The men's lightweight coxless four competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre .
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. As a lightweight rowing event, rowers were limited to a maximum body mass of 72.5 kilograms each and 70 kilograms on average. 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 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. 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.[ 1]
All times are Australian Time (UTC+10 )
Date Time Round Monday, 18 September 2000 09:40 Heats Wednesday, 20 September 2000 09:40 Repechages Friday, 22 September 2000 09:10 Semifinals Saturday, 23 September 2000 11:30 Final B Sunday, 24 September 2000 09:10 Final
The first three boats of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.
Rank Rower Country Time Notes 1 Laurent Porchier , Jean-Christophe Bette , Yves Hocdé , Xavier Dorfman France 6:09.32 A/B 2 Iain Brambell , Chris Davidson , Gavin Hassett , Jon Beare Canada 6:10.37 A/B 3 Roland Händle , Björn Spaeter , Thorsten Schmidt , Marcus Mielke Germany 6:16.37 A/B 4 Jorge Morgenstern , Herbert Jans , Christián Yantani , Miguel Cerda Chile 6:21.10 R 5 Keisuke Murai , Atsushi Obata , Hiroya Sato , Yasunori Tanabe Japan 6:22.31 R
Rank Rower Country Time Notes 1 Simon Burgess , Anthony Edwards , Darren Balmforth , Robert Richards Australia 6:11.42 A/B 2 Joris Trooster , Jeroen Spaans , Simon Kolkman , Robert van der Vooren Netherlands 6:14.37 A/B 3 Helfried Jurtschitsch , Bernd Wakolbinger , Martin Kobau , Wolfgang Sigl Austria 6:16.94 A/B 4 Dmitry Kartashov , Andrey Shevel , Sergey Bukreyev , Aleksandr Zyuzin Russia 6:17.01 R 5 Neville Maxwell , Neal Byrne , Gearoid Towey , Anthony O'Connor Ireland 6:18.94 R
Rank Rower Country Time Notes 1 Salvatore Amitrano , Franco Sancassani , Catello Amarante , Carlo Gaddi Italy 6:14.89 A/B 2 Marc Schneider , Greg Ruckman , Paul Teti , Tom Auth United States 6:16.36 A/B 3 Mark Raeside Rowand , Ross Hawkins , Roger Tobler , Mike Hasselbach South Africa 6:17.88 A/B 4 Søren Madsen , Thomas Ebert , Eskild Ebbesen , Victor Feddersen Denmark 6:21.30 R
First three qualify to semifinals.
Rank Rower Country Time Notes 1 Søren Madsen , Thomas Ebert , Eskild Ebbesen , Victor Feddersen Denmark 6:08.63 A/B 2 Dmitry Kartashov , Andrey Shevel , Sergey Bukreyev , Alexandre Zyuzin Russia 6:10.35 A/B 3 Neville Maxwell , Neal Byrne , Gearoid Towey , Anthony O'Connor Ireland 6:13.00 A/B 4 Jorge Morgenstern , Herbert Jans , Christián Yantani , Miguel Cerda Chile 6:15.49 5 Keisuke Murai , Atsushi Obata , Hiroya Sato , Yasunori Tanabe Japan 6:18.56
First three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.
Rank Rower Country Time Notes 1 Simon Burgess , Anthony Edwards , Darren Balmforth , Robert Richards Australia 6:00.82 A 2 Laurent Porchier , Jean-Christophe Bette , Yves Hocdé , Xavier Dorfman France 6:00.85 A 3 Marc Schneider , Greg Ruckman , Paul Teti , Tom Auth United States 6:05.13 A 4 Helfried Jurtschitsch , Bernd Wakolbinger , Martin Kobau , Wolfgang Sigl Austria 6:10.11 B 5 Neville Maxwell , Neal Byrne , Gearoid Towey , Anthony O'Connor Ireland 6:10.30 B 6 Roland Händle , Björn Später , Thorsten Schmidt , Marcus Mielke Germany 6:15.75 B
Rank Rower Country Time Notes 1 Salvatore Amitrano , Franco Sancassani , Catello Amarante , Carlo Gaddi Italy 6:00.82 A 2 Søren Madsen , Thomas Ebert , Eskild Ebbesen , Victor Feddersen Denmark 6:01.67 A 3 Mark Raeside Rowand , Ross Hawkins , Roger Tobler , Mike Hasselbach South Africa 6:02.09 A 4 Iain Brambell , Chris Davidson , Gavin Hassett , Jon Beare Canada 6:02.49 B 5 Joris Trooster , Jeroen Spaans , Simon Kolkman , Robert van der Vooren Netherlands 6:03.25 B 6 Dmitry Kartashov , Andrey Shevel , Sergey Bukreyev , Alexandre Zyuzin Russia 6:15.31 B
Rank Rower Country Time Notes 1 Iain Brambell , Chris Davidson , Gavin Hassett , Jon Beare Canada 6:04.31 2 Joris Trooster , Jeroen Spaans , Simon Kolkman , Robert van der Vooren Netherlands 6:05.96 3 Helfried Jurtschitsch , Bernd Wakolbinger , Martin Kobau , Wolfgang Sigl Austria 6:10.11 4 Dmitry Kartashov , Andrey Shevel , Sergey Bukreyev , Alexandre Zyuzin Russia 6:09.12 5 Neville Maxwell , Neal Byrne , Gearoid Towey , Anthony O'Connor Ireland 6:09.84 6 Roland Händle , Björn Später , Thorsten Schmidt , Marcus Mielke Germany 6:15.31
Rank Rower Country Time Notes Laurent Porchier , Jean-Christophe Bette , Yves Hocdé , Xavier Dorfman France 6:01.68 Simon Burgess , Anthony Edwards , Darren Balmforth , Robert Richards Australia 6:02.09 Søren Madsen , Thomas Ebert , Eskild Ebbesen , Victor Feddersen Denmark 6:03.51 4 Salvatore Amitrano , Franco Sancassani , Catello Amarante , Carlo Gaddi Italy 6:03.77 5 Mark Raeside Rowand , Ross Hawkins , Roger Tobler , Mike Hasselbach South Africa 6:07.67 6 Marc Schneider , Greg Ruckman , Paul Teti , Tom Auth United States 6:10.09
1996 : Victor Feddersen , Niels Henriksen , Thomas Poulsen , Eskild Ebbesen (DEN ) 2000 : Laurent Porchier , Jean-Christophe Bette , Yves Hocdé , Xavier Dorfman (FRA ) 2004 : Thor Kristensen , Thomas Ebert , Stephan Mølvig , Eskild Ebbesen (DEN ) 2008 : Thomas Ebert , Morten Jørgensen , Eskild Ebbesen , Mads Andersen (DEN ) 2012 : James Thompson , Matthew Brittain , John Smith , Sizwe Ndlovu (RSA ) 2016 : Lucas Tramèr , Simon Schürch , Simon Niepmann , Mario Gyr (SUI )