Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Rowing - lightweight foursome without a helmsman

sport	rowing
discipline	Lightweight four without a helmsman
gender	Men
Attendees	52 athletes from 13 countries
Competition location	Dorney Lake
Competition phase	July 28–2. August 2012
Medalist  South Africa  United Kingdom  Denmark

The men's lightweight four-man rowing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from July 28 to August 2, 2012 on Dorney Lake . 52 athletes in 13 boats competed.

The rowing regatta, which was held over 2000 meters, began with three heats. The first three boats made it to the semi-finals, the rest started in the repechage . Here the first three boats were able to qualify for the semi-finals. The remaining boats were eliminated.

In the two semifinals, the first three boats made it to final A, the rest to final B to determine places 7 to 12.

The qualified boats are highlighted in light green.

Title holder

Olympic champion	Denmark Crew: Thomas Ebert , Morten Jørgensen , Eskild Ebbesen , Mads Kruse Andersen	Beijing 2008
World Champion	Australia crew: Anthony Edwards , Samuel Beltz , Benjamin Cureton , Todd Skipworth	Bled 2011

Boat crew

boat	crew
Australia	Anthony Edwards , Samuel Beltz , Benjamin Cureton , Todd Skipworth
People's Republic of China	Yu Chenggang , Huang Zhe , Zhang Guolin , Wang Tiexin
Denmark	Kasper Winther Jørgensen , Morten Jørgensen , Jacob Barsøe , Eskild Ebbesen
Germany	Bastian Seibt , Lars Wichert , Jochen Kühner , Martin Kühner
France	Nicolas Moutton , Franck Solforosi , Thomas Baroukh , Fabrice Moreau
Italy	Daniele Danesin , Andrea Caianiello , Marcello Miani , Martino Goretti
Netherlands	Roeland Lievens , Timothee Heijbrock , Vincent Muda , Tycho Muda
Poland	Łukasz Pawłowski , Łukasz Siemion , Miłosz Bernatajtys , Paweł Rańda
Switzerland	Simon Schürch , Lucas Tramèr , Simon Niepmann , Mario Gyr
South Africa	James Thompson , Matthew Brittain , John Smith , Sizwe Ndlovu
Czech Republic	Jan Vetešník , Ondřej Vetešník , Jiří Kopáč , Miroslav Vraštil
United States	Anthony Fahden , William Newell , Nicholas la Cava , Robin Prendes
United Kingdom	Peter Chambers , Rob Williams , Richard Chambers , Chris Bartley

Prelims

July 28, 2012

Forward 1

space	boat	Time (min)
1	Switzerland	5: 53.56
2	South Africa	5: 54.62
3	Denmark	5: 55.64
4th	Italy	5: 56.71
5	United States	6: 02.42

Forward 2

space	boat	Time (min)
1	United Kingdom	5: 49.29
2	Australia	5: 51.18
3	Germany	5: 52.05
4th	Czech Republic	5: 52.69

Forward 3

space	boat	Time (min)
1	France	5: 50.79
2	Netherlands	5: 52.47
3	People's Republic of China	5: 52.58
4th	Poland	5: 53.52

Reunion

July 29, 2012

space	boat	Time (min)
1	United States	6: 00.86
2	Italy	6: 01.66
3	Czech Republic	6: 02.23
4th	Poland	6: 04.46

Semifinals

July 31, 2012

Run 1

space	boat	Time (min)
1	United Kingdom	5: 59.68
2	Switzerland	6: 00.97
3	Netherlands	6: 01.37
4th	Germany	6: 02.10
5	United States	6: 05.06
6th	Czech Republic	6: 06.85

Run 2

space	boat	Time (min)
1	Denmark	6: 03.53
2	South Africa	6: 04.21
3	Australia	6: 05.31
4th	France	6: 06.90
5	Italy	6: 08.44
6th	People's Republic of China	6: 08.47

final

Finale B

August 2, 2012, 11:00 a.m. CEST
Note: to determine places 7 to 12

space	boat	Time (min)	annotation
07th	France	6: 08.37
08th	United States	6: 09.23
09	Germany	6: 10.07
10	People's Republic of China	6: 11.33
11	Czech Republic	6: 11.49
12	Italy	6: 14.63
13	Poland	-	retired in the repechage

Finale A

August 2, 2012, 1:10 p.m. CEST
Note: to determine places 1 to 6

space	boat	Time (min)
1	South Africa	6: 02.84
2	United Kingdom	6: 03.09
3	Denmark	6: 03.16
4th	Australia	6: 04.05
5	Switzerland	6: 09.30
6th	Netherlands	6: 11.39

For the first time a South African boat won an Olympic final. For Great Britain it was the first medal in this boat class. The Dane Eskild Ebbesen took part in all five Olympic regattas in the lightweight four-man without a helmsman. With three gold and two bronze medals, he is the most successful lightweight rower at the Olympic Games.

Web links

• Lightweight foursome without a helmsman (men)