Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Men's coxed fours

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The coxed fours was one of the competitions in the Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics events in Paris. The competition was plagued by controversy involving which boats should advance to the final. In one of the most unusual decisions in Olympic history, two separate finals were held for the event, each of which are still considered Olympic championships by the International Olympic Committee. The crew of all six boats to compete in the two finals are Olympic medallists.

The coxed fours event was held on 25 August and 26 August 1900. 10 boats, involving 50 rowers from 4 nations, competed.

1 Medallists
- 1.1 Final A
- 1.2 Final B
2 Results
- 2.1 Semifinals
- 2.2 Finals
  - 2.2.1 Final A
  - 2.2.2 Final B
3 References

[edit] Medallists

[edit] Final A

Gold	Silver	Bronze
France Cercle de l'Aviron Roubaix Henri Bouckaert Jean Cau Emile Delchambre Henri Hazebroucq Charlot (cox)	France Club Nautique de Lyon Georges Lumpp Charles Perrin Daniel Soubeyran Emile Wegelin Unknown cox	Germany Favorite Hammonia Wilhelm Carstens Julius Körner Adolf Möller Hugo Rüster Max Ammermann (cox)

[edit] Final B

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Germany Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg Gustav Goßler Oskar Goßler Walter Katzenstein Waldemar Tietgens Carl Heinrich Goßler (cox)	Netherlands Minerva Amsterdam Coenraad Hiebendaal Gerhard Lotsy Paulus Lotsy Johannes Terwogt Hermanus Brockmann (cox)	Germany Ludwigshafener Ruder Verein Ernst Felle Otto Fickeisen Carl Lehle Hermann Wilker Franz Kröwerath (cox)

[edit] Results

[edit] Semifinals

Initially, the top boat in each semifinal plus the runner-up in the third semifinal (which had four boats instead of the three boats competing in each of the other two), were to advance. Following protests which ensued after the runner-up in the second semifinal and the third-place boat in the third semifinal each posted better times than the winner of the first, the qualification rules for the final were altered. Eventually, the six boats were broken into two groups and competed in separate finals. The runners-up in semifinals 2 and 3 as well as the third-place boat in semifinal 3 competed in the first final, while the three semifinal winners competed in the second.

[edit] Semifinal 1

Place	Boat	Rowers	Nation	Time
1	Ludwigshafener Ruder Verein	Ernst Felle Otto Fickeisen Carl Lehle Hermann Wilker Franz Kröwerath (cox)	Germany	6:14.0
2	Réal Club Barcelona	Juan Camps Mas José Fórmica Corsi Ricardo Margarit Calvet Orestes Quintana Antonio Vela Vivó (cox)	Spain	6:38.4
3	Club Nautique de Français	Beslaud Deslinières Peyronnie Saurel Unknown cox	France	6:40.0

[edit] Semifinal 2

Place	Boat	Rowers	Nation	Time
1	Minerva Amsterdam	Coenraad Hiebendaal Gerhard Lotsy Paulus Lotsy Johannes Terwogt Hermanus Brockmann (cox)	Netherlands	6:02.0
2	Club Nautique de Lyon	Georges Lumpp Charles Perrin Daniel Soubeyran Emile Wegelin Unknown cox	France	6:06.2
—	Société Nautique de la Marne	Cocuet Demaré Dorlia Waleff Unknown cox	France	Did not finish

[edit] Semifinal 3

Place	Boat	Rowers	Nation	Time
1	Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg	Gustav Goßler Oskar Goßler Walter Katzenstein Waldemar Tietgens Carl Heinrich Goßler (cox)	Germany	5:56.2
2	Cercle de l'Aviron Roubaix	Henri Bouckaert Jean Cau Emile Delchambre Henri Hazebroucq Charlot (cox)	France	5:59.0
3	Favorite Hammonia	Wilhelm Carstens Julius Körner Adolf Möller Hugo Rüster Max Ammermann (cox)	Germany	6:03.0
4	Club Nautique de Dieppe	Angot Delabarre Gelée Maison Unknown cox	France	6:20.0

[edit] Finals

[edit] Final A

Place	Boat	Rower	Nation	Time
1	Cercle de l'Aviron Roubaix	Henri Bouckaert Jean Cau Emile Delchambre Henri Hazebroucq Charlot (cox)	France	7:11.0
2	Club Nautique de Lyon	Georges Lumpp Charles Perrin Daniel Soubeyran Emile Wegelin Unknown cox	France	7:18.0
3	Favorite Hammonia	Wilhelm Carstens Julius Körner Adolf Möller Hugo Rüster Max Ammermann (cox)	Germany	7:18.2

[edit] Final B

Place	Boat	Rower	Nation	Time
1	Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg	Gustav Goßler Oskar Goßler Walter Katzenstein Waldemar Tietgens Carl Heinrich Goßler (cox)	Germany	5:59.0
2	Minerva Amsterdam	Coenraad Hiebendaal Gerhard Lotsy Paulus Lotsy Johannes Terwogt Hermanus Brockmann (cox)	Netherlands	6:03.0
3	Ludwigshafener Ruder Verein	Ernst Felle Otto Fickeisen Carl Lehle Hermann Wilker Franz Kröwerath (cox)	Germany	6:05.0

[edit] References

International Olympic Committee medal winners database
De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Rowing 1900". Accessed 26 February 2006. Available electronically at [1].
Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.