1)
		Domenico Montrone • Matteo Castaldo • Matteo Lodo • Giuseppe Vicino
4	2	South Africa	RSA	6:05.80	1:29.42 (3)	3:02.92 (3)	4:35.96 (3)	1:33.50 (3)	1:33.04 (5)	1:29.84 (4)
		David Hunt • Jonathan Smith • Vincent Breet • Jake Green
5	6	Netherlands	NED	6:08.38	1:31.37 (5)	3:06.45 (5)	4:38.09 (5)	1:35.08 (5)	1:31.64 (2)	1:30.29 (5)
		Harold Langen • Peter van Schie • Vincent van der Want • Govert Viergever
6	5	Canada	CAN	6:15.93	1:31.78 (6)	3:07.58 (6)	4:42.19 (6)	1:35.80 (6)	1:34.61 (6)	1:33.74 (6)
		Will Crothers • Tim Schrijver • Conlin McCabe • Kai Langerfeld

Final B

Time	9:40

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	4	United States	USA	5:59.20	1:26.83 (1)	2:58.35 (1)	4:30.18 (1)	1:31.52 (1)	1:31.83 (2)	1:29.02 (4)
		Henrik Rummel • Matt Miller • Charlie Cole • Seth Weil
2	5	Greece	GRE	6:00.56	1:29.00 (4)	3:01.62 (4)	4:34.21 (5)	1:32.62 (6)	1:32.59 (4)	1:26.35 (1)
		Dionysios Angelopoulos • Giannis Tsilis • Giorgos Tziallas • Ioannis Christou
3	3	Belarus	BLR	6:00.57	1:28.57 (3)	3:00.65 (3)	4:32.28 (3)	1:32.08 (3)	1:31.63 (1)	1:28.29 (3)
		Vadzim Lialin • Dzianis Mihal • Mikalai Sharlap • Ihar Pashevich
4	1	Russian Federation	RUS	6:02.09	1:27.48 (2)	2:59.12 (2)	4:31.99 (2)	1:31.64 (2)	1:32.87 (5)	1:30.10 (5)
		Artyom Kosov • Anton Zarutsky • Vladislav Ryabtsev • Nikita Morgachyov
5	2	France	FRA	6:02.21	1:29.55 (6)	3:02.14 (6)	4:34.17 (4)	1:32.59 (5)	1:32.03 (3)	1:28.04 (2)
		Benjamin Lang • Mickaël Marteau • Valentin Onfroy • Théophile Onfroy
6	6	Germany	GER	6:06.24	1:29.35 (5)	3:01.76 (5)	4:34.86 (6)	1:32.41 (4)	1:33.10 (6)	1:31.38 (6)
		Maximilian Korge • Maximilian Planer • Anton Braun • Felix Wimberger