Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed fours

Men's coxed fours
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue Brussels-Scheldt Maritime Canal
Dates August 28–29
Competitors 40 from 8 nations
Medalists
  Willy Brüderlin, Max Rudolf, Paul Rudolf, Paul Staub, Hans Walter
Switzerland
  Sherman Clark, Erich Federschmidt, Franz Federschmidt, Carl Klose, Kenneth Myers
United States
  Per Gulbrandsen, Thoralf Hagen, Theodor Klem, Henry Larsen, Birger Var
Norway
«1912 1924»
Rowing at the
1920 Summer Olympics
Single sculls men
Double sculls men
Coxed pairs men
Coxed fours men
Eights men

The men's coxed fours event was part of the rowing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 28, 1920 and August 29, 1920. It was the third appearance of the event, which had previously been held inaugural rowing competitions in 1900 as well as in 1912.

Eight boats, each from a different nation, competed.

Contents

Results

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
Place Team Time Qual.
1  Switzerland (SUI) 7:03.0 Q
2  Sweden (SWE) 7:12.0
3  Canada (CAN) 7:18.0
Semifinal 2
Place Rower Time Qual.
1  Norway (NOR) 7:14.0 Q
2  Belgium (BEL) 7:40.0
Semifinal 3
Place Rowers Time Qual.
1  United States (USA) 7:17.4 Q
2  Brazil (BRA) 7:25.4
3  Czechoslovakia (TCH)

Final

Final
Place Team Time
 Switzerland (SUI) 6:54.0
 United States (USA) 6:58.0
 Norway (NOR) 7:02.0

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