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Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight coxless four

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Men's lightweight coxless four
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Switzerland leading in heat 1
VenueDorney Lake
Date28 July – 2 August
Competitors52 from 13 nations
Winning time6:02.84
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) James Thompson
Matthew Brittain
John Smith
Sizwe Ndlovu
 South Africa
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peter Chambers
Rob Williams
Richard Chambers
Chris Bartley
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kasper Winther Jørgensen
Morten Jørgensen
Jacob Barsøe
Eskild Ebbesen
 Denmark
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The men's lightweight coxless four competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.[1][2]

Schedule

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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 28 July 2012 11:00 Heats
Sunday, 29 July 2012 09:40 Repechage
Tuesday, 31 July 2012 12:40 Semifinals
Thursday 2 August 2012 10:00 Final B
Thursday, 2 August 2012 12:10 Final

Results

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Heats

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First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Schürch, Tramèr, Niepmann, Gyr  Switzerland 5:53.56 Q
2 Thompson, Brittain, Smith, Ndlovu  South Africa 5:54.62 Q
3 Winther, Jørgensen, Barsøe, Ebbesen  Denmark 5:55.64 Q
4 Danesin, Caianiello, Miani, Goretti  Italy 5:56.71 R
5 Fahden, Newell, la Cava, Prendes  United States 6:02.42 R

Heat 2

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Chambers, Williams, Chambers, Bartley  Great Britain 5:49.29 Q
2 Edwards, Beltz, Cureton, Skipworth  Australia 5:51.18 Q
3 Seibt, Wichert, Kühner, Kühner  Germany 5:52.05 Q
4 Vetešník, Vetešník, Kopač, Vraštil  Czech Republic 5:52.69 R

Heat 3

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Moutton, Solforosi, Baroukh, Moreau  France 5:50.79 Q
2 Lievens, Heijbrock, Muda, Muda  Netherlands 5:52.47 Q
3 Yu, Huang, Zhang, Wang  China 5:52.58 Q
4 Pawłowski, Siemion, Bernatajtys, Rańda  Poland 5:53.52 R

Repechage

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First three qualify to the semifinals.

Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Fahden, Newell, la Cava, Prendes  United States 6:00.86 Q
2 Danesin, Caianiello, Miani, Goretti  Italy 6:01.66 Q
3 Vetešník, Vetešník, Kopač, Vraštil  Czech Republic 6:02.23 Q
4 Pawłowski, Siemion, Bernatajtys, Rańda  Poland 6:04.46

Semifinals

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First three qualify to the final.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Chambers, Williams, Chambers, Bartley  Great Britain 5:59.68 Q
2 Schürch, Tramèr, Niepmann, Gyr  Switzerland 6:00.97 Q
3 Lievens, Heijbrock, Muda, Muda  Netherlands 6:01.37 Q
4 Seibt, Wichert, Kühner, Kühner  Germany 6:02.10
5 Fahden, Newell, la Cava, Prendes  United States 6:05.06
6 Vetešník, Vetešník, Kopač, Vraštil  Czech Republic 6:06.85

Semifinal 2

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Rank Rower Country Time Notes
1 Winther, Jørgensen, Barsøe, Ebbesen  Denmark 6:03.53 Q
2 Thompson, Brittain, Smith, Ndlovu  South Africa 6:04.21 Q
3 Edwards, Beltz, Cureton, Skipworth  Australia 6:05.31 Q
4 Moutton, Solforosi, Baroukh, Moreau  France 6:06.90
5 Danesin, Caianiello, Miani, Goretti  Italy 6:08.44
6 Yu, Huang, Zhang, Wang  China 6:08.47

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1 Moutton, Solforosi, Baroukh, Moreau  France 6:08.37
2 Fahden, Newell, la Cava, Prendes  United States 6:09.23
3 Seibt, Wichert, Kühner, Kühner  Germany 6:10.07
4 Yu, Huang, Zhang, Wang  China 6:11.33
5 Vetešník, Vetešník, Kopač, Vraštil  Czech Republic 6:11.49
6 Danesin, Caianiello, Miani, Goretti  Italy 6:14.63

Final A

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Rank Rowers Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Thompson, Brittain, Smith, Ndlovu  South Africa 6:02.84
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chambers, Williams, Chambers, Bartley  Great Britain 6:03.09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Winther, Jørgensen, Barsøe, Ebbesen  Denmark 6:03.16
4 Edwards, Beltz, Cureton, Skipworth  Australia 6:04.05
5 Schürch, Tramèr, Niepmann, Gyr  Switzerland 6:09.30
6 Lievens, Heijbrock, Muda, Muda  Netherlands 6:11.39

References

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  1. ^ "Rowing". London 2012 website. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Rowing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2018.