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Coxless Fours, Men

Date27 August – 2 September 1972
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympia-Regattastrecke, Oberschleißheim, München
Participants80 from 20 countries
Olympic Record 6:22.03 / Celestinas Jucys • Eugenijus Levickas • Jonas Motiejūnas • Anatoly Sass URS / 14 October 1964 / Details

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 Forberger • Dieter Grahn • Frank Rühle • Dieter Schubert
2New ZealandNZLSilver
Dick Tonks • Dudley Storey • Ross Collinge • Noel Mills
3West GermanyFRGBronze
Joachim Ehrig • Peter Funnekötter • Franz Held • Wolfgang Plottke
4Soviet UnionURS
Anatoly Tkachuk • Igor Kashurov • Aleksandr Motin • Vitaly Sapronov
5RomaniaROU
Emeric Tușa • Adalbert Agh • Mihai Naumencu • Francisc Papp
6DenmarkDEN
Willy Poulsen • Peter Fich Christiansen • Egon Pedersen • Rolf Andersen
7Great BritainGBR
Fred Smallbone • Lenny Robertson • Jim Clark • Bill Mason
8BulgariaBUL
Biser Boyadzhiev • Borislav Vasilev • Nikolay Kolev • Metodi Halvadzhiyski
9CanadaCAN
Ian Gordon • Karel Jonker • Gregory Rokosh • Donald Curphey
10ItalyITA
Primo Baran • Angelo Rossetto • Pier Angelo Conti-Manzini • Abramo Albini
11SwitzerlandSUI
Hansjörg Bendiner • Walter Steiner • Thomas Macher • Kurt Baumann
12CubaCUB
Eralio Cabrera • Troadio Delgado • Ramón Luperón • Ángel Serra
3 h1 r2/4HungaryHUN
Csaba Czakó • András Kormos • József Csermely • Antal Melis
3 h2 r2/4ArgentinaARG
Óscar de Andrés • José Manuel Bugia • Luciano Wilk • Tomás Forray
3 h3 r2/4FranceFRA
Patrick Sellier • Roger Rouyer • Gérard Chenuet • Yves Fraisse
3 h4 r2/4NorwayNOR
Ole Nafstad • Tom Amundsen • Kjell Sverre Johansen • Svein Erik Nilsen
4 h1 r2/4Democratic People's Republic of KoreaPRK
Kim Ki-Tae • Ham Il-Nyon • Kim Un-Son • Hong Song-Su
4 h2 r2/4YugoslaviaYUG
Marko Mandič • Jože Berc • Jure Potočnik • Miloš Janša
4 h3 r2/4United StatesUSA
Charles Hewitt • Bill Miller • Dick Dreissigacker • Jim Moroney
4 h4 r2/4MexicoMEX
José Luis Morales • Arturo Figueroa • Arcadio Padilla • Juan 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 Tușa • Adalbert Agh • Mihai Naumencu • Francisc 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 Nafstad • Tom Amundsen • Kjell Sverre Johansen • Svein 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 Curphey • Gregory Rokosh • Karel Jonker • Ian 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 Mandič • Jože Berc • Jure Potočnik • Miloš 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-Tae • Ham Il-Nyon • Kim Un-Son • Hong 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 Tonks • Dudley Storey • Ross Collinge • Noel 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 Bendiner • Walter Steiner • Thomas Macher • Kurt 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 Andrés • José Manuel Bugia • Luciano Wilk • Tomás 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 Czakó • András Kormos • József Csermely • Antal 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 Morales • Arturo Figueroa • Arcadio Padilla • Juan 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 Forberger • Frank Rühle • Dieter Grahn • Dieter 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 Mason • Jim Clark • Lenny Robertson • Fred 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 Ehrig • Peter Funnekötter • Franz Held • Wolfgang 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 Baran • Angelo Rossetto • Pier Angelo Conti-Manzini • Abramo 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 Sellier • Roger Rouyer • Gérard Chenuet • Yves 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 Tkachuk • Igor Kashurov • Aleksandr Motin • Vitaly 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 Poulsen • Peter Fich Christiansen • Egon Pedersen • Rolf 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 Boyadzhiev • Borislav Vasilev • Nikolay Kolev • Metodi 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 Hewitt • Bill Miller • Dick Dreissigacker • Jim 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 Cabrera • Troadio Delgado • Ramón Luperón • Ángel Serra

Round One Repêchage

Date29 August 1972 — 14:00
FormatTop 2 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 Ehrig • Peter Funnekötter • Franz Held • Wolfgang 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 Poulsen • Peter Fich Christiansen • Egon Pedersen • Rolf 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 Czakó • András Kormos • József Csermely • Antal 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-Tae • Ham Il-Nyon • Kim Un-Son • Hong 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 Mason • Jim Clark • Lenny Robertson • Fred 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 Cabrera • Troadio Delgado • Ramón Luperón • Ángel 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 Andrés • José Manuel Bugia • Luciano Wilk • Tomás 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 Mandič • Jože Berc • Jure Potočnik • Miloš 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 Bendiner • Walter Steiner • Thomas Macher • Kurt 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 Curphey • Gregory Rokosh • Karel Jonker • Ian 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 Sellier • Roger Rouyer • Gérard Chenuet • Yves 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 Hewitt • Bill Miller • Dick Dreissigacker • Jim 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 Baran • Angelo Rossetto • Pier Angelo Conti-Manzini • Abramo 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 Boyadzhiev • Borislav Vasilev • Nikolay Kolev • Metodi 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 Nafstad • Tom Amundsen • Kjell Sverre Johansen • Svein 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 Morales • Arturo Figueroa • Arcadio Padilla • Juan López

Semi-Finals

Date31 August 1972 — 11:30
FormatTop 3 finishers in each heat advanced to the final round.

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 Tonks • Dudley Storey • Ross Collinge • Noel 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 Forberger • Frank Rühle • Dieter Grahn • Dieter 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 Ehrig • Peter Funnekötter • Franz Held • Wolfgang 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 Gordon • Karel Jonker • Gregory Rokosh • Donald 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 Baran • Angelo Rossetto • Pier Angelo Conti-Manzini • Abramo 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 Cabrera • Troadio Delgado • Ramón Luperón • Ángel 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 Tușa • Adalbert Agh • Mihai Naumencu • Francisc 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 Poulsen • Peter Fich Christiansen • Egon Pedersen • Rolf 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 Tkachuk • Igor Kashurov • Aleksandr Motin • Vitaly 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 Smallbone • Lenny Robertson • Jim Clark • Bill 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 Bendiner • Walter Steiner • Thomas Macher • Kurt 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 Boyadzhiev • Borislav Vasilev • Nikolay Kolev • Metodi 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 Forberger • Frank Rühle • Dieter Grahn • Dieter 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 Tonks • Dudley Storey • Ross Collinge • Noel 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 Ehrig • Peter Funnekötter • Franz Held • Wolfgang 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 Tkachuk • Igor Kashurov • Aleksandr Motin • Vitaly 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 Tușa • Adalbert Agh • Mihai Naumencu • Francisc 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 Poulsen • Peter Fich Christiansen • Egon Pedersen • Rolf 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 Smallbone • Lenny Robertson • Jim Clark • Bill 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 Boyadzhiev • Borislav Vasilev • Nikolay Kolev • Metodi 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 Gordon • Karel Jonker • Gregory Rokosh • Donald 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 Baran • Angelo Rossetto • Pier Angelo Conti-Manzini • Abramo 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 Bendiner • Walter Steiner • Thomas Macher • Kurt 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 Cabrera • Troadio Delgado • Ramón Luperón • Ángel Serra