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Quadruple Sculls, Men

Date22 – 28 July 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationLake Sidney Lanier, Gainesville, Georgia
Participants57 from 14 countries

The Italian quartet of Massimo Paradiso, Alessio Sartori, Rossano Galtarossa, and Alessandro Corona had won the men’s quadruple sculls at the last two World Championships, with Galtarossa and Corona also having won bronze in the event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. At the 1996 edition, their biggest challengers would be the Germans, who brought three of the four defending Olympic champions, Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert, and André Willms, to Atlanta, augmented by André Steiner. With different lineups, Germany had been the 1993 World Champion, the 1994 bronze medalist, and the 1995 runner-up. The Ukrainian crew of Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Mykola Chupryna, and Leonid Shaposhnykov had been World runners-up in 1993 and 1994, while Argentina, represented in Atlanta by Carlos Pages, Santiago Fernández, Rubén Knulst, and Guillermo Pfaab were the most recent World bronze medalists and Pan American champions.

Despite having the easiest heat, Australia posted the fastest time in the opening round, with other victors Italy and Germany not far behind. Argentina, meanwhile, was eliminated in the repêchage. Italy and Germany won the semi-finals, with the latter eliminating Ukraine in the process, but it was Germany who took command of the medal round, winning gold a safe distance ahead of the United States, which had been runner-up in its opening and semi-final heats, but had not been considered a significant threat. Its crew included three runners-up from the most recent Pan American Games, Tim Young, Brian Jamieson, and Jason Gailes, augmented by Eric Mueller, all of whom took home silver by finishing comfortably ahead of Australia, the bronze medalists. The Italians, who had faltered during the race, came in at fourth.

PosCompetitorsNOC
1GermanyGERGold
André SteinerAndreas HajekStephan VolkertAndré Willms
2United StatesUSASilver
Tim YoungBrian JamiesonEric MuellerJason Gailes
3AustraliaAUSBronze
Janusz HookerDuncan FreeRon SnookBo Hanson
4ItalyITA
Massimo ParadisoAlessio SartoriRossano GaltarossaAlessandro Corona
5SwitzerlandSUI
René BenguerelMichael ErdlenUeli BodenmannSimon Stürm
6SwedenSWE
Johan FlodinPontus EkFredrik HulténHenrik Nilsson
7UkraineUKR
Oleksandr MarchenkoOleksandr ZaskalkoMykola ChuprynaLeonid Shaposhnykov
8Russian FederationRUS
Igor KravtsovNikolay SpinevGeorgy NikitinVladimir Sokolov
9PolandPOL
Jarosław NowickiPrzemysław LewandowskiMarek KolbowiczPiotr Bujnarowski
10NetherlandsNED
Sander van der MarckAdri MiddagJoris LoefsPieter van Andel
11BelarusBLR
Kanstantsin BelevichSiarhei TarasevichAleh SolomakhinDzianis TabakaSiarhei Kiniakin
12FranceFRA
Yves LamarqueVincent LepvraudSébastien VieilledentFabrice LeClerc
4 h1 r2/4ArgentinaARG
Carlos PagesSantiago FernándezRubén KnulstGuillermo Pfaab
5 h1 r2/4BrazilBRA
André CostaGiovani della ValentinaOswaldo Kuster NetoAlexandre Altair Soares

Round One

Date22 July 1996
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to semi-finals

Heat #1

Time11:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13AustraliaAUS6:05.601:28.34 (2)3:01.18 (1)4:33.46 (1)1:32.84 (1)1:32.28 (3)1:32.14 (2)Q
Janusz HookerDuncan FreeRon SnookBo Hanson
21NetherlandsNED6:06.981:30.05 (5)3:03.95 (4)4:35.69 (3)1:33.90 (3)1:31.74 (1)1:31.29 (1)Q
Sander van der MarckAdri MiddagJoris LoefsPieter van Andel
32BelarusBLR6:08.381:28.71 (3)3:02.95 (3)4:34.84 (2)1:34.24 (4)1:31.89 (2)1:33.54 (3)Q
Kanstantsin BelevichSiarhei TarasevichAleh SolomakhinDzianis Tabaka
45FranceFRA6:12.691:29.04 (4)3:04.16 (5)4:37.89 (5)1:35.12 (5)1:33.73 (4)1:34.80 (4)
Yves LamarqueVincent LepvraudSébastien VieilledentFabrice LeClerc
54PolandPOL6:52.621:28.06 (1)3:01.92 (2)4:35.93 (4)1:33.86 (2)1:34.01 (5)2:16.69 (5)
Jarosław NowickiPrzemysław LewandowskiMarek KolbowiczPiotr Bujnarowski

Heat #2

Time11:10
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13ItalyITA6:05.751:27.36 (1)2:57.45 (1)4:31.52 (1)1:30.09 (1)1:34.07 (1)1:34.23 (2)Q
Massimo ParadisoAlessio SartoriRossano GaltarossaAlessandro Corona
24United StatesUSA6:06.951:30.28 (3)3:01.09 (3)4:36.32 (3)1:30.81 (3)1:35.23 (2)1:30.63 (1)Q
Tim YoungBrian JamiesonEric MuellerJason Gailes
32Russian FederationRUS6:10.621:28.14 (2)2:58.78 (2)4:34.95 (2)1:30.64 (2)1:36.17 (4)1:35.67 (3)Q
Igor KravtsovNikolay SpinevGeorgy NikitinVladimir Sokolov
45ArgentinaARG6:16.161:31.43 (4)3:03.50 (4)4:38.96 (4)1:32.07 (5)1:35.46 (3)1:37.20 (4)
Carlos PagesSantiago FernándezRubén KnulstGuillermo Pfaab
51BrazilBRA6:36.601:33.89 (5)3:05.22 (5)4:54.12 (5)1:31.33 (4)1:48.90 (5)1:42.48 (5)
André CostaGiovani della ValentinaOswaldo Kuster NetoAlexandre Altair Soares

Heat #3

Time11:20
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12GermanyGER6:06.331:30.22 (2)2:59.59 (1)4:32.59 (1)1:29.37 (1)1:33.00 (1)1:33.74 (3)Q
André SteinerStephan VolkertAndreas HajekAndré Willms
23SwitzerlandSUI6:08.371:29.97 (1)3:01.02 (2)4:34.73 (2)1:31.05 (2)1:33.71 (2)1:33.64 (2)Q
René BenguerelMichael ErdlenUeli BodenmannSimon Stürm
34SwedenSWE6:10.391:31.30 (3)3:04.14 (4)4:38.19 (4)1:32.84 (4)1:34.05 (3)1:32.20 (1)Q
Johan FlodinPontus EkFredrik HulténHenrik Nilsson
41UkraineUKR6:13.041:31.62 (4)3:03.37 (3)4:37.93 (3)1:31.75 (3)1:34.56 (4)1:35.11 (4)
Oleksandr MarchenkoOleksandr ZaskalkoMykola ChuprynaLeonid Shaposhnykov

Round One Repêchage

Date24 July 1996
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to semi-finals

Heat #1

Time11:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11PolandPOL5:51.151:26.55 (3)2:55.06 (3)4:24.59 (2)1:28.51 (3)1:29.53 (1)1:26.56 (1)Q
Jarosław NowickiPrzemysław LewandowskiMarek KolbowiczPiotr Bujnarowski
22UkraineUKR5:51.511:25.50 (2)2:53.30 (1)4:23.26 (1)1:27.80 (1)1:29.96 (2)1:28.25 (4)Q
Oleksandr MarchenkoOleksandr ZaskalkoMykola ChuprynaLeonid Shaposhnykov
33FranceFRA5:51.821:25.19 (1)2:53.66 (2)4:24.79 (3)1:28.47 (2)1:31.13 (4)1:27.03 (3)Q
Yves LamarqueVincent LepvraudSébastien VieilledentFabrice LeClerc
44ArgentinaARG5:52.891:27.18 (4)2:55.98 (4)4:25.99 (4)1:28.80 (4)1:30.01 (3)1:26.90 (2)
Carlos PagesSantiago FernándezRubén KnulstGuillermo Pfaab
55BrazilBRA6:12.861:28.76 (5)3:00.54 (5)4:36.62 (5)1:31.78 (5)1:36.08 (5)1:36.24 (5)
André CostaGiovani della ValentinaOswaldo Kuster NetoAlexandre Altair Soares

Semi-Finals

Date26 July 1996
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

Time10:20
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14ItalyITA5:57.101:26.54 (1)2:56.81 (1)4:27.53 (1)1:30.27 (1)1:30.72 (1)1:29.57 (4)Q
Massimo ParadisoAlessio SartoriRossano GaltarossaAlessandro Corona
23AustraliaAUS5:58.411:27.78 (3)2:58.99 (3)4:30.22 (3)1:31.21 (2)1:31.23 (3)1:28.19 (2)Q
Janusz HookerDuncan FreeRon SnookBo Hanson
32SwitzerlandSUI5:59.631:28.44 (5)3:00.52 (4)4:32.54 (4)1:32.08 (4)1:32.02 (4)1:27.09 (1)Q
Simon StürmUeli BodenmannMichael ErdlenRené Benguerel
45Russian FederationRUS5:59.911:27.21 (2)2:58.73 (2)4:29.70 (2)1:31.52 (3)1:30.97 (2)1:30.21 (5)
Nikolay SpinevIgor KravtsovGeorgy NikitinVladimir Sokolov
56FranceFRA6:03.741:28.08 (4)3:01.87 (5)4:34.46 (5)1:33.79 (5)1:32.59 (5)1:29.28 (3)
Yves LamarqueVincent LepvraudSébastien VieilledentFabrice LeClerc
61BelarusBLR6:15.071:29.02 (6)3:03.40 (6)4:38.51 (6)1:34.38 (6)1:35.11 (6)1:36.56 (6)
Kanstantsin BelevichSiarhei TarasevichAleh SolomakhinDzianis Tabaka

Heat #2

Time10:30
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13GermanyGER5:55.101:27.58 (1)2:57.28 (1)4:26.65 (1)1:29.70 (1)1:29.37 (1)1:28.45 (2)Q
André SteinerStephan VolkertAndreas HajekAndré Willms
24United StatesUSA5:57.971:28.94 (3)2:59.70 (3)4:29.54 (2)1:30.76 (3)1:29.84 (2)1:28.43 (1)Q
Tim YoungBrian JamiesonEric MuellerJason Gailes
35SwedenSWE6:00.091:28.66 (2)2:59.22 (2)4:29.80 (3)1:30.56 (2)1:30.58 (3)1:30.29 (3)Q
Johan FlodinPontus EkFredrik HulténHenrik Nilsson
42NetherlandsNED6:03.721:30.51 (6)3:02.24 (6)4:33.13 (5)1:31.73 (4)1:30.89 (4)1:30.59 (4)
Sander van der MarckAdri MiddagJoris LoefsPieter van Andel
51UkraineUKR6:05.651:29.72 (5)3:01.53 (4)4:32.92 (4)1:31.81 (5)1:31.39 (5)1:32.73 (5)
Oleksandr MarchenkoOleksandr ZaskalkoMykola ChuprynaLeonid Shaposhnykov
66PolandPOL6:11.621:29.45 (4)3:01.93 (5)4:34.53 (6)1:32.48 (6)1:32.60 (6)1:37.09 (6)
Jarosław NowickiPrzemysław LewandowskiMarek KolbowiczPiotr Bujnarowski

Final Round

Date28 July 1996

Final A

Time11:20
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14GermanyGER5:56.931:26.15 (1)2:54.89 (1)4:26.09 (1)1:28.74 (1)1:31.20 (1)1:30.84 (3)
André SteinerAndreas HajekStephan VolkertAndré Willms
22United StatesUSA5:59.101:27.58 (3)2:57.47 (2)4:29.88 (2)1:29.89 (2)1:32.41 (2)1:29.22 (1)
Tim YoungBrian JamiesonEric MuellerJason Gailes
35AustraliaAUS6:01.651:28.24 (5)2:59.21 (5)4:32.17 (4)1:30.97 (5)1:32.96 (4)1:29.48 (2)
Janusz HookerDuncan FreeRon SnookBo Hanson
43ItalyITA6:02.121:27.07 (2)2:57.72 (3)4:30.42 (3)1:30.65 (3)1:32.70 (3)1:31.70 (4)
Massimo ParadisoAlessio SartoriRossano GaltarossaAlessandro Corona
51SwitzerlandSUI6:04.521:27.95 (4)2:58.78 (4)4:32.70 (5)1:30.83 (4)1:33.92 (5)1:31.82 (5)
René BenguerelMichael ErdlenUeli BodenmannSimon Stürm
66SwedenSWE6:07.751:28.52 (6)2:59.89 (6)4:33.90 (6)1:31.37 (6)1:34.01 (6)1:33.85 (6)
Johan FlodinPontus EkFredrik HulténHenrik Nilsson

Final B

Time9:28
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12UkraineUKR5:53.461:26.82 (2)2:55.26 (2)4:24.35 (1)1:28.44 (1)1:29.09 (1)1:29.11 (4)
Oleksandr MarchenkoOleksandr ZaskalkoMykola ChuprynaLeonid Shaposhnykov
24Russian FederationRUS5:54.981:26.46 (1)2:55.01 (1)4:25.51 (2)1:28.55 (2)1:30.50 (3)1:29.47 (5)
Nikolay SpinevIgor KravtsovGeorgy NikitinVladimir Sokolov
36PolandPOL5:55.101:28.98 (6)2:58.05 (5)4:27.49 (4)1:29.07 (5)1:29.44 (2)1:27.61 (2)
Jarosław NowickiPrzemysław LewandowskiMarek KolbowiczPiotr Bujnarowski
43NetherlandsNED5:55.151:28.31 (4)2:57.03 (4)4:27.91 (5)1:28.72 (3)1:30.88 (5)1:27.24 (1)
Sander van der MarckAdri MiddagJoris LoefsPieter van Andel
51BelarusBLR5:55.521:27.59 (3)2:56.60 (3)4:27.13 (3)1:29.01 (4)1:30.53 (4)1:28.39 (3)
Dzianis TabakaKanstantsin BelevichAleh SolomakhinSiarhei Kiniakin
65FranceFRA6:00.481:28.71 (5)2:58.31 (6)4:29.92 (6)1:29.60 (6)1:31.61 (6)1:30.56 (6)
Yves LamarqueVincent LepvraudSébastien VieilledentFabrice LeClerc