Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls

The men's quadruple sculls 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]

Men's quadruple sculls at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Germany rowing to gold in the final
Venue	Eton Dorney
Date	28 July – 3 August
Competitors	52 from 13 nations
Winning time	5:42.48
Medalists
Karl Schulze Philipp Wende Lauritz Schoof Tim Grohmann  Germany David Šain Martin Sinković Damir Martin Valent Sinković  Croatia Chris Morgan Karsten Forsterling James McRae Daniel Noonan  Australia

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 28 July 2012	11:30	Heats
Monday, 30 July 2012	10:00	Repechage
Wednesday, 1 August 2012	10:40	Semifinals
Friday, 3 August 2012	10:10	Final B
Friday, 3 August 2012	11:30	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	Ryabtsev, Svirin, Morgachyov, Fedorovtsev	Russia	5:42.26	Q
2	Jämsä, Raja, Endrekson, Taimsoo	Estonia	5:42.87	Q
3	Chabanet, Androdias, Peltier, Hardy	France	5:44.25	Q
4	Piermarini, Osborne, Graves, Hovey	United States	5:50.25	R
5	Stefanini, Fossi, Frattini, Raineri	Italy	6:08.99	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Šain, Sinković, Martin, Sinković	Croatia	5:39.08	Q
2	Wasielewski, Kolbowicz, Jeliński, Korol	Poland	5:40.56	Q
3	Morgan, Forsterling, McRae, Noonan	Australia	5:41.56	Q
4	Trott, Arms, Manson, Storey	New Zealand	5:41.62	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Schulze, Wende, Schoof, Grohmann	Germany	5:39.69	Q
2	Rowbotham, Cousins, Solesbury, Wells	Great Britain	5:41.75	Q
3	Pavlovskiy, Zaitsev, Gryn, Dovgodko	Ukraine	5:43.46	Q
4	Stofer, Stahlberg, Vonarburg, Maillefer	Switzerland	5:45.13	R

Repechage

First three qualify to the semifinals.

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Trott, Arms, Manson, Storey	New Zealand	5:43.82	Q
2	Stefanini, Fossi, Frattini, Raineri	Italy	5:44.57	Q
3	Stofer, Stahlberg, Vonarburg, Maillefer	Switzerland	5:44.90	Q
4	Piermarini, Osborne, Graves, Hovey	United States	5:45.62

Semifinals

First three qualify to Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Croatia (lane 4), Great Britain (5) and New Zealand (6) in the first semifinal

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Šain, Sinković, Martin, Sinković	Croatia	6:03.39	Q
2	Morgan, Forsterling, McRae, Noonan	Australia	6:05.45	Q
3	Rowbotham, Cousins, Solesbury, Wells	Great Britain	6:05.71	Q
4	Trott, Arms, Manson, Storey	New Zealand	6:10.95
5	Ryabtsev, Svirin, Morgachyov, Fedorovtsev	Russia	6:13.61
6	Stofer, Stahlberg, Vonarburg, Maillefer	Switzerland	6:19.64

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Schulze, Wende, Schoof, Grohmann	Germany	6:05.85	Q
2	Jämsä, Raja, Endrekson, Taimsoo	Estonia	6:07.85	Q
3	Wasielewski, Kolbowicz, Jeliński, Korol	Poland	6:10.75	Q
4	Chabanet, Androdias, Peltier, Hardy	France	6:12.81
5	Pavlovskiy, Zaitsev, Gryn, Dovgodko	Ukraine	6:16.23
6	Stefanini, Fossi, Frattini, Raineri	Italy	6:18.96

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Trott, Arms, Manson, Storey	New Zealand	5:58.88
2	Ryabtsev, Svirin, Morgachyov, Fedorovtsev	Russia	5:59.17
3	Pavlovskiy, Zaitsev, Gryn, Dovhodko	Ukraine	6:01.23
4	Chabanet, Androdias, Peltier, Hardy	France	6:02.12
5	Stefanini, Fossi, Frattini, Raineri	Italy	6:02.57
6	Stofer, Stahlberg, Vonarburg, Maillefer	Switzerland	6:04.37

Final A

The final

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
	Schulze, Wende, Schoof, Grohmann	Germany	5:42.48
	Šain, Sinković, Martin, Sinković	Croatia	5:44.78
	Morgan, Forsterling, McRae, Noonan	Australia	5:45.22
4	Jämsä, Raja, Endrekson, Taimsoo	Estonia	5:46.96
5	Rowbotham, Cousins, Solesbury, Wells	Great Britain	5:49.19
6	Wasielewski, Kolbowicz, Jeliński, Korol	Poland	5:51.74

References

1. "Quadruple sculls without coxsw men". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
2. "Rowing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Quadruple Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2018.