Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four explained

Event:	Men's coxless four
Games:	1928 Summer
Venue:	Sloten
Competitors:	24
Nations:	6
Gold:	John Lander, Michael Warriner, Richard Beesly, Edward Vaughan Bevan
Silver:	Charles Karle, William Miller, George Healis, Ernest Bayer
Bronze:	Cesare Rossi, Pietro Freschi, Umberto Bonadè, Paolo Gennari
Prev:	1924
Next:	1932

The men's coxless four event was part of the rowing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was one of seven rowing events for men and was the fourth appearance of the event.^[1]

Results

Source: Official results;^[2] De Wael^[3]

Round 1

Winners advanced to the second round. Losers competed in the first repechage.

Heat 1
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1			7:24.6	Q2
2			7:35.8	R1

Heat 2
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1			7:16.8	Q2
2			7:21.0	R1

Heat 3
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1			7:44.2	Q2
2			7:58.2	R1

Repechage 1

Winners advanced to the second round, but were ineligible for a second repechage if they lost there. Losers were eliminated.

Heat 1
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1			7:21.4	Q2
2			7:30.2	elim.

Round 2

Winners advanced to the semifinals. Losers competed in the second repechage, if they had advanced by winning in the first round, or were eliminated if they had advanced through the first repechage.

Heat 1
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1			6:42.4	Q
2				elim.

Heat 2
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1			7:12.6	Q
–			DNS	elim.

Semifinals

Winners advanced to the gold medal final, with the loser taking the bronze medal.

Heat 1
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Qual.
1			6:29.4	Q
2			6:31.6

Finals

Gold medal final
Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time
			6:36.0
			6:37.0

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rowing at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130638/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/ROW/mens-coxless-fours.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 27 July 2018.
2. Web site: 1928 Summer Olympics official report.
3. Web site: Rowing 1928.