2016 Summer Olympics / Rowing - four-man without a helmsman

sport	rowing
discipline	four
gender	Men
Attendees	52 athletes from 13 countries
Competition location	Lagoa Stadium
Competition phase	7-12 August 2016
Medalist  United Kingdom  Australia  Italy

The rowing competition in the four without a helmsman as part of the rowing regatta of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from August 7th to 12th, 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 12, six teams competed for Olympic medals.

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

For the fifth time in a row, the competition in the four-without was won by a British team in which Alex Gregory , Constantine Louloudis , George Nash and Mohamed Sbihi rowed. In the previous year, a differently cast quartet from Great Britain surprisingly did not win the world title, whereupon the British put their strongest rowers in a foursome in order to definitely win this competition. From the defending team from London, however, only Alex Gregory remained. Like four years earlier, the Australians won the silver medal ahead of last year's world champions from Italy.

Title holder and starting position

Olympic Champion ( London 2012 )	United Kingdom Alex Gregory , Peter Reed , Tom James , Andrew Triggs Hodge
World Champion ( Aiguebelette 2015 )	Italy Marco Di Costanzo , Matteo Castaldo , Matteo Lodo , Giuseppe Vicino
European Champion ( Brandenburg 2016 )	United Kingdom Alex Gregory , Mohamed Sbihi , George Nash , Constantine Louloudis
World best time ( 5: 37.86 min , Lucerne 2012 )	United Kingdom Alex Gregory , Peter Reed , Tom James , Andrew Triggs Hodge

Attendees

qualification	nation	team
World Championships 2015	Italy	Matteo Castaldo Matteo Lodo Domenico Montrone Giuseppe Vicino
	Australia	Joshua Booth Joshua Dunkley-Smith Alexander Hill William Lockwood
	United Kingdom	Alex Gregory Constantine Louloudis George Nash Mohamed Sbihi
	Canada	Will Crothers Kai Langerfeld Conlin McCabe Tim Schrijver
	Germany	Anton Braun Maximilian Korge Maximilian planner Felix Wimberger
	Netherlands	Harold Langen Peter van Schie Govert Viergever Vincent van der Want
	United States	Charlie Cole Henrik Rummel Matthew Miller Seth Weil
	Belarus	Wadsim Lyalin Dzjanis Mihal Ihar Paschewitsch Mikalaj Scharlap
	Greece	Dionysios Angelopoulos Ioannis Christou Giannis Tsilis Georgios Tziallas
	Russia	Anton Saruzki Artyom Kosov Wladislaw Ryabzew Nikita Morgachev
	Romania	Vlad-Dragoș Aicoboae Constantin Adam Marius-Vasile Cozmiuc Toader-Andrei Gontaru
International qualification	South Africa	David Hunt Jonathan Smith Vincent Breet Jake Green
	France	Benjamin Lang Mickaël Marteau Théophile Onfroy Valentin Onfroy

Ivan Podschiwalow , Georgi Yefremenko , Semen Jaganow and Daniil Andrijenko were initially registered for Russia . Podschiwalow was not allowed to start because of a doping offense in 2007 after the McLaren report was published in the wake of the state doping affair in Russia. Jaganow and Andrijenko, like 15 other Russian rowers, were not allowed to start because they were not examined in a non-Russian doping test between 2011 and 2016. Yefremenko was allowed to start as one of six Russian rowers, but was then replaced in the only remaining boat by the specified team.

Prelims

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

Forward 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Australia	Booth , Dunkley-Smith , Hill , Lockwood	5: 54.84	Semifinals
2	Germany	Braun , Korge , Planner , Wimberger	5: 59.74
3	Netherlands	Langen , van Schie , Viergever , van der Want	6: 00.55
4th	Romania	Aicoboae , Adam , Cozmiuc , Gontaru	6: 02.56	Reunion
5	Russia	Zaruzky , Kosov , Ryabzev , Morgachev	6: 03.89

Forward 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Italy	Castaldo , Lodo , Montrone , Vicino	5: 56.01	Semifinals
2	Canada	Crothers , Langerfeld , McCabe , Schrijver	5: 58.26
3	United States	Cole , Rummel , Miller , Weil	5: 58.31
4th	Belarus	Lyalin , Mihal , Paschewitsch , Scharlap	6: 02.93	Reunion

Forward 3

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	United Kingdom	Gregory , Louloudis , Nash , Sbihi	5: 55.59	Semifinals
2	Greece	Angelopoulos , Christou , Tsilis , Tziallas	5: 59.65
3	France	Lang , Marteau , Onfroy , Onfroy	6: 00.72
4th	South Africa	Hunt , Smith , Breet , Green	6: 01.64	Reunion

Reunion

planned for Monday, August 8, 2016 , postponed to Tuesday, August 9, 2016

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	South Africa	Hunt , Smith , Breet , Green	6: 34.97	Semifinals
2	Belarus	Lyalin , Mihal , Paschewitsch , Scharlap	6: 36.50
3	Russia	Zaruzky , Kosov , Ryabzev , Morgachev	6: 39.32
4th	Romania	Aicoboae , Adam , Cozmiuc , Gontaru	6: 39.64	-

Semifinals

planned for Wednesday, August 10, 2016 , postponed to Thursday, August 11, 2016

Semi-final 1

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	Australia	Booth , Dunkley-Smith , Hill , Lockwood	6: 11.82	final
2	South Africa	Hunt , Smith , Breet , Green	6: 15.22
3	Italy	Castaldo , Lodo , Montrone , Vicino	6: 16.54
4th	United States	Cole , Rummel , Miller , Weil	6: 19.08	B final
5	Greece	Angelopoulos , Christou , Tsilis , Tziallas	6: 24.04
6th	Russia	Zaruzky , Kosov , Ryabzev , Morgachev	6: 24.89

Semi-final 2

space	boat	crew	Time (min)	qualification
1	United Kingdom	Gregory , Louloudis , Nash , Sbihi	6: 17.13	final
2	Canada	Crothers , Langerfeld , McCabe , Schrijver	6: 20.66
3	Netherlands	Langen , van Schie , Viergever , van der Want	6: 21.04
4th	Belarus	Lyalin , Mihal , Paschewitsch , Scharlap	6: 22.46	B final
5	France	Lang , Marteau , Onfroy , Onfroy	6: 26.94
6th	Germany	Braun , Korge , Planner , Wimberger	6: 35.90

final

Friday, August 12, 2016
Note: Determination of places 1 to 6

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
1	United Kingdom	Gregory , Louloudis , Nash , Sbihi	5: 58.61
2	Australia	Booth , Dunkley-Smith , Hill , Lockwood	6: 00.44
3	Italy	Castaldo , Lodo , Montrone , Vicino	6: 03.85
4th	South Africa	Hunt , Smith , Breet , Green	6: 05.80
5	Netherlands	Langen , van Schie , Viergever , van der Want	6: 08.38
6th	Canada	Crothers , Langerfeld , McCabe , Schrijver	6: 15.93

B final

Note: Determination of places 7 to 12

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
7th	United States	Cole , Rummel , Miller , Weil	5: 59.20
8th	Greece	Angelopoulos , Christou , Tsilis , Tziallas	6: 00.56
9	Belarus	Lyalin , Mihal , Paschewitsch , Scharlap	6: 00.57
10	Russia	Zaruzky , Kosov , Ryabzev , Morgachev	6: 02.09
11	France	Lang , Marteau , Onfroy , Onfroy	6: 02.21
12	Germany	Braun , Korge , Planner , Wimberger	6: 06.24

Another classification without finals

space	boat	crew	Time (min)
13	Romania	Aicoboae , Adam , Cozmiuc , Gontaru	-

Web links

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