The men's quadruple sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.
Competition format This rowing event is a quadruple scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by four rowers. The "scull" portion means that each rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. The competition consisted 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.
With 13 boats in heats, the best boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. Unsuccessful boats from the repechage are eliminated from the competition. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6 (including the medals). Unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B go forward to final B, which determines places 7–12.
Schedule All times are Australian Time (UTC+10) Date Time RoundMonday, 18 September 2000 10:30HeatsWednesday, 20 September 2000 10:10RepechagesFriday, 22 September 2000 09:30SemifinalsSaturday, 23 September 2000 11:50Final BSunday, 24 September 2000 09:50Final
Results
Heats The winner of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Marco Geisler, Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert, André Willms5:51.60Q2Jochem Verberne, Dirk Lippits, Diederik Simon, Michiel Bartman5:54.57Q3Karol Łazar, Sławomir Kruszkowski, Adam Bronikowski, Michał Wojciechowski5:58.09 Q4Leonides Samé, Eusebio Acea, Yoennis Hernández, Yosbel Martínez6:00.67R5Liu Jian, Liang Hongming, Hua Lingjun, Li Yang6:16.48R
Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Peter Hardcastle, Jason Day, Stuart Reside, Duncan Free5:52.09Q2Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleh Lykov, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Leonid Shaposhnykov5:53.03Q3Yvan Deslavière, Guillaume Jeannet, Sébastien Vieilledent, Samuel Barathay5:54.85Q4Raphael Hartl, Horst Nußbaumer, Arnold Jonke, Norbert Lambing5:59.41R
Heat 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Agostino Abbagnale, Alessio Sartori, Rossano Galtarossa, Simone Raineri5:45.67Q2Simon Stürm, Christian Stofer, Michael Erdlen, André Vonarburg5:49.11Q3Sean Hall, Ian McGowan, Nick Peterson, Jake Wetzel5:50.29Q4Stijn Smulders, Arnaud Duchesne, luc Goiris, Björn Hendrickx5:56.79R
Repechage First three qualify to semifinals.
Repechage 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Leonides Samé, Eusebio Acea, Yoennis Hernández, Yosbel Martínez6:04.45Q2Raphael Hartl, Horst Nußbaumer, Arnold Jonke, Norbert Lambing6:05.65Q3Stijn Smulders, Arnaud Duchesne, luc Goiris, Björn Hendrickx6:10.11 Q4Liu Jian, Liang Hongming, Hua Lingjun, Li Yang6:16.80
Semifinals First three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.
Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Marco Geisler, Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert, André Willms5:48.92A2Peter Hardcastle, Jason Day, Stuart Reside, Duncan Free5:50.26A3Simon Stürm, Christian Stofer, Michael Erdlen, André Vonarburg5:53.07 A4Yvan Deslavière, Guillaume Jeannet, Sébastien Vieilledent, Samuel Barathay5:54.68B5Stijn Smulders, Arnaud Duchesne, luc Goiris, Björn Hendrickx5:56.36B6Karol Łazar, Sławomir Kruszkowski, Adam Bronikowski, Michał Wojciechowski6:02.11B
Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Agostino Abbagnale, Alessio Sartori, Rossano Galtarossa, Simone Raineri5:44.08A2Jochem Verberne, Dirk Lippits, Diederik Simon, Michiel Bartman5:47.80A3Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleh Lykov, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Leonid Shaposhnykov5:48.15A4Sean Hall, Ian McGowan, Nick Peterson, Jake Wetzel5:49.89B5Raphael Hartl, Horst Nußbaumer, Arnold Jonke, Norbert Lambing6:00.27B6Leonides Samé, Eusebio Acea, Yoennis Hernández, Yosbel Martínez6:01.39B
Finals
Final B RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Sean Hall, Ian McGowan, Nick Peterson, Jake Wetzel5:49.76 2Karol Łazar, Sławomir Kruszkowski, Adam Bronikowski, Michał Wojciechowski5:51.793Stijn Smulders, Arnaud Duchesne, luc Goiris, Björn Hendrickx5:54.17 4Yvan Deslavière, Guillaume Jeannet, Sébastien Vieilledent, Samuel Barathay5:55.415Raphael Hartl, Horst Nußbaumer, Arnold Jonke, Norbert Lambing5:57.586Leonides Samé, Eusebio Acea, Yoennis Hernández, Yosbel Martínez6:00.63
Final A RankRowerCountryTimeNotesAgostino Abbagnale, Alessio Sartori, Rossano Galtarossa, Simone Raineri5:45.56Jochem Verberne, Dirk Lippits, Diederik Simon, Michiel Bartman5:47.91 Marco Geisler, Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert, André Willms5:48.644Peter Hardcastle, Jason Day, Stuart Reside, Duncan Free5:50.325Simon Stürm, Christian Stofer, Michael Erdlen, André Vonarburg5:54.886Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleh Lykov, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Leonid Shaposhnykov5:55.12
References
External links Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics Rowing Results