Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four explained

Event:	Men's coxless four
Games:	1968 Summer
Date:	13–19 October
Competitors:	45
Nations:	11
Gold:	Frank Forberger Frank Rühle Dieter Grahn Dieter Schubert
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Zoltán Melis József Csermely György Sarlós Antal Melis
Silvernoc:	HUN
Bronze:	Renato Bosatta Pier Conti-Manzini Tullio Baraglia Abramo Albini
Bronzenoc:	ITA
Prev:	1964
Next:	1972

The men's coxless four competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course, Mexico.^[1]

Competition format

This rowing competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and finals), as well as a repechage round that allowed teams that did not win their heats to advance to the final. All races were 2,000 metres in distance.

• Heats: Two heats. With 11 boats entered, there were five or six boats per heat. The top boat in each heat (total of 2 boats) advanced directly to the final; all other boats (9 boats) went to the repechage.
• Repechage: Two heats. There were four or five boats in each heat. The top two boats in each heat (total of 4 boats) advanced to the final. The remaining boats (5 boats) were sent to a 7th–11th place classification race.
• Finals: A main final and a 7th–12th place classification race.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1			6:54.62
2			6:57.68
3			7:08.82
4			7:14.44
5			7:14.74
6			7:21.84

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1			6:44.72
2			6:53.11
3			6:58.02
4			7:00.05
5			7:15.18

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1			6:31.98
2			6:32.56
3			6:33.35
4			7:02.92

Repechage heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time	Notes
1			6:39.78
2			6:40.75
3			6:44.06
4			6:44.71
5

Finals

Classification 7–11

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time
7			6:50.13
8			6:53.21
9			6:53.71
10			7:20.31
11

Final

Rank	Rowers	Nation	Time
			6:39.18
			6:41.64
			6:44.01
4			6:45.78
5			6:47.70
6			7:08.22

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rowing at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130301/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/ROW/mens-coxless-fours.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 17 August 2018.