Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed 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 coxed four event was a rowing event conducted as part of the Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme.

Contents

Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Germany (EUA)  Italy (ITA)  Netherlands (NED)

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1
1.  Germany (EUA) 6:44.12 QF
2.  United States (USA) 6:48.19 QR
3.  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 6:55.59 QR
4.  Australia (AUS) 7:00.16 QR
5.  Japan (JPN) 7:10.77 QR
6.  Cuba (CUB) 7:17.11 QR
Heat 2
1.  Italy (ITA) 6:47.06 QF
2.  Netherlands (NED) 6:48.72 QR
3.  New Zealand (NZL) 6:50.81 QR
4.  Norway (NOR) 6:57.35 QR
5.  Egypt (EGY) 7:28.96 QR
Heat 3
1.  Soviet Union (URS) 6:45.35 QF
2.  France (FRA) 6:53.52 QR
3.  Poland (POL) 6:58.64 QR
4.  Finland (FIN) 7:03.85 QR
4.  Denmark (DEN) 7:04.48 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.  Poland (POL) 7:11.74 QF
2.  United States (USA) 7:12.82 QC
3.  Norway (NOR) 7:18.57 QC
4.  Egypt (EGY) 10:44.94
Repechage 2
1.  Netherlands (NED) 7:04.85 QF
2.  Denmark (DEN) 7:12.45 QC
3.  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 7:12.91 QC
4.  Finland (FIN) 7:21.16
 Cuba (CUB) Did not start
Repechage 3
1.  France (FRA) 7:05.78 QF
2.  New Zealand (NZL) 7:09.26 QC
3.  Australia (AUS) 7:17.06 QC
4.  Japan (JPN) 7:31.60

Consolation final

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

7.  United States (USA) 6:43.68
8.  New Zealand (NZL) 6:45.16
9.  Norway (NOR) 6:48.38
10.  Australia (AUS) 6:48.45
11.  Denmark (DEN) 6:52.83
12.  Czechoslovakia (TCH) Did not start

Final

 Germany (EUA) 7:00.44
 Italy (ITA) 7:02.84
 Netherlands (NED) 7:06.46
4.  France (FRA) 7:13.92
5.  Soviet Union (URS) 7:16.05
6.  Poland (POL) 7:28.15

Sources