2012 Summer Olympics / Rowing - Quadruple Sculls (Men)

sport	rowing
discipline	Double fours
gender	Men
Attendees	52 athletes from 13 countries
Competition location	Dorney Lake
Competition phase	July 28th to August 3rd, 2012
Medalist  Germany  Croatia  Australia

The rowing competition in the quadruple sculls men at the 2012 Olympics in London was from July 28 to August 3, 2012 at the Dorney Lake held. 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	Poland occupation: Konrad Wasielewski , Marek Kolbowicz , Michał Jeliński , Adam Korol	Beijing 2008
World Champion	Australia crew: Christopher Morgan , James McRae , Karsten Forsterling , Daniel Noonan	Bled 2011

Boat crew

boat	crew
Australia	Christopher Morgan , Karsten Forsterling , James McRae , Daniel Noonan
Germany	Karl Schulze , Philipp Wende , Lauritz Schoof , Tim Grohmann
Estonia	Andrei Jämsä , Allar Raja , Tõnu Endrekson , Kaspar Taimsoo
France	Benjamin Chabanet , Matthieu Androdias , Pierre-Jean Peltier , Adrien Peltier
Italy	Matteo Stefanini , Francesco Fossi , Pierpaolo Frattini , Simone Raineri
Croatia	David Šain , Martin Sinković , Damir Martin , Valent Sinković
New Zealand	John Storey , Michael Arms , Matthew Trott , Robert Manson
Poland	Konrad Wasielewski , Marek Kolbowicz , Michał Jeliński , Adam Korol
Russia	Wladislaw Ryabzew , Alexei Swirin , Nikita Morgachev , Sergei Fedorowzew
Switzerland	Florian Stofer , Nico Stahlberg , André Vonarburg , Augustin Maillefer
Ukraine	Volodymyr Pavlovskyj , Kostjantyn Saizew , Serhiy Hryn , Ivan Dovhodko
United States	Wesley Piermarini , Alexander Osborne , Peter Graves , Elliot Hovey
United Kingdom	Stephen Rowbotham , Charles Cousins , Tom Solesbury , Matthew Wells

Prelims

July 28, 2012

Forward 1

space	boat	Time (min)
1	Russia	5: 42.26
2	Estonia	5: 42.87
3	France	5: 44.25
4th	United States	5: 50.25
5	Italy	6: 08.99

Forward 2

space	boat	Time (min)
1	Croatia	5: 39.08
2	Poland	5: 40.56
3	Australia	5: 41.56
4th	New Zealand	5: 41.62

Forward 3

space	boat	Time (min)
1	Germany	5: 39.69
2	United Kingdom	5: 41.75
3	Ukraine	5: 43.46
4th	Switzerland	5: 45.13

Reunion

July 30, 2012

space	boat	Time (min)
1	New Zealand	5: 43.82
2	Italy	5: 44.57
3	Switzerland	5: 44.90
4th	United States	5: 45.62

Semifinals

August 1, 2012

Run 1

space	boat	Time (min)
1	Croatia	6: 03.39
2	Australia	6: 05.45
3	United Kingdom	6: 05.71
4th	New Zealand	6: 10.95
5	Russia	6: 13.61
6th	Switzerland	6: 19.64

Run 2

space	boat	Time (min)
1	Germany	6: 05.85
2	Estonia	6: 07.85
3	Poland	6: 10.75
4th	France	6: 12.81
5	Ukraine	6: 16.23
6th	Italy	6: 18.96

final

Finale B

August 1, 2012, 11:10 a.m. CEST
Note: to determine places 7 to 12

space	boat	Time (min)	annotation
07th	New Zealand	5: 58.88
08th	Russia	5: 59.17
09	Ukraine	6: 01.23
10	France	6: 02.12
11	Italy	6: 02.57
12	Switzerland	6: 04.37
13	United States	-	retired in the repechage

Finale A

The victorious German foursome

August 3, 2012, 12:30 p.m. CEST
Note: to determine places 1 to 6

space	boat	Time (min)
1	Germany	5: 42.48
2	Croatia	5: 44.78
3	Australia	5: 45.22
4th	Estonia	5: 46.96
5	United Kingdom	5: 49.19
6th	Poland	5: 51.74

For Croatia it was the first medal in this boat class.

Web links

• Double fours (men)