Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four
# Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

The men's coxless fours competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin took place at Grünau on the Langer See.

## Schedule

| Date | Round |
| - | - |
| 12 August 1936 | Heats |
| 13 August 1936 | Semifinal |
| 14 August 1936 | Final |

## Results

### Heats

First boat of each heat qualified to the final, remainder goes to the semifinal.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rudolf Eckstein Anton Rom Martin Karl Wilhelm Menne | Germany | 6:22.5 | Q |
| 2 | Rudolf Höpfler Camillo Winkler Wilhelm Pichler Hans Binder | Austria | 6:32.1 | |
| 3 | Knud Olsen Keld Karise Bjørner Drøger Emil Boje Jensen | Denmark | 6:36.8 | |
| 4 | Ferenc Dobos Frigyes Pabsz Tibor Vadai Gyula Halmay | Hungary | 6:40.7 | |
| 5 | James Thomson Eugene Fruehauf George Hague Alfred Sapecky | United States | 6:41.4 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hermann Betschart Hans Homberger Alex Homberger Karl Schmid | Switzerland | 6:27.2 | Q |
| 2 | Martin Bristow Alan Barrett Peter Jackson John Sturrock | Great Britain | 6:30.8 | |
| 3 | Antonio Ghiardello Luigi Luxardo Aldo Pellizzoni Francesco Pittaluga | Italy | 6:34.5 | |
| 4 | Mak Schoorl Flip Regout Hotse Bartlema Simon de Wit | Netherlands | 6:46.0 | |

### Semifinal

First two qualify to the final.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rudolf Höpfler Camillo Winkler Wilhelm Pichler Hans Binder | Austria | 7:23.4 | Q |
| 2 | Knud Olsen Keld Karise Bjørner Drøger Emil Boje Jensen | Denmark | 7:27.6 | Q |
| 3 | James Thomson Eugene Fruehauf George Hague Alfred Sapecky | United States | 7:31.5 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Martin Bristow Alan Barrett Peter Jackson John Sturrock | Great Britain | 7:27.4 | Q |
| 2 | Antonio Ghiardello Luigi Luxardo Aldo Pellizzoni Francesco Pittaluga | Italy | 7:33.9 | Q |
| 3 | Ferenc Dobos Frigyes Pabsz Tibor Vadai Gyula Halmay | Hungary | 7:57.0 | |

### Final

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Rudolf Eckstein Anton Rom Martin Karl Wilhelm Menne | Germany | 7:01.8 |
| | Martin Bristow Alan Barrett Peter Jackson John Sturrock | Great Britain | 7:06.5 |
| | Hermann Betschart Hans Homberger Alex Homberger Karl Schmid | Switzerland | 7:10.6 |
| 4 | Antonio Ghiardello Luigi Luxardo Aldo Pellizzoni Francesco Pittaluga | Italy | 7:12.4 |
| 5 | Rudolf Höpfler Camillo Winkler Wilhelm Pichler Hans Binder | Austria | 7:20.5 |
| 6 | Knud Olsen Keld Karise Bjørner Drøger Emil Boje Jensen | Denmark | 7:26.3 |
