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

Men's lightweight coxless four at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Switzerland leading in heat 1
Venue	Dorney Lake
Date	28 July – 2 August
Competitors	52 from 13 nations
Winning time	6:02.84
Medalists
James Thompson Matthew Brittain John Smith Sizwe Ndlovu  South Africa Peter Chambers Rob Williams Richard Chambers Chris Bartley  Great Britain Kasper Winther Jørgensen Morten Jørgensen Jacob Barsøe Eskild Ebbesen  Denmark

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

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

Heats

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

Heat 1

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

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

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

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

First three qualify to the final.

Semifinal 1

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

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

Final B

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

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
	Thompson, Brittain, Smith, Ndlovu	South Africa	6:02.84
	Chambers, Williams, Chambers, Bartley	Great Britain	6:03.09
	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

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.