Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four
August 30, 2023
The men's coxed fourrowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held from 20 to 27 July.[1] There were 12 boats (60 competitors) from 12 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event.[2] The event was won by East Germany, the nation's first victory after three consecutive silver medals since it began competing separately in 1968. Defending champions the Soviet Union finished second, while Poland's bronze medal was the first medal in the men's coxed four for that nation since 1932. Twin brothers Ullrich and Walter Dießner became the sixth and seventh men to earn two medals in the event, as they had also competed on the 1976 East German silver medal team.
Men's coxed four
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Soviet stamp commemorating rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics
This was the 16th appearance of the event. Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather. The coxed four was one of the four initial events introduced in 1900. It was not held in 1904 or 1908, but was held at every Games from 1912 to 1992 when it (along with the men's coxed pair) was replaced with the men's lightweight double sculls and men's lightweight coxless four.[2]
The three nations on the podium at the 1979 World Rowing Championships had been the strongest nations in the event for most of the 1970s; they would have been favoured to reach the podium again at the 1980 Games but did not compete due to a boycott. West Germany were medalists at the 1976 Olympics and 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, and 1979 World Championships but without a victory since the 1972 Olympics. This left defending Olympic champions the Soviet Union (silver in 1979 Worlds) and three-time Olympic runners-up (and three-time reigning World Champions) East Germany as the two favourites.[2]
No nations made their debut in the event. Switzerland made its ninth appearance, most among nations competing in 1980 though behind the absent United States (13 appearances), Italy (12), and France (11).
Competition formatEdit
The coxed four event featured five-person boats, with four rowers and a coxswain. It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The competition used the 2000 metres distance that became standard at the 1912 Olympics and which has been used ever since except at the 1948 Games.[3]
With only 12 boats, the event shrank from a four-round competition in prior Games to a three-round tournament in 1980.
Semifinals: Two heats of 6 boats each. The top boat in each heat (2 total) advanced directly to Final A. The remaining boats (10 total) went to the repechage.
Repechage: Two heats of 5 boats each. The top two boats in each heat (4 total) rejoined the semifinal winners in Final A. The other boats (6 total) went to Final B.
Final: Two finals. Final A consisted of the top 6 boats. Final B placed boats 7 through 12.
Fizkultura i Sport, ed. (1981). The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three(PDF). p. 111.
August 30, 2023
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The men s coxed four rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin Moscow Soviet Union The event was held from 20 to 27 July 1 There were 12 boats 60 competitors from 12 nations with each nation limited to a single boat in the event 2 The event was won by East Germany the nation s first victory after three consecutive silver medals since it began competing separately in 1968 Defending champions the Soviet Union finished second while Poland s bronze medal was the first medal in the men s coxed four for that nation since 1932 Twin brothers Ullrich and Walter Diessner became the sixth and seventh men to earn two medals in the event as they had also competed on the 1976 East German silver medal team Men s coxed fourat the Games of the XXII OlympiadSoviet stamp commemorating rowing at the 1980 Summer OlympicsVenueKrylatskoye Rowing CanalDates20 27 JulyCompetitors60 from 12 nationsWinning time6 14 51Medalists East Germany Dieter WendischWalter DiessnerUllrich DiessnerGottfried DohnAndreas Gregor Soviet Union Arturs GaronskisDimants KrisjanisDzintars KrisjanisZorzs TikmersJuris Berzins Poland Grzegorz StellakAdam TomasiakGrzegorz NowakRyszard StadniukRyszard Kubiak 19761984 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Schedule 4 Results 4 1 Semifinals 4 1 1 Semifinal 1 4 1 2 Semifinal 2 4 2 Repechage 4 2 1 Repechage heat 1 4 2 2 Repechage heat 2 4 3 Finals 4 3 1 Final B 4 3 2 Final A 5 References 6 SourcesBackground EditThis was the 16th appearance of the event Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather The coxed four was one of the four initial events introduced in 1900 It was not held in 1904 or 1908 but was held at every Games from 1912 to 1992 when it along with the men s coxed pair was replaced with the men s lightweight double sculls and men s lightweight coxless four 2 The three nations on the podium at the 1979 World Rowing Championships had been the strongest nations in the event for most of the 1970s they would have been favoured to reach the podium again at the 1980 Games but did not compete due to a boycott West Germany were medalists at the 1976 Olympics and 1974 1975 1977 1978 and 1979 World Championships but without a victory since the 1972 Olympics This left defending Olympic champions the Soviet Union silver in 1979 Worlds and three time Olympic runners up and three time reigning World Champions East Germany as the two favourites 2 No nations made their debut in the event Switzerland made its ninth appearance most among nations competing in 1980 though behind the absent United States 13 appearances Italy 12 and France 11 Competition format EditThe coxed four event featured five person boats with four rowers and a coxswain It was a sweep rowing event with the rowers each having one oar and thus each rowing on one side The competition used the 2000 metres distance that became standard at the 1912 Olympics and which has been used ever since except at the 1948 Games 3 With only 12 boats the event shrank from a four round competition in prior Games to a three round tournament in 1980 Semifinals Two heats of 6 boats each The top boat in each heat 2 total advanced directly to Final A The remaining boats 10 total went to the repechage Repechage Two heats of 5 boats each The top two boats in each heat 4 total rejoined the semifinal winners in Final A The other boats 6 total went to Final B Final Two finals Final A consisted of the top 6 boats Final B placed boats 7 through 12 Schedule EditAll times are Moscow Time UTC 3 Date Time RoundSunday 20 July 1980 10 00 SemifinalsTuesday 22 July 1980 10 00 RepechageSunday 27 July 1980 10 00 FinalsResults EditSemifinals Edit Winner of each heat advanced to Final A The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in Final A Semifinal 1 Edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Dieter WendischWalter DiessnerUllrich DiessnerGottfried Dohn Andreas Gregor East Germany 6 44 49 QA2 Grzegorz StellakAdam TomasiakGrzegorz NowakRyszard Stadniuk Ryszard Kubiak Poland 6 47 61 R3 Arturs GaronskisDimants KrisjanisDzintars KrisjanisZorzs Tikmers Juris Berzins Soviet Union 6 50 29 R4 Khristo AleksandrovVilkhelm GermanovGeorgi PetkovStoyan Stoyanov Nenko Dobrev Bulgaria 6 53 37 R5 Laildo MachadoWandir KuntzeWalter SoaresHenrique Johann Manuel Mandel Brazil 6 59 98 R6 Pavel KonvickaMartin HladikJan KabrhelMilan Suchopar Antonin Barak Czechoslovakia 7 06 38 RSemifinal 2 Edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Jose Manuel BermudezIsidro MartinSalvador VergesLuis Lasurtegui Javier Sabria Spain 6 43 35 QA2 Lenny RobertsonGordon RankineColin SeymourJohn Roberts Alan Inns Great Britain 6 52 57 R3 Daniel HombergerPeter RahnRoland StockerPeter Stocker Karl Graf Switzerland 6 53 66 R4 Iain KennedyPat McDonaghTed RyanDavey Gray Noel Graham Ireland 7 00 28 R5 Milan CulibrkVladimir KrsticBozidar DorđevicDusan Kovacevic Sasa Mimic Yugoslavia 7 00 58 R6 Francisco MoraJuan BuenoJuan AlfonsoAntonio Riano Enrique Carrillo Cuba 7 11 11 RRepechage Edit The top two teams in each repechage heat qualified for Final A 4 The remainder went to Final B out of medal contention Repechage heat 1 Edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Grzegorz StellakAdam TomasiakGrzegorz NowakRyszard Stadniuk Ryszard Kubiak Poland 6 32 28 QA2 Daniel HombergerPeter RahnRoland StockerPeter Stocker Karl Graf Switzerland 6 35 29 QA3 Laildo MachadoWandir KuntzeWalter SoaresHenrique Johann Manuel Mandel Brazil 6 37 07 QB4 Pavel KonvickaMartin HladikJan KabrhelMilan Suchopar Antonin Barak Czechoslovakia 6 43 81 QB5 Iain KennedyPat McDonaghTed RyanDavey Gray Noel Graham Ireland 6 56 78 QBRepechage heat 2 Edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Arturs GaronskisDimants KrisjanisDzintars KrisjanisZorzs Tikmers Juris Berzins Soviet Union 6 28 14 QA2 Khristo AleksandrovVilkhelm GermanovGeorgi PetkovStoyan Stoyanov Nenko Dobrev Bulgaria 6 31 46 QA3 Lenny RobertsonGordon RankineColin SeymourJohn Roberts Alan Inns Great Britain 6 33 25 QB4 Milan CulibrkVladimir KrsticBozidar DorđevicDusan Kovacevic Sasa Mimic Yugoslavia 6 43 94 QB5 Francisco MoraJuan BuenoJuan AlfonsoAntonio Riano Enrique Carrillo Cuba 6 54 32 QBFinals Edit Final B Edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time7 Lenny RobertsonGordon RankineColin SeymourJohn Roberts Alan Inns Great Britain 6 27 118 Laildo MachadoWandir KuntzeWalter SoaresHenrique Johann Manuel Mandel Brazil 6 33 299 Pavel KonvickaMartin HladikJan KabrhelMilan Suchopar Antonin Barak Czechoslovakia 6 35 2710 Milan CulibrkVladimir KrsticBozidar DorđevicDusan Kovacevic Sasa Mimic Yugoslavia 6 37 1511 Iain KennedyPat McDonaghTed RyanDavey Gray Noel Graham Ireland 6 44 7612 Francisco MoraJuan BuenoJuan AlfonsoAntonio Riano Enrique Carrillo Cuba 6 53 37Final A Edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Dieter WendischWalter DiessnerUllrich DiessnerGottfried Dohn Andreas Gregor East Germany 6 14 51 Arturs GaronskisDimants KrisjanisDzintars KrisjanisZorzs Tikmers Juris Berzins Soviet Union 6 19 05 Grzegorz StellakAdam TomasiakGrzegorz NowakRyszard Stadniuk Ryszard Kubiak Poland 6 22 524 Jose Manuel BermudezIsidro MartinSalvador VergesLuis Lasurtegui Javier Sabria Spain 6 26 235 Khristo AleksandrovVilkhelm GermanovGeorgi PetkovStoyan Stoyanov Nenko Dobrev Bulgaria 6 28 136 Daniel HombergerPeter RahnRoland StockerPeter Stocker Karl Graf Switzerland 6 30 26References Edit Rowing at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games Men s Coxed Fours Sports Reference Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 30 August 2018 a b c Coxed Fours Men Olympedia Retrieved 20 May 2021 Why Do We Race 2000m The History Behind the Distance World Rowing 1 May 2017 Retrieved 14 April 2021 Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games Men s Coxed Fours Round One Repechage Sports Reference Retrieved 30 January 2016 Sources EditFizkultura i Sport ed 1981 The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three PDF p 111 Retrieved from 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