The men's coxless four competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea.
Competition format
The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 15 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 5 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (9 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 6 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat, with the top three boats advancing to the semifinals and the remaining 3 boats (4th, 5th, and 6th placers in the repechage) being eliminated (13th, 14th, and 15th place overall). The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal (6 boats total) advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th.Official Report, vol. 2, pp. 523–25.
All races were over a 2000 metre course.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:05.65 2 6:07.97 3 6:11.15 4 6:19.12 5 6:39.28
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:03.67 2 6:06.75 3 6:13.16 4 6:22.42 5 6:28.34
Heat 3
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:06.52 2 6:08.76 3 6:17.24 4 6:29.61 5 6:46.62
Repechage
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:14.52 2 6:16.88 3 6:17.49 4 6:18.25 5 6:30.85 6 6:50.47
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:00.29 2 6:03.25 3 6:03.85 4 6:06.60 5 6:14.96 6 6:22.35
Semifinal 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:04.17 2 6:06.75 3 6:07.71 4 6:10.36 5 6:16.28 6 6:37.24
Finals
Final B
Rank Rowers Nation Time 7 6:04.74 8 6:08.60 9 6:15.32 10 6:16.41 11 6:16.74 12 6:18.25
Final A
Rank Rowers Nation Time 6:03.11 6:05.53 6:06.22 4 6:06.74 5 6:09.55 6 11:03.77
Final classification
RankRowersCountry Roland SchröderRalf BrudelOlaf FörsterThomas Greiner Raoul RodriguezThomas BohrerRichard KennellyDavid Krmpotich Guido GrabowVolker GrabowNorbert KeßlauJörg Puttlitz 4 Mark BuckinghamStephen PeelSimon BerrisfordPeter Mulkerrins 5 Sergio CaropresoCarlo GaddiPasquale MariglianoValter Molea 6 Ivan VysotskiySergey SmirnovYuriy PimenovNikolay Pimenov 7 Campbell Clayton-GreeneGeoff CotterBill CoventryNeil Gibson 8 Pascal BahuaudDominique LecointeJean-Jacques MartigneOlivier Pons 9 Tjark de VriesJohan LeutscherRalph SchwarzSven Schwarz 10 Folke BrundinPer-Olof ClaessonAnders LarsonDavid Svensson 11 Darby BerkhoutGord HenryJohn OssowskiBruce RobertsonRaymond Collier 12 Khristos KhristomanosGeorgios FotouSpyridon GatosVasilios Lykomitros 13 José Luis AguirreBartolomé AlarcónEnrique BrionesJosé María Segurola 14 Marcos ArantesFernando FantoniOswaldo Kuster NetoWaldemar Trombetta 15 Hong Jae-hoLee Hyung-kiYun Nam-hoYun Yong-ho
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