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Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

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Men's coxless four
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Date20–25 September
Competitors61 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Roland Schröder
Ralf Brudel
Olaf Förster
Thomas Greiner		  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Raoul Rodriguez
Thomas Bohrer
Richard Kennelly
David Krmpotich		  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Guido Grabow
Volker Grabow
Norbert Keßlau
Jörg Puttlitz		  West Germany
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Rowing at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Single scullsmenwomen
Double scullsmenwomen
Quadruple scullsmenwomen
Coxless pairmenwomen
Coxed pairmen
Coxless fourmen
Coxed fourmenwomen
Eightmenwomen

The men's coxless four competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea.[1]

Competition format

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The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 15 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 5 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (9 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 6 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat, with the top three boats advancing to the semifinals and the remaining 3 boats (4th, 5th, and 6th placers in the repechage) being eliminated (13th, 14th, and 15th place overall). The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal (6 boats total) advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th.[2]

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 East Germany 6:05.65 Q
2
 Italy 6:07.97 Q
3
 Soviet Union 6:11.15 Q
4
 Sweden 6:19.12 R
5
 Greece 6:39.28 R

Heat 2

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 United States 6:03.67 Q
2
 New Zealand 6:06.75 Q
3
 West Germany 6:13.16 Q
4
 Canada 6:22.42 R
5
 Spain 6:28.34 R

Heat 3

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 Great Britain 6:06.52 Q
2
 France 6:08.76 Q
3
 Netherlands 6:17.24 Q
4
 Brazil 6:29.61 R
5
 South Korea 6:46.62 R

Repechage

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 Sweden 6:14.52 Q
2
 Canada 6:16.88 Q
3
 Greece 6:17.49 Q
4
 Spain 6:18.25
5
 Brazil 6:30.85
6
 South Korea 6:50.47

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 East Germany 6:00.29 QA
2
 Soviet Union 6:03.25 QA
3
 Great Britain 6:03.85 QA
4
 New Zealand 6:06.60 QB
5
 Netherlands 6:14.96 QB
6
 Canada 6:22.35 QB

Semifinal 2

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1
 West Germany 6:04.17 QA
2
 Italy 6:06.75 QA
3
 United States 6:07.71 QA
4
 France 6:10.36 QB
5
 Sweden 6:16.28 QB
6
 Greece 6:37.24 QB

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Rowers Nation Time
7
 New Zealand 6:04.74
8
 France 6:08.60
9
 Netherlands 6:15.32
10
 Sweden 6:16.41
11
 Canada 6:16.74
12
 Greece 6:18.25

Final A

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Rank Rowers Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)
 East Germany 6:03.11
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
 United States 6:05.53
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 West Germany 6:06.22
4
 Great Britain 6:06.74
5
 Italy 6:09.55
6
 Soviet Union 11:03.77

Final classification

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Rank Rowers Country
1st place, gold medalist(s) Roland Schröder
Ralf Brudel
Olaf Förster
Thomas Greiner 		 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Raoul Rodriguez
Thomas Bohrer
Richard Kennelly
David Krmpotich 		 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Guido Grabow
Volker Grabow
Norbert Keßlau
Jörg Puttlitz 		 West Germany
4 Mark Buckingham
Stephen Peel
Simon Berrisford
Peter Mulkerrins 		 Great Britain
5 Sergio Caropreso
Carlo Gaddi
Pasquale Marigliano
Valter Molea 		 Italy
6 Ivan Vysotskiy
Sergey Smirnov
Yuriy Pimenov
Nikolay Pimenov 		 Soviet Union
7 Campbell Clayton-Greene
Geoff Cotter
Bill Coventry
Neil Gibson 		 New Zealand
8 Pascal Bahuaud
Dominique Lecointe
Jean-Jacques Martigne
Olivier Pons 		 France
9 Tjark de Vries
Johan Leutscher
Ralph Schwarz
Sven Schwarz 		 Netherlands
10 Folke Brundin
Per-Olof Claesson
Anders Larson
David Svensson 		 Sweden
11 Darby Berkhout
Gord Henry
John Ossowski
Bruce Robertson
Raymond Collier 		 Canada
12 Khristos Khristomanos
Georgios Fotou
Spyridon Gatos
Vasilios Lykomitros 		 Greece
13 José Luis Aguirre
Bartolomé Alarcón
Enrique Briones
José María Segurola 		 Spain
14 Marcos Arantes
Fernando Fantoni
Oswaldo Kuster Neto
Waldemar Trombetta 		 Brazil
15 Hong Jae-ho
Lee Hyung-ki
Yun Nam-ho
Yun Yong-ho 		 South Korea

References

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  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, pp. 523–25.
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