Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four
| Men's coxless four at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Toda Rowing Course | ||||||||||||
| Date | 11–15 October | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 56 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6:59.30 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics | |
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| Single sculls | men |
| Double sculls | men |
| Coxless pair | men |
| Coxed pair | men |
| Coxless four | men |
| Coxed four | men |
| Eight | men |
The coxless four event was a rowing event conducted as part of the Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme.[1]
Medallists
Results
Heats
The top crew in each heat advanced to the final, with all others sent to the repechages.
| Heat 1 | |||
| 1. |  Bjørn Borgen Hasløv |
6:51.78 | QF |
| 2. |  Carol Vereş and Nichifor Tarara |
6:57.35 | QR |
| 3. |  Canada (CAN), Daryl MacDonald, Robert Brookson, Neil Campbell and Chris Leach |
7:01.97 | QR |
| 4. |  Simon Newcombe and Anthony Walker |
7:03.40 | QR |
| 5. |  Japan (JPN), Shunsuke Miki, Koju Tsukamoto, Yasuji Honma and Bunzo Kimura |
7:24.35 | QR |
| Heat 2 | |||
| 1. |  Great Britain (GBR), John M. Russell, Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh, William Barry and John James |
6:47.04 | QF |
| 2. |  United States (USA), Geoffrey Picard, Dick Lyon, Ted Nash, Ted Mittet and Phil Durbrow |
6:56.40 | QR |
| 3. |  Netherlands (NED), Sjoerd Wartena, Jim Enters, Herman Boelen and Sipke Castelein |
7:01.51 | QR |
| 4. |  |
7:08.60 | QR |
| 5. |  Italy (ITA), Romano Sgheiz, Fulvio Balatti, Giovanni Zucchi and Luciano Sgheiz |
7:11.65 | QR |
| Heat 3 | |||
| 1. |  |
6:37.83 | QF |
| 2. |  Anatoly Sass |
6:40.12 | QR |
| 3. |  France (FRA), Jean-Pierre Drivet, Roger Chatelain, Philippe Malivoire and Émile Clerc |
6:45.95 | QR |
| 4. |  Austria (AUT), Dieter Ebner, Horst Kuttelwascher, Dieter Losert and Manfred Krausbar |
6:48.18 | QR |
Repechages
The top finisher in each of the three repechages joined the finalists. The second and third place finishers competed in a consolation final for 7th-12th places. All other crews were eliminated.
| Repechage 1 | |||
| 1. | United States (USA) |
6:38.93 | QF |
| 2. | France (FRA) |
6:42.85 | QC |
| 3. | Japan (JPN) |
7:00.29 | QC |
| 4. | Australia (AUS) |
7:01.07 | |
| Repechage 2 | |||
| 1. | Italy (ITA) |
6:34.61 | QF |
| 2. | Soviet Union (URS) |
6:37.86 | QC |
| 3. | Canada (CAN) |
6:53.38 | QC |
| 4. | Argentina (ARG) |
7:07.83 | |
| Repechage 3 | |||
| 1. | Netherlands (NED) |
6:29.42 | QF |
| 2. | Romania (ROU) |
6:30.37 | QC |
| 3. | Austria (AUT) |
7:25.83 | QC |
Consolation final
The consolation final determined places from 7th to 12th.
| 7. | Soviet Union (URS) |
6:22.03 |
| 8. | Austria (AUT) |
6:24.15 |
| 9. | Romania (ROU) |
6:27.28 |
| 10. | France (FRA) |
6:38.32 |
| 11. | Canada (CAN) |
6:45.50 |
| 12. | Japan (JPN) |
6:51.60 |
Final
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Denmark (DEN) |
6:59.30 |
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Great Britain (GBR) |
7:00.47 |
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United States (USA) |
7:01.37 |
| 4. | Netherlands (NED) |
7:09.98 |
| 5. | Italy (ITA) |
7:10.05 |
| 6. | United Team of Germany (EUA) |
7:10.33 |
References
- ^ "Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
Sources
- Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.
