Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

Men's coxless four
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Men's coxless four; at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Date	13–19 October
Competitors	45 from 11 nations
Medalists
	← 1964 1972 →

The men's coxless four competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course, Mexico.^[1]

Competition format

This rowing competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and finals), as well as a repechage round that allowed teams that did not win their heats to advance to the final. All races were 2,000 metres in distance.

Heats: Two heats. With 11 boats entered, there were five or six boats per heat. The top boat in each heat (total of 2 boats) advanced directly to the final; all other boats (9 boats) went to the repechage.
Repechage: Two heats. There were four or five boats in each heat. The top two boats in each heat (total of 4 boats) advanced to the final. The remaining boats (5 boats) were sent to a 7th–11th place classification race.
Finals: A main final and a 7th–12th place classification race.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Frank Forberger Frank Rühle Dieter Grahn Dieter Schubert	East Germany	6:54.62	Q
2	Pete Raymond Raymond Wright Charles Hamlin Lawrence Terry	United States	6:57.68	R
3	Vitolds Barkāns Elmārs Rubīns Pavel Ilyinsky Guntis Niedra	Soviet Union	7:08.82	R
4	Thomas Hitzbleck Manfred Weinreich Volkhart Buchter Jochen Heck	West Germany	7:14.44	R
5	Roland Altenburger Nicolas Gobet Franz Rentsch Alfred Meister	Switzerland	7:14.74	R
6	Pavel Cichi Dumitru Ivanov Emanoil Stratan Anton Chirlacopschi	Romania	7:21.84	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Zoltán Melis József Csermely György Sarlós Antal Melis	Hungary	6:44.72	Q
2	Renato Bosatta Pier Conti-Manzini Tullio Baraglia Abramo Albini	Italy	6:53.11	R
3	Gunner Nielsen John Erik Jensen Johnny Algreen Petersen Mogens Pedersen	Denmark	6:58.02	R
4	Patrick Sellier Michel Beissière Yannick Fave Patrick van den Brouck	France	7:00.05	R
5	Roberto Retolaza Arcadio Padilla Jesús Toscano David Trejo	Mexico	7:15.18	R

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Renato Bosatta Pier Conti-Manzini Tullio Baraglia Abramo Albini	Italy	6:31.98	Q
2	Thomas Hitzbleck Manfred Weinreich Volkhart Buchter Jochen Heck	West Germany	6:32.56	Q
3	Vitolds Barkāns Elmārs Rubīns Pavel Ilyinsky Guntis Niedra	Soviet Union	6:33.35	C
4	Roberto Retolaza Arcadio Padilla Jesús Toscano David Trejo	Mexico	7:02.92	C

Repechage heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Pete Raymond Raymond Wright Charles Hamlin Lawrence Terry	United States	6:39.78	Q
2	Roland Altenburger Nicolas Gobet Franz Rentsch Alfred Meister	Switzerland	6:40.75	Q
3	Patrick Sellier Yvon Petit Michel Beissière Yannick Fave	France	6:44.06	C
4	Pavel Cichi Dumitru Ivanov Emanoil Stratan Anton Chirlacopschi	Romania	6:44.71	C
5	Gunner Nielsen John Erik Jensen Johnny Algreen Petersen Mogens Pedersen	Denmark	ST	C

Finals

Classification 7–11

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time
7	Pavel Cichi Dumitru Ivanov Emanoil Stratan Anton Chirlacopschi	Romania	6:50.13
8	Roberto Retolaza Arcadio Padilla Jesús Toscano David Trejo	Mexico	6:53.21
9	Patrick Sellier Yvon Petit Michel Beissière Yannick Fave	France	6:53.71
10	Gunner Nielsen John Erik Jensen Johnny Algreen Petersen Mogens Pedersen	Denmark	7:20.31
11	Vitolds Barkāns Elmārs Rubīns Pavel Ilyinsky Guntis Niedra	Soviet Union	DNS

Final

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time
	Frank Forberger Frank Rühle Dieter Grahn Dieter Schubert	East Germany	6:39.18
	Zoltán Melis József Csermely György Sarlós Antal Melis	Hungary	6:41.64
	Renato Bosatta Pier Conti-Manzini Tullio Baraglia Abramo Albini	Italy	6:44.01
4	Roland Altenburger Nicolas Gobet Franz Rentsch Alfred Meister	Switzerland	6:45.78
5	Pete Raymond Raymond Wright Charles Hamlin Lawrence Terry	United States	6:47.70
6	Thomas Hitzbleck Manfred Weinreich Volkhart Buchter Jochen Heck	West Germany	7:08.22

References

^ "Rowing at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[SR-1] "Rowing at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

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