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Quadruple Sculls, Men

Date20 – 27 July 1980
StatusOlympic
LocationGrebnoy kanal, Sportivny komplex Krylatskoye, Moskva
Participants48 from 12 countries

The men’s quadruple sculls event had made its début at the World Championships in 1974 and the Olympics in 1976, and the East Germans had never lost, thus making them the overwhelming favorites for the 1980 Summer Olympics. The nation sent Frank Dundr, Carsten Bunk, Uwe Heppner, and Martin Winter to Moscow. The other podium spots were more open, particularly as one of the nations who had won the last two World silver and bronze medals, West Germany, did not attend the Games due to the American-led boycott. France, the 1978 runners-up, sent its 1979 bronze medal-winning crew: Christian Marquis, Jean Raymond Peltier, Charles Imbert, and Roland Weill.

East Germany dominated the opening round by finishing over seven and a half seconds ahead of Bulgaria, its nearest competitor, and over 12 seconds faster than the other heat winner, Yugoslavia. The final, however, was a much more interesting affair, with those on the podium finishing within just over two and a half seconds for each other. The Soviet Union undertook a valiant drive as they approached the finish line, but could not pass the East Germans and thus settled for silver. The Bulgarians followed shortly thereafter, nabbing bronze.

PosCompetitorsNOC
1East GermanyGDRGold
Frank DundrCarsten BunkUwe HeppnerMartin Winter
2Soviet UnionURSSilver
Yury ShapochkaYevgeny BarbakovValery KleshnyovNikolay Dovgan
3BulgariaBULBronze
Mincho NikolovLyubomir PetrovIvo RusevBogdan Dobrev
4FranceFRA
Christian MarquisJean Raymond PeltierCharles ImbertRoland Weill
5SpainESP
Juan SolanoJesús GonzálezManuel VeraJulio Oliver
6YugoslaviaYUG
Milan ArežinaDarko ZibarDragan ObradovićNikola Stefanović
7PolandPOL
Andrzej SkowrońskiZbigniew AndruszkiewiczRyszard BurakStanisław Wierzbicki
8NetherlandsNED
Victor ScheffersJeroen VervoortRob RobbersRonald Vervoort
9DenmarkDEN
Reiner ModestPer RasmussenMorten EspersenOle Bloch Jensen
10AustriaAUT
Siegfried SagederBruno FleckerRainer HolzhaiderMichael Sageder
11BrazilBRA
José Cláudio LazzarottoRonaldo de CarvalhoRicardo de Carvalho Trombetinha
12CubaCUB
Roberto QuinteroCésar HerreraNelson SimónHoracio Cabrera

Round One

Date20 July 1980 — 12:50
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12YugoslaviaYUG6:13.961:27.21 (1)2:59.18 (1)4:35.59 (1)1:31.97 (1)1:36.41 (1)1:38.37 (5)Q
Milan ArežinaDarko ZibarDragan ObradovićNikola Stefanović
23SpainESP6:18.611:27.92 (2)3:03.30 (2)4:42.43 (3)1:35.38 (4)1:39.13 (4)1:36.18 (2)
Juan SolanoJesús GonzálezManuel VeraJulio Oliver
34DenmarkDEN6:19.281:30.48 (4)3:04.58 (4)4:42.12 (2)1:34.10 (3)1:37.54 (3)1:37.16 (3)
Reiner ModestPer RasmussenMorten EspersenOle Bloch Jensen
45AustriaAUT6:22.631:34.66 (6)3:07.55 (5)4:44.48 (4)1:32.89 (2)1:36.93 (2)1:38.15 (4)
Siegfried SagederBruno FleckerRainer HolzhaiderMichael Sageder
51BrazilBRA6:25.841:33.09 (5)3:10.72 (6)4:50.26 (6)1:37.63 (6)1:39.54 (5)1:35.58 (1)
José Cláudio LazzarottoRonaldo de CarvalhoRicardo de Carvalho Trombetinha
66PolandPOL6:27.241:28.40 (3)3:04.07 (3)4:45.70 (5)1:35.67 (5)1:41.63 (6)1:41.54 (6)
Andrzej SkowrońskiZbigniew AndruszkiewiczRyszard BurakStanisław Wierzbicki

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11East GermanyGDR6:01.681:26.03 (1)2:57.07 (1)4:30.18 (1)1:31.04 (1)1:33.11 (1)1:31.50 (1)Q
Frank DundrCarsten BunkUwe HeppnerMartin Winter
22BulgariaBUL6:09.361:26.41 (2)3:00.50 (3)4:37.67 (4)1:34.09 (4)1:37.17 (4)1:31.69 (2)
Mincho NikolovLyubomir PetrovIvo RusevBogdan Dobrev
34FranceFRA6:11.331:29.27 (4)3:02.96 (4)4:37.28 (3)1:33.69 (3)1:34.32 (2)1:34.05 (3)
Christian MarquisJean Raymond PeltierCharles ImbertRoland Weill
43Soviet UnionURS6:14.671:27.87 (3)2:59.91 (2)4:34.80 (2)1:32.04 (2)1:34.89 (3)1:39.87 (4)
Yury ShapochkaYevgeny BarbakovValery KleshnyovNikolay Dovgan
56NetherlandsNED6:28.251:30.12 (5)3:04.44 (5)4:47.17 (5)1:34.32 (5)1:42.73 (5)1:41.08 (5)
Victor ScheffersJeroen VervoortRob RobbersRonald Vervoort
65CubaCUB6:39.281:32.24 (6)3:11.18 (6)4:55.52 (6)1:38.94 (6)1:44.34 (6)1:43.76 (6)
Roberto QuinteroCésar HerreraNelson SimónHoracio Cabrera

Round One Repêchage

Date24 July 1980 — 11:50
FormatTop two finishers in each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11FranceFRA5:59.541:25.68 (2)2:55.37 (2)4:26.75 (1)1:29.69 (2)1:31.38 (1)1:32.79 (2)Q
Christian MarquisJean Raymond PeltierCharles ImbertRoland Weill
24SpainESP6:00.771:25.36 (1)2:54.84 (1)4:27.74 (2)1:29.48 (1)1:32.90 (2)1:33.03 (3)Q
Juan SolanoJesús GonzálezManuel VeraJulio Oliver
32NetherlandsNED6:05.191:28.15 (4)2:59.17 (3)4:32.86 (3)1:31.02 (3)1:33.69 (3)1:32.33 (1)
Victor ScheffersJeroen VervoortRob RobbersRonald Vervoort
43AustriaAUT6:16.221:30.07 (5)3:03.48 (5)4:40.50 (5)1:33.41 (5)1:37.02 (4)1:35.72 (4)
Siegfried SagederBruno FleckerRainer HolzhaiderMichael Sageder
55PolandPOL6:16.691:26.28 (3)2:59.61 (4)4:38.98 (4)1:33.33 (4)1:39.37 (5)1:37.71 (5)
Andrzej SkowrońskiZbigniew AndruszkiewiczRyszard BurakStanisław Wierzbicki

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
15Soviet UnionURS5:57.821:26.04 (3)2:55.20 (1)4:26.38 (1)1:29.16 (1)1:31.18 (1)1:31.44 (3)Q
Yury ShapochkaYevgeny BarbakovValery KleshnyovNikolay Dovgan
21BulgariaBUL6:00.781:25.67 (1)2:56.83 (2)4:29.59 (2)1:31.16 (2)1:32.76 (3)1:31.19 (2)Q
Mincho NikolovLyubomir PetrovIvo RusevBogdan Dobrev
32DenmarkDEN6:02.601:27.78 (4)2:59.63 (4)4:31.99 (3)1:31.85 (3)1:32.36 (2)1:30.61 (1)
Reiner ModestPer RasmussenMorten EspersenOle Bloch Jensen
44BrazilBRA6:11.961:28.38 (5)3:01.57 (5)4:36.08 (4)1:33.19 (4)1:34.51 (4)1:35.88 (4)
José Cláudio LazzarottoRonaldo de CarvalhoRicardo de Carvalho Trombetinha
53CubaCUB6:25.641:25.87 (2)2:59.31 (3)4:41.14 (5)1:33.44 (5)1:41.83 (5)1:44.50 (5)
Roberto QuinteroCésar HerreraNelson SimónHoracio Cabrera

Final Round

Date27 July 1980

Final A

Time13:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13East GermanyGDR5:49.811:24.43 (3)2:53.31 (2)4:21.61 (1)1:28.88 (2)1:28.30 (1)1:28.20 (2)
Frank DundrCarsten BunkUwe HeppnerMartin Winter
25Soviet UnionURS5:51.471:23.40 (1)2:51.90 (1)4:22.05 (2)1:28.50 (1)1:30.15 (4)1:29.42 (4)
Yury ShapochkaYevgeny BarbakovValery KleshnyovNikolay Dovgan
34BulgariaBUL5:52.381:23.79 (2)2:55.26 (4)4:25.29 (4)1:31.47 (5)1:30.03 (3)1:27.09 (1)
Mincho NikolovLyubomir PetrovIvo RusevBogdan Dobrev
46FranceFRA5:53.451:24.79 (4)2:54.99 (3)4:24.72 (3)1:30.20 (3)1:29.73 (2)1:28.73 (3)
Christian MarquisJean Raymond PeltierCharles ImbertRoland Weill
52SpainESP6:01.191:25.83 (6)2:57.17 (5)4:28.43 (5)1:31.34 (4)1:31.26 (5)1:32.76 (5)
Juan SolanoJesús GonzálezManuel VeraJulio Oliver
61YugoslaviaYUG6:10.761:25.32 (5)2:57.48 (6)4:32.16 (6)1:32.16 (6)1:34.68 (6)1:38.60 (6)
Milan ArežinaDarko ZibarDragan ObradovićNikola Stefanović

Final B

Time13:15
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12PolandPOL5:58.631:26.03 (1)2:55.41 (1)4:27.32 (1)1:29.38 (1)1:31.91 (1)1:31.31 (4)
Andrzej SkowrońskiZbigniew AndruszkiewiczRyszard BurakStanisław Wierzbicki
24NetherlandsNED6:02.581:26.85 (2)2:58.50 (2)4:32.38 (2)1:31.65 (2)1:33.88 (3)1:30.20 (2)
Victor ScheffersJeroen VervoortRob RobbersRonald Vervoort
33DenmarkDEN6:05.381:27.49 (3)2:59.76 (3)4:32.70 (3)1:32.27 (3)1:32.94 (2)1:32.68 (5)
Reiner ModestPer RasmussenMorten EspersenOle Bloch Jensen
45AustriaAUT6:06.271:28.31 (4)3:01.65 (4)4:35.69 (4)1:33.34 (4)1:34.04 (4)1:30.58 (3)
Siegfried SagederBruno FleckerRainer HolzhaiderMichael Sageder
51BrazilBRA6:06.581:29.22 (6)3:02.73 (5)4:36.94 (5)1:33.51 (5)1:34.21 (5)1:29.64 (1)
José Cláudio LazzarottoRonaldo de CarvalhoRicardo de Carvalho Trombetinha
66CubaCUB6:16.651:28.86 (5)3:03.96 (6)4:41.62 (6)1:35.10 (6)1:37.66 (6)1:35.03 (6)
Roberto QuinteroCésar HerreraNelson SimónHoracio Cabrera