Coxed four at the Olympics explained

Event:	Coxed four
Sport:	Rowing
Gender:	Men and women
Yearsheld:	Men: 1900, 1912–1992 Women: 1976–1988
Reigningman:	Iulică Ruican Viorel Talapan Dimitrie Popescu Nicolae Țaga Dumitru Răducanu (cox)
Reigningwoman:	Martina Walther Gerlinde Doberschütz Carola Hornig Birte Siech Sylvia Rose (cox)

The coxed four was a rowing event held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the second modern Olympics in 1900. It was not held in 1904 or 1908. It returned in 1912 with two versions: the standard one as well as one with inriggers (the only time that version was held). It continued to be held for men until it was removed from the programme following the 1992 Games, at which point it and the men's coxed pair were replaced with the men's lightweight double sculls and men's lightweight coxless four. The women's event was added when women's rowing was added to the Olympic programme in 1976. It was held each year through 1988, when it was replaced with the women's coxless four.

Medalists

Men

1900 Paris	Henri Bouckaert, Jean Cau, Émile Delchambre, Henri Hazebrouck, Charlot (cox) Gustav Goßler, Oscar Goßler, Walther Katzenstein, Waldemar Tietgens, Carl Goßler (cox)	Georges Lumpp, Charles Perrin, Daniel Soubeyran, Émile Wegelin, Unknown (cox) Coenraad Hiebendaal, Geert Lotsij, Paul Lotsij, Johannes Terwogt, Hermanus Brockmann (cox)	Wilhelm Carstens, Julius Körner, Adolf Möller, Hugo Rüster, Gustav Moths^[1] (cox), Max Ammermann (cox) Ernst Felle, Otto Fickeisen, Carl Lehle, Hermann Wilker, Franz Kröwerath (cox)
1912 Stockholm	Albert Arnheiter, Hermann Wilker, Rudolf Fickeisen, Otto Fickeisen, Karl Leister (cox)	Julius Beresford, Karl Vernon, Charles Rought, Bruce Logan, Geoffrey Carr (cox)	Erik Bisgaard, Rasmus Frandsen, Mikael Simonsen, Poul Thymann, Ejgil Clemmensen (cox)
1920 Antwerp	Willy Brüderlin, Max Rudolf, Paul Rudolf, Hans Walter, Paul Staub (cox)	Erich Federschmidt, Franz Federschmidt, Carl Klose, Ken Myers, Sherm Clark (cox)	Per Gulbrandsen, Theodor Klem, Henry Larsen, Birger Var, Thoralf Hagen (cox)
1924 Paris	Émile Albrecht, Alfred Probst, Eugen Sigg, Hans Walter, Émile Lachapelle (cox), Walter Loosli (cox)	Eugène Constant, Louis Gressier, Georges Lecointe, Raymond Talleux, Marcel Lepan (cox)	Bob Gerhardt, Sid Jelinek, Ed Mitchell, Henry Welsford, John Kennedy (cox)
1928 Amsterdam	Valerio Perentin, Giliante D'Este, Nicolò Vittori, Giovanni Delise, Renato Petronio (cox)	Ernst Haas, Joseph Meyer, Otto Bucher, Karl Schwegler, Fritz Bösch (cox)	Franciszek Bronikowski, Edmund Jankowski, Leon Birkholc, Bernard Ormanowski, Bolesław Drewek (cox)
1932 Los Angeles	Hans Eller, Horst Hoeck, Walter Meyer, Joachim Spremberg, Carlheinz Neumann (cox)	Riccardo Divora, Bruno Parovel, Giovanni Plazzer, Bruno Vattovaz, Guerrino Scher (cox)	Jerzy Braun, Edward Kobyliński, Janusz Ślązak, Stanisław Urban, Jerzy Skolimowski (cox)
1936 Berlin	Hans Maier, Walter Volle, Ernst Gaber, Paul Söllner, Fritz Bauer (cox)	Hermann Betschart, Hans Homberger, Alex Homberger, Karl Schmid, Rolf Spring (cox)	Fernand Vandernotte, Marcel Vandernotte, Jean Cosmat, Marcel Chauvigné, Noël Vandernotte (cox)
1948 London	Warren Westlund, Bob Martin, Bob Will, Gordy Giovanelli, Allen Morgan (cox)	Rudolf Reichling, Erich Schriever, Émile Knecht, Peter Stebler, André Moccand (cox)	Erik Larsen, Børge Raahauge Nielsen, Henry Larsen, Harry Knudsen, Ib Olsen (cox)
1952 Helsinki	Karel Mejta Sr, Jiří Havlis, Jan Jindra, Stanislav Lusk, Miroslav Koranda (cox)	Rico Bianchi, Karl Weidmann, Heini Scheller, Émile Ess, Walter Leiser (cox)	Carl Lovsted, Al Ulbrickson, Richard Wahlstrom, Matt Leanderson, Al Rossi (cox)
1956 Melbourne	Alberto Winkler, Romano Sgheiz, Angelo Vanzin, Franco Trincavelli, Ivo Stefanoni (cox)	Olle Larsson, Gösta Eriksson, Ivar Aronsson, Evert Gunnarsson, Bertil Göransson (cox)	Kauko Hänninen, Reino Poutanen, Veli Lehtelä, Toimi Pitkänen, Matti Niemi (cox)
1960 Rome	Gerd Cintl, Horst Effertz, Klaus Riekemann, Jürgen Litz, Michael Obst (cox)	Robert Dumontois, Claude Martin, Jacques Morel, Guy Nosbaum, Jean Klein (cox)	Fulvio Balatti, Romano Sgheiz, Franco Trincavelli, Giovanni Zucchi, Ivo Stefanoni (cox)
1964 Tokyo	Peter Neusel, Bernhard Britting, Joachim Werner, Egbert Hirschfelder, Jürgen Oelke (cox)	Renato Bosatta, Emilio Trivini, Giuseppe Galante, Franco De Pedrina, Giovanni Spinola (cox)	Lex Mullink, Jan van de Graaff, Freek van de Graaff, Bobbie van de Graaf, Marius Klumperbeek (cox)
1968 Mexico City	Dick Joyce, Ross Collinge, Dudley Storey, Warren Cole, Simon Dickie (cox)	Peter Kremtz, Manfred Gelpke, Roland Göhler, Klaus Jacob, Dieter Semetzky (cox)	Denis Oswald, Peter Bolliger, Hugo Waser, Jakob Grob, Gottlieb Fröhlich (cox)
1972 Munich	Peter Berger, Hans-Johann Färber, Gerhard Auer, Alois Bierl, Uwe Benter (cox)	Dietrich Zander, Reinhard Gust, Eckhard Martens, Rolf Jobst, Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (cox)	Otakar Mareček, Karel Neffe, Vladimír Jánoš, František Provazník, Vladimír Petříček (cox)
1976 Montreal	Vladimir Eshinov, Nikolay Ivanov, Mikhail Kuznetsov, Aleksandr Klepikov, Aleksandr Sema, Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox)	Andreas Schulz, Rüdiger Kunze, Walter Dießner, Ullrich Dießner, Johannes Thomas (cox)	Hans-Johann Färber, Ralph Kubail, Siegfried Fricke, Peter Niehusen, Hartmut Wenzel (cox)
1980 Moscow	Dieter Wendisch, Walter Dießner, Ullrich Dießner, Gottfried Döhn, Andreas Gregor (cox)	Artūrs Garonskis, Dimants Krišjānis, Dzintars Krišjānis, Žoržs Tikmers, Juris Bērziņš (cox)	Grzegorz Stellak, Adam Tomasiak, Grzegorz Nowak, Ryszard Stadniuk, Ryszard Kubiak (cox)
1984 Los Angeles	Martin Cross, Richard Budgett, Andy Holmes, Steve Redgrave, Adrian Ellison (cox)	Thomas Kiefer, Gregory Springer, Michael Bach, Edward Ives, John Stillings (cox)	Kevin Lawton, Don Symon, Barrie Mabbott, Ross Tong, Brett Hollister (cox)
1988 Seoul	Bernd Niesecke, Karsten Schmeling, Bernd Eichwurzel, Frank Klawonn, Hendrik Reiher (cox)	Dimitrie Popescu, Ioan Snep, Vasile Tomoiagă, Valentin Robu, Ladislau Lovrenschi (cox)	Chris White, Ian Wright, Greg Johnston, George Keys, Andrew Bird (cox)
1992 Barcelona	Iulică Ruican, Viorel Talapan, Dimitrie Popescu, Nicolae Țaga, Dumitru Răducanu (cox)	Ralf Brudel, Uwe Kellner, Thoralf Peters, Karsten Finger, Hendrik Reiher (cox)	Wojciech Jankowski, Maciej Łasicki, Jacek Streich, Tomasz Tomiak, Michał Cieślak (cox)

Multiple medalists

Rank	Gymnast	Nation	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	align=left data-sort-value="Walter, Hans"			1920–1924	2	0	0	2
2	align=left data-sort-value="Dießner, Ullrich"			1976–1980	1	1	0	2
	align=left data-sort-value="Dießner, Walter"			1976–1980	1	1	0	2
	align=left data-sort-value="Popescu, Dimitrie"			1988–1992	1	1	0	2
	align=left data-sort-value="Reiher, Hendrik"			1988–1992	1	1	0	2
6	align=left data-sort-value="Sgheiz, Romano"			1956–1960	1	0	1	2
	align=left data-sort-value="Stefanoni, Ivo"			1956–1960	1	0	1	2
	align=left data-sort-value="Trincavelli, Franco"			1956–1960	1	0	1	2
	align=left data-sort-value="Färber, Hans-Johann"			1972–1976	1	0	1	2

Medalists by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		4	1	2	7
2		2	4	1	7
3		2	3	0	5
4		2	2	1	5
5		2	0	0	2
6		1	3	1	5
7		1	2	2	5
8		1	1	0	2
		1	1	0	2
		1	1	0	2
11		1	0	2	3
12		1	0	1	2
		1	0	1	2
14		0	1	1	2
15		0	1	0	1
16		0	0	4	4
17		0	0	2	2
18		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1

Women

1976 Montreal	Karin Metze, Bianka Schwede, Gabriele Lohs, Andrea Kurth, Sabine Heß (cox)	Ginka Gyurova, Lilyana Vaseva, Reni Yordanova, Mariyka Modeva, Kapka Georgieva (cox)	Nadezhda Sevostyanova, Lyudmila Krokhina, Galina Mishenina, Anna Pasokha, Lidiya Krylova (cox)
1980 Moscow	Ramona Kapheim, Silvia Fröhlich, Angelika Noack, Romy Saalfeld, Kirsten Wenzel (cox)	Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva, Rita Todorova, Iskra Velinova, Nadiya Filipova (cox)	Mariya Fadeyeva, Galina Sovetnikova, Marina Studneva, Svetlana Semyonova, Nina Cheremisina (cox)
1984 Los Angeles	Florica Lavric, Maria Fricioiu, Chira Apostol, Olga Bularda, Viorica Ioja (cox)	Marilyn Brain, Angela Schneider, Barbara Armbrust, Jane Tregunno, Lesley Thompson (cox)	Robyn Grey-Gardner, Karen Brancourt, Susan Chapman, Margot Foster, Susan Lee (cox)
1988 Seoul	Martina Walther, Gerlinde Doberschütz, Carola Hornig, Birte Siech, Sylvia Rose (cox)	Zhang Xianghua, Hu Yadong, Yang Xiao, Zhou Shouying, Li Ronghua (cox)	Marioara Trașcă, Veronica Necula, Herta Anitaș, Doina Șnep-Bălan, Ecaterina Oancia (cox)

Medalists by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		3	0	0	3
2		1	0	1	2
3		0	2	0	2
4		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
6		0	0	2	2
7		0	0	1	1

Men with Inriggers

1912 Stockholm

Ejler Allert, Christian Hansen, Carl Møller, Carl Pedersen, Poul Hartmann (cox)

Ture Rosvall, William Bruhn-Möller, Conrad Brunkman, Herman Dahlbäck, Leo Wilkens (cox)

Claus Høyer, Reidar Holter, Max Herseth, Frithjof Olstad, Olav Bjørnstad (cox)

Notes and References

1. The German team changed the coxswain after the semi-final. Gustav Moths participated only in the semi-final and Max Ammermann participated in the final. However, the IOC medal database credits the gold medal only to Gustav Moths