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

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

Men's coxed four at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Date	19–24 September
Competitors	71 from 14 nations
Medalists
Bernd Niesecke Hendrik Reiher Karsten Schmeling Bernd Eichwurzel Frank Klawonn  East Germany Dimitrie Popescu Ioan Snep Vasile Tomoiagă Ladislau Lovrenschi Valentin Robu  Romania Chris White Ian Wright Andrew Bird Greg Johnston George Keys  New Zealand

Competition format

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 14 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (9 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 5 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat, with the top three boats advancing to the semifinals and the remaining 2 boats (4th and 5th placers in the repechage) being eliminated (13th and 14th 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

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Bernd Eichwurzel Frank Klawonn Bernd Niesecke Karsten Schmeling	Hendrik Reiher	East Germany	6:00.75	Q
2	Roland Baar Wolfgang Klapheck Christoph Korte Andreas Lütkefels	Martin Ruppel	West Germany	6:02.98	Q
3	Greg Johnston George Keys Chris White Ian Wright	Andrew Bird	New Zealand	6:03.35	Q
4	Giuseppe Carando Leonardo Massa Antonio Maurogiovanni Giovanni Miccoli	Dino Lucchetta	Italy	6:06.09	R
5	Adam Clift Martin Cross John Garrett John Maxey	Vaughan Thomas	Great Britain	6:20.89	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Tom Darling Chris Huntington John Terwilliger John Walters	Mark Zembsch	United States	6:08.36	Q
2	Milan Doleček Petr Hlídek Dušan Macháček Michal Šubrt	Oldřich Hejdušek	Czechoslovakia	6:11.25	Q
3	Vladimir Banjanac Zlatko Celent Sead Marušić Lazo Pivač	Dario Varga	Yugoslavia	6:12.33	Q
4	Agustín Alarcón Baltasar Márquez José Ramón Oyarzábal Ibon Urbieta	Javier Viñolas	Spain	6:14.69	R
5	Harold Backer John Houlding Robert Marland Brian Saunderson	Terry Paul	Canada	6:15.21	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Dimitrie Popescu Valentin Robu Ioan Snep Vasile Tomoiagă	Ladislau Lovrenschi	Romania	6:10.26	Q
2	Sigitas Kučinskas Jonas Narmontas Vladimir Romanishin Igor Zotov	Sergey Titov	Soviet Union	6:16.53	Q
3	Marcel Hotz Bruno Saile Günter Schneider Jörg Weitnauer	Martin Honegger	Switzerland	6:27.52	Q
4	Jeong Jae-won Gang Man-gu Lee Tae-hwa Yang Gwang-jae	Park Seong-nae	South Korea	6:57.99	R

Repechage

Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Adam Clift Martin Cross John Garrett John Maxey	Vaughan Thomas	Great Britain	6:31.11	Q
2	Giuseppe Carando Leonardo Massa Antonio Maurogiovanni Giovanni Miccoli	Dino Lucchetta	Italy	6:32.14	Q
3	Harold Backer John Houlding Robert Marland Brian Saunderson	Terry Paul	Canada	6:33.05	Q
4	Agustín Alarcón Baltasar Márquez José Ramón Oyarzábal Ibon Urbieta	Javier Viñolas	Spain	6:34.36
5	Jeong Jae-won Gang Man-gu Lee Tae-hwa Yang Gwang-jae	Park Seong-nae	South Korea	7:19.22

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Bernd Eichwurzel Frank Klawonn Bernd Niesecke Karsten Schmeling	Hendrik Reiher	East Germany	6:07.91	QA
2	Dimitrie Popescu Valentin Robu Ioan Snep Vasile Tomoiagă	Ladislau Lovrenschi	Romania	6:09.86	QA
3	Greg Johnston George Keys Chris White Ian Wright	Andrew Bird	New Zealand	6:10.41	QA
4	Giuseppe Carando Leonardo Massa Antonio Maurogiovanni Giovanni Miccoli	Dino Lucchetta	Italy	6:15.93	QB
5	Milan Doleček Petr Hlídek Dušan Macháček Michal Šubrt	Oldřich Hejdušek	Czechoslovakia	6:20.42	QB
6	Marcel Hotz Bruno Saile Günter Schneider Jörg Weitnauer	Martin Honegger	Switzerland	7:55.92	QB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Adam Clift Martin Cross John Garrett John Maxey	Vaughan Thomas	Great Britain	6:15.22	QA
2	Tom Darling Chris Huntington John Terwilliger John Walters	Mark Zembsch	United States	6:15.30	QA
3	Vladimir Banjanac Zlatko Celent Sead Marušić Lazo Pivač	Dario Varga	Yugoslavia	6:15.72	QA
4	Roland Baar Wolfgang Klapheck Christoph Korte Andreas Lütkefels	Martin Ruppel	West Germany	6:15.87	QB
5	Sigitas Kučinskas Jonas Narmontas Vladimir Romanishin Igor Zotov	Sergey Titov	Soviet Union	6:16.69	QB
6	Harold Backer John Houlding Robert Marland Brian Saunderson	Terry Paul	Canada	6:17.36	QB

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time
7	Roland Baar Wolfgang Klapheck Christoph Korte Andreas Lütkefels	Martin Ruppel	West Germany	6:42.65
8	Milan Doleček Petr Hlídek Dušan Macháček Michal Šubrt	Oldřich Hejdušek	Czechoslovakia	6:43.64
9	Harold Backer John Houlding Robert Marland Brian Saunderson	Terry Paul	Canada	6:44.95
10	Giuseppe Carando Leonardo Massa Antonio Maurogiovanni Giovanni Miccoli	Dino Lucchetta	Italy	6:45.39
–	Marcel Hotz Bruno Saile Günter Schneider Jörg Weitnauer	Martin Honegger	Switzerland	DNS
	Sigitas Kučinskas Jonas Narmontas Vladimir Romanishin Igor Zotov	Sergey Titov	Soviet Union	DNS

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Coxswain	Nation	Time
	Bernd Eichwurzel Frank Klawonn Bernd Niesecke Karsten Schmeling	Hendrik Reiher	East Germany	6:10.74
	Dimitrie Popescu Valentin Robu Ioan Snep Vasile Tomoiagă	Ladislau Lovrenschi	Romania	6:13.58
	Greg Johnston George Keys Chris White Ian Wright	Andrew Bird	New Zealand	6:15.78
4	Adam Clift Martin Cross John Garrett John Maxey	Vaughan Thomas	Great Britain	6:18.08
5	Tom Darling Chris Huntington John Terwilliger John Walters	Mark Zembsch	United States	6:18.47
6	Vladimir Banjanac Zlatko Celent Sead Marušić Lazo Pivač	Dario Varga	Yugoslavia	6:23.28

Final classification

Rank	Rowers	Country
	Bernd Niesecke Hendrik Reiher Karsten Schmeling Bernd Eichwurzel Frank Klawonn	East Germany
	Dimitrie Popescu Ioan Snep Vasile Tomoiagă Ladislau Lovrenschi Valentin Robu	Romania
	Chris White Ian Wright Andrew Bird Greg Johnston George Keys	New Zealand
4	Adam Clift John Maxey John Garrett Martin Cross Vaughan Thomas	Great Britain
5	John Terwilliger Chris Huntington Tom Darling John Walters Mark Zembsch	United States
6	Sead Marušić Lazo Pivač Zlatko Celent Vladimir Banjanac Dario Varga	Yugoslavia
7	Roland Baar Wolfgang Klapheck Christoph Korte Andreas Lütkefels Martin Ruppel	West Germany
8	Milan Doleček Oldřich Hejdušek Petr Hlídek Dušan Macháček Michal Šubrt	Czechoslovakia
9	Harold Backer John Houlding Robert Marland Terry Paul Brian Saunderson	Canada
10	Giuseppe Carando Leonardo Massa Antonio Maurogiovanni Giovanni Miccoli Dino Lucchetta	Italy
11	Martin Honegger Marcel Hotz Bruno Saile Günter Schneider Jörg Weitnauer	Switzerland
	Sigitas Kučinskas Jonas Narmontas Vladimir Romanishin Sergey Titov Igor Zotov	Soviet Union
13	Agustín Alarcón Baltasar Márquez José Ramón Oyarzábal Ibon Urbieta Javier Viñolas	Spain
14	Jeong Jae-won Gang Man-gu Lee Tae-hwa Park Seong-nae Yang Gwang-jae	South Korea

References

1. "Rowing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
2. Official Report, vol. 2, pp. 525–27.