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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
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{{short description|Olympic rowing event}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's coxed four
|event = Men's coxed four
|games = 1960 Summer
|games = 1960 Summer
|image =
|image = Horst Effertz 1964.jpg
|caption = Horst Effertz (1964), a member of the gold medal team
|caption =
|venue =
|venue = [[Lake Albano]]
|date = 31 August – 3 September
|dates = 31 August – 3 September
|competitors = 105
|competitors = 105
|nations = 21
|nations = 21
|win_value = 6:39.12
|gold = [[Gerd Cintl]]<br>[[Horst Effertz]]<br>[[Klaus Riekemann]]<br>[[Jürgen Litz]]<br>[[Michael Obst]]
|gold = {{flagIOC|EUA|1960 Summer}} <br> {{hlist|[[Gerd Cintl]]|[[Horst Effertz]]|[[Klaus Riekemann]]|[[Jürgen Litz]]|[[Michael Obst (rower)|Michael Obst]] (cox)}}
|goldNOC = EUA
|goldNOC =
|silver = [[Robert Dumontois]]<br>[[Claude Martin (rower)|Claude Martin]]<br>[[Jacques Morel (rower)|Jacques Morel]]<br>[[Guy Nosbaum]]<br>[[Jean Klein]]
|silver = {{flagIOC|FRA|1960 Summer}} <br> {{hlist|[[Robert Dumontois]]|[[Claude Martin (rower)|Claude Martin]]|[[Jacques Morel (rower)|Jacques Morel]]|[[Guy Nosbaum]]|[[Jean Klein (rower)|Jean Klein]] (cox)}}
|silverNOC = FRA
|silverNOC =
|bronze = [[Fulvio Balatti]]<br>[[Romano Sgheiz]]<br>[[Franco Trincavelli]]<br>[[Giovanni Zucchi]]<br>[[Ivo Stefanoni]]
|bronze = {{flagIOC|ITA|1960 Summer}} <br> {{hlist|[[Fulvio Balatti]]|[[Romano Sgheiz]]|[[Franco Trincavelli]]|[[Giovanni Zucchi]]|[[Ivo Stefanoni]] (cox)}}
|bronzeNOC = ITA
|bronzeNOC =
|prev = [[Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four|1956]]
|prev = [[Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four|1956]]
|next = [[Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four|1964]]
|next = [[Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four|1964]]
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{{Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics}}
{{Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics}}


The '''men's coxed four''' competition at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] took place at took place at [[Lake Albano]], [[Italy]].<ref name="SR">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/ROW/mens-coxed-fours.html |title=Rowing at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
The '''men's coxed four''' competition at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] took place at [[Lake Albano]], [[Italy]].<ref name="SR">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/ROW/mens-coxed-fours.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124638/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/ROW/mens-coxed-fours.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Rowing at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours |work=Sports Reference |access-date=12 August 2018}}</ref> It was held from 31 August to 3 September.<ref name=Olympedia/> There were 21 boats (105 competitors) from 21 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the competition.<ref name=Olympedia/> The event was won by the United Team of Germany in its debut in the event (the rowers were from West Germany; Germany had previously won four times). Silver went to the French crew, the nation's first medal in the event since 1936. The defending champions Italy received bronze this time. In an event which saw constant turnover even from consistently strong nations, three members of the Italian team returned from the 1956 gold-medal crew to earn a second medal this Games: [[Romano Sgheiz]], [[Ivo Stefanoni]], and [[Franco Trincavelli]] were only the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th men to earn multiple medals in the coxed four.
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==Results==
==Background==

The following rowers took part:<ref name="SR"/>
This was the 11th appearance of the event. Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather. The coxed four was one of the four initial events introduced in 1900. It was not held in 1904 or 1908, but was held at every Games from 1912 to 1992 when it (along with the men's coxed pair) was replaced with the men's lightweight double sculls and men's lightweight coxless four.<ref name=Olympedia>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympedia.org/results/158367 |title=Coxed Fours, Men |work=Olympedia |access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref>
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German teams had won the last three European championships since the 1956 Games (East Germany in 1957, West Germany in 1958 and 1959). The Olympic team for the United Team of Germany was a West German crew, including three of the members of the 1959 European champion team; it was heavily favoured. Italy, the reigning champions and 1960 Olympic hosts, returned three members of their crew but had not found success since their victory in Melbourne.<ref name=Olympedia/>

Romania made its debut in the event; East and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the first time. The United States made its ninth appearance, most among nations to that point.

==Competition format==

The coxed four event featured five-person boats, with four rowers and a coxswain. It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The competition used the 2000 metres distance that became standard at the 1912 Olympics and which has been used ever since except at the 1948 Games.<ref name=WorldRowingHistory>{{cite web |url=https://worldrowing.com/2017/05/01/why-race-2000m-the-history-behind-the-distance/ |title=Why Do We Race 2000m? The History Behind the Distance |publisher=World Rowing |date=1 May 2017 |access-date=14 April 2021}}</ref>

This rowing competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and final), as well as a repechage round that allowed teams that did not win their heats to advance to the semifinals.

* Quarterfinals: Four heats. With 21 boats entered, there were to be five boats per heat except the last heat, which had six. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the semifinals, all other boats went to the repechage.
* Repechage: Four heats. With 17 boats racing in but not winning their initial heats, there were four or five boats per repechage heat. The top two boats in each repechage heat advanced to the semifinals, with the remaining boats eliminated.
* Semifinals: A total of 12 boats reached the semifinals (4 from the heats, 8 from the repechage). They were divided into two semifinals of six boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal advanced to the final, the fourth through sixth place boats were eliminated.
* Final: The final consisted of the remaining six boats.

==Schedule==

<small>All times are [[Central European Time]] ([[UTC+1]])</small>

{| class="wikitable"
! Date
! Time
! Round
|-
|-
| Tuesday, 30 August 1960 || '''15:00''' || '''Quarterfinals'''
!Rank
!Rowers
!Country
|-
|-
| Wednesday, 31 August 1960 || '''17:00''' || '''Repechage'''
|{{gold01}}
| [[Gerd Cintl]]<br>[[Horst Effertz]]<br>[[Klaus Riekemann]]<br>[[Jürgen Litz]]<br>[[Michael Obst]]
|{{flagIOC|EUA|1960 Summer}}
|-
|-
| Friday, 2 September 1960 || '''15:00''' || '''Semifinals'''
|{{silver02}}
|- style=background:lemonchiffon
| [[Robert Dumontois]]<br>[[Claude Martin (rower)|Claude Martin]]<br>[[Jacques Morel (rower)|Jacques Morel]]<br>[[Guy Nosbaum]]<br>[[Jean Klein]]
| Saturday, 3 September 1960 || '''15:00''' || '''Final'''
|{{flagIOC|FRA|1960 Summer}}
|}

==Results==

===Quarterfinals===

====Quarterfinal 1====

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
! Rank || Rowers || Coxswain || Nation || Time || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Fulvio Balatti]]|[[Romano Sgheiz]]|[[Franco Trincavelli]]|[[Giovanni Zucchi]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Ivo|Stefanoni}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1960 Summer}} || 6:40.10 || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Mick Allen (rower)|Mick Allen]]|[[Max Annett]]|[[John Hudson (rower)|John Hudson]]|[[Peter Waddington (rower)|Peter Waddington]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Lionel|Robberds}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|1960 Summer}} || 6:47.23 || {{abbr|R|Repechage}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 3 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Martin Bielz]]|[[Petre Milincovici]]|[[Ionel Petrov]]|[[Ștefan Pongratz]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Mircea|Roger}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ROU|1960 Summer}} || 6:47.71 || {{abbr|R|Repechage}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 4 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Väinö Huhtala (rower)|Väinö Huhtala]]|[[Matti Maisala]]|[[Reino Poutanen]]|[[Kauko Hänninen]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Reijo|Sundén}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FIN|1960 Summer}} || 6:56.70 || {{abbr|R|Repechage}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 5 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Panagiotis Kalombratsos]]|[[Ilias Polyzois]]|[[Ioannis Simbonis]]|[[Triantafyllos Tsongas]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Ioannis|Theodorakeas}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|GRE|1960 Summer}} || 7:01.25 || {{abbr|R|Repechage}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 6 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Franco Cobas]]|[[Emilio García (rower)|Emilio García]]|[[José Méndez (rower)|José Méndez]]|[[Alberto Valtierra]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Armando|González|dab=rower}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|1960 Summer}} || 7:07.23 || {{abbr|R|Repechage}}
|}

====Quarterfinal 2====

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
! Rank || Rowers || Coxswain || Nation || Time || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Gerd Cintl]]|[[Horst Effertz]]|[[Jürgen Litz]]|[[Klaus Riekemann]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Michael|Obst|dab=rower}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|EUA|1960 Summer}} || 6:34.55 || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Tibor Bedekovits]]|[[Csaba Kovács (rower)|Csaba Kovács]]|[[László Munteán]]|[[Pál Wágner]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Gyula|Lengyel|dab=rowing}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1960 Summer}} || 6:40.01 || {{abbr|R|Repechage}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 3 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Svend Helge Hansen]]|[[Poul Justesen]]|[[Mogens Pedersen (rower, born 1937)|Mogens Pedersen]]|[[Erik Rask]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Ejgo Vejby|Nielsen}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|DEN|1960 Summer}} || 6:47.37 || {{abbr|R|Repechage}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 4 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Jorge Cravinho]]|[[José Porto]]|[[Ilídio Silva]]|[[José Vieira (rower)|José Vieira]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Rui|Valença}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|POR|1960 Summer}} || 6:50.94 || {{abbr|R|Repechage}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 5 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Eduardo Endtner]]|[[Harri Klein]]|[[Paulino Leite]]|[[Francisco Todesco]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Waldemar|Scovino}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|BRA|1960 Summer}} || 6:57.48 || {{abbr|R|Repechage}}
|}

====Quarterfinal 3====

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
! Rank || Rowers || Coxswain || Nation || Time || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Pavel Hofmann]]|[[Richard Nový]]|[[Petr Pulkrábek]]|[[Oldřich Tikal]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Miroslav|Koníček}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|TCH|1960 Summer}} || 6:47.03 || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Chuck Alm]]|[[Roy Rubin (rower)|Roy Rubin]]|[[Monte Stocker]]|[[Mike Yonker]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Kurt|Seiffert}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1960 Summer}} || 6:49.62 || {{abbr|R|Repechage}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 3 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Frank Moerman]]|[[Toon de Ruiter]]|[[Ype Stelma]]|[[Henk Wamsteker (rower)|Henk Wamsteker]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Marius|Klumperbeek}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|NED|1960 Summer}} || 6:50.48 || {{abbr|R|Repechage}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 4 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Simon Crosse]]|[[Richard Knight (rower)|Richard Knight]]|[[John M. Russell (rower)|John M. Russell]]|[[John Tilbury (rower)|John Tilbury]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Terrence|Rosslyn-Smith}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1960 Summer}} || 6:51.00 || {{abbr|R|Repechage}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 5 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Koji Fukuda]]|[[Hatsuhiko Mizuki]]|[[Shunji Murai]]|[[Naotake Okubo]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Osamu|Saito}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|1960 Summer}} || 7:05.51 || {{abbr|R|Repechage}}
|}

====Quarterfinal 4====

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
! Rank || Rowers || Coxswain || Nation || Time || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Oleg Aleksandrov]]|[[Boris Fyodorov (rower)|Boris Fyodorov]]|[[Igor Khokhlov (rower)|Igor Khokhlov]]|[[Valentin Zanin]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Igor|Rudakov}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1960 Summer}} || 6:38.76 || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 2 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Dieter Ebner]]|[[Helmuth Kuttelwascher]]|[[Horst Kuttelwascher]]|[[Dieter Losert]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Wolfdietrich|Traugott}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1960 Summer}} || 6:42.33 || {{abbr|R|Repechage}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 3 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Robert Dumontois]]|[[Claude Martin (rower)|Claude Martin]]|[[Jacques Morel (rower)|Jacques Morel]]|[[Guy Nosbaum]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Jean|Klein|Jean Klein (rower)}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1960 Summer}} || 6:46.75 || {{abbr|R|Repechage}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 4 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Vladimir Nekora]]|[[Janez Pintar]]|[[Adolf Potočar]]|[[Vekoslav Skalak]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Nikola|Stipanicev}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|YUG|1960 Summer}} || 6:56.91 || {{abbr|R|Repechage}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3ff
| 5 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Rune Andersson (rower)|Rune Andersson]]|[[Lars-Eric Gustafsson]]|[[Ulf Gustafsson]]|[[Kjell Hansson]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Owe|Lostad}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1960 Summer}} || 8:25.34 || {{abbr|R|Repechage}}
|}

===Repechage===

====Repechage heat 1====

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
! Rank || Rowers || Coxswain || Nation || Time || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Robert Dumontois]]|[[Claude Martin (rower)|Claude Martin]]|[[Jacques Morel (rower)|Jacques Morel]]|[[Guy Nosbaum]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Jean|Klein|Jean Klein (rower)}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1960 Summer}} || 6:47.11 || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 2 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Mick Allen (rower)|Mick Allen]]|[[Max Annett]]|[[John Hudson (rower)|John Hudson]]|[[Peter Waddington (rower)|Peter Waddington]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Lionel|Robberds}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|1960 Summer}} || 6:47.31 || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|-
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Simon Crosse]]|[[Richard Knight (rower)|Richard Knight]]|[[John M. Russell (rower)|John M. Russell]]|[[John Tilbury (rower)|John Tilbury]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Terrence|Rosslyn-Smith}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1960 Summer}} || 6:48.21 ||
|{{bronze03}}
| [[Fulvio Balatti]]<br>[[Romano Sgheiz]]<br>[[Franco Trincavelli]]<br>[[Giovanni Zucchi]]<br>[[Ivo Stefanoni]]
|{{flagIOC|ITA|1960 Summer}}
|-
|-
| 4 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Eduardo Endtner]]|[[Harri Klein]]|[[Paulino Leite]]|[[Francisco Todesco]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Waldemar|Scovino}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|BRA|1960 Summer}} || 7:09.78 ||
|
|}
| [[Oleg Aleksandrov]]<br>[[Igor Khokhlov (rower)|Igor Khokhlov]]<br>[[Boris Fyodorov (rower)|Boris Fyodorov]]<br>[[Valentin Zanin]]<br>[[Igor Rudakov]]

|{{flagIOC|URS|1960 Summer}}
====Repechage heat 2====

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
! Rank || Rowers || Coxswain || Nation || Time || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Tibor Bedekovits]]|[[Csaba Kovács (rower)|Csaba Kovács]]|[[László Munteán]]|[[Pál Wágner]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Gyula|Lengyel|dab=rowing}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1960 Summer}} || 6:51.08 || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 2 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Martin Bielz]]|[[Petre Milincovici]]|[[Ionel Petrov]]|[[Ștefan Pongratz]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Mircea|Roger}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ROU|1960 Summer}} || 6:55.63 || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|-
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Vladimir Nekora]]|[[Janez Pintar]]|[[Adolf Potočar]]|[[Vekoslav Skalak]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Nikola|Stipanicev}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|YUG|1960 Summer}} || 7:00.71 ||
|
| [[Mick Allen (rower)|Mick Allen]]<br />[[Max Annett]]<br />[[John Hudson (rower)|John Hudson]]<br />[[Peter Waddington (rower)|Peter Waddington]]<br />[[Lionel Robberds]]
|{{flagIOC|AUS|1960 Summer}}
|-
|-
| 4 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Koji Fukuda]]|[[Hatsuhiko Mizuki]]|[[Shunji Murai]]|[[Naotake Okubo]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Osamu|Saito}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|1960 Summer}} || 7:10.50 ||
|
|}
| [[Tibor Bedekovits]]<br>[[Csaba Kovács (rower)|Csaba Kovács]]<br>[[László Munteán]]<br>[[Pál Wágner]]<br>[[Gyula Lengyel (rowing)|Gyula Lengyel]]

|{{flagIOC|HUN|1960 Summer}}
====Repechage heat 3====

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
! Rank || Rowers || Coxswain || Nation || Time || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Chuck Alm]]|[[Roy Rubin (rower)|Roy Rubin]]|[[Monte Stocker]]|[[Mike Yonker]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Kurt|Seiffert}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1960 Summer}} || 6:49.78 || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 2 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Väinö Huhtala (rower)|Väinö Huhtala]]|[[Matti Maisala]]|[[Reino Poutanen]]|[[Kauko Hänninen]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Reijo|Sundén}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FIN|1960 Summer}} || 6:51.14 || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|-
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Svend Helge Hansen]]|[[Poul Justesen]]|[[Mogens Pedersen (rower, born 1937)|Mogens Pedersen]]|[[Erik Rask]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Ejgo Vejby|Nielsen}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|DEN|1960 Summer}} || 6:51.70 ||
|
| [[Dieter Ebner]]<br>[[Helmuth Kuttelwascher]]<br>[[Horst Kuttelwascher]]<br>[[Dieter Losert]]<br>[[Wolfdietrich Traugott]]
|{{flagIOC|AUT|1960 Summer}}
|-
|-
| 4 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Rune Andersson (rower)|Rune Andersson]]|[[Lars-Eric Gustafsson]]|[[Ulf Gustafsson]]|[[Kjell Hansson]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Owe|Lostad}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1960 Summer}} || 7:05.90 ||
|
|}
| [[Chuck Alm]]<br>[[Roy Rubin (rower)|Roy Rubin]]<br>[[Monte Stocker]]<br>[[Mike Yonker]]<br>[[Kurt Seiffert]]

|{{flagIOC|USA|1960 Summer}}
====Repechage heat 4====

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
! Rank || Rowers || Coxswain || Nation || Time || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Dieter Ebner]]|[[Helmuth Kuttelwascher]]|[[Horst Kuttelwascher]]|[[Dieter Losert]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Wolfdietrich|Traugott}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1960 Summer}} || 6:41.09 || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 2 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Frank Moerman]]|[[Toon de Ruiter]]|[[Ype Stelma]]|[[Henk Wamsteker (rower)|Henk Wamsteker]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Marius|Klumperbeek}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|NED|1960 Summer}} || 6:41.43 || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|-
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Jorge Cravinho]]|[[José Porto]]|[[Ilídio Silva]]|[[José Vieira (rower)|José Vieira]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Rui|Valença}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|POR|1960 Summer}} || 6:57.87 ||
|
| [[Väinö Huhtala (rower)|Väinö Huhtala]]<br>[[Matti Maisala]]<br>[[Reino Poutanen]]<br>[[Kauko Hänninen]]<br>[[Reijo Sundén]]
|{{flagIOC|FIN|1960 Summer}}
|-
|-
| 4 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Panagiotis Kalombratsos]]|[[Ilias Polyzois]]|[[Ioannis Simbonis]]|[[Triantafyllos Tsongas]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Ioannis|Theodorakeas}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|GRE|1960 Summer}} || 6:57.98 ||
|
| [[Martin Bieltz]]<br>[[Petre Milincovici]]<br>[[Ionel Petrov]]<br>[[Ștefan Pongratz]]<br>[[Mircea Roger]]
|{{flagIOC|ROU|1960 Summer}}
|-
|-
| 5 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Franco Cobas]]|[[Emilio García (rower)|Emilio García]]|[[José Méndez (rower)|José Méndez]]|[[Alberto Valtierra]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Armando|González|dab=rower}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|1960 Summer}} || 7:07.50 ||
|
|}
| [[Pavel Hofmann]]<br>[[Richard Nový]]<br>[[Petr Pulkrábek]]<br>[[Oldřich Tikal]]<br>[[Miroslav Koníček]]

|{{flagIOC|TCH|1960 Summer}}
===Semifinals===

====Semifinal 1====

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
! Rank || Rowers || Coxswain || Nation || Time || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Fulvio Balatti]]|[[Romano Sgheiz]]|[[Franco Trincavelli]]|[[Giovanni Zucchi]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Ivo|Stefanoni}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1960 Summer}} || 7:02.86 || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 2 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Mick Allen (rower)|Mick Allen]]|[[Max Annett]]|[[John Hudson (rower)|John Hudson]]|[[Peter Waddington (rower)|Peter Waddington]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Lionel|Robberds}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|1960 Summer}} || 7:05.04 || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 3 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Tibor Bedekovits]]|[[Csaba Kovács (rower)|Csaba Kovács]]|[[László Munteán]]|[[Pál Wágner]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Gyula|Lengyel|dab=rowing}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1960 Summer}} || 7:05.84 || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-
|-
| 4 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Dieter Ebner]]|[[Helmuth Kuttelwascher]]|[[Horst Kuttelwascher]]|[[Dieter Losert]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Wolfdietrich|Traugott}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1960 Summer}} || 7:06.85 ||
|
| [[Toon de Ruiter]]<br>[[Frank Moerman]]<br>[[Ype Stelma]]<br>[[Henk Wamsteker]]<br>[[Marius Klumperbeek]]
|{{flagIOC|NED|1960 Summer}}
|-
|-
| 5 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Väinö Huhtala (rower)|Väinö Huhtala]]|[[Matti Maisala]]|[[Reino Poutanen]]|[[Kauko Hänninen]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Reijo|Sundén}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FIN|1960 Summer}} || 7:15.12 ||
|
| [[Simon Crosse]]<br>[[Richard Knight (rower)|Richard Knight]]<br>[[John M. Russell (rower)|John M. Russell]]<br>[[John Tilbury (rower)|John Tilbury]]<br>[[Terrence Rosslyn-Smith]]
|{{flagIOC|GBR|1960 Summer}}
|-
|-
| 6 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Pavel Hofmann]]|[[Richard Nový]]|[[Petr Pulkrábek]]|[[Oldřich Tikal]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Miroslav|Koníček}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|TCH|1960 Summer}} || 7:19.71 ||
|
|}
| [[Vladimir Nekora]]<br>[[Janez Pintar]]<br>[[Adolf Potočar]]<br>[[Vekoslav Skalak]]<br>[[Nikola Stipanicev]]

|{{flagIOC|YUG|1960 Summer}}
====Semifinal 2====

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
! Rank || Rowers || Coxswain || Nation || Time || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Gerd Cintl]]|[[Horst Effertz]]|[[Jürgen Litz]]|[[Klaus Riekemann]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Michael|Obst|dab=rower}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|EUA|1960 Summer}} || 7:00.47 || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 2 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Robert Dumontois]]|[[Claude Martin (rower)|Claude Martin]]|[[Jacques Morel (rower)|Jacques Morel]]|[[Guy Nosbaum]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Jean|Klein|Jean Klein (rower)}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1960 Summer}} || 7:02.95 || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 3 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Oleg Aleksandrov]]|[[Boris Fyodorov (rower)|Boris Fyodorov]]|[[Igor Khokhlov (rower)|Igor Khokhlov]]|[[Valentin Zanin]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Igor|Rudakov}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1960 Summer}} || 7:03.26 || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-
|-
| 4 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Chuck Alm]]|[[Roy Rubin (rower)|Roy Rubin]]|[[Monte Stocker]]|[[Mike Yonker]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Kurt|Seiffert}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1960 Summer}} || 7:06.25 ||
|
|-
| [[Poul Justesen]]<br>[[Mogens Pedersen (rower)|Mogens Pedersen]]<br>[[Svend Helge Hansen]]<br>[[Erik Rask]]<br>[[Ejgo Vejby Nielsen]]
| 5 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Martin Bielz]]|[[Petre Milincovici]]|[[Ionel Petrov]]|[[Ștefan Pongratz]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Mircea|Roger}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ROU|1960 Summer}} || 7:10.58 ||
|{{flagIOC|DEN|1960 Summer}}
|-
| 6 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Frank Moerman]]|[[Toon de Ruiter]]|[[Ype Stelma]]|[[Henk Wamsteker (rower)|Henk Wamsteker]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Marius|Klumperbeek}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|NED|1960 Summer}} || 7:12.02 ||
|}

===Final===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
! Rank || Rowers || Coxswain || Nation || Time
|-
|-
| {{gold01}} ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Gerd Cintl]]|[[Horst Effertz]]|[[Jürgen Litz]]|[[Klaus Riekemann]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Michael|Obst|dab=rower}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|EUA|1960 Summer}} || 6:39.12
|
|
|{{flagIOC|POR|1960 Summer}}
|-
|-
| {{silver02}} ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Robert Dumontois]]|[[Claude Martin (rower)|Claude Martin]]|[[Jacques Morel (rower)|Jacques Morel]]|[[Guy Nosbaum]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Jean|Klein|Jean Klein (rower)}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1960 Summer}} || 6:41.62
|
|
|{{flagIOC|BRA|1960 Summer}}
|-
|-
| {{bronze03}} ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Fulvio Balatti]]|[[Romano Sgheiz]]|[[Franco Trincavelli]]|[[Giovanni Zucchi]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Ivo|Stefanoni}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1960 Summer}} || 6:43.72
|
|
|{{flagIOC|JPN|1960 Summer}}
|-
|-
| 4 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Oleg Aleksandrov]]|[[Boris Fyodorov (rower)|Boris Fyodorov]]|[[Igor Khokhlov (rower)|Igor Khokhlov]]|[[Valentin Zanin]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Igor|Rudakov}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1960 Summer}} || 6:45.67
|
|
|{{flagIOC|SWE|1960 Summer}}
|-
|-
| 5 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Mick Allen (rower)|Mick Allen]]|[[Max Annett]]|[[John Hudson (rower)|John Hudson]]|[[Peter Waddington (rower)|Peter Waddington]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Lionel|Robberds}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|1960 Summer}} || 6:45.80
|
|
|{{flagIOC|GRE|1960 Summer}}
|-
|-
| 6 ||align=left| {{hlist|[[Tibor Bedekovits]]|[[Csaba Kovács (rower)|Csaba Kovács]]|[[László Munteán]]|[[Pál Wágner]]}} ||align=left| {{sortname|Gyula|Lengyel|dab=rowing}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1960 Summer}} || 6:51.65
|
|
|{{flagIOC|ESP|1960 Summer}}
|}
|}


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Men's coxed four
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Horst Effertz (1964), a member of the gold medal team
VenueLake Albano
Dates31 August – 3 September
Competitors105 from 21 nations
Winning time6:39.12
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United Team of Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Frankreich
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italien
← 1956
1964 →
Rowing at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Single scullsmen
Double scullsmen
Coxless pairmen
Coxed pairmen
Coxless fourmen
Coxed fourmen
Eightmen

The men's coxed four competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Albano, Italy.[1] It was held from 31 August to 3 September.[2] There were 21 boats (105 competitors) from 21 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the competition.[2] The event was won by the United Team of Germany in its debut in the event (the rowers were from West Germany; Germany had previously won four times). Silver went to the French crew, the nation's first medal in the event since 1936. The defending champions Italy received bronze this time. In an event which saw constant turnover even from consistently strong nations, three members of the Italian team returned from the 1956 gold-medal crew to earn a second medal this Games: Romano Sgheiz, Ivo Stefanoni, and Franco Trincavelli were only the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th men to earn multiple medals in the coxed four.

Background

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This was the 11th appearance of the event. Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather. The coxed four was one of the four initial events introduced in 1900. It was not held in 1904 or 1908, but was held at every Games from 1912 to 1992 when it (along with the men's coxed pair) was replaced with the men's lightweight double sculls and men's lightweight coxless four.[2]

German teams had won the last three European championships since the 1956 Games (East Germany in 1957, West Germany in 1958 and 1959). The Olympic team for the United Team of Germany was a West German crew, including three of the members of the 1959 European champion team; it was heavily favoured. Italy, the reigning champions and 1960 Olympic hosts, returned three members of their crew but had not found success since their victory in Melbourne.[2]

Romania made its debut in the event; East and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the first time. The United States made its ninth appearance, most among nations to that point.

Competition format

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The coxed four event featured five-person boats, with four rowers and a coxswain. It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The competition used the 2000 metres distance that became standard at the 1912 Olympics and which has been used ever since except at the 1948 Games.[3]

This rowing competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and final), as well as a repechage round that allowed teams that did not win their heats to advance to the semifinals.

  • Quarterfinals: Four heats. With 21 boats entered, there were to be five boats per heat except the last heat, which had six. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the semifinals, all other boats went to the repechage.
  • Repechage: Four heats. With 17 boats racing in but not winning their initial heats, there were four or five boats per repechage heat. The top two boats in each repechage heat advanced to the semifinals, with the remaining boats eliminated.
  • Semifinals: A total of 12 boats reached the semifinals (4 from the heats, 8 from the repechage). They were divided into two semifinals of six boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal advanced to the final, the fourth through sixth place boats were eliminated.
  • Final: The final consisted of the remaining six boats.

Zeitplan

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All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Zeit Round
Tuesday, 30 August 1960 15:00 Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 31 August 1960 17:00 Repechage
Friday, 2 September 1960 15:00 Semifinals
Saturday, 3 September 1960 15:00 Final

Results

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Quarterfinals

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Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Zeit Notes
1
Ivo Stefanoni  Italien 6:40.10 Q
2
Lionel Robberds  Australien 6:47.23 R
3
Mircea Roger  Rumänien 6:47.71 R
4
Reijo Sundén  Finnland 6:56.70 R
5
Ioannis Theodorakeas  Griechenland 7:01.25 R
6
Armando González  Spanien 7:07.23 R

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Zeit Notes
1
Michael Obst  United Team of Germany 6:34.55 Q
2
Gyula Lengyel  Ungarn 6:40.01 R
3
Ejgo Vejby Nielsen  Dänemark 6:47.37 R
4
Rui Valença  Portugal 6:50.94 R
5
Waldemar Scovino  Brasilien 6:57.48 R

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Zeit Notes
1
Miroslav Koníček  Czechoslovakia 6:47.03 Q
2
Kurt Seiffert  Vereinigte Staaten 6:49.62 R
3
Marius Klumperbeek  Niederlande 6:50.48 R
4
Terrence Rosslyn-Smith  Great Britain 6:51.00 R
5
Osamu Saito  Japan 7:05.51 R

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Zeit Notes
1
Igor Rudakov  Soviet Union 6:38.76 Q
2
Wolfdietrich Traugott  Österreich 6:42.33 R
3
Jean Klein  Frankreich 6:46.75 R
4
Nikola Stipanicev  Yugoslavia 6:56.91 R
5
Owe Lostad  Schweden 8:25.34 R

Repechage

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Repechage heat 1

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Zeit Notes
1
Jean Klein  Frankreich 6:47.11 Q
2
Lionel Robberds  Australien 6:47.31 Q
3
Terrence Rosslyn-Smith  Great Britain 6:48.21
4
Waldemar Scovino  Brasilien 7:09.78

Repechage heat 2

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Zeit Notes
1
Gyula Lengyel  Ungarn 6:51.08 Q
2
Mircea Roger  Rumänien 6:55.63 Q
3
Nikola Stipanicev  Yugoslavia 7:00.71
4
Osamu Saito  Japan 7:10.50

Repechage heat 3

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Zeit Notes
1
Kurt Seiffert  Vereinigte Staaten 6:49.78 Q
2
Reijo Sundén  Finnland 6:51.14 Q
3
Ejgo Vejby Nielsen  Dänemark 6:51.70
4
Owe Lostad  Schweden 7:05.90

Repechage heat 4

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Zeit Notes
1
Wolfdietrich Traugott  Österreich 6:41.09 Q
2
Marius Klumperbeek  Niederlande 6:41.43 Q
3
Rui Valença  Portugal 6:57.87
4
Ioannis Theodorakeas  Griechenland 6:57.98
5
Armando González  Spanien 7:07.50

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Zeit Notes
1
Ivo Stefanoni  Italien 7:02.86 Q
2
Lionel Robberds  Australien 7:05.04 Q
3
Gyula Lengyel  Ungarn 7:05.84 Q
4
Wolfdietrich Traugott  Österreich 7:06.85
5
Reijo Sundén  Finnland 7:15.12
6
Miroslav Koníček  Czechoslovakia 7:19.71

Semifinal 2

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Zeit Notes
1
Michael Obst  United Team of Germany 7:00.47 Q
2
Jean Klein  Frankreich 7:02.95 Q
3
Igor Rudakov  Soviet Union 7:03.26 Q
4
Kurt Seiffert  Vereinigte Staaten 7:06.25
5
Mircea Roger  Rumänien 7:10.58
6
Marius Klumperbeek  Niederlande 7:12.02

Final

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Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Zeit
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Michael Obst  United Team of Germany 6:39.12
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jean Klein  Frankreich 6:41.62
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ivo Stefanoni  Italien 6:43.72
4
Igor Rudakov  Soviet Union 6:45.67
5
Lionel Robberds  Australien 6:45.80
6
Gyula Lengyel  Ungarn 6:51.65

References

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  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Coxed Fours, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Why Do We Race 2000m? The History Behind the Distance". World Rowing. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
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