This rowing event is a sweep rowing event, meaning that each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. Four rowers crew each boat, and no coxswain is used. The competition consists of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.
During the first round three heats were held. The top three boats in each heat advanced to the A/B semifinals, with the remaining boats going to the repechage. A single repechage heat was held, with the top three boats from that heat also advancing to the A/B semifinal. The lone remaining boat, placing fourth in the repechage, received a final rank of 13th of the 13 boats competing.
Only A/B semifinals were held. For each of the two semifinal races, the top three boats moved on to the better of the two finals (the A final), while the bottom three boats went to the lesser of the two finals (the B final).
The third and final round was the Finals. Each final determined a set of rankings. The A final determined the medals, along with the rest of the places through 6th. The B final gave rankings from 7th to 12th.
Australia took out an early lead and had were leading by about one boat length at the 500 m to go mark. At that point the favored British crew began to take back ground and took the lead with about 200 m to go, eventually winning by half a length. France came back from last at one point to grab the bronze.
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^. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
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Men s coxless four competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 9 and 16 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing Canoeing Park 1 Men s coxless fourat the Games of the XXIX OlympiadMedalistsTom JamesSteve WilliamsPete ReedAndrew Triggs Hodge Great BritainMatt RyanJames MarburgCameron McKenzie McHargFrancis Hegerty AustraliaJulien DespresBenjamin RondeauGermain ChardinDorian Mortelette France 20042012 This rowing event is a sweep rowing event meaning that each rower has one oar and rows on only one side Four rowers crew each boat and no coxswain is used The competition consists of multiple rounds Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed with each semifinal having two possible finals During the first round three heats were held The top three boats in each heat advanced to the A B semifinals with the remaining boats going to the repechage A single repechage heat was held with the top three boats from that heat also advancing to the A B semifinal The lone remaining boat placing fourth in the repechage received a final rank of 13th of the 13 boats competing Only A B semifinals were held For each of the two semifinal races the top three boats moved on to the better of the two finals the A final while the bottom three boats went to the lesser of the two finals the B final The third and final round was the Finals Each final determined a set of rankings The A final determined the medals along with the rest of the places through 6th The B final gave rankings from 7th to 12th Contents 1 Schedule 2 Results 2 1 Heats 2 1 1 Heat 1 2 1 2 Heat 2 2 1 3 Heat 3 2 2 Repechage 2 3 Semifinals A B 2 3 1 Semifinal A B 1 2 3 2 Semifinal A B 2 2 4 Final B 2 5 Final A 3 References 4 External linksSchedule editAll times are China Standard Time UTC 8 Date Time Round Saturday August 9 2008 17 30 18 00 Heats Monday August 11 2008 17 30 17 40 Repechage Wednesday August 13 2008 16 50 17 10 Semifinals A B Friday August 15 2008 17 50 18 00 Final B Saturday August 16 2008 17 30 17 40 Final AResults editHeats edit Qualification Rules 1 3 gt SA B 4 gt R Heat 1 edit Rank Rowers Country Time Notes 1 James Williams Reed Triggs Hodge nbsp Great Britain 6 00 59 SA B 2 C Mornati Sartori N Mornati Carboncini nbsp Italy 6 02 84 SA B 3 Banks Teti Lanzone Newlin nbsp United States 6 03 96 SA B 4 Zhang Zhao Guo Song nbsp China 6 09 64 R 5 Dzemyanenka Lialin Nosau Kazubouski nbsp Belarus 6 12 63 R Heat 2 edit Rank Rowers Country Time Notes 1 Cirkel Vellenga Gabriels Vermeulen nbsp Netherlands 6 00 50 SA B 2 Meyer Dallinger Murray Bond nbsp New Zealand 6 00 73 SA B 3 T Pirih Rozman Kolander M Pirih nbsp Slovenia 6 03 78 SA B 4 Gruber Horvath Bruncvik Neffe nbsp Czech Republic 6 10 36 R Heat 3 edit Rank Rowers Country Time Notes 1 Ryan Marburg McKenzie Hegerty nbsp Australia 6 00 40 SA B 2 Hauffe Seifert Kaeufer Adamski nbsp Germany 6 00 95 SA B 3 Folan Casey Devlin O Neill nbsp Ireland 6 02 85 SA B 4 Despres Rondeau Chardin Mortelette nbsp France 6 05 00 R Repechage edit Qualification Rules 1 3 gt SA B Rank Rowers Country Time Notes 1 Gruber Horvath Bruncvik Neffe nbsp Czech Republic 5 58 69 SA B 2 Despres Rondeau Chardin Mortelette nbsp France 6 00 01 SA B 3 Dzemyanenka Lialin Nosau Kazubouski nbsp Belarus 6 00 44 SA B 4 Zhang Zhao Guo Song nbsp China 6 02 37 Semifinals A B edit Qualification Rules 1 3 gt FA 4 gt FB Semifinal A B 1 edit Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 James Williams Reed Triggs Hodge nbsp Great Britain 5 54 77 FA 2 Ryan Marburg McKenzie Hegerty nbsp Australia 5 56 20 FA 3 Despres Rondeau Chardin Mortelette nbsp France 5 56 73 FA 4 Meyer Dallinger Murray Bond nbsp New Zealand 5 57 31 FB 5 Banks Teti Lanzone Newlin nbsp United States 5 57 52 FB 6 Folan Casey Devlin O Neill nbsp Ireland 5 58 14 FB Semifinal A B 2 edit Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 T Pirih Rozman Kolander M Pirih nbsp Slovenia 5 56 08 FA 2 Gruber Horvath Bruncvik Neffe nbsp Czech Republic 5 58 02 FA 3 Hauffe Seifert Kaeufer Adamski nbsp Germany 5 58 72 FA 4 Cirkel Vellenga Gabriels Vermeulen nbsp Netherlands 6 02 46 FB 5 Dzemyanenka Lialin Nosau Kazubouski nbsp Belarus 6 02 79 FB 6 C Mornati Sartori N Mornati Carboncini nbsp Italy 6 05 21 FB Final B edit Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Meyer Dallinger Murray Bond nbsp New Zealand 6 06 30 2 Cirkel Vellenga Gabriels Vermeulen nbsp Netherlands 6 06 37 3 Banks Teti Lanzone Newlin nbsp United States 6 07 17 4 Folan Casey Devlin O Neill nbsp Ireland 6 07 97 5 C Mornati Sartori N Mornati Carboncini nbsp Italy 6 08 77 6 Dzemyanenka Lialin Nosau Kazubouski nbsp Belarus 6 12 54 Final A edit Rank Athlete Country Time Notes nbsp James Williams Reed Triggs Hodge nbsp Great Britain 6 06 57 nbsp Ryan Marburg McKenzie Hegerty nbsp Australia 6 07 85 nbsp Despres Rondeau Chardin Mortelette nbsp France 6 09 31 4 T Pirih Rozman Kolander M Pirih nbsp Slovenia 6 11 62 5 Gruber Horvath Bruncvik Neffe nbsp Czech Republic 6 16 56 6 Urban Schmidt Kaeufer Hauffe nbsp Germany 6 19 63 Australia took out an early lead and had were leading by about one boat length at the 500 m to go mark At that point the favored British crew began to take back ground and took the lead with about 200 m to go eventually winning by half a length France came back from last at one point to grab the bronze References edit Rowing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games Men s Coxless Fours Sports Reference Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 28 September 2018 External links editNYT Olympic Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men 27s coxless four amp oldid 1218664606, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
