Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls explained

Event:	Men's quadruple sculls
Games:	2012 Summer
Venue:	Eton Dorney
Date:	28 July – 3 August
Competitors:	52
Nations:	13
Gold:	Karl Schulze Philipp Wende Lauritz Schoof Tim Grohmann
Goldnoc:	GER
Silver:	David Šain Martin Sinković Damir Martin Valent Sinković
Silvernoc:	CRO
Bronze:	Chris Morgan Karsten Forsterling James McRae Daniel Noonan
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Win Value:	5:42.48
Prev:	2008
Next:	2016

The men's quadruple sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.^{[1] [2]}

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 28 July 2012	11:30	Heats
Monday, 30 July 2012	10:00	Repechage
Wednesday, 1 August 2012	10:40	Semifinals
Friday, 3 August 2012	10:10	Final B
style=background:lemonchiffon	Friday, 3 August 2012	style=background:lemonchiffon	11:30	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

Results

Heats

First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ryabtsev, Svirin, Morgachyov, Fedorovtsev		5:42.26	Q
2	Jämsä, Raja, Endrekson, Taimsoo		5:42.87	Q
3	Chabanet, Androdias, Peltier, Hardy		5:44.25	Q
4	Piermarini, Osborne, Graves, Hovey		5:50.25	R
5	Stefanini, Fossi, Frattini, Raineri		6:08.99	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Šain, Sinković, Martin, Sinković		5:39.08	Q
2	Wasielewski, Kolbowicz, Jeliński, Korol		5:40.56	Q
3	Morgan, Forsterling, McRae, Noonan		5:41.56	Q
4	Trott, Arms, Manson, Storey		5:41.62	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Schulze, Wende, Schoof, Grohmann		5:39.69	Q
2	Rowbotham, Cousins, Solesbury, Wells		5:41.75	Q
3	Pavlovskiy, Zaitsev, Gryn, Dovgodko		5:43.46	Q
4	Stofer, Stahlberg, Vonarburg, Maillefer		5:45.13	R

Repechage

First three qualify to the semifinals.

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Trott, Arms, Manson, Storey		5:43.82	Q
2	Stefanini, Fossi, Frattini, Raineri		5:44.57	Q
3	Stofer, Stahlberg, Vonarburg, Maillefer		5:44.90	Q
4	Piermarini, Osborne, Graves, Hovey		5:45.62

Semifinals

First three qualify to Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Šain, Sinković, Martin, Sinković		6:03.39	Q
2	Morgan, Forsterling, McRae, Noonan		6:05.45	Q
3	Rowbotham, Cousins, Solesbury, Wells		6:05.71	Q
4	Trott, Arms, Manson, Storey		6:10.95
5	Ryabtsev, Svirin, Morgachyov, Fedorovtsev		6:13.61
6	Stofer, Stahlberg, Vonarburg, Maillefer		6:19.64

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Schulze, Wende, Schoof, Grohmann		6:05.85	Q
2	Jämsä, Raja, Endrekson, Taimsoo		6:07.85	Q
3	Wasielewski, Kolbowicz, Jeliński, Korol		6:10.75	Q
4	Chabanet, Androdias, Peltier, Hardy		6:12.81
5	Pavlovskiy, Zaitsev, Gryn, Dovgodko		6:16.23
6	Stefanini, Fossi, Frattini, Raineri		6:18.96

Finals

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Trott, Arms, Manson, Storey		5:58.88
2	Ryabtsev, Svirin, Morgachyov, Fedorovtsev		5:59.17
3	Pavlovskiy, Zaitsev, Gryn, Dovhodko		6:01.23
4	Chabanet, Androdias, Peltier, Hardy		6:02.12
5	Stefanini, Fossi, Frattini, Raineri		6:02.57
6	Stofer, Stahlberg, Vonarburg, Maillefer		6:04.37

Final A

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
	Schulze, Wende, Schoof, Grohmann		5:42.48
	Šain, Sinković, Martin, Sinković		5:44.78
	Morgan, Forsterling, McRae, Noonan		5:45.22
4	Jämsä, Raja, Endrekson, Taimsoo		5:46.96
5	Rowbotham, Cousins, Solesbury, Wells		5:49.19
6	Wasielewski, Kolbowicz, Jeliński, Korol		5:51.74

Notes and References

1. Web site: Quadruple sculls without coxsw men . . 28 January 2017.
2. Web site: Rowing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Quadruple Sculls . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132559/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2012/ROW/mens-quadruple-sculls.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 29 September 2018.