Rowing Men: Olympic Games 1932 at Los Angeles (usa) Coxless Fours August 9-13: Preliminary Round: Heat 1: 1. Great Britain (John Badcock, Hugh Edwards, Jack Beresford, Rowland George) * 7:13.2 2. USA (John McCosker, George Mattson, Thomas Pierie, Edgar Johnson) ** 7:19.4 3. Germany (Karl Aletter, Ernst Gaber, Walter Flinsch, Hans Maier) ** 7:37.8 Heat 2: 1. Italy (Antonio Ghiardello, Francesco Cossu, Giliante d'Este, Antonio Provensani) * 7:06.8 2. Canada (Henry Pelham, Russell Gammon, Fraser Herman, Francis Courtney) ** 7:12.0 Repechage Round: 1. Germany (Karl Aletter, Ernst Gaber, Walter Flinsch, Hans Maier) * 7:17.2 2. USA (John McCosker, George Mattson, Thomas Pierie, Edgar Johnson) * 7:18.4 3. Canada (Henry Pelham, Russell Gammon, Fraser Herman, Francis Courtney) 7:20.2 Final: 1. Great Britain (John Badcock, Hugh Edwards, Jack Beresford, Rowland George) 6:58.2 2. Germany (Karl Aletter, Ernst Gaber, Walter Flinsch, Hans Maier) 7:03.0 3. Italy (Antonio Ghiardello, Francesco Cossu, Giliante d'Este, Antonio Provenzani) 7:04.0 4. USA (John McCosker, George Mattson, Thomas Pierie, Edgar Johnson) 7:14.2