| Date | 20 – 27 July 1980 |
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| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Grebnoy kanal, Sportivny komplex Krylatskoye, Moskva |
| Participants | 44 from 11 countries |
| Olympic Record | 5:53.65 / Siegfried Brietzke • Andreas Decker • Stefan Semmler • Wolfgang Mager  GDR / 23 July 1976 / Details |
East Germany had won the gold medal in the coxless fours at six of the last seven World Championships and had not lost an Olympic final since it began competing independently, which made them strong favorites at the 1980 Summer Olympics. The nation sent three defending Olympic champions, Siegfried Brietzke (who also had a gold medal from the 1972 coxless pairs), Andreas Decker, and Stefan Semmler, to Moscow, all of whom had four World Championship titles, and newcomer Jürgen Thiele. East Germany’s only World Championship miss had come in 1978, when the Soviet Union edged them out. Among the Soviets’ entry at the Games was Valery Dolinin, a 1976 Olympic bronze medalist and 1978 World Champion.
The Soviet Union and East Germany annihilated their competition in the opening round, each winning their heat by a margin of over 11 seconds. The final round was no contest, with East Germany winning gold comfortably ahead of the Soviet Union, who in turn was well-beyond Great Britain when they took silver. Great Britain’s bronze was not a huge surprise: their quartet of John Beattie, Ian McNuff, David Townsend, and Martin Cross had had the same result at the last two editions of the World Championships.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany | GDR | Gold | |||||
| Siegfried Brietzke • Andreas Decker • Stefan Semmler • Jürgen Thiele | ||||||||
| 2 | Soviet Union |  URS | Silver | |||||
| Aleksey Kamkin • Valery Dolinin • Aleksandr Kulagin • Vitaly Yeliseyev | ||||||||
| 3 | Great Britain |  GBR | Bronze | |||||
| John Beattie • Ian McNuff • David Townsend • Martin Cross | ||||||||
| 4 | Czechoslovakia |  TCH | ||||||
| Vojtěch Caska • Jiří Prudil • Josef Neštický • Lubomír Zapletal | ||||||||
| 5 | Romania |  ROU | ||||||
| Daniel Voiculescu • Carolică Ilieș • Petru Iosub • Nicolae Simion | ||||||||
| 6 | Switzerland |  SUI | ||||||
| Jörg Weitnauer • Bruno Saile • Hans-Konrad Trümpler • Stefan Netzle | ||||||||
| 7 | France |  FRA | ||||||
| Jean-Pierre Bremer • Nicolas Lourdaux • Bernard Bruand • Dominique Basset | ||||||||
| 8 | Poland |  POL | ||||||
| Mirosław Jarzembowski • Mariusz Trzciński • Henryk Trzciński • Marek Niedziałkowski | ||||||||
| 9 | Bulgaria |  BUL | ||||||
| Georgi Georgiev • Lachezar Boychev • Kiril Kirchev • Valentin Stoev | ||||||||
| 10 | Sweden |  SWE | ||||||
| Kent Larsson • Pär Hurtig • Jan Niklasson • Göran Johansson | ||||||||
| 11 | Cuba |  CUB | ||||||
| Wenceslao Borroto • Ismael Carbonell • Jorge Álvarez • Ermenegildo Palacio | ||||||||
| Date | 20 July 1980 — 12:20 |
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| Format | Winner of each heat advanced to the final round. |
| 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 | 1 | Soviet Union | URS | 6:31.71 | 1:29.17 (1) | 3:06.84 (1) | 4:49.42 (1) | 1:37.67 (1) | 1:42.58 (1) | 1:42.29 (1) | |||||
| Aleksey Kamkin • Valery Dolinin • Aleksandr Kulagin • Vitaly Yeliseyev | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 6:43.30 | 1:31.38 (2) | 3:11.67 (2) | 4:58.14 (2) | 1:40.29 (2) | 1:46.47 (2) | 1:45.16 (4) | |||||
| Vojtěch Caska • Jiří Prudil • Josef Neštický • Lubomír Zapletal | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Bulgaria | BUL | 6:47.21 | 1:33.36 (4) | 3:17.73 (4) | 5:04.69 (3) | 1:44.37 (3) | 1:46.96 (3) | 1:42.52 (2) | |||||
| Georgi Georgiev • Lachezar Boychev • Kiril Kirchev • Valentin Stoev | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 6 | France | FRA | 6:50.18 | 1:34.59 (6) | 3:19.61 (5) | 5:06.91 (5) | 1:45.02 (5) | 1:47.30 (4) | 1:43.27 (3) | |||||
| Jean-Pierre Bremer • Nicolas Lourdaux • Bernard Bruand • Dominique Basset | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Poland | POL | 6:55.28 | 1:31.86 (3) | 3:16.55 (3) | 5:06.45 (4) | 1:44.69 (4) | 1:49.90 (5) | 1:48.83 (5) | |||||
| Mirosław Jarzembowski • Mariusz Trzciński • Henryk Trzciński • Marek Niedziałkowski | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 4 | Cuba | CUB | 7:02.83 | 1:33.96 (5) | 3:22.19 (6) | 5:12.65 (6) | 1:48.23 (6) | 1:50.46 (6) | 1:50.18 (6) | |||||
| Wenceslao Borroto • Ismael Carbonell • Jorge Álvarez • Ermenegildo Palacio | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 1 | East Germany | GDR | 6:19.93 | 1:28.30 (1) | 3:04.53 (1) | 4:43.68 (1) | 1:36.23 (1) | 1:39.15 (1) | 1:36.25 (1) | |||||
| Jürgen Thiele • Andreas Decker • Stefan Semmler • Siegfried Brietzke | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Romania | ROU | 6:32.74 | 1:29.12 (2) | 3:08.05 (2) | 4:50.22 (2) | 1:38.93 (4) | 1:42.17 (3) | 1:42.52 (3) | |||||
| Daniel Voiculescu • Carolică Ilieș • Petru Iosub • Nicolae Simion | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Switzerland | SUI | 6:42.73 | 1:31.09 (3) | 3:08.79 (3) | 4:50.69 (3) | 1:37.70 (2) | 1:41.90 (2) | 1:52.04 (5) | |||||
| Jörg Weitnauer • Bruno Saile • Hans-Konrad Trümpler • Stefan Netzle | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Great Britain | GBR | 6:32.16 | 1:31.37 (4) | 3:09.75 (4) | 4:53.11 (4) | 1:38.38 (3) | 1:43.36 (4) | 1:39.05 (2) | |||||
| John Beattie • Ian McNuff • David Townsend • Martin Cross | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | Sweden | SWE | 6:49.78 | 1:34.01 (5) | 3:15.50 (5) | 5:00.75 (5) | 1:41.49 (5) | 1:45.25 (5) | 1:49.03 (4) | |||||
| Kent Larsson • Pär Hurtig • Jan Niklasson • Göran Johansson | |||||||||||||||
| Date | 22 July 1980 — 11:40 |
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| Format | Top 2 finishers in each heat advanced to the final round. |
| 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 | Switzerland | SUI | 6:16.07 | 1:26.87 (1) | 3:01.08 (1) | 4:39.59 (1) | 1:34.21 (1) | 1:38.51 (2) | 1:36.48 (3) | |||||
| Jörg Weitnauer • Bruno Saile • Hans-Konrad Trümpler • Stefan Netzle | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 6:18.49 | 1:28.23 (2) | 3:04.14 (2) | 4:42.29 (2) | 1:35.91 (2) | 1:38.15 (1) | 1:36.20 (2) | |||||
| Vojtěch Caska • Jiří Prudil • Josef Neštický • Lubomír Zapletal | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | France | FRA | 6:19.21 | 1:28.91 (3) | 3:06.29 (3) | 4:47.04 (3) | 1:37.38 (4) | 1:40.75 (4) | 1:32.17 (1) | |||||
| Jean-Pierre Bremer • Nicolas Lourdaux • Bernard Bruand • Dominique Basset | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | Sweden | SWE | 6:29.33 | 1:32.44 (5) | 3:08.90 (4) | 4:48.27 (4) | 1:36.46 (3) | 1:39.37 (3) | 1:41.06 (4) | |||||
| Kent Larsson • Pär Hurtig • Jan Niklasson • Göran Johansson | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Cuba | CUB | 6:40.84 | 1:30.13 (4) | 3:11.05 (5) | 4:56.49 (5) | 1:40.92 (5) | 1:45.44 (5) | 1:44.35 (5) | |||||
| Wenceslao Borroto • Ismael Carbonell • Jorge Álvarez • Ermenegildo Palacio | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | Great Britain | GBR | 6:12.71 | 1:27.10 (1) | 3:01.13 (1) | 4:37.47 (1) | 1:34.03 (1) | 1:36.34 (1) | 1:35.24 (2) | |||||
| John Beattie • Ian McNuff • David Townsend • Martin Cross | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Romania | ROU | 6:13.31 | 1:27.32 (2) | 3:02.60 (2) | 4:39.63 (2) | 1:35.28 (2) | 1:37.03 (2) | 1:33.68 (1) | |||||
| Daniel Voiculescu • Carolică Ilieș • Petru Iosub • Nicolae Simion | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Bulgaria | BUL | 6:22.57 | 1:28.37 (4) | 3:05.60 (4) | 4:44.35 (3) | 1:37.23 (4) | 1:38.75 (3) | 1:38.22 (3) | |||||
| Georgi Georgiev • Lachezar Boychev • Kiril Kirchev • Valentin Stoev | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Poland | POL | 6:30.26 | 1:28.18 (3) | 3:05.29 (3) | 4:48.29 (4) | 1:37.11 (3) | 1:43.00 (4) | 1:41.97 (4) | |||||
| Mirosław Jarzembowski • Mariusz Trzciński • Henryk Trzciński • Marek Niedziałkowski | |||||||||||||||
| Date | 27 July 1980 |
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| Time | 12:30 |
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| 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 | 1 | East Germany | GDR | 6:08.17 | 1:24.99 (1) | 2:57.55 (1) | 4:32.77 (1) | 1:32.56 (1) | 1:35.22 (2) | 1:35.40 (2) | |||||
| Jürgen Thiele • Andreas Decker • Stefan Semmler • Siegfried Brietzke | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Soviet Union | URS | 6:11.81 | 1:26.34 (2) | 3:00.36 (2) | 4:36.18 (2) | 1:34.02 (2) | 1:35.82 (3) | 1:35.63 (3) | |||||
| Aleksey Kamkin • Valery Dolinin • Aleksandr Kulagin • Vitaly Yeliseyev | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Great Britain | GBR | 6:16.58 | 1:28.17 (4) | 3:03.22 (3) | 4:38.37 (3) | 1:35.05 (3) | 1:35.15 (1) | 1:38.21 (4) | |||||
| John Beattie • Ian McNuff • David Townsend • Martin Cross | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 6:18.63 | 1:27.29 (3) | 3:03.56 (4) | 4:40.03 (4) | 1:36.27 (5) | 1:36.47 (4) | 1:38.60 (5) | |||||
| Vojtěch Caska • Jiří Prudil • Josef Neštický • Lubomír Zapletal | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Romania | ROU | 6:19.45 | 1:28.43 (5) | 3:05.69 (6) | 4:44.15 (5) | 1:37.26 (6) | 1:38.46 (5) | 1:35.30 (1) | |||||
| Daniel Voiculescu • Carolică Ilieș • Petru Iosub • Nicolae Simion | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 2 | Switzerland | SUI | 6:26.46 | 1:28.65 (6) | 3:04.82 (5) | 4:44.48 (6) | 1:36.17 (4) | 1:39.66 (6) | 1:41.98 (6) | |||||
| Jörg Weitnauer • Bruno Saile • Hans-Konrad Trümpler • Stefan Netzle | |||||||||||||||
| Time | 12:45 |
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| 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 | 1 | France | FRA | 6:19.06 | 1:27.11 (2) | 3:01.02 (2) | 4:38.59 (1) | 1:33.91 (1) | 1:37.57 (1) | 1:40.47 (3) | |||||
| Jean-Pierre Bremer • Nicolas Lourdaux • Bernard Bruand • Dominique Basset | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Poland | POL | 6:22.31 | 1:25.94 (1) | 3:00.70 (1) | 4:40.81 (2) | 1:34.76 (2) | 1:40.11 (4) | 1:41.50 (4) | |||||
| Mirosław Jarzembowski • Mariusz Trzciński • Henryk Trzciński • Marek Niedziałkowski | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Bulgaria | BUL | 6:22.49 | 1:29.18 (5) | 3:07.33 (5) | 4:46.43 (4) | 1:38.15 (5) | 1:39.10 (3) | 1:36.06 (1) | |||||
| Georgi Georgiev • Lachezar Boychev • Kiril Kirchev • Valentin Stoev | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Sweden | SWE | 6:23.61 | 1:28.69 (4) | 3:04.60 (3) | 4:43.55 (3) | 1:35.91 (3) | 1:38.95 (2) | 1:40.06 (2) | |||||
| Kent Larsson • Pär Hurtig • Jan Niklasson • Göran Johansson | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Cuba | CUB | 6:36.20 | 1:27.89 (3) | 3:05.27 (4) | 4:48.09 (5) | 1:37.38 (4) | 1:42.82 (5) | 1:48.11 (5) | |||||
| Wenceslao Borroto • Ismael Carbonell • Jorge Álvarez • Ermenegildo Palacio | |||||||||||||||
