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

The men's 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. The competition consists 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 13 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 |
| - | - | - |
| Sunday, 17 September 2000 | 11:30 | Heats |
| Tuesday, 19 September 2000 | 11:10 | Repechages |
| Thursday, 21 September 2000 | 09:50 | Semifinals |
| Friday, 22 September 2000 | 11:10 | Final B |
| Saturday, 23 September 2000 | 10:30 | 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 | James Cracknell, Steve Redgrave, Tim Foster, Matthew Pinsent | Great Britain | 6:01.58 | Q |
| 2 | James Stewart, Ben Dodwell, Geoff Stewart, Bo Hanson | Australia | 6:05.03 | Q |
| 3 | Janez Klemenčič, Milan Janša, Rok Kolander, Matej Prelog | Slovenia | 6:07.09 | Q |
| 4 | Valeriu Andrunache, Adrian Bucenschi, Valentin Robu, Florin Corbeanu | Romania | 6:14.00 | R |
| 5 | Filip Filipić, Ivan Smiljanić, Boban Ranković, Mladen Stegić | FR Yugoslavia | 6:16.46 | R |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Valter Molea, Riccardo Dei Rossi, Lorenzo Carboncini, Carlo Mornati | Italy | 6:04.59 | Q |
| 2 | Michael Wherley, Eric Mueller, Jamie Koven, Wolfgang Moser | United States | 6:07.36 | Q |
| 3 | Kjetil Undset, Sture Bjørvig, Steffen Størseth, Nito Simonsen | Norway | 6:13.14 | Q |
| 4 | Paweł Jarosiński, Rafał Smoliński, Artur Rozalski, Arkadiusz Sobkowiak | Poland | 6:22.00 | R |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Daniel Fauché, Antoine Béghin, Laurent Béghin, Gilles Bosquet | France | 6:08.57 | Q |
| 2 | Dave Schaper, Scott Brownlee, Toni Dunlop, Rob Hellstrom | New Zealand | 6:13.60 | Q |
| 3 | Dirk Meusel, Jörg Dießner, Jan Herzog, Ike Landvoigt | Germany | 6:13.62 | Q |
| 4 | Hamdy El-Kot, El-Atek Mohamed, Tarek Hamid, Kamal Abdel Rehim | Egypt | 6:21.10 | R |

### Repechage

First three qualify to semifinals.

**Repechage 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Filip Filipić, Ivan Smiljanić, Boban Ranković, Mladen Stegić | FR Yugoslavia | 6:09.69 | Q |
| 2 | Valeriu Andrunache, Adrian Bucenschi, Valentin Robu, Florin Corbeanu | Romania | 6:11.24 | Q |
| 3 | Hamdy El-Kot, El-Atek Mohamed, Tarek Hamid, Kamal Abdel Rehim | Egypt | 6:13.73 | Q |
| 4 | Paweł Jarosiński, Rafał Smoliński, Artur Rozalski, Arkadiusz Sobkowiak | Poland | 6:15.75 | |

### Semifinals

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

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | James Cracknell, Steve Redgrave, Tim Foster, Matthew Pinsent | Great Britain | 6:02.28 | A |
| 2 | Janez Klemenčič, Milan Janša, Rok Kolander, Matej Prelog | Slovenia | 6:04.07 | A |
| 3 | Michael Wherley, Eric Mueller, Jamie Koven, Wolfgang Moser | United States | 6:05.80 | A |
| 4 | Daniel Fauché, Antoine Béghin, Laurent Béghin, Gilles Bosquet | France | 6:07.77 | B |
| 5 | Dirk Meusel, Jörg Dießner, Jan Herzog, Ike Landvoigt | Germany | 6:15.12 | B |
| 6 | Valeriu Andrunache, Adrian Bucenschi, Valentin Robu, Florin Corbeanu | Romania | 6:15.14 | B |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | James Stewart, Ben Dodwell, Geoff Stewart, Bo Hanson | Australia | 6:02.03 | A |
| 2 | Valter Molea, Riccardo Dei Rossi, Lorenzo Carboncini, Carlo Mornati | Italy | 6:02.31 | A |
| 3 | Dave Schaper, Scott Brownlee, Toni Dunlop, Rob Hellstrom | New Zealand | 6:05.33 | A |
| 4 | Kjetil Undset, Sture Bjørvig, Steffen Størseth, Nito Simonsen | Norway | 6:08.55 | B |
| 5 | Filip Filipić, Ivan Smiljanić, Boban Ranković, Mladen Stegić | FR Yugoslavia | 6:08.82 | B |
| 6 | Hamdy El-Kot, El-Atek Mohamed, Tarek Hamid, Kamal Abdel Rehim | Egypt | 6:21.22 | B |

### Finals

**Final B**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Daniel Fauché, Antoine Béghin, Laurent Béghin, Gilles Bosquet | France | 6:01.29 |
| 2 | Filip Filipić, Ivan Smiljanić, Boban Ranković, Mladen Stegić | FR Yugoslavia | 6:01.54 |
| 3 | Kjetil Undset, Sture Bjørvig, Steffen Størseth, Nito Simonsen | Norway | 6:04.28 |
| 4 | Valeriu Andrunache, Adrian Bucenschi, Valentin Robu, Florin Corbeanu | Romania | 6:06.73 |
| 5 | Dirk Meusel, Jörg Dießner, Jan Herzog, Ike Landvoigt | Germany | 6:08.11 |
| 6 | Hamdy El-Kot, El-Atek Mohamed, Tarek Hamid, Kamal Abdel Rehim | Egypt | 6:08.37 |

**Final A**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | James Cracknell, Steve Redgrave, Tim Foster, Matthew Pinsent | Great Britain | 5:56.24 |
| | Valter Molea, Riccardo Dei Rossi, Lorenzo Carboncini, Carlo Mornati | Italy | 5:56.62 |
| | James Stewart, Ben Dodwell, Geoff Stewart, Bo Hanson | Australia | 5:57.61 |
| 4 | Janez Klemenčič, Milan Janša, Rok Kolander, Matej Prelog | Slovenia | 5:58.34 |
| 5 | Michael Wherley, Eric Mueller, Jamie Koven, Wolfgang Moser | United States | 6:02.34 |
| 6 | Dave Schaper, Scott Brownlee, Toni Dunlop, Rob Hellstrom | New Zealand | 6:09.13 |
