Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless fours

Rowing at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Single sculls men
Double sculls men
Coxless pairs men
Coxed pairs men
Coxless fours men
Coxed fours men
Eights men

The coxless four event was a rowing event conducted as part of the Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme.

Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Denmark (DEN)
John Hansen
Bjørn Hasløv
Erik Petersen
Kurt Helmudt
 Great Britain (GBR)
John Russell
Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh
William Barry
John James
 United States (USA)
Geoffrey Picard
Richard Lyon
Theodore Mittet
Ted Nash

Results

Heats

The top crew in each heat advanced to the final, with all others sent to the repechages.

Heat 1
1. Denmark (DEN) 6:51.78 QF
2. Romania (ROU) 6:57.35 QR
3. Canada (CAN) 7:01.97 QR
4. Australia (AUS) 7:03.40 QR
5. Japan (JPN) 7:24.35 QR
Heat 2
1. Great Britain (GBR) 6:47.04 QF
2. United States (USA) 6:56.40 QR
3. Netherlands (NED) 7:01.51 QR
4. Argentina (ARG) 7:08.60 QR
5. Italy (ITA) 7:11.65 QR
Heat 3
1. Germany (EUA) 6:37.83 QF
2. Soviet Union (URS) 6:40.12 QR
3. France (FRA) 6:45.95 QR
4. Austria (AUT) 6:48.18 QR

Repechages

The top finisher in each of the three repechages joined the finalists. The second and third place finishers competed in a consolation final for 7th-12th places. All other crews were eliminated.

Repechage 1
1. United States (USA) 6:38.93 QF
2. France (FRA) 6:42.85 QC
3. Japan (JPN) 7:00.29 QC
4. Australia (AUS) 7:01.07
Repechage 2
1. Italy (ITA) 6:34.61 QF
2. Soviet Union (URS) 6:37.86 QC
3. Canada (CAN) 6:53.38 QC
4. Argentina (ARG) 7:07.83
Repechage 3
1. Netherlands (NED) 6:29.42 QF
2. Romania (ROU) 6:30.37 QC
3. Austria (AUT) 7:25.83 QC

Consolation final

The consolation final determined places from 7th to 12th.

7. Soviet Union (URS) 6:22.03
8. Austria (AUT) 6:24.15
9. Romania (ROU) 6:27.28
10. France (FRA) 6:38.32
11. Canada (CAN) 6:45.50
12. Japan (JPN) 6:51.60

Final

 Denmark (DEN) 6:59.30
 Great Britain (GBR) 7:00.47
 United States (USA) 7:01.37
4. Netherlands (NED) 7:09.98
5. Italy (ITA) 7:10.05
6. Germany (EUA) 7:10.33

Sources

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