2023 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless four explained

Event:Men's coxless four
Championship:2023 World Rowing Championships
Dates:4 September – 9 September
Venue:Lake Sava
Location:Belgrade, Serbia
Competitors:64
Nations:16
Win Value:6:04.35
Gold:Oliver Wilkes
David Ambler
Matthew Aldridge
Freddie Davidson
Gold Nation:GBR
Silver:Justin Best
Nicholas Mead
Michael Grady
Liam Corrigan
Silver Nation:USA
Bronze:Ollie Fitzroy Maclean
Logan Ullrich
Tom Murray
Matt Macdonald
Bronze Nation:NZL
Prev:2022

The men's coxless four competition at the 2023 World Rowing Championships took place at Lake Sava, in Belgrade.[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

DateTimeRound
Monday 4 September 2023 11:09 Heats
Tuesday 5 September 2023 12:15 Repechages
Thursday 7 September 2023 11:15 Semifinals A/B
Saturday 9 September 2023 10:33 Final C
12:00 Final B
style=background:lemonchiffon14:54 style=background:lemonchiffonFinal A
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

The fastest two boats in each heat advanced directly to the AB semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.[2]

Heat 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Justin Best
Nicholas Mead
Michael Grady
Liam Corrigan
6:01.51SA/B
2Alexander Hill
Spencer Turrin
Jack Hargreaves
Alexander Purnell
6:03.76SA/B
3Maksym Boklazhenko
Mykola Mazur
Oleh Kravchenko
Serhiy Hryn
6:08.37R
4Joel Schürch
Tim Roth
Patrick Brunner
Kai Schätzle
6:13.74R
5Henry Torr
Luc Daffarn
James Mitchell
Sandro Torrente
6:17.06R
6Fionnan Mc Quillan-Tolan
Adam Murphy
Jack Dorney
John Kearney
6:22.23R

Heat 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Oliver Wilkes
David Ambler
Matthew Aldridge
Freddie Davidson
6:03.65SA/B
2Thibaud Turlan
Guillaume Turlan
Benoit Brunet
Teo Rayet
6:06.00SA/B
3Mihaita Tiganescu
Mugurel Vasile Semciuc
Stefan Berariu
Florin Lehaci
6:07.99R
4Paolo Covini
Alessandro Bonamoneta
Davide Verità
Alfonso Scalzone
6:12.39R
5Magnus Valbirk
Kaare Mortensen
Christian Soendergaard
Bastian Secher
6:16.49R

Heat 3

Repechages

The three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the AB semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.[3]

Repechage 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Mihaita Tiganescu
Mugurel Vasile Semciuc
Stefan Berariu
Florin Lehaci
5:54.48SA/B
2Maksym Boklazhenko
Mykola Mazur
Oleh Kravchenko
Serhiy Hryn
5:55.61SA/B
3Magnus Valbirk
Kaare Mortensen
Christian Soendergaard
Bastian Secher
5:57.32SA/B
4Theis Hagemeister
Malte Großmann
Mark Hinrichs
Soenke Kruse
5:57.56FC
5Fionnan Mc Quillan-Tolan
Adam Murphy
Jack Dorney
John Kearney
6:03.69FC

Repechage 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Paolo Covini
Alessandro Bonamoneta
Davide Verità
Alfonso Scalzone
5:55.28SA/B
2Joel Schürch
Tim Roth
Patrick Brunner
Kai Schätzle
5:55.51SA/B
3Henry Torr
Luc Daffarn
James Mitchell
Sandro Torrente
5:56.34SA/B
4Łukasz Posyłajka
Mateusz Wilangowski
Mikołaj Burda
Michał Szpakowski
5:56.36FC
5Li Wenlei
Chen Xianfeng
Xu Qiao
Cai Pengpeng
6:03.63FC

Semifinals A/B

The fastest three boats in each Semifinal advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.[4]

Semifinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Justin Best
Nicholas Mead
Michael Grady
Liam Corrigan
6:25.99FA
2Niki van Sprang
Ruben Knab
Ralf Rienks
Rik Rienks
6:28.48FA
3Thibaud Turlan
Guillaume Turlan
Benoit Brunet
Teo Rayet
6:30.40FA
4Paolo Covini
Alessandro Bonamoneta
Davide Verità
Alfonso Scalzone
6:33.81FB
5Maksym Boklazhenko
Mykola Mazur
Oleh Kravchenko
Serhiy Hryn
6:40.81FB
6Magnus Valbirk
Kaare Mortensen
Christian Soendergaard
Bastian Secher
6:44.85FB

Semifinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1Oliver Wilkes
David Ambler
Matthew Aldridge
Freddie Davidson
6:26.39FA
2Ollie Fitzroy Maclean
Logan Ullrich
Tom Murray
Matt Macdonald
6:31.14FA
3Alexander Hill
Spencer Turrin
Jack Hargreaves
Alexander Purnell
6:38.28FA
4Mihaita Tiganescu
Mugurel Vasile Semciuc
Stefan Berariu
Florin Lehaci
6:44.95FB
5Joel Schürch
Tim Roth
Patrick Brunner
Kai Schätzle
6:47.32FB
6Henry Torr
Luc Daffarn
James Mitchell
Sandro Torrente
6:55.35FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[5]

Final C

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Łukasz Posyłajka
Mateusz Wilangowski
Mikołaj Burda
Michał Szpakowski
5:58.7613
2Li Wenlei
Chen Xianfeng
Xu Qiao
Cai Pengpeng
6:02.3214
3Fionnan Mc Quillan-Tolan
Adam Murphy
Jack Dorney
John Kearney
6:02.8215
4Theis Hagemeister
Malte Großmann
Mark Hinrichs
Soenke Kruse
6:03.2416

Final B

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1Mihaita Tiganescu
Mugurel Vasile Semciuc
Stefan Berariu
Florin Lehaci
6:03.087
2Joel Schürch
Tim Roth
Patrick Brunner
Kai Schätzle
6:05.448
3Paolo Covini
Alessandro Bonamoneta
Davide Verità
Alfonso Scalzone
6:06.449
4Henry Torr
Luc Daffarn
James Mitchell
Sandro Torrente
6:08.9610
5Maksym Boklazhenko
Mykola Mazur
Oleh Kravchenko
Serhiy Hryn
6:10.6811
6Magnus Valbirk
Kaare Mortensen
Christian Soendergaard
Bastian Secher
6:11.0712

Final A

RankRowerCountryTime
Oliver Wilkes
David Ambler
Matthew Aldridge
Freddie Davidson
6:04.35
Justin Best
Nicholas Mead
Michael Grady
Liam Corrigan
6:06.37
Ollie Fitzroy Maclean
Logan Ullrich
Tom Murray
Matt Macdonald
6:08.44
4Niki van Sprang
Ruben Knab
Ralf Rienks
Rik Rienks
6:12.38
5Alexander Hill
Spencer Turrin
Jack Hargreaves
Alexander Purnell
6:20.09
6Thibaud Turlan
Guillaume Turlan
Benoit Brunet
Teo Rayet
6:24.94

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS Schedule By Event. World Rowing. 3 September 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101060456/https://worldrowing.com/event/2023-world-rowing-championships. live.
  2. Web site: 4 September 2023 . Men's four – Results summary Heats . 4 September 2023 . . 4 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230904143311/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWMNOCOX4------------------------_C74BX4044.PDF . live .
  3. Web site: 5 September 2023 . Men's four – Results summary Repechages . 6 September 2023 . . 5 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230905224115/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWMNOCOX4------------------------_C74BX2106.PDF . live .
  4. Web site: 7 September 2023 . Men's coxless four – Results summary Semifinals A/B . 7 September 2023 . . 7 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230907104039/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWMNOCOX4------------------------_C74BX5292.PDF . live .
  5. Web site: 9 September 2023 . Results Summary by Event Men's Coxless Four – Finals . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240315211802/https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/WCH_2023_1/WCH_2023_1_ROWMNOCOX4------------------------_C74BX1106.PDF . 15 March 2024 . 9 September 2023 . World Rowing.