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Lightweight Coxless Fours, Men

Date	6 – 11 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio da Lagoa, Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	52 from 13 countries

South Africa had been the surprise winners of the Men’s Lightweight Coxless Fours at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but they were not present in the event in Rio to defend their title. Denmark had long been the strongest nation in this event and, since their bronze medal finish at the 2012 Games, Kasper Winther Jørgensen, Morten Jørgensen, and Jacob Barsøe had been the 2013 and 2014 World and European Champions, the 2015 World runners-up, and the 2015 European bronze medalists. In Rio they were joined by long-time partner Jacob Larsen, but faced a serious challenge from the Swiss quartet of Lucas Tramèr, Simon Schürch, Simon Niepmann, and Mario Gyr, who were the 2015 World and 2015 and 2016 European Champions.

Denmark won its heat by over three seconds during the preliminaries, with Switzerland close behind Italy and China in its heat, but still far ahead of fourth-place finisher France. New Zealand, the 2013 and 2014 World runners-up, captured the third heat, before coming in third behind Italy and France in the first semifinal. Switzerland and Denmark, meanwhile, were well ahead of the competition in the second semifinal and would go on to win gold and silver respectively in the final. Third place went to France, the 2015 World bronze medalists and European runners-up, coming in nearly three seconds ahead of Italy.

Pos	Competitors	NOC
1	Switzerland	SUI	Gold
	Lucas Tramèr • Simon Schürch • Simon Niepmann • Mario Gyr
2	Denmark	DEN	Silver
	Jacob Barsøe • Jacob Larsen • Kasper Winther Jørgensen • Morten Jørgensen
3	France	FRA	Bronze
	Franck Solforosi • Thomas Baroukh • Guillaume Raineau • Thibault Colard
4	Italy	ITA
	Stefano Oppo • Martino Goretti • Livio La Padula • Pietro Ruta
5	New Zealand	NZL
	James Lassche • Peter Taylor • Alistair Bond • James Hunter
6	Greece	GRE
	Panagiotis Magdanis • Stefanos Ntouskos • Ioannis Petrou • Spyros Giannaros
7	Great Britain	GBR
	Chris Bartley • Mark Aldred • Jono Clegg • Peter Chambers
8	People's Republic of China	CHN
	Jin Wei • Zhao Jingbin • Yu Chenggang • Wang Tiexin
9	Germany	GER
	Jonathan Koch • Lars Wichert • Tobias Franzmann • Lucas Schäfer
10	United States	USA
	Robin Prendes • Anthony Fahden • Edward King • Tyler Nase
11	Netherlands	NED
	Joris Pijs • Tim Heijbrock • Jort van Gennep • Björn van den Ende
12	Czech Republic	CZE
	Jan Vetešník • Miroslav Vraštil • Jiří Kopáč • Ondřej Vetešník
13	Canada	CAN
	Maxwell Lattimer • Brendan Hodge • Nicolas Pratt • Eric Woelfl

Round One

Date	6 August 2016 — 12:20
Format	Top three in each heat advanced to semi-finals; all others to repêchage.

Heat #1

Time	12:20

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	2	Italy	ITA	6:03.26	1:27.42 (2)	2:59.93 (1)	4:33.09 (1)	1:32.51 (2)	1:33.16 (3)	1:30.17 (3)	Q
		Stefano Oppo • Martino Goretti • Livio La Padula • Pietro Ruta
2	1	People's Republic of China	CHN	6:03.43	1:30.34 (5)	3:02.15 (4)	4:33.82 (2)	1:31.81 (1)	1:31.67 (1)	1:29.61 (2)	Q
		Jin Wei • Zhao Jingbin • Yu Chenggang • Wang Tiexin
3	4	Switzerland	SUI	6:03.52	1:28.89 (3)	3:01.57 (3)	4:34.54 (3)	1:32.68 (3)	1:32.97 (2)	1:28.98 (1)	Q
		Lucas Tramèr • Simon Schürch • Simon Niepmann • Mario Gyr
4	3	France	FRA	6:07.31	1:27.10 (1)	3:00.86 (2)	4:35.61 (4)	1:33.76 (4)	1:34.75 (4)	1:31.70 (4)
		Franck Solforosi • Thomas Baroukh • Guillaume Raineau • Thibault Colard
5	5	Czech Republic	CZE	6:39.95	1:30.16 (4)	3:07.53 (5)	4:50.27 (5)	1:37.37 (5)	1:42.74 (5)	1:49.68 (5)
		Jan Vetešník • Ondřej Vetešník • Jiří Kopáč • Miroslav Vraštil

Heat #2

Time	12:30

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	3	Denmark	DEN	5:58.21	1:26.79 (1)	2:57.70 (1)	4:29.48 (1)	1:30.91 (1)	1:31.78 (3)	1:28.73 (1)	Q
		Jacob Barsøe • Jacob Larsen • Kasper Winther Jørgensen • Morten Jørgensen
2	1	Great Britain	GBR	6:01.27	1:28.20 (2)	2:59.37 (2)	4:30.92 (2)	1:31.17 (2)	1:31.55 (2)	1:30.35 (2)	Q
		Chris Bartley • Mark Aldred • Jono Clegg • Peter Chambers
3	4	Greece	GRE	6:05.27	1:29.02 (3)	3:00.63 (3)	4:32.08 (3)	1:31.61 (3)	1:31.45 (1)	1:33.19 (3)	Q
		Panagiotis Magdanis • Stefanos Ntouskos • Ioannis Petrou • Spyros Giannaros
4	2	Germany	GER	6:14.87	1:30.21 (4)	3:02.51 (4)	4:35.78 (4)	1:32.30 (4)	1:33.27 (4)	1:39.09 (4)
		Jonathan Koch • Lars Wichert • Tobias Franzmann • Lucas Schäfer

Heat #3

Time	12:40

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	2	New Zealand	NZL	6:03.34	1:28.02 (2)	2:58.93 (1)	4:32.60 (1)	1:30.91 (1)	1:33.67 (1)	1:30.74 (2)	Q
		James Lassche • Peter Taylor • Alistair Bond • James Hunter
2	3	United States	USA	6:05.61	1:27.89 (1)	2:59.91 (2)	4:33.89 (2)	1:32.02 (2)	1:33.98 (2)	1:31.72 (3)	Q
		Robin Prendes • Anthony Fahden • Edward King • Tyler Nase
3	4	Netherlands	NED	6:07.88	1:28.86 (3)	3:02.22 (3)	4:37.30 (3)	1:33.36 (3)	1:35.08 (3)	1:30.58 (1)	Q
		Joris Pijs • Tim Heijbrock • Jort van Gennep • Björn van den Ende
4	1	Canada	CAN	6:19.44	1:30.57 (4)	3:04.95 (4)	4:41.54 (4)	1:34.38 (4)	1:36.59 (4)	1:37.90 (4)
		Maxwell Lattimer • Brendan Hodge • Nicolas Pratt • Eric Woelfl

Round One Repêchage

Date	8 August 2016 — 11:00
Format	Top three to semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time	11:00

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	3	France	FRA	6:01.18	1:26.38 (1)	2:57.48 (1)	4:30.51 (1)	1:31.10 (1)	1:33.03 (2)	1:30.67 (2)	Q
		Franck Solforosi • Thomas Baroukh • Guillaume Raineau • Thibault Colard
2	1	Germany	GER	6:03.29	1:27.07 (2)	2:58.89 (2)	4:32.99 (2)	1:31.82 (4)	1:34.10 (4)	1:30.30 (1)	Q
		Jonathan Koch • Lars Wichert • Tobias Franzmann • Lucas Schäfer
3	4	Czech Republic	CZE	6:04.30	1:28.35 (3)	3:00.11 (3)	4:33.06 (3)	1:31.76 (3)	1:32.95 (1)	1:31.24 (4)	Q
		Jan Vetešník • Ondřej Vetešník • Jiří Kopáč • Miroslav Vraštil
4	2	Canada	CAN	6:05.35	1:29.21 (4)	3:00.63 (4)	4:34.18 (4)	1:31.42 (2)	1:33.55 (3)	1:31.17 (3)
		Maxwell Lattimer • Brendan Hodge • Nicolas Pratt • Eric Woelfl

Semi-Finals

Date	9 August 2016 — 10:50
Format	Top three in each heat to A Final.

Heat #1

Time	10:50

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	3	Italy	ITA	6:06.56	1:26.74 (1)	2:59.00 (1)	4:32.63 (1)	1:32.26 (1)	1:33.63 (2)	1:33.93 (3)	Q
		Stefano Oppo • Martino Goretti • Livio La Padula • Pietro Ruta
2	6	France	FRA	6:07.32	1:27.96 (2)	3:01.46 (3)	4:35.24 (4)	1:33.50 (4)	1:33.78 (4)	1:32.08 (1)	Q
		Franck Solforosi • Thomas Baroukh • Guillaume Raineau • Thibault Colard
3	4	New Zealand	NZL	6:08.96	1:28.69 (4)	3:01.73 (4)	4:35.10 (3)	1:33.04 (3)	1:33.37 (1)	1:33.86 (2)	Q
		James Lassche • Peter Taylor • Alistair Bond • James Hunter
4	5	Great Britain	GBR	6:10.46	1:28.32 (3)	3:01.29 (2)	4:35.02 (2)	1:32.97 (2)	1:33.73 (3)	1:35.44 (5)	QB
		Chris Bartley • Mark Aldred • Jono Clegg • Peter Chambers
5	2	Netherlands	NED	6:12.87	1:29.34 (5)	3:02.85 (5)	4:37.76 (5)	1:33.51 (5)	1:34.91 (5)	1:35.11 (4)	QB
		Joris Pijs • Tim Heijbrock • Jort van Gennep • Björn van den Ende
6	1	Germany	GER	6:18.43	1:29.58 (6)	3:05.13 (6)	4:40.73 (6)	1:35.55 (6)	1:35.60 (6)	1:37.70 (6)	QB
		Jonathan Koch • Lars Wichert • Tobias Franzmann • Lucas Schäfer

Heat #2

Time	11:00

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	6	Switzerland	SUI	6:17.85	1:29.97 (1)	3:06.42 (1)	4:42.32 (1)	1:36.45 (2)	1:35.90 (1)	1:35.53 (3)	Q
		Lucas Tramèr • Simon Schürch • Simon Niepmann • Mario Gyr
2	4	Denmark	DEN	6:19.62	1:30.77 (2)	3:07.13 (2)	4:44.56 (2)	1:36.36 (1)	1:37.43 (2)	1:35.06 (1)	Q
		Jacob Barsøe • Jacob Larsen • Kasper Winther Jørgensen • Morten Jørgensen
3	2	Greece	GRE	6:23.95	1:32.32 (3)	3:10.50 (3)	4:48.56 (3)	1:38.18 (3)	1:38.06 (3)	1:35.39 (2)	Q
		Panagiotis Magdanis • Stefanos Ntouskos • Ioannis Petrou • Spyros Giannaros
4	3	United States	USA	6:26.82	1:33.32 (5)	3:11.76 (5)	4:50.23 (5)	1:38.44 (5)	1:38.47 (5)	1:36.59 (4)	QB
		Robin Prendes • Anthony Fahden • Edward King • Tyler Nase
5	5	People's Republic of China	CHN	6:27.27	1:33.15 (4)	3:11.55 (4)	4:49.62 (4)	1:38.40 (4)	1:38.07 (4)	1:37.65 (5)	QB
		Jin Wei • Zhao Jingbin • Yu Chenggang • Wang Tiexin
6	1	Czech Republic	CZE	6:33.43	1:34.64 (6)	3:14.78 (6)	4:55.13 (6)	1:40.14 (6)	1:40.35 (6)	1:38.30 (6)	QB
		Jan Vetešník • Ondřej Vetešník • Jiří Kopáč • Miroslav Vraštil

Final Round

Date	11 August 2016 — 11:44

Final A

Time	11:44

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	3	Switzerland	SUI	6:20.51	1:35.59 (2)	3:11.80 (1)	4:47.69 (1)	1:36.21 (1)	1:35.89 (1)	1:32.82 (2)
		Lucas Tramèr • Simon Schürch • Simon Niepmann • Mario Gyr
2	2	Denmark	DEN	6:21.97	1:35.40 (1)	3:11.87 (2)	4:48.97 (2)	1:36.47 (2)	1:37.10 (3)	1:33.00 (3)
		Jacob Barsøe • Jacob Larsen • Kasper Winther Jørgensen • Morten Jørgensen
3	5	France	FRA	6:22.85	1:36.56 (5)	3:13.95 (4)	4:50.11 (3)	1:37.39 (3)	1:36.16 (2)	1:32.74 (1)
		Franck Solforosi • Thomas Baroukh • Guillaume Raineau • Thibault Colard
4	4	Italy	ITA	6:25.52	1:35.75 (3)	3:13.21 (3)	4:50.49 (4)	1:37.46 (4)	1:37.28 (4)	1:35.03 (4)
		Stefano Oppo • Martino Goretti • Livio La Padula • Pietro Ruta
5	1	New Zealand	NZL	6:28.14	1:36.52 (4)	3:14.43 (5)	4:52.06 (5)	1:37.91 (5)	1:37.63 (5)	1:36.08 (5)
		James Lassche • Peter Taylor • Alistair Bond • James Hunter
6	6	Greece	GRE	6:36.47	1:37.32 (6)	3:16.73 (6)	4:55.97 (6)	1:39.41 (6)	1:39.24 (6)	1:40.50 (6)
		Panagiotis Magdanis • Stefanos Ntouskos • Ioannis Petrou • Spyros Giannaros

Final B

Time	13:10

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	4	Great Britain	GBR	6:31.54	1:37.36 (2)	3:18.47 (1)	4:56.52 (1)	1:41.11 (3)	1:38.05 (2)	1:35.02 (3)
		Chris Bartley • Mark Aldred • Jono Clegg • Peter Chambers
2	5	People's Republic of China	CHN	6:32.78	1:40.55 (6)	3:21.44 (5)	4:58.93 (2)	1:40.89 (2)	1:37.49 (1)	1:33.85 (2)
		Jin Wei • Zhao Jingbin • Yu Chenggang • Wang Tiexin
3	6	Germany	GER	6:35.83	1:38.99 (4)	3:22.61 (6)	5:02.36 (6)	1:43.62 (6)	1:39.75 (5)	1:33.47 (1)
		Jonathan Koch • Lars Wichert • Tobias Franzmann • Lucas Schäfer
4	3	United States	USA	6:36.93	1:37.15 (1)	3:20.22 (3)	4:59.95 (3)	1:43.07 (5)	1:39.73 (4)	1:36.98 (5)
		Robin Prendes • Anthony Fahden • Edward King • Tyler Nase
5	2	Netherlands	NED	6:37.28	1:40.19 (5)	3:21.04 (4)	5:00.38 (4)	1:40.85 (1)	1:39.34 (3)	1:36.90 (4)
		Joris Pijs • Tim Heijbrock • Jort van Gennep • Björn van den Ende
6	1	Czech Republic	CZE	6:43.51	1:37.98 (3)	3:19.56 (2)	5:00.99 (5)	1:41.58 (4)	1:41.43 (6)	1:42.52 (6)
		Jan Vetešník • Miroslav Vraštil • Jiří Kopáč • Ondřej Vetešník