Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four
# Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

The coxless four event was a rowing event conducted as part of the Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme.

## Medallists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Denmark (DEN) John Hansen Bjørn Hasløv Erik Petersen Kurt Helmudt | Great Britain (GBR) John Russell Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh William Barry John James | United States (USA) Geoffrey Picard Dick Lyon Ted Mittet Ted Nash |

## Results

### Heats

The top crew in each heat advanced to the final, with all others sent to the repechages.

Heat 1 :

| 1. | Denmark (DEN), John Ørsted Hansen, Erik Petersen, Kurt Helmudt and Bjørn Borgen Hasløv | 6:51.78 | QF |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2. | Romania (ROU), Ştefan Pongratz, Ludovic Covaci-Borbely, Carol Vereş and Nichifor Tarara | 6:57.35 | QR |
| 3. | Canada (CAN), Daryl MacDonald, Robert Brookson, Neil Campbell and Chris Leach | 7:01.97 | QR |
| 4. | Australia (AUS), Richard Garrard, Peter Gillon, Simon Newcombe and Anthony Walker | 7:03.40 | QR |
| 5. | Japan (JPN), Shunsuke Miki, Koju Tsukamoto, Yasuji Honma and Bunzo Kimura | 7:24.35 | QR |
| Heat 2 ||||
| 1. | Great Britain (GBR), John M. Russell, Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh, William Barry and John James | 6:47.04 | QF |
| 2. | United States (USA), Geoffrey Picard, Dick Lyon, Ted Nash, Ted Mittet and Phil Durbrow | 6:56.40 | QR |
| 3. | Netherlands (NED), Sjoerd Wartena, Jim Enters, Herman Boelen and Sipke Castelein | 7:01.51 | QR |
| 4. | Argentina (ARG), Juan Francisco Zanassi, Atilio Ensunza, Jorge Meana and Juan Alberto Iannuzzi | 7:08.60 | QR |
| 5. | Italy (ITA), Romano Sgheiz, Fulvio Balatti, Giovanni Zucchi and Luciano Sgheiz | 7:11.65 | QR |
| Heat 3 ||||
| 1. | United Team of Germany (EUA), Günter Schrörs, Horst Effertz, Albrecht Müller and Manfred Misselhorn | 6:37.83 | QF |
| 2. | Soviet Union (URS), Celestinas Jucys, Eugenijus Levickas, Jonas Motiejūnas and Anatoly Sass | 6:40.12 | QR |
| 3. | France (FRA), Jean-Pierre Drivet, Roger Chatelain, Philippe Malivoire and Émile Clerc | 6:45.95 | QR |
| 4. | Austria (AUT), Dieter Ebner, Horst Kuttelwascher, Dieter Losert and Manfred Krausbar | 6:48.18 | QR |

**Repechages**

The top finisher in each of the three repechages joined the finalists. The second and third place finishers competed in a consolation final for 7th-12th places. All other crews were eliminated.

Repechage 1 :

| 1. | United States (USA) | 6:38.93 | QF |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2. | France (FRA) | 6:42.85 | QC |
| 3. | Japan (JPN) | 7:00.29 | QC |
| 4. | Australia (AUS) | 7:01.07 | |
| Repechage 2 ||||
| 1. | Italy (ITA) | 6:34.61 | QF |
| 2. | Soviet Union (URS) | 6:37.86 | QC |
| 3. | Canada (CAN) | 6:53.38 | QC |
| 4. | Argentina (ARG) | 7:07.83 | |
| Repechage 3 ||||
| 1. | Netherlands (NED) | 6:29.42 | QF |
| 2. | Romania (ROU) | 6:30.37 | QC |
| 3. | Austria (AUT) | 7:25.83 | QC |

### Consolation final

The consolation final determined places from 7th to 12th.

| 7. | Soviet Union (URS) | 6:22.03 |
| - | - | - |
| 8. | Austria (AUT) | 6:24.15 |
| 9. | Romania (ROU) | 6:27.28 |
| 10. | France (FRA) | 6:38.32 |
| 11. | Canada (CAN) | 6:45.50 |
| 12. | Japan (JPN) | 6:51.60 |

### Final

| | Denmark (DEN) | 6:59.30 |
| - | - | - |
| | Great Britain (GBR) | 7:00.47 |
| | United States (USA) | 7:01.37 |
| 4. | Netherlands (NED) | 7:09.98 |
| 5. | Italy (ITA) | 7:10.05 |
| 6. | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 7:10.33 |
