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 | ||||||||
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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
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 |
---|---|---|---|
7th | France | 6: 08.37 | |
8th | United States | 6: 09.23 | |
9 | 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.