Rowing
Olympic Games

Men: Coxed Fours
Year Location
1992 Barcelona (spa) Romania Germany Poland
(Dimitrie Popescu,
Iulica Ruican,
Nicolaie Taga,
Viorel Talapan,
Dumitru Raducanu) 		(Ralf Brudel,
Karsten Finger,
Uwe Kellner,
Thoralf Peters,
Hendrik Reiher) 		(Wojciech Jankowski,
Maciej Lasicki,
Jacek Streich,
Tomasz Tomiak,
Michal Cieslak)
1988 Seoul (sko) East Germany Romania New Zealand
(Frank Klawonn,
Bernd Eichwurzel,
Bernd Niesecke,
Karsten Schmeling,
Hendrik Reiher) 		(Dimitru Popescu,
Ioan Snep,
Valentin Robu,
Vasile Tomoiaga,
Ladislau Lovrenschi) 		(George Keys,
Ian Wright,
Gregory Johnston,
Chris White,
Andrew Bird)
1984 Los Angeles (usa) Great Britain USA New Zealand
(Martin Cross,
Richard Budgett,
Andrew Holmes,
Steven Redgrave,
Adrian Ellison) 		(Thomas Kiefer,
Gregory Springer,
Michael Bach,
Edward Ives,
John Stillings) 		(Kevin Lawton,
Donald Symon,
Barrie Mabbott,
Ross Tong,
Brett Hollister)
1980 Moskva (sov) East Germany Soviet Union Poland
(Dieter Wendisch,
Ullrich Diessner,
Walter Diessner,
Gottfried Döhn,
Andreas Gregor) 		(Artur Garonskis,
Dimant Krishianis,
Dzintars Krishianis,
Zhorzh Tikmers,
Yuris Berzinsh) 		(Grzegorz Stellak,
Adam Tomasiak,
Grzegorz Nowak,
Ryszard Stadniuk,
Ryszard Kubiak)
1976 Montréal (can) Soviet Union East Germany West Germany
(Vladimir Yeshinov,
Nikolay Ivanov,
Mikhail Kuznetsov,
Aleksandr Klepikov,
Aleksandr Lukyanov) 		(Andreas Schulz,
Rüdiger Kunze,
Walter Diessner,
Ullrich Diessner,
Johannes Thomas) 		(Hans-Johann Färber,
Ralph Kubail,
Siegfried Fricke,
Peter Niehusen,
Hartmut Wenzel)
1972 München (wge) West Germany East Germany Czechoslovakia
(Peter Berger,
Hans-Johann Färber,
Gerhard Auer,
Alois Bierl,
Uwe Benter) 		(Dietrich Zander,
Reinhard Gust,
Eckhard Martens,
Rolf Jobst,
Klaus-Dieter Ludwig) 		(Otakar Marecek,
Karel Neffe,
Vladimir János,
Frantisek Provaznik,
Vladimir Petricek)
1968 Mexico City (mex) New Zealand East Germany Switzerland
(Richard Joyce,
Dudley Storey,
Ross Collinge,
Warren Cole,
Simon Dickie) 		(Peter Kremtz,
Roland Göhler,
Manfred Gelpke,
Klaus Jakob,
Dieter Semetzky) 		(Denis Oswald,
Hugo Waser,
Peter Bolliger,
Jakob Grob,
Gottlieb Fröhlich)
1964 Tokyo (jpn) Germany Italy Netherlands
(Peter Neusel,
Bernhard Britting,
Joachim Werner,
Egbert Hirschfelder,
Jürgen Ölke) 		(Renato Bosatta,
Emilio Trivini,
Giuseppe Galante,
Franco de Pedrina,
Giovanni Spinola) 		Lex Mullink,
Jan van de Graaff,
Fred van de Graaff,
Robert van de Graaff,
Marius Kumperbeek)
1960 Roma (ita) Germany France Italy
(Gerd Cintl,
Horst Effertz,
Klaus Riekemann,
Jürgen Litz,
Michael Obst) 		(Robert Dumontois,
Claude Martin,
Jacques Morel,
Guy Nosbaum,
Jean-Claude Klein) 		(Fulvio Balatti,
Romano Sgheiz,
Franco Trincavelli,
Giovanni Zucchi,
Ivo Stefanoni)
1956 Melbourne (aus) Italy Sweden Finland
(Alberto Winkler,
Romano Sgheiz,
Angelo Vanzin,
Franco Trincavelli,
Ivo Stefanoni) 		(Olle Larsson,
Gösta Eriksson,
Ivar Aronsson,
Sven Gunnarsson,
Bertil Göransson) 		(Kauko Hänninen,
Reino Poutanen,
Veli Lehtelä,
Toimi Pitkänen,
Martti Niemi)
1952 Helsinki (fin) Czechoslovakia Switzerland USA
(Karel Mejta,
Jirí Havlis,
Jan Jindra,
Stanislav Lusk,
Miroslav Koranda) 		(Enrico Bianchi,
Karl Weidmann,
Heinrich Scheller,
Emile Ess,
Walter Leiser) 		(Carl Lovested,
Alvin Ulbrickson Jr.,
Richard Walhstrom,
Matthew Leanderson,
Albert Rossi)
1948 London (gbr) USA Switzerland Denmark
(Warren Westlund,
Robert Martin,
Robert Will,
Goron Giovanelli,
Allen Morgan) 		(Rudolf Reichling,
Erich Schriever,
Emile Knecht,
Pierre Stebler,
André Moccand) 		(Erik Christian Larsen,
Børge Rahauge Nielsen,
Henry Larsen,
Harry Knudsen,
Jørgen Ib Olsen)
1936 Berlin (ger) Germany Switzerland France
(Hans Maier,
Walter Volle,
Ernst Gaber,
Paul Söllner,
Fritz Bauer) 		(Hermann Betschart,
Hans Homberger,
Alex Homberger,
Karl Schmid,
Rolf Spring) 		(Fernand Vandernotte,
Marcel Vandernotte,
Marcel Cosmat,
Marcel Chauvigné,
Noël Vandernotte)
1932 Los Angeles (usa) Germany Italy Poland
(Hans Eller,
Horst Höck,
Walter Meyer,
Joachim Spremberg,
Karl-Heinz Neumann) 		(Bruno Vattovaz,
Giovanni Plazzer,
Riccardo Divora,
Bruno Parovel,
Giovanni Scher) 		(Jerzy Braun,
Janusz Slazak,
Stanislaw Urban,
Edward Kobylinski,
Jerzy Skolimowski)
1928 Amsterdam (net) Italy Switzerland Poland
(Valerio Perentin,
Giliante d'Este,
Nicolo Vittori,
Giovanni Delise,
Renato Petronio) 		(Ernst Haas,
Joseph Meyer,
Otto Bucher,
Karl Schwegler,
Fritz Bösch) 		(Franceszek Bronikowski,
Edmund Jankowski,
Leszek Birkholz,
Bernard Ormanowski,
Boleslaw Drewek)
1924 Paris (fra) Switzerland France USA
(Emile Albrecht,
Alfred Probst,
Eugen Sigg-Bächthold,
Hans Walter,
Emile Lachapelle) 		(Eugène Constant,
Louis Gressier,
Georges Lecointe,
Raymond Talleux,
Marcelle Lepan) 		(Robert Gerhardt,
Sidney Jelinek,
Edward Mitchell,
Henry Welsford,
John Kennedy)
1920 Antwerpen (bel) Switzerland USA Norway
(Willy Brüderlin,
Max Rudolf,
Paul Rudolf,
Hans Walter,
Paul Staub) 		(Kenneth Myers,
Carl Klose,
Franz Federschmidt,
Erich Federschmidt,
Sherman Clark) 		(Birger Var,
Theodor Klem,
Henry Larsen,
Per Gulbrandsen,
Thoralf Hagen)
1912 Stockholm (swe) Germany Great Britain Denmark
(Albert Arnheiter,
Hermann Wilker,
Rudolf Fickeisen,
Otto Fickeisen,
Karl Leister) 		(Julius Beresford,
Charles Vernon,
Charles Rought,
Bruce Logan,
Geoffrey Carr) 		(Erik Bisgaard,
Rasmus Frandsen,
Magnus Simonsen,
Poul Thymann,
Eigili Clemmensen)
1900 Paris (fra) France France Germany
(Emile Delchambre,
Jean Cau,
Henri Bouckaert,
Henri Hazebroucq,
Charlot) 		(Charles Perrin,
Daniel Soubeyran,
Emile Wegelin,
George Lumpp,
unknown) 		(Hugo Rüster,
Wilhelm Carstens,
Julius Körner,
Adolf Möller,
Max Ammermann)
1900 Paris (fra) Germany Netherlands Germany
(Oscar Gossler,
Walther Katzenstein,
Waldemar Tietgens,
Gustav Gossler,
Carl Gossler) 		(Gerhard Lotsy,
Coen Hiebendaal,
Paul Lotsy,
Johan Terwogt,
Herman Brockmann) 		(Carl Lehle,
Ernst Felle,
Hermann Wilker,
Otto Fickeisen,
Franz Kröwerath)

Notes:
Distance: 1952-1992: 2000 m, 1948: 1850 m, 1912-1936: 2000 m, 1900: 1750 m
1900: two finals were held, due to wrangling about who would be allowed to compete in the final