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Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls

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Men's quadruple sculls
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Date28 July – 2 August
Competitors60 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Andreas Hajek
Michael Steinbach
Stephan Volkert
André Willms
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kjetil Undset
Per Sætersdal
Lars Bjønness
Rolf Thorsen
 Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alessandro Corona
Gianluca Farina
Rossano Galtarossa
Filippo Soffici
 Italy
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The men's quadruple sculls competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.[1]

Competition format

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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 (4th and 5th place in each heat) were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top three boats in the repechage advanced to the semifinals. The remaining three boats (4th, 5th, and 6th place in the repechage) were placed in the "C" final to compete for 13th through 15th 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.[2]

All races were over a 2000 metre course.

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Germany 5:45.65 Q
2  Italy 5:46.47 Q
3  Unified Team 5:52.69 Q
4  Sweden 5:56.00 R
5  Great Britain 5:57.18 R

Heat 2

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  France 5:47.80 Q
2  Netherlands 5:49.39 Q
3  Belgium 5:53.47 Q
4  Poland 5:54.13 R
5  Austria 6:01.12 R

Heat 3

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Norway 5:46.83 Q
2  Switzerland 5:47.16 Q
3  Australia 5:49.15 Q
4  United States 5:49.28 R
5  Spain 5:55.59 R

Repechage

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  United States 5:56.98 Q
2  Spain 5:57.41 Q
3  Poland 5:59.03 Q
4  Sweden 5:59.47 QC
5  Great Britain 6:00.52 QC
6  Austria 6:02.96 QC

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Germany 5:46.65 QA
2  Switzerland 5:48.12 QA
3  France 5:48.72 QA
4  Unified Team 5:49.58 QB
5  Poland 6:05.31 QB
6  Belgium 6:05.87 QB

Semifinal 2

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Rank Rowers Nation Time Notes
1  Italy 5:48.72 QA
2  Norway 5:49.53 QA
3  Netherlands 5:50.12 QA
4  United States 5:52.48 QB
5  Australia 5:55.62 QB
6  Spain 5:58.77 QB

Finals

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Final C

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Rank Rowers Nation Time
13  Great Britain 6:08.92
14  Austria 6:13.75
15  Sweden 6:20.86

Final B

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Rank Rowers Nation Time
7  Unified Team 5:54.48
8  United States 5:55.06
9  Australia 5:56.44
10  Spain 5:58.33
11  Poland 6:01.18
12  Belgium 6:01.38

Final A

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Rank Rowers Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Germany 5:45.17
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Norway 5:47.09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy 5:47.33
4  Switzerland 5:47.39
5  Netherlands 5:48.92
6  France 5:54.80

Final classification

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The following rowers took part:[1]

Rank Rowers Country
1st place, gold medalist(s) Andreas Hajek
Michael Steinbach
Stephan Volkert
André Willms
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kjetil Undset
Per Sætersdal
Lars Bjønness
Rolf Thorsen
 Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alessandro Corona
Gianluca Farina
Rossano Galtarossa
Filippo Soffici
 Italy
Ueli Bodenmann
Alexander Rückstuhl
Beat Schwerzmann
Marc-Sven Nater
 Switzerland
Hans Keldermann
Ronald Florijn
Koos Maasdijk
Rutger Arisz
 Netherlands
Fiorenzo Di Giovanni
Fabrice LeClerc
Yves Lamarque
Samuel Barathay
 France
Valeriy Dosenko
Sergey Kinyakin
Mykola Chupryna
Girts Vilks
 Unified Team
Keir Pearson
John Riley
Bob Kaehler
Chip McKibben
 United States
Richard Powell
Hamish McGlashan
Robin Bakker
Jason Day
 Australia
José Antonio Rodríguez
Melquiades Verduras
Bruno López
José Manuel Bermúdez
 Spain
Marek Gawkowski
Piotr Bujnarowski
Cezary Jędrzycki
Jarosław Janowski
 Poland
Dirk Crois
Alain Lewuillon
Tom Symoens
Wim Van Belleghem
 Belgium
Mike Harris
Roger Brown
Guy Pooley
Peter Haining
 Great Britain
Günther Schuster
Walter Kaiser
Gert Port
Horst Nußbaumer
 Austria
Fredrik Hultén
Tommy Österlund
David Svensson
Per-Olof Claesson
 Sweden

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rowing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Quadruple Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 5, pp. 326–27.