2018 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless four

Men's coxless four at the 2018 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates	9–15 September
Competitors	76 from 19 nations
Winning time	5:44.74
Medalists
Joshua Hicks Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Hill   Australia   Matteo Castaldo Bruno Rosetti Matteo Lodo Marco Di Costanzo   Italy   Thomas Ford Jacob Dawson Adam Neill James Johnston   Great Britain

The men's coxless four competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 9 September 2018	16:19	Heats
Tuesday 11 September 2018	11:21	Repechages
Thursday 13 September 2018	12:30	Semifinals A/B
	15:33	Semifinals C/D
Saturday 15 September 2018	10:18	Final B
	12:46	Final A
	15:17	Final C
	16:05	Final D

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Results

Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Bjorn van den Ende Tone Wieten Jasper Tissen Bram Schwarz	Netherlands	5:48.61	SA/B
2	Kyle Schoonbee David Hunt John Smith Sandro Torrente	South Africa	5:51.28	SA/B
3	Steffen Jensen Toger Rasmussen Joachim Sutton Tobias Kempf	Denmark	5:51.93	R
4	Alexander Richards Michael Clougher Nicholas Mead Dariush Aghai	United States	5:55.37	R
5	Nelson Martínez Francisco Lapostol Ignacio Abraham Oscar Vasquez	Chile	6:08.43	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Matteo Castaldo Bruno Rosetti Matteo Lodo Marco Di Costanzo	Italy	5:50.96	SA/B
2	Mihăiță Țigănescu Cosmin Pascari Ștefan Berariu Ciprian Huc	Romania	5:53.35	SA/B
3	Vadzim Lialin Dzmitry Vyberanets Ihar Pashevich Mikalai Sharlap	Belarus	5:55.92	R
4	Florian Walk Maximilian Kohlmayr Rudolph Querfeld Gabriel Hohensasser	Austria	6:01.73	R
5	Paul Jacquot Markus Kessler Augustin Maillefer Benjamin Hirsch	Switzerland	6:01.79	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Joshua Hicks Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Hill	Australia	5:52.65	SA/B
2	Felix Brummel Nico Merget Peter Kluge Felix Drahotta	Germany	5:54.76	SA/B
3	Jakub Grabmüller Matyáš Klang Petr Melichar Matej Tikal	Czech Republic	6:00.53	R
4	Angus McFarlane Matthew MacDonald Thomas Mackintosh Thomas Russel	New Zealand	6:02.49	R
5	Maksim Golubev Semen Yaganov Ivan Balandin Daniil Andrienko	Russia	6:05.61	R

Heat 4

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Thomas Ford Jacob Dawson Adam Neill James Johnston	Great Britain	5:51.41	SA/B
2	Zbigniew Schodowski Mateusz Wilangowski Mikołaj Burda Michał Szpakowski	Poland	5:54.13	SA/B
3	Benoît Demey Edouard Jonville Sean Vedrinelle Benoît Brunet	France	5:56.64	R
4	Maksym Boklazhenko Dmytro Hula Vladyslav Bogoiavlenskyi Oleksii Tymoshenko	Ukraine	6:07.85	R

Repechages

The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Vadzim Lialin Dzmitry Vyberanets Ihar Pashevich Mikalai Sharlap	Belarus	5:50.90	SA/B
2	Maksym Boklazhenko Dmytro Hula Vladyslav Bogoiavlenskyi Oleksii Tymoshenko	Ukraine	5:51.56	SA/B
3	Angus McFarlane Matthew MacDonald Thomas Mackintosh Thomas Russel	New Zealand	5:53.09	SC/D
4	Steffen Jensen Toger Rasmussen Joachim Sutton Tobias Kempf	Denmark	5:54.28	SC/D
5	Maksim Golubev Semen Yaganov Ivan Balandin Daniil Andrienko	Russia	5:56.51	SC/D
6	Nelson Martínez Francisco Lapostol Ignacio Abraham Oscar Vasquez	Chile	5:58.68	SC/D

Repechage 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jakub Grabmüller Matyáš Klang Petr Melichar Matej Tikal	Czech Republic	5:52.87	SA/B
2	Paul Jacquot Markus Kessler Augustin Maillefer Benjamin Hirsch	Switzerland	5:53.47	SA/B
3	Alexander Richards Michael Clougher Nicholas Mead Dariush Aghai	United States	5:56.07	SC/D
4	Benoit Demey Edouard Jonville Sean Vedrinelle Benoît Brunet	France	5:56.23	SC/D
5	Florian Walk Maximilian Kohlmayr Rudolph Querfeld Gabriel Hohensasser	Austria	6:06.55	SC/D

Semifinals C/D

All but the slowest boat in each semi were sent to the C final. The slowest boats were sent to the D final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Florian Walk Maximilian Kohlmayr Rudolph Querfeld Gabriel Hohensasser	Austria	6:05.67	FC
2	Benoit Demey Edouard Jonville Sean Vedrinelle Benoît Brunet	France	6:07.85	FC
3	Angus McFarlane Matthew MacDonald Thomas Mackintosh Thomas Russel	New Zealand	6:07.91	FC
4	Nelson Martínez Francisco Lapostol Ignacio Abraham Oscar Vasquez	Chile	6:12.47	FD

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Alexander Richards Michael Clougher Nicholas Mead Dariush Aghai	United States	6:02.40	FC
2	Maksim Golubev Semen Yaganov Ivan Balandin Daniil Andrienko	Russia	6:05.05	FC
3	Steffen Jensen Toger Rasmussen Joachim Sutton Tobias Kempf	Denmark	6:08.78	FD

Semifinals A/B

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Joshua Hicks Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Hill	Australia	5:57.99	FA
2	Bjorn van den Ende Tone Wieten Jasper Tissen Bram Schwarz	Netherlands	5:58.84	FA
3	Mihăiță Țigănescu Cosmin Pascari Ștefan Berariu Ciprian Huc	Romania	6:00.08	FA
4	Zbigniew Schodowski Mateusz Wilangowski Mikołaj Burda Michał Szpakowski	Poland	6:04.00	FB
5	Vadzim Lialin Dzmitry Vyberanets Ihar Pashevich Mikalai Sharlap	Belarus	6:15.85	FB
6	Paul Jacquot Markus Kessler Augustin Maillefer Benjamin Hirsch	Switzerland	6:17.04	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Matteo Castaldo Bruno Rosetti Matteo Lodo Marco Di Costanzo	Italy	6:01.74	FA
2	Thomas Ford Jacob Dawson Adam Neill James Johnston	Great Britain	6:03.40	FA
3	Felix Brummel Nico Merget Peter Kluge Felix Drahotta	Germany	6:04.44	FA
4	Kyle Schoonbee David Hunt John Smith Sandro Torrente	South Africa	6:08.00	FB
5	Jakub Grabmüller Matyáš Klang Petr Melichar Matej Tikal	Czech Republic	6:11.39	FB
6	Maksym Boklazhenko Dmytro Hula Vladyslav Bogoiavlenskyi Oleksii Tymoshenko	Ukraine	6:24.18	FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.

Final D

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Toger Rasmussen Steffen Jensen Tobias Kempf Joachim Sutton	Denmark	6:02.66
2	Nelson Martínez Francisco Lapostol Ignacio Abraham Oscar Vasquez	Chile	6:03.52

Final C

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Alexander Richards Michael Clougher Nicholas Mead Dariush Aghai	United States	5:48.74
2	Benoit Demey Edouard Jonville Sean Vedrinelle Benoît Brunet	France	5:51.26
3	Angus McFarlane Matthew MacDonald Thomas Mackintosh Thomas Russel	New Zealand	5:53.19
4	Florian Walk Maximilian Kohlmayr Rudolph Querfeld Gabriel Hohensasser	Austria	5:54.80
5	Maksim Golubev Semen Yaganov Ivan Balandin Daniil Andrienko	Russia	5:58.36

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Zbigniew Schodowski Mateusz Wilangowski Mikołaj Burda Michał Szpakowski	Poland	5:50.87
2	Vadzim Lialin Dzmitry Vyberanets Ihar Pashevich Mikalai Sharlap	Belarus	5:52.24
3	Jakub Grabmüller Matyáš Klang Petr Melichar Matej Tikal	Czech Republic	5:52.78
4	Kyle Schoonbee David Hunt John Smith Sandro Torrente	South Africa	5:52.84
5	Paul Jacquot Markus Kessler Augustin Maillefer Benjamin Hirsch	Switzerland	6:00.13
6	Maksym Boklazhenko Dmytro Hula Vladyslav Bogoiavlenskyi Oleksii Tymoshenko	Ukraine	6:04.81

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Joshua Hicks Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Hill	Australia	5:44.74
	Matteo Castaldo Bruno Rosetti Matteo Lodo Marco Di Costanzo	Italy	5:44.99
	Thomas Ford Jacob Dawson Adam Neill James Johnston	Great Britain	5:46.46
4	Bjorn van den Ende Tone Wieten Jasper Tissen Bram Schwarz	Netherlands	5:47.78
5	Mihăiță Țigănescu Cosmin Pascari Ștefan Berariu Ciprian Huc	Romania	5:50.71
6	Felix Brummel Nico Merget Peter Kluge Felix Drahotta	Germany	5:55.32