Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four

The men's coxed four rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held from 20 to 27 July.[1]

Men's coxed fours at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Krylatskoye Rowing Canal
Date	20–27 July
Competitors	60 from 12 nations
Medalists
Dieter Wendisch Walter Dießner Ullrich Dießner Gottfried Döhn Andreas Gregor  East Germany Artūrs Garonskis Dimants Krišjānis Dzintars Krišjānis Žoržs Tikmers Juris Bērziņš  Soviet Union Grzegorz Stellak Adam Tomasiak Grzegorz Nowak Ryszard Stadniuk Ryszard Kubiak  Poland

Heats

Winner of each heat advanced to final. The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the final.

Heat One

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Dieter Wendisch, Walter Dießner, Ullrich Dießner, Gottfried Döhn, Andreas Gregor	East Germany (GDR)	6:44.49
2	Grzegorz Stellak, Adam Tomasiak, Grzegorz Nowak, Ryszard Stadniuk, Ryszard Kubiak	Poland (POL)	6:47.61
3	Artūrs Garonskis, Dimants Krišjānis, Dzintars Krišjānis, Žoržs Tikmers, Juris Bērziņš	Soviet Union (URS)	6:50.29
4	Khristo Aleksandrov, Vilkhelm Germanov, Georgi Petkov, Stoyan Stoyanov, Nenko Dobrev	Bulgaria (BUL)	6:53.37
5	Laildo Machado, Wandir Kuntze, Walter Soares, Henrique Johann, Manuel Mandel	Brazil (BRA)	6:59.98
6	Pavel Konvička, Martin Hladík, Jan Kabrhel, Milan Suchopár, Antonín Barák	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	7:06.38

Heat Two

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	José Manuel Bermúdez, Isidro Martín, Salvador Verges, Luis Lasúrtegui, Javier Sabriá	Spain (ESP)	6:43.35
2	Lenny Robertson, Gordon Rankine, Colin Seymour, John Roberts, Alan Inns	Great Britain (GBR)	6:52.57
3	Daniel Homberger, Peter Rahn, Roland Stocker, Peter Stocker, Karl Graf	Switzerland (SUI)	6:53.66
4	Iain Kennedy, Pat McDonagh, Ted Ryan, Davey Gray, Noel Graham	Ireland (IRL)	7:00.28
5	Milan Ćulibrk, Vladimir Krstić, Božidar Ðorđević, Dušan Kovačević, Saša Mimić	Yugoslavia (YUG)	7:00.58
6	Francisco Mora, Juan Bueno, Juan Alfonso, Antonio Riaño, Enrique Carrillo	Cuba (CUB)	7:11.11

Repechage

The top two teams in each repechage heat qualified for the final.[2]

Heat One

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Grzegorz Stellak, Adam Tomasiak, Grzegorz Nowak, Ryszard Stadniuk, Ryszard Kubiak	Poland (POL)	6:32.28
2	Daniel Homberger, Peter Rahn, Roland Stocker, Peter Stocker, Karl Graf	Switzerland (SUI)	6:35.29
3	Laildo Machado, Wandir Kuntze, Walter Soares, Henrique Johann, Manuel Mandel	Brazil (BRA)	6:37.07
4	Pavel Konvička, Martin Hladík, Jan Kabrhel, Milan Suchopár, Antonín Barák	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	6:43.81
5	Iain Kennedy, Pat McDonagh, Ted Ryan, Davey Gray, Noel Graham	Ireland (IRL)	6:56.78

Heat Two

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Artūrs Garonskis, Dimants Krišjānis, Dzintars Krišjānis, Žoržs Tikmers, Juris Bērziņš	Soviet Union (URS)	6:28.14
2	Khristo Aleksandrov, Vilkhelm Germanov, Georgi Petkov, Stoyan Stoyanov, Nenko Dobrev	Bulgaria (BUL)	6:31.46
3	Lenny Robertson, Gordon Rankine, Colin Seymour, John Roberts, Alan Inns	Great Britain (GBR)	6:33.25
4	Milan Ćulibrk, Vladimir Krstić, Božidar Ðorđević, Dušan Kovačević, Saša Mimić	Yugoslavia (YUG)	6:43.94
5	Francisco Mora, Juan Bueno, Juan Alfonso, Antonio Riaño, Enrique Carrillo	Cuba (CUB)	6:54.32

Finals

Finals A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Dieter Wendisch, Walter Dießner, Ullrich Dießner, Gottfried Döhn, Andreas Gregor	East Germany (GDR)	6:14.51
	Artūrs Garonskis, Dimants Krišjānis, Dzintars Krišjānis, Žoržs Tikmers, Juris Bērziņš	Soviet Union (URS)	6:19.05
	Grzegorz Stellak, Adam Tomasiak, Grzegorz Nowak, Ryszard Stadniuk, Ryszard Kubiak	Poland (POL)	6:22.52
4	José Manuel Bermúdez, Isidro Martín, Salvador Verges, Luis Lasúrtegui, Javier Sabriá	Spain (ESP)	6:26.23
5	Khristo Aleksandrov, Vilkhelm Germanov, Georgi Petkov, Stoyan Stoyanov, Nenko Dobrev	Bulgaria (BUL)	6:28.13
6	Daniel Homberger, Peter Rahn, Roland Stocker, Peter Stocker, Karl Graf	Switzerland (SUI)	6:30.26

Finals B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
7	Lenny Robertson, Gordon Rankine, Colin Seymour, John Roberts, Alan Inns	Great Britain (GBR)	6:27.11
8	Laildo Machado, Wandir Kuntze, Walter Soares, Henrique Johann, Manuel Mandel	Brazil (BRA)	6:33.29
9	Pavel Konvička, Martin Hladík, Jan Kabrhel, Milan Suchopár, Antonín Barák	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	6:35.27
10	Milan Ćulibrk, Vladimir Krstić, Božidar Ðorđević, Dušan Kovačević, Saša Mimić	Yugoslavia (YUG)	6:37.15
11	Iain Kennedy, Pat McDonagh, Ted Ryan, Davey Gray, Noel Graham	Ireland (IRL)	6:44.76
12	Francisco Mora, Juan Bueno, Juan Alfonso, Antonio Riaño, Enrique Carrillo	Cuba (CUB)	6:53.37

References

1. "Rowing at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
2. Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours Round One Repêchage. Sports Reference. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

Sources

• Fizkultura i Sport, ed. (1981). The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three (PDF). p. 111.