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Quadruple Sculls, Men

Date	18 – 24 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith, New South Wales
Participants	52 from 13 countries
Olympic Record	5:45.17 / André Willms • Andreas Hajek • Stephan Volkert • Michael Steinbach GER / 2 August 1992 / Details

Italy had won the quadruple sculls event at four of the last five editions of the World Championships and sent Alessio Sartori, Simone Raineri, Rossano Galtarossa, and Agostino Abbagnale to the 2000 Summer Olympics. Galtarossa was a 1992 Olympic bronze medalist, while Abbagnale was an Olympic champion in the 1988 quadruple and 1996 double sculls, and all except Raineri were former World Champions. Their greatest rivals were the Germans, the reigning World and Olympic champions and 1997 and 1998 World runners-up, who were represented by double Olympic champions Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert, and André Willms, augmented by Marco Geisler. The most recent World bronze medalists were the Australians, who brought their third-place crew of Peter Hardcastle, Jason Day, Stuart Reside, and 1996 Olympic bronze medalist Duncan Free to their home Olympics.

Italy had the fastest time in the opening round, with the Germans and the Australians emerging as the other heat winners. Italy set an Olympic record in the semi-finals, but otherwise the results in this round were equally unsurprising, with Germany and Australia finishing 1-2 in their own heat. Italy took control of the final and won gold with ease, dethroning Germany after two consecutive Olympic victories, but the Dutch crew of Jochem Verberne, Dirk Lippits, Diederik Simon, and Michiel Bartman surprised the spectators with a strong drive the earned them the silver medal. Germany, meanwhile, crossed the finish line comfortably ahead of Australia to take bronze.

Pos	Competitors	NOC
1	Italy	ITA	Gold
	Agostino Abbagnale • Alessio Sartori • Rossano Galtarossa • Simone Raineri
2	Netherlands	NED	Silver
	Jochem Verberne • Dirk Lippits • Diederik Simon • Michiel Bartman
3	Germany	GER	Bronze
	Marco Geisler • Andreas Hajek • Stephan Volkert • André Willms
4	Australia	AUS
	Peter Hardcastle • Jason Day • Stuart Reside • Duncan Free
5	Switzerland	SUI
	Simon Stürm • Christian Stofer • Michael Erdlen • André Vonarburg
6	Ukraine	UKR
	Oleksandr Marchenko • Oleh Lykov • Oleksandr Zaskalko • Leonid Shaposhnykov
7	United States	USA
	Sean Hall • Nick Peterson • Ian McGowan • Jake Wetzel
8	Poland	POL
	Karol Łazar • Sławomir Kruszkowski • Adam Bronikowski • Michał Wojciechowski
9	Belgium	BEL
	Stijn Smulders • Arnaud Duchesne • Luc Goiris • Björn Hendrickx
10	France	FRA
	Yvan Deslavière • Guillaume Jeannet • Sébastien Vieilledent • Samuel Barathay
11	Austria	AUT
	Raphael Hartl • Horst Nußbaumer • Arnold Jonke • Norbert Lambing
12	Cuba	CUB
	Leonides Samé • Eusebio Acea • Yoennis Hernández • Yosbel Martínez
13	People's Republic of China	CHN
	Liu Jian • Liang Hongming • Hua Lingjun • Li Yang

Round One

Date	18 September 2000
Format	Top 3 finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time	10:30

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	Germany	GER	5:51.60	1:26.35 (4)	2:55.27 (2)	4:24.00 (1)	1:28.92 (1)	1:28.73 (1)	1:27.60 (1)	Q
		Marco Geisler • Andreas Hajek • Stephan Volkert • André Willms
2	4	Netherlands	NED	5:54.57	1:25.71 (2)	2:55.57 (3)	4:25.14 (2)	1:29.86 (3)	1:29.57 (2)	1:29.43 (2)	Q
		Jochem Verberne • Dirk Lippits • Diederik Simon • Michiel Bartman
3	2	Poland	POL	5:58.09	1:25.05 (1)	2:54.83 (1)	4:25.81 (3)	1:29.78 (2)	1:30.98 (3)	1:32.28 (4)	Q
		Karol Łazar • Sławomir Kruszkowski • Adam Bronikowski • Michał Wojciechowski
4	1	Cuba	CUB	6:00.67	1:25.99 (3)	2:56.99 (4)	4:28.42 (4)	1:31.00 (4)	1:31.43 (4)	1:32.25 (3)
		Leonides Samé • Eusebio Acea • Yoennis Hernández • Yosbel Martínez
5	5	People's Republic of China	CHN	6:16.48	1:27.70 (5)	3:02.30 (5)	4:39.57 (5)	1:34.60 (5)	1:37.27 (5)	1:36.91 (5)
		Liu Jian • Liang Hongming • Hua Lingjun • Li Yang

Heat #2

Time	10:40

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	3	Australia	AUS	5:52.09	1:25.66 (2)	2:54.55 (1)	4:23.47 (1)	1:28.89 (1)	1:28.92 (1)	1:28.62 (1)	Q
		Peter Hardcastle • Jason Day • Stuart Reside • Duncan Free
2	1	Ukraine	UKR	5:53.03	1:26.22 (3)	2:55.23 (3)	4:24.39 (2)	1:29.01 (2)	1:29.16 (3)	1:28.64 (2)	Q
		Oleksandr Marchenko • Oleh Lykov • Oleksandr Zaskalko • Leonid Shaposhnykov
3	4	France	FRA	5:54.85	1:26.90 (4)	2:56.53 (4)	4:25.51 (4)	1:29.63 (4)	1:28.98 (2)	1:29.34 (3)	Q
		Yvan Deslavière • Guillaume Jeannet • Sébastien Vieilledent • Samuel Barathay
4	2	Austria	AUT	5:59.41	1:25.40 (1)	2:54.79 (2)	4:25.03 (3)	1:29.39 (3)	1:30.24 (4)	1:34.38 (4)
		Raphael Hartl • Horst Nußbaumer • Arnold Jonke • Norbert Lambing

Heat #3

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	2	Italy	ITA	5:45.67	1:24.17 (1)	2:51.12 (1)	4:18.23 (1)	1:26.95 (1)	1:27.11 (1)	1:27.44 (2)	Q
		Agostino Abbagnale • Alessio Sartori • Rossano Galtarossa • Simone Raineri
2	1	Switzerland	SUI	5:49.11	1:26.00 (3)	2:54.04 (3)	4:22.41 (3)	1:28.04 (2)	1:28.37 (2)	1:26.70 (1)	Q
		Simon Stürm • Christian Stofer • Michael Erdlen • André Vonarburg
3	3	United States	USA	5:50.29	1:25.24 (2)	2:53.60 (2)	4:22.09 (2)	1:28.36 (3)	1:28.49 (3)	1:28.20 (3)	Q
		Sean Hall • Nick Peterson • Ian McGowan • Jake Wetzel
4	4	Belgium	BEL	5:56.79	1:27.06 (4)	2:56.58 (4)	4:25.84 (4)	1:29.52 (4)	1:29.26 (4)	1:30.95 (4)
		Stijn Smulders • Arnaud Duchesne • Luc Goiris • Björn Hendrickx

Round One Repêchage

Date	20 September 2000 — 10:10
Format	Top 3 finishers advanced to semi-finals.

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	Cuba	CUB	6:04.45	1:27.65 (1)	2:59.07 (1)	4:31.89 (1)	1:31.42 (1)	1:32.82 (2)	1:32.56 (2)	Q
		Leonides Samé • Eusebio Acea • Yoennis Hernández • Yosbel Martínez
2	4	Austria	AUT	6:05.65	1:28.39 (3)	3:00.88 (3)	4:34.01 (3)	1:32.49 (3)	1:33.13 (3)	1:31.64 (1)	Q
		Raphael Hartl • Horst Nußbaumer • Arnold Jonke • Norbert Lambing
3	2	Belgium	BEL	6:10.11	1:27.90 (2)	2:59.50 (2)	4:32.15 (2)	1:31.60 (2)	1:32.65 (1)	1:37.96 (4)	Q
		Stijn Smulders • Arnaud Duchesne • Luc Goiris • Björn Hendrickx
4	1	People's Republic of China	CHN	6:16.80	1:28.65 (4)	3:03.17 (4)	4:40.74 (4)	1:34.52 (4)	1:37.57 (4)	1:36.06 (3)
		Liu Jian • Liang Hongming • Hua Lingjun • Li Yang

Semi-Finals

Date	22 September 2000
Format	Top 3 finishers in each heat advanced to the final round.

Heat #1

Time	9:30

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	4	Germany	GER	5:48.92	1:25.48 (1)	2:53.26 (1)	4:21.42 (1)	1:27.78 (1)	1:28.16 (2)	1:27.50 (1)	Q
		Marco Geisler • Andreas Hajek • Stephan Volkert • André Willms
2	3	Australia	AUS	5:50.26	1:26.24 (2)	2:55.26 (2)	4:22.59 (2)	1:29.02 (2)	1:27.33 (1)	1:27.67 (2)	Q
		Peter Hardcastle • Jason Day • Stuart Reside • Duncan Free
3	2	Switzerland	SUI	5:53.07	1:26.96 (5)	2:56.09 (3)	4:24.39 (3)	1:29.13 (3)	1:28.30 (3)	1:28.68 (3)	Q
		Simon Stürm • Christian Stofer • Michael Erdlen
4	5	France	FRA	5:54.68	1:26.51 (3)	2:56.51 (4)	4:25.25 (4)	1:30.00 (5)	1:28.74 (5)	1:29.43 (4)
		Yvan Deslavière • Guillaume Jeannet • Sébastien Vieilledent • Samuel Barathay
5	6	Belgium	BEL	5:56.36	1:26.86 (4)	2:57.38 (6)	4:25.98 (5)	1:30.52 (6)	1:28.60 (4)	1:30.38 (5)
		Stijn Smulders • Arnaud Duchesne • Luc Goiris • Björn Hendrickx
6	1	Poland	POL	6:02.11	1:27.19 (6)	2:56.96 (5)	4:26.86 (6)	1:29.77 (4)	1:29.90 (6)	1:35.25 (6)
		Karol Łazar • Sławomir Kruszkowski • Adam Bronikowski • Michał Wojciechowski

Heat #2

Time	9:40

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	3	Italy	ITA	5:44.08	1:25.26 (1)	2:51.21 (1)	4:18.20 (1)	1:25.95 (1)	1:26.99 (1)	1:25.88 (1)	Q OB
		Agostino Abbagnale • Alessio Sartori • Rossano Galtarossa • Simone Raineri
2	2	Netherlands	NED	5:47.80	1:26.49 (5)	2:53.80 (4)	4:21.79 (3)	1:27.31 (3)	1:27.99 (3)	1:26.01 (2)	Q
		Jochem Verberne • Dirk Lippits • Diederik Simon • Michiel Bartman
3	4	Ukraine	UKR	5:48.15	1:25.79 (3)	2:52.97 (2)	4:20.82 (2)	1:27.18 (2)	1:27.85 (2)	1:27.33 (3)	Q
		Oleksandr Marchenko • Oleh Lykov • Oleksandr Zaskalko • Leonid Shaposhnykov
4	5	United States	USA	5:49.89	1:25.54 (2)	2:53.30 (3)	4:22.52 (4)	1:27.76 (4)	1:29.22 (4)	1:27.37 (4)
		Sean Hall • Nick Peterson • Ian McGowan • Jake Wetzel
5	6	Austria	AUT	6:00.27	1:26.20 (4)	2:56.08 (5)	4:27.39 (5)	1:29.88 (5)	1:31.31 (5)	1:32.88 (5)
		Raphael Hartl • Horst Nußbaumer • Arnold Jonke • Norbert Lambing
6	1	Cuba	CUB	6:01.39	1:26.79 (6)	2:56.80 (6)	4:28.35 (6)	1:30.01 (6)	1:31.55 (6)	1:33.04 (6)
		Leonides Samé • Eusebio Acea • Yoennis Hernández • Yosbel Martínez

Final Round

Date	23 – 24 September 2000

Final A

Time	24 September 2000 — 9:50

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	5:45.56	1:25.47 (2)	2:52.40 (2)	4:19.62 (1)	1:26.93 (2)	1:27.22 (1)	1:25.94 (2)
		Agostino Abbagnale • Alessio Sartori • Rossano Galtarossa • Simone Raineri
2	5	Netherlands	NED	5:47.91	1:26.03 (4)	2:54.12 (3)	4:22.33 (3)	1:28.09 (3)	1:28.21 (2)	1:25.58 (1)
		Jochem Verberne • Dirk Lippits • Diederik Simon • Michiel Bartman
3	4	Germany	GER	5:48.64	1:24.77 (1)	2:51.65 (1)	4:20.32 (2)	1:26.88 (1)	1:28.67 (3)	1:28.32 (4)
		Marco Geisler • Andreas Hajek • Stephan Volkert • André Willms
4	2	Australia	AUS	5:50.32	1:26.39 (5)	2:54.93 (5)	4:23.71 (4)	1:28.54 (4)	1:28.78 (4)	1:26.61 (3)
		Peter Hardcastle • Jason Day • Stuart Reside • Duncan Free
5	1	Switzerland	SUI	5:54.88	1:26.84 (6)	2:56.12 (6)	4:26.05 (6)	1:29.28 (6)	1:29.93 (6)	1:28.83 (5)
		Simon Stürm • Christian Stofer • Michael Erdlen • André Vonarburg
6	6	Ukraine	UKR	5:55.12	1:25.76 (3)	2:54.38 (4)	4:23.96 (5)	1:28.62 (5)	1:29.58 (5)	1:31.16 (6)
		Oleksandr Marchenko • Oleh Lykov • Oleksandr Zaskalko • Leonid Shaposhnykov

Final B

Time	23 September 2000 — 11:50

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	4	United States	USA	5:49.76	1:26.01 (1)	2:54.40 (1)	4:23.00 (1)	1:28.39 (1)	1:28.60 (1)	1:26.76 (1)
		Sean Hall • Nick Peterson • Ian McGowan • Jake Wetzel
2	1	Poland	POL	5:51.79	1:26.19 (2)	2:55.65 (2)	4:24.32 (2)	1:29.46 (2)	1:28.67 (2)	1:27.47 (2)
		Karol Łazar • Sławomir Kruszkowski • Adam Bronikowski • Michał Wojciechowski
3	5	Belgium	BEL	5:54.17	1:27.37 (5)	2:57.08 (3)	4:26.27 (3)	1:29.71 (3)	1:29.19 (3)	1:27.90 (3)
		Stijn Smulders • Arnaud Duchesne • Luc Goiris • Björn Hendrickx
4	3	France	FRA	5:55.41	1:27.66 (6)	2:57.45 (4)	4:26.85 (4)	1:29.79 (4)	1:29.40 (4)	1:28.56 (4)
		Yvan Deslavière • Guillaume Jeannet • Sébastien Vieilledent • Samuel Barathay
5	2	Austria	AUT	5:57.58	1:27.05 (4)	2:58.05 (6)	4:28.84 (5)	1:31.00 (=5)	1:30.79 (5)	1:28.74 (5)
		Raphael Hartl • Horst Nußbaumer • Arnold Jonke • Norbert Lambing
6	6	Cuba	CUB	6:00.63	1:26.74 (3)	2:57.74 (5)	4:29.32 (6)	1:31.00 (=5)	1:31.58 (6)	1:31.31 (6)
		Leonides Samé • Eusebio Acea • Yoennis Hernández • Yosbel Martínez