The men's quadruple sculls competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia took place at Lake Lanier.
Competition format This rowing event is a quadruple scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by four rowers. The "scull" portion means that each rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. The competition consisted 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 heats, the best 9 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. 2 unsuccessful boats 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 3 boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder went to the repechage.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Janusz Hooker, Duncan Free, Ronald Snook, Bo Hanson6:05.60Q2Sander van der Marck, Adri Middag, Joris Loefs, Pieter van Andel6:06.98Q 3Konstantin Belevich, Sergey Tarasevich, Oleg Solomakhin, Denis Tabako6:08.38 Q4Yves Lamarque, Vincent Lepvraud, Sébastien Vieilledent, Fabrice LeClerc6:12.69R5Jarosław Nowicki, Przemysław Lewandowski, Marek Kolbowicz, Piotr Bujnarowski6:52.62R
Heat 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Massimo Paradiso, Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori6:05.75Q2Tim Young, Brian Jamieson, Eric Mueller, Jason Gailes6:06.95Q3Igor Kravtsov, Nikolay Spinyov, Georgy Nikitin, Vladimir Sokolov6:10.62Q4Carlos Pages, Santiago Fernández, Rubén Knulst, Guillermo Pfaab6:16.16R5André Costa, Giovanni Valentina, Oswaldo Kuster Neto, Alexander Altair Soares6:36.30R
Heat 3 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1André Steiner, Stephan Volkert, Andreas Hajek, André Willms6:06.33Q2René Benguerel, Michael Erdlen, Ueli Bodenmann, Simon Stürm6:08.37Q3Johan Flodin, Pontus Ek, Fredrik Hultén, Henrik Nilsson6:10.39Q4Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Mykola Chupryna, Leonid Shaposhnikov6:13.04R
Repechage First three qualify to semifinals.
Repechage 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Jarosław Nowicki, Przemysław Lewandowski, Marek Kolbowicz, Piotr Bujnarowski5:51.15Q2Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Mykola Chupryna, Leonid Shaposhnikov5:51.51Q3Yves Lamarque, Vincent Lepvraud, Sébastien Vieilledent, Fabrice LeClerc5:51.82 Q4Carlos Pages, Santiago Fernández, Rubén Knulst, Guillermo Pfaab5:52.895André Costa, Giovanni Valentina, Oswaldo Kuster Neto, Alexander Altair Soares6:12.86
Semifinals First three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.
Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1Massimo Paradiso, Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori5:57.10A2Janusz Hooker, Duncan Free, Ronald Snook, Bo Hanson5:58.41A3René Benguerel, Michael Erdlen, Ueli Bodenmann, Simon Stürm5:59.63 A4Igor Kravtsov, Nikolay Spinyov, Georgy Nikitin, Vladimir Sokolov5:59.91B5Yves Lamarque, Vincent Lepvraud, Sébastien Vieilledent, Fabrice LeClerc6:03.74B6Konstantin Belevich, Sergey Tarasevich, Oleg Solomakhin, Denis Tabako6:15.07B
Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTimeNotes1André Steiner, Stephan Volkert, Andreas Hajek, André Willms5:55.10A2Tim Young, Brian Jamieson, Eric Mueller, Jason Gailes5:57.97A3Johan Flodin, Pontus Ek, Fredrik Hultén, Henrik Nilsson6:00.09A4Sander van der Marck, Adri Middag, Joris Loefs, Pieter van Andel6:03.72B5Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Mykola Chupryna, Leonid Shaposhnikov6:05.65B6Jarosław Nowicki, Przemysław Lewandowski, Marek Kolbowicz, Piotr Bujnarowski6:11.62B
Finals
Final B RankRowerCountryTimeNotes7Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Mykola Chupryna, Leonid Shaposhnikov5:53.46 8Igor Kravtsov, Nikolay Spinyov, Georgy Nikitin, Vladimir Sokolov5:54.989Jarosław Nowicki, Przemysław Lewandowski, Marek Kolbowicz, Piotr Bujnarowski5:55.10 10Sander van der Marck, Adri Middag, Joris Loefs, Pieter van Andel5:55.1511Konstantin Belevich, Sergey Tarasevich, Oleg Solomakhin, Denis Tabako5:55.5212Yves Lamarque, Vincent Lepvraud, Sébastien Vieilledent, Fabrice LeClerc6:00.48
Final A RankRowerCountryTimeNotesAndré Steiner, Stephan Volkert, Andreas Hajek, André Willms5:56.93Tim Young, Brian Jamieson, Eric Mueller, Jason Gailes5:59.10 Janusz Hooker, Duncan Free, Ronald Snook, Bo Hanson6:01.65 4Massimo Paradiso, Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori6:02.125René Benguerel, Michael Erdlen, Ueli Bodenmann, Simon Stürm6:04.526Johan Flodin, Pontus Ek, Fredrik Hultén, Henrik Nilsson6:07.75 *
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