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Coxless Fours, Men

Date27 August – 2 September 1972
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympia-Regattastrecke, Oberschleißheim, München
Participants80 from 20 countries

East Germany sent its defending Olympic champions, Frank Forberger, Dieter Grahn, Frank Rühle, and Dieter Schubert, known as “The Dresden Four”, to the coxless fours events at the 1972 Games and, as they had not lost an international match since their 1968 victory, they were heavily favored. The Soviet quartet, however, had a faster time in the opening round, while the New Zealand crew defeated the East Germans by a margin of nearly three seconds in the semi-finals. It was quite possible, however, that East Germany was merely conserving its strength, for it had little trouble taking the gold medal in the final. The New Zealanders did not shy away from the challenge, however, and put forth a valiant struggle to best their European adversaries. Their efforts did not win them an Olympic title, but they did net the nation a silver medal, which they earned a comfortable distance ahead of the third-place West Germans.

PosCompetitorsNOC
1East GermanyGDRGold
Frank ForbergerDieter GrahnFrank RühleDieter Schubert
2New ZealandNZLSilver
Dick TonksDudley StoreyRoss CollingeNoel Mills
3West GermanyFRGBronze
Joachim EhrigPeter FunnekötterFranz HeldWolfgang Plottke
4Soviet UnionURS
Anatoly TkachukIgor KashurovAleksandr MotinVitaly Sapronov
5RomaniaROU
Emeric TușaAdalbert AghMihai NaumencuFrancisc Papp
6DenmarkDEN
Willy PoulsenPeter Fich ChristiansenEgon PedersenRolf Andersen
7Great BritainGBR
Fred SmallboneLenny RobertsonJim ClarkBill Mason
8BulgariaBUL
Biser BoyadzhievBorislav VasilevNikolay KolevMetodi Halvadzhiyski
9CanadaCAN
Ian GordonKarel JonkerGregory RokoshDonald Curphey
10ItalyITA
Primo BaranAngelo RossettoPier Angelo Conti-ManziniAbramo Albini
11SwitzerlandSUI
Hansjörg BendinerWalter SteinerThomas MacherKurt Baumann
12CubaCUB
Eralio CabreraTroadio DelgadoRamón LuperónÁngel Serra
3 h1 r2/4HungaryHUN
Csaba CzakóAndrás KormosJózsef CsermelyAntal Melis
3 h2 r2/4ArgentinaARG
Óscar de AndrésJosé Manuel BugiaLuciano WilkTomás Forray
3 h3 r2/4FranceFRA
Patrick SellierRoger RouyerGérard ChenuetYves Fraisse
3 h4 r2/4NorwayNOR
Ole NafstadTom AmundsenKjell Sverre JohansenSvein Erik Nilsen
4 h1 r2/4Democratic People's Republic of KoreaPRK
Kim Ki-TaeHam Il-NyonKim Un-SonHong Song-Su
4 h2 r2/4YugoslaviaYUG
Marko MandičJože BercJure PotočnikMiloš Janša
4 h3 r2/4United StatesUSA
Charles HewittBill MillerDick DreissigackerJim Moroney
4 h4 r2/4MexicoMEX
José Luis MoralesArturo FigueroaArcadio PadillaJuan López

Round One

Date27 August 1972 — 14:00
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to semi-finals

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14RomaniaROU6:49.111:34.46 (1)3:17.62 (1)5:03.05 (1)1:43.16 (1)1:45.43 (1)1:46.06 (3)Q
Emeric TușaAdalbert AghMihai NaumencuFrancisc Papp
22NorwayNOR6:53.271:37.08 (3)3:22.16 (3)5:07.79 (2)1:45.08 (3)1:45.63 (2)1:45.48 (2)
Ole NafstadTom AmundsenKjell Sverre JohansenSvein Erik Nilsen
33CanadaCAN7:02.341:36.90 (2)3:21.54 (2)5:11.02 (3)1:44.64 (2)1:49.48 (3)1:51.32 (4)
Donald CurpheyGregory RokoshKarel JonkerIan Gordon
45YugoslaviaYUG7:05.001:41.10 (5)3:31.48 (5)5:22.24 (5)1:50.38 (5)1:50.76 (4)1:42.76 (1)
Marko MandičJože BercJure PotočnikMiloš Janša
51Democratic People's Republic of KoreaPRK7:10.571:38.99 (4)3:26.21 (4)5:18.73 (4)1:47.22 (4)1:52.52 (5)1:51.84 (5)
Kim Ki-TaeHam Il-NyonKim Un-SonHong Song-Su

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
15New ZealandNZL6:47.271:32.46 (1)3:15.93 (1)5:03.10 (1)1:43.47 (1)1:47.17 (1)1:44.17 (2)Q
Dick TonksDudley StoreyRoss CollingeNoel Mills
23SwitzerlandSUI6:55.811:39.30 (4)3:23.77 (4)5:11.95 (2)1:44.47 (2)1:48.18 (2)1:43.86 (1)
Hansjörg BendinerWalter SteinerThomas MacherKurt Baumann
32ArgentinaARG6:59.721:37.36 (2)3:23.17 (2)5:12.27 (3)1:45.81 (4)1:49.10 (3)1:47.45 (3)
Óscar de AndrésJosé Manuel BugiaLuciano WilkTomás Forray
44HungaryHUN7:02.981:37.85 (3)3:23.36 (3)5:13.81 (4)1:45.51 (3)1:50.45 (4)1:49.17 (4)
Csaba CzakóAndrás KormosJózsef CsermelyAntal Melis
51MexicoMEX7:20.001:41.43 (5)3:31.54 (5)5:26.32 (5)1:50.11 (5)1:54.78 (5)1:53.68 (5)
José Luis MoralesArturo FigueroaArcadio PadillaJuan López

Heat #3

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12East GermanyGDR6:43.871:36.05 (1)3:19.15 (1)5:00.95 (1)1:43.10 (1)1:41.80 (1)1:42.92 (3)Q
Frank ForbergerFrank RühleDieter GrahnDieter Schubert
21Great BritainGBR6:45.301:37.87 (3)3:21.66 (3)5:04.80 (2)1:43.79 (3)1:43.14 (2)1:40.50 (1)
Bill MasonJim ClarkLenny RobertsonFred Smallbone
35West GermanyFRG6:47.531:38.20 (4)3:21.57 (2)5:05.83 (3)1:43.37 (2)1:44.26 (3)1:41.70 (2)
Joachim EhrigPeter FunnekötterFranz HeldWolfgang Plottke
43ItalyITA6:53.851:38.46 (5)3:24.38 (5)5:10.62 (4)1:45.92 (4)1:46.24 (4)1:43.23 (4)
Primo BaranAngelo RossettoPier Angelo Conti-ManziniAbramo Albini
54FranceFRA6:56.581:37.67 (2)3:24.06 (4)5:11.35 (5)1:46.39 (5)1:47.29 (5)1:45.23 (5)
Patrick SellierRoger RouyerGérard ChenuetYves Fraisse

Heat #4

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Soviet UnionURS6:42.401:33.02 (1)3:15.08 (1)5:00.66 (1)1:42.06 (1)1:45.58 (2)1:41.74 (2)Q
Anatoly TkachukIgor KashurovAleksandr MotinVitaly Sapronov
24DenmarkDEN6:47.601:36.46 (4)3:18.90 (3)5:06.02 (3)1:42.44 (2)1:47.12 (4)1:41.58 (1)
Willy PoulsenPeter Fich ChristiansenEgon PedersenRolf Andersen
31BulgariaBUL6:47.991:33.91 (2)3:16.93 (2)5:03.42 (2)1:43.02 (3)1:46.49 (3)1:44.57 (3)
Biser BoyadzhievBorislav VasilevNikolay KolevMetodi Halvadzhiyski
42United StatesUSA6:57.051:35.67 (3)3:19.55 (4)5:09.52 (4)1:43.88 (4)1:49.97 (5)1:47.53 (4)
Charles HewittBill MillerDick DreissigackerJim Moroney
55CubaCUB7:07.611:37.98 (5)3:26.27 (5)5:09.53 (5)1:48.29 (5)1:43.26 (1)1:58.08 (5)
Eralio CabreraTroadio DelgadoRamón LuperónÁngel Serra

Round One Repêchage

Date29 August 1972 — 14:00
FormatTop two finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12West GermanyFRG6:58.101:39.57 (1)3:25.10 (1)5:12.12 (1)1:45.53 (1)1:47.02 (1)1:45.98 (1)Q
Joachim EhrigPeter FunnekötterFranz HeldWolfgang Plottke
21DenmarkDEN7:04.371:41.97 (2)3:27.71 (2)5:15.98 (2)1:45.74 (2)1:48.27 (2)1:48.39 (3)Q
Willy PoulsenPeter Fich ChristiansenEgon PedersenRolf Andersen
34HungaryHUN7:16.061:42.88 (3)3:34.70 (3)5:27.81 (3)1:51.82 (4)1:53.11 (3)1:48.25 (2)
Csaba CzakóAndrás KormosJózsef CsermelyAntal Melis
43Democratic People's Republic of KoreaPRK7:18.301:44.47 (4)3:35.43 (4)5:29.61 (4)1:50.96 (3)1:54.18 (4)1:48.69 (4)
Kim Ki-TaeHam Il-NyonKim Un-SonHong Song-Su

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13Great BritainGBR7:06.791:41.48 (2)3:30.21 (1)5:19.05 (1)1:48.73 (1)1:48.84 (1)1:47.74 (3)Q
Bill MasonJim ClarkLenny RobertsonFred Smallbone
21CubaCUB7:11.231:41.32 (1)3:33.13 (2)5:25.30 (2)1:51.81 (2)1:52.17 (3)1:45.93 (1)Q
Eralio CabreraTroadio DelgadoRamón LuperónÁngel Serra
32ArgentinaARG7:12.741:42.07 (3)3:34.76 (3)5:26.25 (3)1:52.69 (4)1:51.49 (2)1:46.49 (2)
Óscar de AndrésJosé Manuel BugiaLuciano WilkTomás Forray
44YugoslaviaYUG7:18.181:42.93 (4)3:35.38 (4)5:28.50 (4)1:52.45 (3)1:53.12 (4)1:49.68 (4)
Marko MandičJože BercJure PotočnikMiloš Janša

Heat #3

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11SwitzerlandSUI7:03.311:41.33 (2)3:29.10 (2)5:18.85 (2)1:47.77 (2)1:49.75 (3)1:44.46 (1)Q
Hansjörg BendinerWalter SteinerThomas MacherKurt Baumann
22CanadaCAN7:06.901:40.11 (1)3:26.92 (1)5:15.99 (1)1:46.81 (1)1:49.07 (2)1:50.91 (4)Q
Donald CurpheyGregory RokoshKarel JonkerIan Gordon
34FranceFRA7:09.331:44.66 (4)3:32.63 (3)5:21.66 (3)1:47.97 (3)1:49.03 (1)1:47.67 (2)
Patrick SellierRoger RouyerGérard ChenuetYves Fraisse
43United StatesUSA7:13.951:43.70 (3)3:32.66 (4)5:23.92 (4)1:48.96 (4)1:51.26 (4)1:50.03 (3)
Charles HewittBill MillerDick DreissigackerJim Moroney

Heat #4

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12ItalyITA7:00.651:40.85 (2)3:28.30 (2)5:16.02 (1)1:47.45 (1)1:47.72 (1)1:44.63 (3)Q
Primo BaranAngelo RossettoPier Angelo Conti-ManziniAbramo Albini
24BulgariaBUL7:02.691:38.98 (1)3:27.72 (1)5:18.54 (2)1:48.74 (3)1:50.82 (3)1:44.15 (2)Q
Biser BoyadzhievBorislav VasilevNikolay KolevMetodi Halvadzhiyski
33NorwayNOR7:03.081:41.43 (3)3:29.84 (3)5:20.09 (3)1:48.41 (2)1:50.25 (2)1:42.99 (1)
Ole NafstadTom AmundsenKjell Sverre JohansenSvein Erik Nilsen
41MexicoMEX7:32.311:45.90 (4)3:41.72 (4)5:39.87 (4)1:55.82 (4)1:58.15 (4)1:52.44 (4)
José Luis MoralesArturo FigueroaArcadio PadillaJuan López

Semi-Finals

Date31 August 1972 — 11:30
FormatTop three 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
15New ZealandNZL7:03.991:43.93 (2)3:33.18 (3)5:19.87 (3)1:49.25 (3)1:46.69 (1)1:44.12 (1)Q
Dick TonksDudley StoreyRoss CollingeNoel Mills
21East GermanyGDR7:06.881:43.58 (1)3:30.81 (1)5:17.63 (1)1:47.23 (2)1:46.82 (2)1:49.25 (3)Q
Frank ForbergerFrank RühleDieter GrahnDieter Schubert
34West GermanyFRG7:10.561:44.01 (3)3:31.13 (2)5:18.94 (2)1:47.12 (1)1:47.81 (3)1:51.62 (5)Q
Joachim EhrigPeter FunnekötterFranz HeldWolfgang Plottke
42CanadaCAN7:13.611:45.50 (4)3:34.90 (4)5:23.84 (4)1:49.40 (4)1:48.94 (4)1:49.77 (4)
Ian GordonKarel JonkerGregory RokoshDonald Curphey
53ItalyITA7:14.201:46.55 (5)3:36.12 (5)5:25.46 (5)1:49.57 (5)1:49.34 (5)1:48.74 (2)
Primo BaranAngelo RossettoPier Angelo Conti-ManziniAbramo Albini
66CubaCUB7:36.301:48.47 (6)3:44.13 (6)5:41.22 (6)1:55.66 (6)1:57.09 (6)1:55.08 (6)
Eralio CabreraTroadio DelgadoRamón LuperónÁngel Serra

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11RomaniaROU7:12.501:43.46 (2)3:32.46 (1)5:23.22 (1)1:49.00 (2)1:50.76 (2)1:49.28 (1)Q
Emeric TușaAdalbert AghMihai NaumencuFrancisc Papp
23DenmarkDEN7:16.011:46.21 (5)3:33.49 (3)5:23.41 (2)1:47.28 (1)1:49.92 (1)1:52.60 (4)Q
Willy PoulsenPeter Fich ChristiansenEgon PedersenRolf Andersen
36Soviet UnionURS7:16.591:42.74 (1)3:33.03 (2)5:24.40 (3)1:50.29 (3)1:51.37 (3)1:52.19 (3)Q
Anatoly TkachukIgor KashurovAleksandr MotinVitaly Sapronov
44Great BritainGBR7:22.211:45.60 (4)3:36.59 (4)5:29.22 (4)1:50.99 (4)1:52.63 (4)1:52.99 (5)
Fred SmallboneLenny RobertsonJim ClarkBill Mason
52SwitzerlandSUI7:23.871:46.31 (6)3:37.80 (6)5:32.38 (6)1:51.49 (5)1:54.58 (6)1:51.49 (2)
Hansjörg BendinerWalter SteinerThomas MacherKurt Baumann
65BulgariaBUL7:24.931:44.89 (3)3:37.06 (5)5:30.96 (5)1:52.17 (6)1:53.90 (5)1:53.97 (6)
Biser BoyadzhievBorislav VasilevNikolay KolevMetodi Halvadzhiyski

Final Round

Date1 – 2 September 1972

Final A

Time2 September 1972 — 12:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
15East GermanyGDR6:24.271:31.61 (1)3:10.16 (2)4:50.06 (2)1:38.55 (3)1:39.90 (3)1:34.21 (1)
Frank ForbergerFrank RühleDieter GrahnDieter Schubert
26New ZealandNZL6:25.641:31.82 (2)3:09.24 (1)4:47.86 (1)1:37.42 (1)1:38.62 (1)1:37.78 (4)
Dick TonksDudley StoreyRoss CollingeNoel Mills
31West GermanyFRG6:28.411:33.72 (3)3:12.12 (3)4:52.01 (3)1:38.40 (2)1:39.89 (2)1:36.40 (2)
Joachim EhrigPeter FunnekötterFranz HeldWolfgang Plottke
42Soviet UnionURS6:31.921:34.23 (4)3:13.92 (4)4:54.87 (4)1:39.69 (4)1:40.95 (5)1:37.05 (3)
Anatoly TkachukIgor KashurovAleksandr MotinVitaly Sapronov
53RomaniaROU6:35.601:35.18 (6)3:15.92 (6)4:56.48 (5)1:40.74 (6)1:40.56 (4)1:39.12 (5)
Emeric TușaAdalbert AghMihai NaumencuFrancisc Papp
64DenmarkDEN6:37.281:34.93 (5)3:15.30 (5)4:57.16 (6)1:40.37 (5)1:41.86 (6)1:40.12 (6)
Willy PoulsenPeter Fich ChristiansenEgon PedersenRolf Andersen

Final B

Time1 September 1972 — 10:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
12Great BritainGBR6:52.891:35.92 (2)3:20.81 (3)5:11.50 (3)1:44.89 (5)1:50.69 (3)1:41.39 (1)
Fred SmallboneLenny RobertsonJim ClarkBill Mason
23BulgariaBUL6:54.541:37.38 (6)3:19.49 (2)5:10.44 (2)1:42.11 (1)1:50.95 (4)1:44.10 (2)
Biser BoyadzhievBorislav VasilevNikolay KolevMetodi Halvadzhiyski
34CanadaCAN6:57.181:35.65 (1)3:18.70 (1)5:08.14 (1)1:43.05 (2)1:49.44 (1)1:49.04 (5)
Ian GordonKarel JonkerGregory RokoshDonald Curphey
41ItalyITA6:57.591:36.79 (4)3:21.44 (4)5:11.53 (4)1:44.65 (4)1:50.09 (2)1:46.06 (4)
Primo BaranAngelo RossettoPier Angelo Conti-ManziniAbramo Albini
56SwitzerlandSUI6:59.411:37.23 (5)3:21.70 (5)5:14.29 (5)1:44.47 (3)1:52.59 (5)1:45.12 (3)
Hansjörg BendinerWalter SteinerThomas MacherKurt Baumann
65CubaCUB7:10.831:36.71 (3)3:24.22 (6)5:21.51 (6)1:47.51 (6)1:57.29 (6)1:49.32 (6)
Eralio CabreraTroadio DelgadoRamón LuperónÁngel Serra