Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight coxless four

The men's lightweight coxless four competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia took place at Lake Lanier.

Men's lightweight coxless four at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Date	22–28 July
Competitors	68 from 17 nations
Medalists
Victor Feddersen Niels Henriksen Thomas Poulsen Eskild Ebbesen  Denmark Brian Peaker Jeffrey Lay Dave Boyes Gavin Hassett  Canada Marc Schneider Jeff Pfaendtner David Collins William Carlucci  United States

At international level for crew boats the limits are: Men: Crew average 70 kilograms (154.3 lb; 11 st 0.3 lb) – no rower over 72.5 kilograms (159.8 lb; 11 st 5.8 lb)

Competition format

This rowing event is a sweep rowing event, meaning that each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. Four rowers crew each boat, and no coxswain is used. The competition consists of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.

With 14 boats in with heats, the best boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. The boats finishing in the 2 last positions from the repechage are eliminated from the competition. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6 (including the medals). Unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B go forward to final B, which determines places 7–12.

Results

Heats

The first three boats of each heat advanced to the semifinals, the remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Victor Feddersen Niels Henriksen Thomas Poulsen Eskild Ebbesen	Denmark	6:20.13	Q
2	Derek Holland Sam Lynch Neville Maxwell Tony O'Connor	Ireland	6:23.82	R
3	Haimish Karrasch Gary Lynagh David Belcher Simon Burgess	Australia	6:25.87	R
4	Andrea Re Leonardo Pettinari Ivano Zasio Carlo Gaddi	Italy	6:26.80	R
5	David Lemon James McNiven Tom Kay Benjamin Helm	Great Britain	6:35.95	R
6	Hernán Legizamón Jorge Enríquez Federico Querín Gabriel Scortiquini	Argentina	6:43.58	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Derek Holland Sam Lynch Neville Maxwell Tony O'Connor	Ireland	6:00.99	Q
2	Marc Schneider Jeff Pfaendtner David Collins William Carlucci	United States	6:21.85	R
3	Vladimir Mityushov Aleksandr Ustinov Andrey Shevel Dmitry Kartashov	Russia	6:26.39	R
4	Fernando Climent David Morales Juan Manuel Florido Alfredo Girón	Spain	6:28.05	R
5	Katsuhiko Nakamizo Yasunori Tanabe Michinori Iwaguro Kazuaki Mimoto	Japan	6:30.16	R
6	Samuel Aguiar João Fernandes Henrique Baixinho Manuel Fernandes	Portugal	7:37.13	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Roger Tobler Mark Rowand Gareth Costa Mike Hasselbach	South Africa	6:19.98	Q
2	Tobias Rose Martin Weis Michael Buchheit Bernhard Stomporowski	Germany	6:22.97	R
3	Martin Kobau Harald Hofmann Christoph Schmölzer Gernot Faderbauer	Austria	6:24.59	R
4	Michael Bänninger Mathias Binder Markus Feusi Nicolai Kern	Switzerland	6:26.5	R
5	Stéphane Barré Xavier Dorfman Stéphane Guerinot Henri-Pierre Dall'acqua	France	6:26.84	R

Repechages

The first three boats of each repechage advanced to the semifinals, the remainder goes to Final C.

Repechage 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marc Schneider Jeff Pfaendtner David Collins William Carlucci	United States	5:58.58	S
2	Haimish Karrasch Gary Lynagh David Belcher Simon Burgess	Australia	6:02.04	S
3	Michael Bänninger Mathias Binder Markus Feusi Nicolai Kern	Switzerland	6:04.38	S
4	Katsuhiko Nakamizo Yasunori Tanabe Michinori Iwaguro Kazuaki Mimoto	Japan	6:06.77	C
5	Hernán Legizamón Jorge Enríquez Federico Querín Gabriel Scortiquini	Argentina	6:09.86	C

Repechage 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marc Schneider Jeff Pfaendtner David Collins William Carlucci	United States	5:58.58	S
2	David Lemon James McNiven Tom Kay Benjamin Helm	Great Britain	6:02.65	S
3	Martin Kobau Harald Hofmann Christoph Schmölzer Gernot Faderbauer	Austria	6:02.76	S
4	Fernando Climent David Morales Juan Manuel Florido Alfredo Girón	Spain	6:03.33	C

Repechage 3

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tobias Rose Martin Weis Michael Buchheit Bernhard Stomporowski	Germany	5:58.90	S
2	Andrea Re Leonardo Pettinari Ivano Zasio Carlo Gaddi	Italy	5:59.67	S
3	Stéphane Barré Xavier Dorfman Stéphane Guerinot Henri-Pierre Dall'acqua	France	5:59.95	S
4	Vladimir Mityushov Aleksandr Ustinov Andrey Shevel Dmitry Kartashov	Russia	6:00.03	C
5	Samuel Aguiar João Fernandes Henrique Baixinho Manuel Fernandes	Portugal	6:15.82	C

Semifinals

The first three boats of each semifinal advanced to the Final A, the remainder go to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Victor Feddersen Niels Henriksen Thomas Poulsen Eskild Ebbesen	Denmark	6:13.21	A
2	Haimish Karrasch Gary Lynagh David Belcher Simon Burgess	Australia	6:15.47	A
3	Derek Holland Sam Lynch Neville Maxwell Tony O'Connor	Ireland	6:15.66	A
4	Roger Tobler Mark Rowand Gareth Costa Mike Hasselbach	South Africa	6:16.65	B
5	Andrea Re Leonardo Pettinari Ivano Zasio Carlo Gaddi	Italy	6:17.84	B
6	Martin Kobau Harald Hofmann Christoph Schmölzer Gernot Faderbauer	Austria	6:22.60	B

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marc Schneider Jeff Pfaendtner David Collins William Carlucci	United States	6:09.89	A
2	Brian Peaker Jeffrey Lay Dave Boyes Gavin Hassett	Canada	6:10.38	A
3	Tobias Rose Martin Weis Michael Buchheit Bernhard Stomporowski	Germany	6:12.73	A
4	Stéphane Barré Xavier Dorfman Stéphane Guerinot Henri-Pierre Dall'acqua	France	6:15.75	B
5	David Lemon James McNiven Tom Kay Benjamin Helm	Great Britain	6:19.07	B
6	Michael Bänninger Mathias Binder Markus Feusi Nicolai Kern	Switzerland	6:20.98	B

Finals

Final C

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
13	Vladimir Mityushov Aleksandr Ustinov Andrey Shevel Dmitry Kartashov	Russia	6:23.59
14	Fernando Climent David Morales Juan Manuel Florido Alfredo Girón	Spain	6:25.81
15	Samuel Aguiar João Fernandes Henrique Baixinho Manuel Fernandes	Portugal	6:27.07
16	Katsuhiko Nakamizo Yasunori Tanabe Michinori Iwaguro Kazuaki Mimoto	Japan	6:28.60
17	Hernán Legizamón Jorge Enríquez Federico Querín Gabriel Scortiquini	Argentina	6:30.64

Final B

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
7	Stéphane Barré Xavier Dorfman Stéphane Guerinot Henri-Pierre Dall'acqua	France	6:02.39
8	Andrea Re Leonardo Pettinari Ivano Zasio Carlo Gaddi	Italy	6:03.25
9	Roger Tobler Mark Rowand Gareth Costa Mike Hasselbach	South Africa	6:04.13
10	David Lemon James McNiven Tom Kay Benjamin Helm	Great Britain	6:05.13
11	Michael Bänninger Mathias Binder Markus Feusi Nicolai Kern	Switzerland	6:05.92
12	Martin Kobau Harald Hofmann Christoph Schmölzer Gernot Faderbauer	Austria	6:06.09

Final A

Rank	Rower	Country	Time	Notes
	Victor Feddersen Niels Henriksen Thomas Poulsen Eskild Ebbesen	Denmark	6:09.58
	Brian Peaker Jeffrey Lay Dave Boyes Gavin Hassett	Canada	6:10.13
	Marc Schneider Jeff Pfaendtner David Collins William Carlucci	United States	6:12.29
4	Derek Holland Sam Lynch Neville Maxwell Tony O'Connor	Ireland	6:13.51
5	Tobias Rose Martin Weis Michael Buchheit Bernhard Stomporowski	Germany	6:14.79
6	Haimish Karrasch Gary Lynagh David Belcher Simon Burgess	Australia	6:18.16