Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight coxless four
# Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight coxless four

The men's lightweight coxless four competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.

## Competition format

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.

## Schedule

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 |

## Results

### Heats

The first three boats of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

**Heat 1**

| 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 |

**Heat 2**

| 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 |

**Heat 3**

| 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 |

### Repechage

First three qualify to semifinals.

**Repechage 1**

| 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 | |

### Semifinals

First three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.

**Semifinal 1**

| 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 |

**Semifinal 2**

| 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 |

### Finals

**Final B**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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 |

**Final A**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 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 |
