| Event: | Men's coxless four |
| Championship: | 2018 World Rowing Championships |
| Dates: | 9–15 September |
| Venue: | Plovdiv Regatta Venue |
| Location: | Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| Competitors: | 76 |
| Nations: | 19 |
| Win Value: | 5:44.74 |
| Gold: | Joshua Hicks Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Hill |
| Gold Nation: | AUS |
| Silver: | Matteo Castaldo Bruno Rosetti Matteo Lodo Marco Di Costanzo |
| Silver Nation: | ITA |
| Bronze: | Thomas Ford Jacob Dawson Adam Neill James Johnston |
| Bronze Nation: | GBR |
| Prev: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The men's coxless four competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.[1]
The schedule was as follows:[1]
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday 9 September 2018 | 16:19 | Heats | |
| Tuesday 11 September 2018 | 11:21 | Repechages | |
| Thursday 13 September 2018 | 12:30 | Semifinals A/B | |
| 15:33 | Semifinals C/D | ||
| Saturday 15 September 2018 | 10:18 | Final B | |
| style=background:lemonchiffon | 12:46 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final A |
| 15:17 | Final C | ||
| 16:05 | Final D |
The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.[2]
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bjorn van den Ende Tone Wieten Jasper Tissen Bram Schwarz | 5:48.61 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Kyle Schoonbee David Hunt John Smith Sandro Torrente | 5:51.28 | SA/B | ||
| 3 | Steffen Jensen Toger Rasmussen Joachim Sutton Tobias Kempf | 5:51.93 | R | ||
| 4 | Alexander Richards Michael Clougher Nicholas Mead Dariush Aghai | 5:55.37 | R | ||
| 5 | Nelson Martínez Francisco Lapostol Ignacio Abraham Oscar Vasquez | 6:08.43 | R |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matteo Castaldo Bruno Rosetti Matteo Lodo Marco Di Costanzo | 5:50.96 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Mihăiță Țigănescu Cosmin Pascari Ștefan Berariu Ciprian Huc | 5:53.35 | SA/B | ||
| 3 | Vadzim Lialin Dzmitry Vyberanets Ihar Pashevich Mikalai Sharlap | 5:55.92 | R | ||
| 4 | Florian Walk Maximilian Kohlmayr Rudolph Querfeld Gabriel Hohensasser | 6:01.73 | R | ||
| 5 | Paul Jacquot Markus Kessler Augustin Maillefer Benjamin Hirsch | 6:01.79 | R |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Hicks Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Hill | 5:52.65 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Felix Brummel Nico Merget Peter Kluge Felix Drahotta | 5:54.76 | SA/B | ||
| 3 | Jakub Grabmüller Matyáš Klang Petr Melichar Matej Tikal | 6:00.53 | R | ||
| 4 | Angus McFarlane Matthew MacDonald Thomas Mackintosh Thomas Russel | 6:02.49 | R | ||
| 5 | Maksim Golubev Semen Yaganov Ivan Balandin Daniil Andrienko | 6:05.61 | R |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Ford Jacob Dawson Adam Neill James Johnston | 5:51.41 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Zbigniew Schodowski Mateusz Wilangowski Mikołaj Burda Michał Szpakowski | 5:54.13 | SA/B | ||
| 3 | Benoît Demey Edouard Jonville Sean Vedrinelle Benoît Brunet | 5:56.64 | R | ||
| 4 | Maksym Boklazhenko Dmytro Hula Vladyslav Bogoiavlenskyi Oleksii Tymoshenko | 6:07.85 | R |
The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.[3]
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vadzim Lialin Dzmitry Vyberanets Ihar Pashevich Mikalai Sharlap | 5:50.90 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Maksym Boklazhenko Dmytro Hula Vladyslav Bogoiavlenskyi Oleksii Tymoshenko | 5:51.56 | SA/B | ||
| 3 | Angus McFarlane Matthew MacDonald Thomas Mackintosh Thomas Russel | 5:53.09 | SC/D | ||
| 4 | Steffen Jensen Toger Rasmussen Joachim Sutton Tobias Kempf | 5:54.28 | SC/D | ||
| 5 | Maksim Golubev Semen Yaganov Ivan Balandin Daniil Andrienko | 5:56.51 | SC/D | ||
| 6 | Nelson Martínez Francisco Lapostol Ignacio Abraham Oscar Vasquez | 5:58.68 | SC/D |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jakub Grabmüller Matyáš Klang Petr Melichar Matej Tikal | 5:52.87 | SA/B | ||
| 2 | Paul Jacquot Markus Kessler Augustin Maillefer Benjamin Hirsch | 5:53.47 | SA/B | ||
| 3 | Alexander Richards Michael Clougher Nicholas Mead Dariush Aghai | 5:56.07 | SC/D | ||
| 4 | Benoit Demey Edouard Jonville Sean Vedrinelle Benoît Brunet | 5:56.23 | SC/D | ||
| 5 | Florian Walk Maximilian Kohlmayr Rudolph Querfeld Gabriel Hohensasser | 6:06.55 | SC/D |
All but the slowest boat in each semi were sent to the C final. The slowest boats were sent to the D final.[4]
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florian Walk Maximilian Kohlmayr Rudolph Querfeld Gabriel Hohensasser | 6:05.67 | FC | ||
| 2 | Benoit Demey Edouard Jonville Sean Vedrinelle Benoît Brunet | 6:07.85 | FC | ||
| 3 | Angus McFarlane Matthew MacDonald Thomas Mackintosh Thomas Russel | 6:07.91 | FC | ||
| 4 | Nelson Martínez Francisco Lapostol Ignacio Abraham Oscar Vasquez | 6:12.47 | FD |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Richards Michael Clougher Nicholas Mead Dariush Aghai | 6:02.40 | FC | ||
| 2 | Maksim Golubev Semen Yaganov Ivan Balandin Daniil Andrienko | 6:05.05 | FC | ||
| 3 | Steffen Jensen Toger Rasmussen Joachim Sutton Tobias Kempf | 6:08.78 | FD |
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.[4]
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Hicks Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Hill | 5:57.99 | FA | ||
| 2 | Bjorn van den Ende Tone Wieten Jasper Tissen Bram Schwarz | 5:58.84 | FA | ||
| 3 | Mihăiță Țigănescu Cosmin Pascari Ștefan Berariu Ciprian Huc | 6:00.08 | FA | ||
| 4 | Zbigniew Schodowski Mateusz Wilangowski Mikołaj Burda Michał Szpakowski | 6:04.00 | FB | ||
| 5 | Vadzim Lialin Dzmitry Vyberanets Ihar Pashevich Mikalai Sharlap | 6:15.85 | FB | ||
| 6 | Paul Jacquot Markus Kessler Augustin Maillefer Benjamin Hirsch | 6:17.04 | FB |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matteo Castaldo Bruno Rosetti Matteo Lodo Marco Di Costanzo | 6:01.74 | FA | ||
| 2 | Thomas Ford Jacob Dawson Adam Neill James Johnston | 6:03.40 | FA | ||
| 3 | Felix Brummel Nico Merget Peter Kluge Felix Drahotta | 6:04.44 | FA | ||
| 4 | Kyle Schoonbee David Hunt John Smith Sandro Torrente | 6:08.00 | FB | ||
| 5 | Jakub Grabmüller Matyáš Klang Petr Melichar Matej Tikal | 6:11.39 | FB | ||
| 6 | Maksym Boklazhenko Dmytro Hula Vladyslav Bogoiavlenskyi Oleksii Tymoshenko | 6:24.18 | FB |
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[5]
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toger Rasmussen Steffen Jensen Tobias Kempf Joachim Sutton | 6:02.66 | ||
| 2 | Nelson Martínez Francisco Lapostol Ignacio Abraham Oscar Vasquez | 6:03.52 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Richards Michael Clougher Nicholas Mead Dariush Aghai | 5:48.74 | ||
| 2 | Benoit Demey Edouard Jonville Sean Vedrinelle Benoît Brunet | 5:51.26 | ||
| 3 | Angus McFarlane Matthew MacDonald Thomas Mackintosh Thomas Russel | 5:53.19 | ||
| 4 | Florian Walk Maximilian Kohlmayr Rudolph Querfeld Gabriel Hohensasser | 5:54.80 | ||
| 5 | Maksim Golubev Semen Yaganov Ivan Balandin Daniil Andrienko | 5:58.36 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zbigniew Schodowski Mateusz Wilangowski Mikołaj Burda Michał Szpakowski | 5:50.87 | ||
| 2 | Vadzim Lialin Dzmitry Vyberanets Ihar Pashevich Mikalai Sharlap | 5:52.24 | ||
| 3 | Jakub Grabmüller Matyáš Klang Petr Melichar Matej Tikal | 5:52.78 | ||
| 4 | Kyle Schoonbee David Hunt John Smith Sandro Torrente | 5:52.84 | ||
| 5 | Paul Jacquot Markus Kessler Augustin Maillefer Benjamin Hirsch | 6:00.13 | ||
| 6 | Maksym Boklazhenko Dmytro Hula Vladyslav Bogoiavlenskyi Oleksii Tymoshenko | 6:04.81 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Hicks Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Hill | 5:44.74 | |||
| Matteo Castaldo Bruno Rosetti Matteo Lodo Marco Di Costanzo | 5:44.99 | |||
| Thomas Ford Jacob Dawson Adam Neill James Johnston | 5:46.46 | |||
| 4 | Bjorn van den Ende Tone Wieten Jasper Tissen Bram Schwarz | 5:47.78 | ||
| 5 | Mihăiță Țigănescu Cosmin Pascari Ștefan Berariu Ciprian Huc | 5:50.71 | ||
| 6 | Felix Brummel Nico Merget Peter Kluge Felix Drahotta | 5:55.32 |