| Event: | Men's coxless fours |
| Games: | 1936 Summer |
| Date: | 12–14 August |
| Competitors: | 36 |
| Nations: | 9 |
| Gold: | Rudolf Eckstein Anton Rom Martin Karl Wilhelm Menne |
| Goldnoc: | GER |
| Silver: | Martin Bristow Alan Barrett Peter Jackson John Sturrock |
| Silvernoc: | GBR |
| Bronze: | Hermann Betschart Hans Homberger Alex Homberger Karl Schmid |
| Bronzenoc: | SUI |
| Prev: | 1932 |
| Next: | 1948 |
The men's coxless fours competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin took place at Grünau on the Langer See.[1]
| Date | Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 1936 | Heats | |||
| 13 August 1936 | Semifinal | |||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | 14 August 1936 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final |
First boat of each heat qualified to the final, remainder goes to the semifinal.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rudolf Eckstein Anton Rom Martin Karl Wilhelm Menne | 6:22.5 | Q | ||
| 2 | Rudolf Höpfler Camillo Winkler Wilhelm Pichler Hans Binder | 6:32.1 | |||
| 3 | Knud Olsen Keld Karise Bjørner Drøger Emil Boje Jensen | 6:36.8 | |||
| 4 | Ferenc Dobos Frigyes Pabsz Tibor Vadai Gyula Halmay | 6:40.7 | |||
| 5 | James Thomson Eugene Fruehauf George Hague Alfred Sapecky | 6:41.4 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hermann Betschart Hans Homberger Alex Homberger Karl Schmid | 6:27.2 | Q | ||
| 2 | Martin Bristow Alan Barrett Peter Jackson John Sturrock | 6:30.8 | |||
| 3 | Antonio Ghiardello Luigi Luxardo Aldo Pellizzoni Francesco Pittaluga | 6:34.5 | |||
| 4 | Mak Schoorl Flip Regout Hotse Bartlema Simon de Wit | 6:46.0 |
First two qualify to the final.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rudolf Höpfler Camillo Winkler Wilhelm Pichler Hans Binder | 7:23.4 | Q | ||
| 2 | 7:27.6 | Q | |||
| 3 | James Thomson Eugene Fruehauf George Hague Alfred Sapecky | 7:31.5 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Bristow Alan Barrett Peter Jackson John Sturrock | 7:27.4 | Q | ||
| 2 | Antonio Ghiardello Luigi Luxardo Aldo Pellizzoni Francesco Pittaluga | 7:33.9 | Q | ||
| 3 | Ferenc Dobos Frigyes Pabsz Tibor Vadai Gyula Halmay | 7:57.0 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudolf Eckstein Anton Rom Martin Karl Wilhelm Menne | 7:01.8 | ||||
| Martin Bristow Alan Barrett Peter Jackson John Sturrock | 7:06.5 | ||||
| Hermann Betschart Hans Homberger Alex Homberger Karl Schmid | 7:10.6 | ||||
| 4 | 7:12.4 | ||||
| 5 | Rudolf Höpfler Camillo Winkler Wilhelm Pichler Hans Binder | 7:20.5 | |||
| 6 | Knud Olsen Keld Karise Bjørner Drøger Emil Boje Jensen | 7:26.3 |