Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four

Men's coxed four at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Aerial view of the venue in Oberschleißheim
Venue	Oberschleißheim Regatta Course
Date	27 August – 2 September
Competitors	70; (14 teams) from 14 nations
Winning time	6:31.85 OR
Medalists
Peter Berger Hans-Johann Färber Gerhard Auer Alois Bierl Uwe Benter   West Germany   Dietrich Zander Reinhard Gust Eckhard Martens Rolf Jobst Klaus-Dieter Ludwig   East Germany   Otakar Mareček Karel Neffe Vladimír Jánoš František Provazník Vladimír Petříček   Czechoslovakia

Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Single sculls		men
Double sculls		men
Coxless pair		men
Coxed pair		men
Coxless four		men
Coxed four		men
Eight		men

The men's coxed four competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from August 27 – September 2 at the Olympic Reggatta Course in Oberschleißheim.^[1]

Results

Heats

Top three of each heat (green) advanced to the semifinal round, remainder goes to the repechage. NOTE: The coxswain for each team is listed in the fifth position.

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Peter Berger Hans-Johann Färber Gerhard Auer Alois Bierl Uwe Benter	West Germany	6:46.66
2	Volodymyr Sterlyk Vladimir Solovyov Aleksandr Liubaturov Yuri Shamavev Igor Rudakov	Soviet Union	6:50.21
3	Warren Cole Chris Nilsson John Clark David Lindstrom Peter Lindsay	New Zealand	6:51.76
4	David Sawyer Charles Ruthford Chad Rudolph Mike Vespoli Stewart MacDonald	United States	6:56.01
5	Alf Hansen Finn Tveter Tom Welo Petter Wærness Jørgen Cappelen	Norway	7:05.75

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Hanspeter Lüthi Urs Fankhauser Franz Rentsch Denis Oswald Rolf Stadelmann	Switzerland	6:53.30
2	Antonio Baldacci Renzo Sambo Pasquale Chiabai Claidio Padoan Alberto Cecchi	Italy	6:53.59
3	Christopher Pierce Alan Almand Hugh Matheson Rooney Massara Patrick Sweeney	Great Britain	6:57.33
4	John Lee Peter Shakespear Will Baillieu Philip Wilkinson Vern Bowrey	Australia	7:07.00
5	Mogens Holm Bjarne Pedersen Per Wind Jens Lindhardt Kim Wind	Denmark	7:08.22

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Dietrich Zander Reinhard Gust Eckhard Martens Rolf Jobst Klaus-Dieter Ludwig	East Germany	6:44.57
2	Otakar Mareček Karel Neffe Vladimír Jánoš František Provazník Vladimír Petříček	Czechoslovakia	6:49.41
3	Wim Grothuis Evert Kroes Jan-Willem van Woudenberg Johan ter Haar Kees de Korver	Netherlands	6:53.30
4	Edgar Smith James Walker Roger Jackson Robert Cunliffe Michael Conway	Canada	7:01.52

Repechage

Top three finishers advanced to the semifinal round.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	David Sawyer Charles Ruthford Chad Rudolph Mike Vespoli Stewart MacDonald	United States	7:02.68
2	Edgar Smith James Walker Roger Jackson Robert Cunliffe Michael Conway	Canada	7:04.35
3	Alf Hansen Finn Tveter Tom Welo Petter Wærness Jørgen Cappelen	Norway	7:05.09
4	John Lee Peter Shakespear Will Baillieu Philip Wilkinson Vern Bowrey	Australia	7:07.08
5	Mogens Holm Bjarne Pedersen Per Wind Jens Lindhardt Kim Wind	Denmark	7:19.67

Semifinals

Semifinal A/B

First three qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Peter Berger Hans-Johann Färber Gerhard Auer Alois Bierl Uwe Benter	West Germany	7:19.43
2	Otakar Mareček Karel Neffe Vladimír Jánoš František Provazník Vladimír Petříček	Czechoslovakia	7:20.95
3	Warren Cole Chris Nilsson John Clark David Lindstrom Peter Lindsay	New Zealand	7:21.94
4	Hanspeter Lüthi Urs Fankhauser Franz Rentsch Denis Oswald Rolf Stadelmann	Switzerland	7:28.25
5	Alf Hansen Finn Tveter Tom Welo Petter Wærness Jørgen Cappelen	Norway	7:32.51
6	Christopher Pierce Alan Almand Hugh Matheson Rooney Massara Patrick Sweeney	Great Britain	7:35.11

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Volodymyr Sterlyk Vladimir Solovyov Aleksandr Liubaturov Yuri Shamavev Igor Rudakov	Soviet Union	7:09.08
2	Dietrich Zander Reinhard Gust Eckhard Martens Rolf Jobst Klaus-Dieter Ludwig	East Germany	7:11.12
3	David Sawyer Charles Ruthford Chad Rudolph Mike Vespoli Stewart MacDonald	United States	7:18.59
4	Wim Grothuis Evert Kroes Jan-Willem van Woudenberg Johan ter Haar Kees de Korver	Netherlands	7:23.66
5	Edgar Smith James Walker Roger Jackson Robert Cunliffe Michael Conway	Canada	7:31.90
6	Antonio Baldacci Renzo Sambo Pasquale Chiabai Claidio Padoan Alberto Cecchi	Italy	7:34.67

Finals

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
1	Wim Grothuis Evert Kroes Jan-Willem van Woudenberg Johan ter Haar Kees de Korver	Netherlands	7:05.83
2	Hanspeter Lüthi Urs Fankhauser Franz Rentsch Denis Oswald Rolf Stadelmann	Switzerland	7:07.80
3	Alf Hansen Finn Tveter Tom Welo Petter Wærness Jørgen Cappelen	Norway	7:07.85
4	Christopher Pierce Alan Almand Hugh Matheson Rooney Massara Patrick Sweeney	Great Britain	7:12.14
5	Antonio Baldacci Renzo Sambo Pasquale Chiabai Claidio Padoan Alberto Cecchi	Italy	7:13.03
6	Edgar Smith James Walker Roger Jackson Robert Cunliffe Michael Conway	Canada	7:16.13

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time
01 !	Peter Berger Hans-Johann Färber Gerhard Auer Alois Bierl Uwe Benter	West Germany	6:31.85 OR
02 !	Dietrich Zander Reinhard Gust Eckhard Martens Rolf Jobst Klaus-Dieter Ludwig	East Germany	6:33.30
03 !	Otakar Mareček Karel Neffe Vladimír Jánoš František Provazník Vladimír Petříček	Czechoslovakia	6:35.64
4	Volodymyr Sterlyk Vladimir Solovyov Aleksandr Liubaturov Yuri Shamavev Igor Rudakov	Soviet Union	6:37.71
5	David Sawyer Charles Ruthford Chad Rudolph Mike Vespoli Stewart MacDonald	United States	6:41.86
6	Warren Cole Chris Nilsson John Clark David Lindstrom Peter Lindsay	New Zealand	6:42.55

References

• Official reports of the 1972 Summer Olympics