2016 Summer Olympics / rowing - lightweight foursome without a helmsman

sport	rowing
discipline	Easy foursome
gender	Men
Attendees	52 athletes from 13 countries
Competition location	Lagoa Stadium
Competition phase	6-11 August 2016
Medalist  Switzerland  Denmark  France

The rowing competition in the lightweight foursome without a helmsman as part of the rowing regatta of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 6 to 11 August 2016 in the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon . 52 athletes in 13 teams competed.

The competition, which was held over the Olympic rowing distance of 2000 meters, began with three preliminary runs with four or five teams each. The first, second and third placed teams in the preliminary runs qualified directly for the semi-finals, while the remaining four teams had to go to the repechage . Here the first three teams qualified again for the semi-finals. In the two rounds of the semi-finals, the top three teams qualified for the final, while the fourth to sixth placed teams rowed for 7th to 12th place in the B final. In the final on August 11th, six teams competed for Olympic medals.

The rules of lightweight rowing applied to this competition . This means that one to two hours before each race the participants were weighed in the presence of a competition judge. Individual rowers were not allowed to weigh more than 72.5 kg, while the team average was not allowed to exceed 70.0 kg. A team in which both conditions were not met for all rowers at the same time would not have been allowed to continue to participate in the competition.

The teams qualified for the next round are highlighted in light green.

The world and European champions from Switzerland won the competition with Lucas Tramèr , Simon Schürch , Simon Niepmann and Mario Gyr ahead of the Danish selection. The Danish easy four has won the sixth medal at the sixth Olympic edition of this competition. France took bronze.

Title holder and starting position

Olympic Champion ( London 2012 )	South Africa James Thompson , Matthew Brittain , John Smith , Lawrence Sizwe Ndlovu
World Champion ( Aiguebelette 2015 )	Switzerland Lucas Tramèr , Simon Schürch , Simon Niepmann , Mario Gyr
European Champion ( Brandenburg 2016 )	Switzerland Lucas Tramèr , Simon Schürch , Simon Niepmann , Mario Gyr
World best time ( 5: 43.16 min , Amsterdam 2014 )	Denmark Jacob Barsøe , Kasper Winther , Jacob Larsen , Morten Jørgensen

Attendees

qualification	nation	team
World Championships 2015	Switzerland	Mario Gyr Simon Niepmann Simon Schürch Lucas Tramèr
	Denmark	Jacob Barsøe Morten Jørgensen Kasper Winther Jacob Larsen
	France	Thomas Baroukh Thibault Colard Guillaume Raineau Franck Solforosi
	New Zealand	Alistair Bond James Hunter James Lassche Peter Taylor
	Netherlands	Björn van den Ende Jort van Gennep Timothee Heijbrock Joris Pijs
	Italy	Martino Goretti Livio La Padula Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta
	United States	Anthony Fahden Edward King Tyler Nose Robin Prendes
	People's Republic of China	Jin Wei Wang Tiexin Yu Chenggang Zhao Jingbin
	United Kingdom	Mark Aldred Chris Bartley Peter Chambers Jono Clegg
	Czech Republic	Jiří Kopáč Jan Vetešník Ondřej Vetešník Miroslav Vraštil
	Canada	Brendan Hodge Maxwell Lattimer Nicolas Pratt Eric Woelfl
International qualification	Germany	Tobias Franzmann Jonathan Koch Lucas Schäfer Lars Wichert
	Greece	Panagiotis Magdanis Stefanos Ntouskos Ioannis Petrou Spyridon Giannaros

As the first-placed team in the qualification regatta in Lucerne, a Russian rowing team was qualified for the lightweight four-man competition without a helmsman. Inside were Maksim Telitsyn , Alexander Bogdashin , Alexander Tschaukin and Alexei Wikulin reported. In the course of the publication of the McLaren report in the Russian state doping affair on July 18, however, numerous Russian rowers were banned from the Olympic Games by the World Rowing Association, so that Russia could no longer fill the easy four. Greece moved up based on the results of the qualification regatta in Lucerne.

Prelims

Saturday 6th August 2016

Forward 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Italy	Goretti , La Padula , Oppo , Ruta	6: 03.26	Semifinals
2	People's Republic of China	Jin , Wang , Yu , Zhao	6: 03.43
3	Switzerland	Gyr , Niepmann , Schürch , Tramèr	6: 03.52
4th	France	Baroukh , Colard , Raineau , Solforosi	6: 07.31	Reunion
5	Czech Republic	Kopáč , Vetešník , Vetešník , Vraštil	6: 39.95

Forward 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Denmark	Barsøe , Jørgensen , Winther , Larsen	5: 58.21	Semifinals
2	United Kingdom	Aldred , Bartley , Chambers , Clegg	6: 01.27
3	Greece	Magdanis , Ntouskos , Petrou , Giannaros	6: 05.27
4th	Germany	Franzmann , Koch , Shepherd , Wichert	6: 14.87	Reunion

Forward 3

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	New Zealand	Bond , Hunter , Lassche , Taylor	6: 03.34	Semifinals
2	United States	Fahden , King , Nose , Prendes	6: 05.61
3	Netherlands	van den Ende , van Gennep , Heijbrock , Pijs	6: 07.88
4th	Canada	Hodge , Lattimer , Pratt , Woelfl	6: 19.44	Reunion

Reunion

planned for Sunday, August 7, 2016 , postponed to Monday, August 8, 2016

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	France	Baroukh , Colard , Raineau , Solforosi	6: 01.18	Semifinals
2	Germany	Franzmann , Koch , Shepherd , Wichert	6: 03.29
3	Czech Republic	Kopáč , Vetešník , Vetešník , Vraštil	6: 04.30
4th	Canada	Hodge , Lattimer , Pratt , Woelfl	6: 05.35	-

Semifinals

Tuesday August 9, 2016

Semi-final 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Italy	Goretti , La Padula , Oppo , Ruta	6: 06.56	final
2	France	Baroukh , Colard , Raineau , Solforosi	6: 07.32
3	New Zealand	Bond , Hunter , Lassche , Taylor	6: 08.96
4th	United Kingdom	Aldred , Bartley , Chambers , Clegg	6: 10.46	B final
5	Netherlands	van den Ende , van Gennep , Heijbrock , Pijs	6: 12.87
6th	Germany	Franzmann , Koch , Shepherd , Wichert	6: 18.43

Semi-final 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Switzerland	Gyr , Niepmann , Schürch , Tramèr	6: 17.85	final
2	Denmark	Barsøe , Jørgensen , Winther , Larsen	6: 19.62
3	Greece	Magdanis , Ntouskos , Petrou , Giannaros	6: 23.95
4th	United States	Fahden , King , Nose , Prendes	6: 26.82	B final
5	People's Republic of China	Jin , Wang , Yu , Zhao	6: 27.27
6th	Czech Republic	Kopáč , Vetešník , Vetešník , Vraštil	6: 33.43

final

Thursday, August 11, 2016
Note: Determination of places 1 to 6

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	Switzerland	Gyr , Niepmann , Schürch , Tramèr	6: 20.51
2	Denmark	Barsøe , Jørgensen , Winther , Larsen	6: 21.97
3	France	Baroukh , Colard , Raineau , Solforosi	6: 22.85
4th	Italy	Goretti , La Padula , Oppo , Ruta	6: 25.52
5	New Zealand	Bond , Hunter , Lassche , Taylor	6: 28.14
6th	Greece	Magdanis , Ntouskos , Petrou , Giannaros	6: 36.47

B final

Note: Determination of places 7 to 12

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
7th	United Kingdom	Aldred , Bartley , Chambers , Clegg	6: 31.54
8th	People's Republic of China	Jin , Wang , Yu , Zhao	6: 32.78
9	Germany	Franzmann , Koch , Shepherd , Wichert	6: 35.83
10	United States	Fahden , King , Nose , Prendes	6: 36.93
11	Netherlands	van den Ende , van Gennep , Heijbrock , Pijs	6: 37.28
12	Czech Republic	Kopáč , Vetešník , Vetešník , Vraštil	6: 43.52

Another classification without finals

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
13	Canada	Hodge , Lattimer , Pratt , Woelfl	-

Web links

• Results on the website of the World Rowing Association
• Lightweight four without a helmsman on the website www.sports-reference.com