Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight coxless four
The men's lightweight coxless four competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 6–11 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas.[1] This was the last time that this boat class competed, as FISA axed it after the 2017 World Rowing Championships with immediate effect.
| Men's lightweight coxless four at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon |
| Date | 6–11 August 2016 |
| Competitors | 52 from 13 nations |
| Teams | 13 |
| Winning time | 6:20.51 |
| Medalists | |
| Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Qualification | ||
| Single sculls | men | women |
| Coxless pair | men | women |
| Double sculls | men | women |
| Lwt double sculls | men | women |
| Coxless four | men | |
| Quadruple sculls | men | women |
| Eight | men | women |
| Lwt coxless four | men | |
Results
Heats
First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.
Heat 1
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefano Oppo Martino Goretti Livio La Padula Pietro Ruta |
 Italy |
6:03.26 | SA/B |
| 2 | Jin Wei Zhao Jingbin Yu Chenggang Wang Tiexin |
 China |
6:03.43 | SA/B |
| 3 | Lucas Tramèr Simon Schürch Simon Niepmann Mario Gyr |
 Switzerland |
6:03.52 | SA/B |
| 4 | Franck Solforosi Thomas Baroukh Guillaume Raineau Thibault Colard |
 France |
6:07.31 | R |
| 5 | Jan Vetešník Ondřej Vetešník Jiří Kopáč Miroslav Vraštil Jr. |
 Czech Republic |
6:39.95 | R |
Heat 2
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Barsøe Jacob Larsen Kasper Winther Jørgensen Morten Jørgensen |
 Denmark |
5:58.21 | SA/B |
| 2 | Chris Bartley Mark Aldred Jono Clegg Peter Chambers |
 Great Britain |
6:01.27 | SA/B |
| 3 | Spyridon Giannaros Panagiotis Magdanis Stefanos Ntouskos Ioannis Petrou |
 Greece |
6:05.27 | SA/B |
| 4 | Jonathan Koch Lars Wichert Tobias Franzmann Lucas Schäfer |
 Germany |
6:14.87 | R |
Heat 3
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Lassche Peter Taylor Alistair Bond James Hunter |
 New Zealand |
6:03.34 | SA/B |
| 2 | Robin Prendes Anthony Fahden Edward King Tyler Nase |
 United States |
6:05.61 | SA/B |
| 3 | Joris Pijs Tim Heijbrock Jort van Gennep Björn van den Ende |
 Netherlands |
6:07.88 | SA/B |
| 4 | Maxwell Lattimer Brendan Hodge Nicolas Pratt Eric Woelfl |
 Canada |
6:19.44 | R |
Repechage
First three of heat qualify to the semifinals.
Heat 1
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franck Solforosi Thomas Baroukh Guillaume Raineau Thibault Colard |
France |
6:01.18 | SA/B |
| 2 | Jonathan Koch Lars Wichert Tobias Franzmann Lucas Schäfer |
Germany |
6:03.29 | SA/B |
| 3 | Jan Vetešník Ondřej Vetešník Jiří Kopáč Miroslav Vraštil Jr. |
Czech Republic |
6:04.30 | SA/B |
| 4 | Maxwell Lattimer Brendan Hodge Nicolas Pratt Eric Woelfl |
Canada |
6:05.35 |
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefano Oppo Martino Goretti Livio La Padula Pietro Ruta |
Italy |
6:06.56 | FA |
| 2 | Franck Solforosi Thomas Baroukh Guillaume Raineau Thibault Colard |
France |
6:07.32 | FA |
| 3 | James Lassche Peter Taylor Alistair Bond James Hunter |
New Zealand |
6:08.96 | FA |
| 4 | Chris Bartley Mark Aldred Jono Clegg Peter Chambers |
Great Britain |
6:10.46 | FB |
| 5 | Joris Pijs Tim Heijbrock Jort van Gennep Björn van den Ende |
Netherlands |
6:12.87 | FB |
| 6 | Jonathan Koch Lars Wichert Tobias Franzmann Lucas Schäfer |
Germany |
6:18.43 | FB |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas Tramèr Simon Schürch Simon Niepmann Mario Gyr |
Switzerland |
6:17.85 | FA |
| 2 | Jacob Barsøe Jacob Larsen Kasper Winther Jørgensen Morten Jørgensen |
Denmark |
6:19.62 | FA |
| 3 | Spyridon Giannaros Panagiotis Magdanis Stefanos Ntouskos Ioannis Petrou |
Greece |
6:23.95 | FA |
| 4 | Robin Prendes Anthony Fahden Edward King Tyler Nase |
United States |
6:26.82 | FB |
| 5 | Jin Wei Zhao Jingbin Yu Chenggang Wang Tiexin |
China |
6:27.27 | FB |
| 6 | Jan Vetešník Ondřej Vetešník Jiří Kopáč Miroslav Vraštil Jr. |
Czech Republic |
6:33.43 | FB |
Final B
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Bartley Mark Aldred Jono Clegg Peter Chambers |
Great Britain |
6:31.54 | |
| 2 | Jin Wei Zhao Jingbin Yu Chenggang Wang Tiexin |
China |
6:32.78 | |
| 3 | Jonathan Koch Lars Wichert Tobias Franzmann Lucas Schäfer |
Germany |
6:35.83 | |
| 4 | Robin Prendes Anthony Fahden Edward King Tyler Nase |
United States |
6:36.93 | |
| 5 | Joris Pijs Tim Heijbrock Jort van Gennep Björn van den Ende |
Netherlands |
6:37.28 | |
| 6 | Jan Vetešník Ondřej Vetešník Jiří Kopáč Miroslav Vraštil Jr. |
Czech Republic |
6:43.52 |
Final A
The medals for the competition were presented by Denis Oswald, Switzerland, member of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Matt Smith, United States of America, Executive Director of the International Rowing Federation.
Aftermath
This was the last time the Danish Gold Four competed, as they did not nominate their boat for the 2017 World Rowing Championships.[2]
To achieve gender equality in rowing, FISA suggested early in 2017 to drop the lightweight men's four from the Olympic programme, and the recommendation was adopted by the executive board of the International Olympic Committee in June 2017.[3] Shortly after the 2017 championships, the FISA council voted to remove the lightweight men's four from the world championships with immediate effect.[4]
References
- "Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight coxless four". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- "(LM4-) Lightweight Men's Four – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- "Women's four added to Olympic Games rowing programme, men's lightweight four scrapped". Stuff.co.nz. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- Rowbottom, Mike (5 October 2017). "Mike Rowbottom: The sinking of the men's lightweight four – don't blame the alligators". Insidethegames. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
