The men's lightweight coxless four competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.
Competition format 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. As a lightweight rowing event, rowers were limited to a maximum body mass of 72.5 kilograms each and 70 kilograms on average. 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 14 boats in with 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 09:40HeatsWednesday, 20 September 2000 09:40RepechagesFriday, 22 September 2000 09:10SemifinalsSaturday, 23 September 2000 11:30Final BSunday, 24 September 2000 09:10Final
Results
Heats The first three boats of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Laurent Porchier, Jean-Christophe Bette, Yves Hocdé, Xavier Dorfman 6:09.32A/B 2Iain Brambell, Chris Davidson, Gavin Hassett, Jon Beare6:10.37A/B3Roland Händle, Björn Spaeter, Thorsten Schmidt, Marcus Mielke6:16.37A/B4Jorge Morgenstern, Herbert Jans, Christián Yantani, Miguel Cerda6:21.10R5Keisuke Murai, Atsushi Obata, Hiroya Sato, Yasunori Tanabe6:22.31R
Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Simon Burgess, Anthony Edwards, Darren Balmforth, Robert Richards6:11.42A/B2Joris Trooster, Jeroen Spaans, Simon Kolkman, Robert van der Vooren6:14.37A/B3Helfried Jurtschitsch, Bernd Wakolbinger, Martin Kobau, Wolfgang Sigl6:16.94A/B4Dmitry Kartashov, Andrey Shevel, Sergey Bukreyev, Aleksandr Zyuzin6:17.01R5Neville Maxwell, Neal Byrne, Gearoid Towey, Anthony O'Connor6:18.94R
Heat 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Salvatore Amitrano, Franco Sancassani, Catello Amarante, Carlo Gaddi6:14.89A/B2Marc Schneider, Greg Ruckman, Paul Teti, Tom Auth6:16.36A/B3Mark Raeside Rowand, Ross Hawkins, Roger Tobler, Mike Hasselbach6:17.88A/B4Søren Madsen, Thomas Ebert, Eskild Ebbesen, Victor Feddersen6:21.30R
Repechage First three qualify to semifinals.
Repechage 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Søren Madsen, Thomas Ebert, Eskild Ebbesen, Victor Feddersen6:08.63A/B 2Dmitry Kartashov, Andrey Shevel, Sergey Bukreyev, Alexandre Zyuzin6:10.35A/B3Neville Maxwell, Neal Byrne, Gearoid Towey, Anthony O'Connor6:13.00 A/B4Jorge Morgenstern, Herbert Jans, Christián Yantani, Miguel Cerda6:15.495Keisuke Murai, Atsushi Obata, Hiroya Sato, Yasunori Tanabe6:18.56
Semifinals First three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.
Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Simon Burgess, Anthony Edwards, Darren Balmforth, Robert Richards6:00.82A2 Laurent Porchier, Jean-Christophe Bette, Yves Hocdé, Xavier Dorfman 6:00.85A3Marc Schneider, Greg Ruckman, Paul Teti, Tom Auth6:05.13A4Helfried Jurtschitsch, Bernd Wakolbinger, Martin Kobau, Wolfgang Sigl 6:10.11B5Neville Maxwell, Neal Byrne, Gearoid Towey, Anthony O'Connor6:10.30B6Roland Händle, Björn Später, Thorsten Schmidt, Marcus Mielke6:15.75 B
Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Salvatore Amitrano, Franco Sancassani, Catello Amarante, Carlo Gaddi6:00.82A2Søren Madsen, Thomas Ebert, Eskild Ebbesen, Victor Feddersen6:01.67A3Mark Raeside Rowand, Ross Hawkins, Roger Tobler, Mike Hasselbach6:02.09A4Iain Brambell, Chris Davidson, Gavin Hassett, Jon Beare6:02.49B5Joris Trooster, Jeroen Spaans, Simon Kolkman, Robert van der Vooren6:03.25B6Dmitry Kartashov, Andrey Shevel, Sergey Bukreyev, Alexandre Zyuzin6:15.31B
Finals
Final B RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Iain Brambell, Chris Davidson, Gavin Hassett, Jon Beare6:04.312Joris Trooster, Jeroen Spaans, Simon Kolkman, Robert van der Vooren6:05.963Helfried Jurtschitsch, Bernd Wakolbinger, Martin Kobau, Wolfgang Sigl 6:10.11 4Dmitry Kartashov, Andrey Shevel, Sergey Bukreyev, Alexandre Zyuzin6:09.125Neville Maxwell, Neal Byrne, Gearoid Towey, Anthony O'Connor6:09.846Roland Händle, Björn Später, Thorsten Schmidt, Marcus Mielke6:15.31
Final A RankRowerCountryTimeNotesLaurent Porchier, Jean-Christophe Bette, Yves Hocdé, Xavier Dorfman 6:01.68Simon Burgess, Anthony Edwards, Darren Balmforth, Robert Richards6:02.09Søren Madsen, Thomas Ebert, Eskild Ebbesen, Victor Feddersen6:03.514Salvatore Amitrano, Franco Sancassani, Catello Amarante, Carlo Gaddi6:03.775Mark Raeside Rowand, Ross Hawkins, Roger Tobler, Mike Hasselbach6:07.676Marc Schneider, Greg Ruckman, Paul Teti, Tom Auth6:10.09
References
External links Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics