Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four explained

Event:Men's coxed four
Games:1936 Summer
Venue:Grünau
Dates:12–14 August
Competitors:80
Nations:16
Gold:
Silver:
Bronze:
Win Value:7:16.2
Prev:1932
Next:1948

The men's coxed four competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin took place are at Grünau on the Langer See.[1] It was held from 12 to 14 August. There were 16 boats (80 competitors) from 16 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. The event was won by Germany, the second time the nation had won two consecutive gold medals in the men's coxed four (1900 and 1912 was the first; Switzerland also accomplished the feat in 1920 and 1924). Germany's four gold medals overall was the most any nation won in the event before it was discontinued; four nations (including two German teams, the United Team of Germany and East Germany) won two. Switzerland, which had won three straight medals in the 1920s before not competing in 1932, returned to the podium with a silver medal. Bronze went to France, the nation's first medal in the event since 1924. Both Italy (11th place) and Poland (9th place) had two-Games medal streaks broken.

Background

This was the seventh appearance of the event. Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather. The coxed four was one of the four initial events introduced in 1900. It was not held in 1904 or 1908, but was held at every Games from 1912 to 1992 when it (along with the men's coxed pair) was replaced with the men's lightweight double sculls and men's lightweight coxless four.[2]

Six of the seven nations from the 1932 Games returned, with only New Zealand missing; returning nations included gold medallists Germany, silver medallists Italy, and bronze medallists Poland. Switzerland, a perennial contender that had missed the 1932 Games in Los Angeles, competed once again. The favourites were Germany and Switzerland, with Italy also a strong contender.[2]

Uruguay and Yugoslavia each made their debut in the event. Belgium, France, Germany, and the United States each made their fifth appearance, tied for most among nations to that point.

Competition format

The coxed four event featured five-person boats, with four rowers and a coxswain. It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The competition used the 2000 metres distance that became standard at the 1912 Olympics and which has been used ever since except at the 1948 Games.[3]

Despite the field growing from 7 boats in 1932 to 16 in 1936, the tournament continued to use a three-round format: semifinals, repechage, final.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 12 August 1936 15:00 Semifinals
Thursday, 13 August 1936 14:00 Repechage
Friday, 14 August 1936 14:30 Final

Results

Semifinals

The first boat of each heat qualified for the final, while the remainder went to the repechage.

Semifinal 1

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1Gerard Hallie6:59.0
2Henrique Camargo7:01.3
3Taro Teshima7:03.2
4Aage Jensen7:04.5
5Josef Jabor7:04.7
6Sven Tisell7:21.5

Semifinal 2

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1Fritz Bauer6:41.1
2Noël Vandernotte6:45.0
3Pavao Ljubičić6:50.2
4Edward Bennett6:50.5
5Jerzy Skolimowski6:50.5

Semifinal 3

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1Rolf Spring6:41.9
2Renato Petronio6:50.2
3László Molnár6:58.8
4Isidoro Alonso6:59.8
5Jean De Rode7:08.5

Repechage

The first boat in each heat qualified for the final.

Repechage heat 1

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1Aage Jensen8:09.1
2Taro Teshima8:14.4
3Josef Jabor8:20.9
4Henrique Camargo8:26.0
5Sven Tisell8:34.4

Repechage heat 2

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1László Molnár8:08.4
2Jerzy Skolimowski8:12.2
3Renato Petronio8:15.4
4Pavao Ljubičić8:25.1

Repechage heat 3

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes
1Noël Vandernotte8:00.6
2Edward Bennett8:06.4
3Isidoro Alonso8:08.3
4Jean De Rode8:27.4

Final

Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time
Fritz Bauer7:16.2
Rolf Spring7:24.3
Noël Vandernotte7:33.3
4Gerard Hallie7:34.7
5László Molnár7:35.6
6Aage Jensen7:40.4

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002151/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1936/ROW/mens-coxed-fours.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 31 July 2018.
  2. Web site: Coxed Fours, Men . Olympedia . 12 May 2021.
  3. Web site: Why Do We Race 2000m? The History Behind the Distance . World Rowing . 1 May 2017 . 14 April 2021.