| Event: | Women's coxless four |
| Championship: | 2016 World Rowing Championships |
| Dates: | 22–27 August |
| Venue: | Willem-Alexander Baan |
| Location: | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Competitors: | 28 |
| Nations: | 7 |
| Win Value: | 7:16:28 |
| Gold: | Fiona Gammond Donna Etiebet Holly Nixon Holly Norton |
| Gold Nation: | GBR |
| Silver: | Molly Bruggeman Emily Huelskamp Corinne Schoeller Kristine O'Brien |
| Silver Nation: | USA |
| Bronze: | Melanie Hansen Ronja Schütte Charlotte Reinhardt Lea-Kathleen Kühne |
| Bronze Nation: | GER |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2017 |
The women's coxless four competition at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam took place at the Willem-Alexander Baan.[1]
The schedule was as follows:[1]
| Date | Time | Round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 22 August 2016 | 16:10 | Heats | ||||
| Tuesday 23 August 2016 | 10:50 | Repechage | ||||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Saturday 27 August 2016 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 11:55 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final |
Heat winners advanced directly to the final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.[2]
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molly Bruggeman Emily Huelskamp Corinne Schoeller Kristine O'Brien | 6:41.88 | F | ||
| 2 | Alena Furman Marharyta Krechka Tatsiana Piharava Darya Marchanka | 6:45.91 | R | ||
| 3 | Zhang Ting Sun Hongjing Li Yangyang Teng Sunyan | 6:48.38 | R | ||
| 4 | Michelle Truax Sarah Black Kristin Bauder Kerry Maher-Shaffer | 7:03.02 | R |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiona Gammond Donna Etiebet Holly Nixon Holly Norton | 6:40.22 | F | ||
| 2 | Molly Bruggeman Emily Huelskamp Corinne Schoeller Kristine O'Brien | 6:42.03 | R | ||
| 3 | Kyra de Vries Annemarie Bernhard Willeke Vossen Jocelyn Spruit | 7:00.50 | R |
The four fastest boats advanced to the final. The remaining boat took no further part in the competition.[3]
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molly Bruggeman Emily Huelskamp Corinne Schoeller Kristine O'Brien | 6:41.85 | F | ||
| 2 | Alena Furman Marharyta Krechka Tatsiana Piharava Darya Marchanka | 6:44.22 | F | ||
| 3 | Zhang Ting Sun Hongjing Li Yangyang Teng Sunyan | 6:44.42 | F | ||
| 4 | Michelle Truax Sarah Black Kristin Bauder Kerry Maher-Shaffer | 6:45.71 | F | ||
| 5 | Kyra de Vries Annemarie Bernhard Willeke Vossen Jocelyn Spruit | 6:47.99 |
The final determined the rankings.[4]
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiona Gammond Donna Etiebet Holly Nixon Holly Norton | 7:16.28 | |||
| Molly Bruggeman Emily Huelskamp Corinne Schoeller Kristine O'Brien | 7:21.53 | |||
| Molly Bruggeman Emily Huelskamp Corinne Schoeller Kristine O'Brien | 7:26.15 | |||
| 4 | Alena Furman Marharyta Krechka Tatsiana Piharava Darya Marchanka | 7:33.61 | ||
| 5 | Zhang Ting Sun Hongjing Li Yangyang Teng Sunyan | 7:35.01 | ||
| 6 | Michelle Truax Sarah Black Kristin Bauder Kerry Maher-Shaffer | 7:38.59 |