1936 Summer Olympics / rowing - foursome with helmsman

sport	rowing
discipline	Foursome with a helmsman
gender	Men
Attendees	80 athletes from 16 nations
Competition location	Regatta course Berlin-Grünau
Competition phase	August 12-14, 1936
Medalist  German Empire Maier , Volle , Gaber , Söllner , Bauer  Switzerland Betschart , H. Homberger , A. Homberger , Schmid , Spring  France F. Vandernotte , M. Vandernotte , Cosmat , Chauvigné , N. Vandernotte
← 1932 1948 →

The rowing regatta in a four-man with a helmsman at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place on the Berlin-Grünau regatta route from August 12 to 14 .

Before the competition, the Swiss boat, which was represented by the Zurich Rowing Club, was the favorite for the Olympic victory. The crew was able to finish their preliminary run and qualify directly for the finals alongside the Dutch and the Germans. The semi-finals were won by France, Hungary and Denmark, which made it into the finals, although the times of the Americans and Uruguayans in the run-up to the French were significantly better than those of Hungary and Denmark.

In the final the Swiss led the race, but were overtaken by the Germans after about halfway through the race. The German boat, represented by the Mannheim rowing club Amicitia from 1876 , held the leading position and was thus able to defend the title from 1932. The Swiss held their second place and secured silver. In the battle for the bronze medal there was a close three-way battle between Hungary, the Netherlands and France, which the French won. The helmsman in the French foursome was Noël Vandernotte , who was only 12 years and 233 days old at the time of the final. His father Fernand Vandernotte and his uncle Marcel were also part of the crew.

Time schedule

date	round
August 12, 1936	Prelims
August 13, 1936	Semifinals
August 14, 1936	final

Prelims

The winning boats from each preliminary run qualified directly for the final. All other boats had to compete in the semi-finals.

Forward 1

rank	nation	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Netherlands	Mak Schoorl Hotse Bartlema Flip Regout Simon de Wit Gerard Hallie	6: 59.0
2	Brazil	Nelson Ribeiro Álvaro de Sá Freire José de Campos Wilson de Freitas Henrique Camargo	7: 01.3
3	Japan	Chikara Shirasaka Taichi Yamada Takashi Hatakeyama Yoichi Endo Taro Teshima	7: 03.2
4th	Denmark	Hans Mikkelsen Gunnar Ibsen Sørensen Flemming Jensen Svend Aage Holm Sørensen Aage Jensen	7: 04.5
5	Czechoslovakia	František Maloň Alfred Lerbretier Jan Matoušek Jaroslav Mysliveček Josef Jabor	7: 04.7
6th	Sweden	Erik Johansson Carl Sjöblom Lars Larsson Harry Sköld Sven Tisell	7: 21.5

Forward 2

rank	nation	Athletes	Time (min)
1	German Empire	Hans Maier Walter Volle Ernst Gaber Paul Söllner Fritz Bauer	6: 41.1
2	France	Fernand Vandernotte Marcel Vandernotte Jean Cosmat Marcel Chauvigné Noël Vandernotte	6: 45.0
3	Yugoslavia	Stipe Krnčević Rade Sunara Vice Jurišić Ćiril Ban Pavao Ljubičić	6: 50.2
4th	United States	William Haskins Roger Cutler Paul Austin Robert Cutler Edward Bennett	6: 50.5
5	Poland	Włodzimierz Zawadzki Bronisław Karwecki Stanisław Kuryłłowicz Witalis Leporowski Jerzy Skolimowski	6: 50.5

Forward 3

rank	nation	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Switzerland	Hermann Betschart Hans Homberger Alex Homberger Karl Schmid Rolf Spring	6: 41.9
2	Italy	Valerio Perentin Giliante D'Este Nicolò Vittori Umberto Vittori Renato Petronio	6: 50.2
3	Hungary	Miklós Mihó Vilmos Éden Ákos Inotay Alajos Szilassy László Molnár	6: 58.8
4th	Uruguay	León Sánchez Juan Andrés Dutra Julio Flebbe Francisco Sunara Isidoro Alonso	6: 59.8
5	Belgium	René Vingerhoet Harry Peeters Paul Siebels Willy Collet Jean De Rode	7: 08.5

Semifinals

The fastest boat from each run qualified for the finals.

Semi-final 1

rank	nation	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Denmark	Hans Mikkelsen Gunnar Ibsen Sørensen Flemming Jensen Svend Aage Holm Sørensen Aage Jensen	8: 09.1
2	Japan	Chikara Shirasaka Taichi Yamada Takashi Hatakeyama Yoichi Endo Taro Teshima	8: 14.4
3	Czechoslovakia	František Maloň Alfred Lerbretier Jan Matoušek Jaroslav Mysliveček Josef Jabor	8: 20.9
4th	Brazil	Nelson Ribeiro Álvaro de Sá Freire José de Campos Wilson de Freitas Henrique Camargo	8: 26.0
5	Sweden	Erik Johansson Carl Sjöblom Lars Larsson Harry Sköld Sven Tisell	8: 34.4

Semi-final 2

rank	nation	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Hungary	Miklós Mihó Vilmos Éden Ákos Inotay Alajos Szilassy László Molnár	8: 08.4
2	Poland	Włodzimierz Zawadzki Bronisław Karwecki Stanisław Kuryłłowicz Witalis Leporowski Jerzy Skolimowski	8: 12.2
3	Italy	Valerio Perentin Giliante D'Este Nicolò Vittori Umberto Vittori Renato Petronio	8: 15.4
4th	Yugoslavia	Stipe Krnčević Rade Sunara Vice Jurišić Ćiril Ban Pavao Ljubičić	8: 25.1

Semi-final 3

rank	nation	Athletes	Time (min)
1	France	Fernand Vandernotte Marcel Vandernotte Jean Cosmat Marcel Chauvigné Noël Vandernotte	8: 00.6
2	United States	William Haskins Roger Cutler Paul Austin Robert Cutler Edward Bennett	8: 06.4
3	Uruguay	León Sánchez Juan Andrés Dutra Julio Flebbe Francisco Sunara Isidoro Alonso	8: 08.3
4th	Belgium	René Vingerhoet Harry Peeters Paul Siebels Willy Collet Jean De Rode	8: 27.4

final

rank	nation	Athletes	Time (min)
1	German Empire	Hans Maier Walter Volle Ernst Gaber Paul Söllner Fritz Bauer	7: 16.2
2	Switzerland	Hermann Betschart Hans Homberger Alex Homberger Karl Schmid Rolf Spring	7: 24.3
3	France	Fernand Vandernotte Marcel Vandernotte Jean Cosmat Marcel Chauvigné Noël Vandernotte	7: 33.3
4th	Netherlands	Mak Schoorl Hotse Bartlema Flip Regout Simon de Wit Gerard Hallie	7: 34.7
5	Hungary	Miklós Mihó Vilmos Éden Ákos Inotay Alajos Szilassy László Molnár	7: 35.6
6th	Denmark	Hans Mikkelsen Gunnar Ibsen Sørensen Flemming Jensen Svend Aage Holm Sørensen Aage Jensen	7: 40.4

Web links

• Results at Sports-reference.com ( English )