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Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

{{short description|Olympic rowing event}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Men's coxless four

| games = 2020 Summer

| image = File:Rowing pictogram.svg

| caption = Olympic rowing

| venue = Sea Forest Waterway

| dates = 24–28 July 2021

| competitors = 40

| nations = 10

| win_value = 5:42.76

| gold = Alexander Purnell
Spencer Turrin
Jack Hargreaves
Alexander Hill

| goldNOC = AUS

| silver = Mihăiță Țigănescu
Mugurel Semciuc
Ștefan Berariu
Cosmin Pascari

| silverNOC = ROU

| bronze = Matteo Castaldo
Matteo Lodo
Giuseppe Vicino
Marco Di Costanzo
Bruno Rosetti (h){{Cite web|title=Il CIO concede la medaglia di bronzo a Bruno Rosetti|url= http://www.canottaggio.org/1_news/2021_2news/0731_GO_rosetti_cs.shtml|access-date=2021-08-08|publisher=Federazione Italiana Canottaggio|date=31 July 2021}}

| bronzeNOC = ITA

| prev = 2016

| next = 2024

}}

{{Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics}}

The men's coxless four event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24–28 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/schedule/rowing-schedule|title=Rowing Competition Schedule|publisher=Tokyo 2020|accessdate=24 July 2021|archive-date=3 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703154906/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/schedule/rowing-schedule|url-status=dead}} 40 rowers from 10 nations competed.{{cite web|url=https://worldrowing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/FINAL-2021-01-25-Tokyo-2020-Revised-Qualification-System-Rowing-ENG.pdf|title=Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Rowing|publisher=World Rowing Federation|format=PDF|accessdate=24 July 2021}}

The defending gold medallists were nine-time winners Great Britain, attempting to defend their title for a sixth successive time.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=12 August 2016 |title=Rio Olympics 2016: Great Britain win gold in men's four |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/36687472 |work=BBC |quote= |access-date=}} Their crew finished in fourth placed in the final and outside the medals.

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Background

This was the 25th appearance of the event.

In 2019, at the World Rowing Championships, Poland, in an upset, won the final of the event, qualifying for the coxless four at the 2020 Summer Olympics, thus being the first qualifying nation in the men's event. It is Poland's eighth appearance in the coxless four (men's). Their most recent appearance was at the 2004 Summer Olympics. South Africa and Canada qualified via the final qualification regatta, defeating France, Austria, Belarus and Ukraine.

The other nine nations to qualify were: Romania, Great Britain, Italy, the United States, Australia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, South Africa, and Canada.

Qualification

{{Main|Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification#Men's coxless four}}

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) has been limited to a single boat (four rowers) in the event. There are 10 qualifying places in the men's coxless four, thus there are forty athletes:

The COVID-19 pandemic delayed many of qualification events.

Competition format

During the first round two heats were held. The first two boats in each heat advanced to final A, with the others relegated to the repechage.

The repechage is a round which offers rowers a second chance to qualify for Final A. The top two boats in the repechage moved on to the semi-finals, with the remaining boats being sent to Final B.

There were two finals. Final A determined the medallists and the places through 6th. Final B determined places seven through ten.

Schedule

The competition was held over four days. Times given are session start times; multiple rowing events might have races during a session.

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

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! Date

! Time

! Round

Saturday, 24 July 202111:40Heats
Sunday, 25 July 202113:10Repechage
Wednesday, 28 July 20218:40Final B
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| Wednesday, 28 July 2021

10:10Final A

Rowers per team

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! width=50|Number

! width=500|Rowers

! width=125|Nation

align=center|1

| align=left|Alexander Purnell - Spencer Turrin - Jack Hargreaves - Alexander Hill

| align=left|{{FlagIOC|AUS|2020 Summer}}

align=center|2

| align=left|Jakub Buczek - Luke Gadsdon - Gavin Stone - Will Crothers

| align=left|{{FlagIOC|CAN|2020 Summer}}

align=center|3

| align=left|Oliver Cook - Matthew Rossiter - Rory Gibbs - Sholto Carnegie

| align=left|{{FlagIOC|GBR|2020 Summer}}

align=center|4

| align=left|Matteo Castaldo - Marco Di Costanzo - Matteo Lodo - Giuseppe Vicino - Bruno Rosetti (heat)

| align=left|{{FlagIOC|ITA|2020 Summer}}

align=center|5

| align=left|Jan van der Bij - Boudewijn Röell - Sander de Graaf - Nelson Ritsema

| align=left|{{FlagIOC|NED|2020 Summer}}

align=center|6

| align=left|Mateusz Wilangowski - Mikołaj Burda - Marcin Brzeziński - Michał Szpakowski

| align=left|{{FlagIOC|POL|2020 Summer}}

align=center|7

| align=left|Mihăiță Țigănescu - Mugurel Semciuc - Ștefan Berariu - Cosmin Pascari

| align=left|{{FlagIOC|ROU|2020 Summer}}

align=center|8

| align=left|Lawrence Brittain - Kyle Schoonbee - John Smith - Sandro Torrente

| align=left|{{FlagIOC|RSA|2020 Summer}}

align=center|9

| align=left|Paul Jacquot - Markus Kessler - Joel Schürch - Andrin Gulich

| align=left|{{FlagIOC|SUI|2020 Summer}}

align=center|10

| align=left|Andrew Reed - Anders Weiss - Michael Grady - Clark Dean

| align=left|{{FlagIOC|USA|2020 Summer}}

Results

=Heats=

The first two of each heat qualify for Final A, while the remainder go to the repechage phase in a second bid to qualify for the final.

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==Heat 1==

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! Rank

! Lane

! Nation

! Time

! Notes

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|1

|1

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUS|2020 Summer}}

|5:54.27

| {{abbr|Q|Qualified for Final A}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|2

|5

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|2020 Summer}}

|5:57.27

| {{abbr|Q|Qualified for Final A}}

bgcolor=bbf3ff

|3

|3

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|NED|2020 Summer}}

|6:00.27

| {{abbr|R|Repechage}}

bgcolor=bbf3ff

|4

|2

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|ROU|2020 Summer}}

|6:03.51

| {{abbr|R|Repechage}}

bgcolor=bbf3ff

|5

|4

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|RSA|2020 Summer}}

|6:25.34

| {{abbr|R|Repechage}}

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==Heat 2==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width: 70%;"

! Rank

! Lane

! Nation

! Time

! Notes

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|1

|1

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|2020 Summer}}

|5:55.36

| {{abbr|Q|Qualified for Final A}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|2

|5

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|2020 Summer}}

|5:57.67

| {{abbr|Q|Qualified for Final A}}

bgcolor=bbf3ff

|3

|3

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|POL|2020 Summer}}

|6:03.38

| {{abbr|R|Repechage}}

bgcolor=bbf3ff

|4

|2

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|SUI|2020 Summer}}

|6:04.09

| {{abbr|R|Repechage}}

bgcolor=bbf3ff

|5

|4

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|2020 Summer}}

|6:05.47

| {{abbr|R|Repechage}}

{{col-end}}

=Repechage=

The first two in repechage heat qualify for Final A and rest go to Final B.

==Repechage Heat==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width: 35%;"

! Rank

! Lane

! Nation

! Time

! Notes

bgcolor=bbf3bb

| 1

|2

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|ROU|2020 Summer}}

| 6:09.72

| {{abbr|Q|Final A}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

| 2

|3

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|NED|2020 Summer}}

| 6:11.22

| {{abbr|Q|Final A}}

bgcolor=bbf9ff

| 3

|4

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|POL|2020 Summer}}

| 6:12.52

| {{abbr|FB|Final B}}

bgcolor=bbf9ff

| 4

|1

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|2020 Summer}}

| 6:15.86

|{{abbr|FB|Final B}}

bgcolor=bbf9ff

| 5

|5

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|SUI|2020 Summer}}

| 6:27.80

| {{abbr|FB|Final B}}

bgcolor=bbf3ff

| 6

|6

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|RSA|2020 Summer}}

| 6:30.34

| {{abbr|FB|Final B}}

=Finals=

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{{col-2}}

==Final A==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width: 70%;"

! Rank

! Lane

! Nation

! Time

! Notes

{{gold1}}

|3

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUS|2020 Summer}}

| 5:42.76

|{{abbr|OB|Olympic Best Time}}

{{silver2}}

|1

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|ROU|2020 Summer}}

| 5:43.13

|

{{bronze3}}

|5

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|2020 Summer}}

| 5:43.60

|

4

|4

|align=left|{{FlagIOC|GBR|2020 Summer}}

| 5:45.78

|

5

|2

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|2020 Summer}}

| 5:48.85

|

6

|6

|align=left|{{FlagIOC|NED|2020 Summer}}

| 5:50.81

|

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==Final B==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width: 70%;"

! Rank

! Lane

! Nation

! Time

! Notes

7

|2

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|POL|2020 Summer}}

|5:57.17

|

8

|3

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|2020 Summer}}

|5:58.29

|

9

|1

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|SUI|2020 Summer}}

|6:02.32

|

10

|4

|align=left| {{FlagIOC|RSA|2020 Summer}}

|6:09.85

|

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References

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{{Olympic champions – Men's coxless four}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Men's coxless four}}

Men's coxless four

Category:Men's events at the 2020 Summer Olympics