The men's coxless four competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.

Competition format

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 14 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (9 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 5 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top three boats in the repechage advanced to the semifinals. The remaining two boats (4th and 5th place in the repechage) were placed in the "C" final to compete for 13th and 14th places.

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. 5, pp. 327–28.

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:00.93 2 6:03.10 3 6:04.91 4 6:15.23 5 6:24.63

Heat 2

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 5:59.18 2 6:01.19 3 6:09.07 4 6:23.73 5 6:27.97

Heat 3

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:01.51 2 6:02.26 3 6:02.84 4 6:03.91

Repechage

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 6:12.68 2 6:12.71 3 6:13.37 4 6:16.13 5 6:30.63

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 5:58.87 2 5:59.52 3 6:00.55 4 6:04.59 5 6:05.29 6 6:09.20

Semifinal 2

Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes 1 5:58.26 2 5:59.38 3 6:01.19 4 6:02.87 5 6:09.72 6 6:12.57

Finals

Final C

Rank Rowers Nation Time 13 6:34.85 14 6:38.76

Final B

Rank Rowers Nation Time 7 6:05.00 8 6:06.21 9 6:06.66 10 6:10.62 11 6:13.01 12 6:17.69

Final A

Rank Rowers Nation Time 5:55.04 5:56.68 5:58.24 4 5:58.39 5 5:59.14 6 6:02.13

Final classification

The following rowers took part: RankRowersCountry Andrew CooperNick GreenMike McKayJames Tomkins Jeffrey McLaughlinWilliam BurdenThomas BohrerPatrick Manning Milan JanšaSadik MujkičSašo MirjaničJanez Klemenčič Armin WeyrauchMatthias UngemachDirk BalsterMarkus Vogt Bart PetersNiels van der ZwanJaap KrijtenburgSven Schwarz Scott BrownleeChris WhitePat PeoplesCampbell Clayton-Greene Salih HassanJohn GarrettGavin StewartRichard Stanhope Luca SartoriRocco PecoraroRoby La MuraRiccardo Dei Rossi Fernando ClimentJosé María de MarcoJuan AguirreFernando Molina Viktor PitirimovRoman MonchenkoVladimir SokolovVadim Yunash Don TelferBrian SaundersonCedric BurgersGreg Stevenson Jean-Pierre Le LainPatrick Vibert-VichetBruno DumayDominique Lecointe Vasile HanuseacNicolae SpîrcuFlorin EneIoan Snep Vjatšeslav DivoninToomas VilpartTarmo VirkusMarek Avamere

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