Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls
# Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls

The men's quadruple sculls competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia took place at Lake Lanier.

## Competition format

This rowing event is a quadruple scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by four rowers. The "scull" portion means that each rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. 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 heats, the best 9 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. 2 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

## Results

### Heats

The first 3 boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder went to the repechage.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Janusz Hooker, Duncan Free, Ronald Snook, Bo Hanson | Australia | 6:05.60 | Q |
| 2 | Sander van der Marck, Adri Middag, Joris Loefs, Pieter van Andel | Netherlands | 6:06.98 | Q |
| 3 | Konstantin Belevich, Sergey Tarasevich, Oleg Solomakhin, Denis Tabako | Belarus | 6:08.38 | Q |
| 4 | Yves Lamarque, Vincent Lepvraud, Sébastien Vieilledent, Fabrice Leclerc | France | 6:12.69 | R |
| 5 | Jarosław Nowicki, Przemysław Lewandowski, Marek Kolbowicz, Piotr Bujnarowski | Poland | 6:52.62 | R |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Massimo Paradiso, Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori | Italy | 6:05.75 | Q |
| 2 | Tim Young, Brian Jamieson, Eric Mueller, Jason Gailes | United States | 6:06.95 | Q |
| 3 | Igor Kravtsov, Nikolay Spinyov, Georgy Nikitin, Vladimir Sokolov | Russia | 6:10.62 | Q |
| 4 | Carlos Pages, Santiago Fernández, Rubén Knulst, Guillermo Pfaab | Argentina | 6:16.16 | R |
| 5 | André Costa, Giovanni Valentina, Oswaldo Kuster Neto, Alexander Altair Soares | Brazil | 6:36.30 | R |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | André Steiner, Stephan Volkert, Andreas Hajek, André Willms | Germany | 6:06.33 | Q |
| 2 | René Benguerel, Michael Erdlen, Ueli Bodenmann, Simon Stürm | Switzerland | 6:08.37 | Q |
| 3 | Johan Flodin, Pontus Ek, Fredrik Hulten, Henrik Nilsson | Sweden | 6:10.39 | Q |
| 4 | Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Mykola Chupryna, Leonid Shaposhnykov | Ukraine | 6:13.04 | R |

### Repechage

First three qualify to semifinals.

**Repechage 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jaroslaw Nowicki, Przemyslaw Lewandowski, Marek Kolbowicz, Piotr Bujnarowski | Poland | 5:51.15 | Q |
| 2 | Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Mykola Chupryna, Leonid Shaposhnykov | Ukraine | 5:51.51 | Q |
| 3 | Yves Lamarque, Vincent Lepvraud, Sébastien Vieilledent, Fabrice Leclerc | France | 5:51.82 | Q |
| 4 | Carlos Pages, Santiago Fernández, Ruben Knulst, Guillermo Pfaab | Argentina | 5:52.89 | |
| 5 | Andre Costa, Giovani Valentina, Oswaldo Kuster, Alexandre Soares | Brazil | 6:12.86 | |

### Semifinals

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

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Massimo Paradiso, Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori | Italy | 5:57.10 | A |
| 2 | Janusz Hooker, Duncan Free, Ronald Snook, Bo Hanson | Australia | 5:58.41 | A |
| 3 | Rene Benguerel, Michael Erdlen, Ulrich Bodenmann, Simon Strum | Switzerland | 5:59.63 | A |
| 4 | Igor Kravtsov, Nikolay Spinyov, Georgiy Nikitin, Vladimir Sokolov | Russia | 5:59.91 | B |
| 5 | Yves Lamarque, Vincent Lepvraud, Sébastien Vieilledent, Fabrice Leclerc | France | 6:03.74 | B |
| 6 | Konstantin Belevich, Sergey Tarasevich, Oleg Solomakhin, Denis Tabako | Belarus | 6:15.07 | B |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | André Steiner, Stephan Volkert, Andreas Hajek, André Willms | Germany | 5:55.10 | A |
| 2 | Tim Young, Brian Jamieson, Eric Mueller, Jason Gailes | United States | 5:57.97 | A |
| 3 | Johan Flodin, Pontus Ek, Fredrik Hulten, Henrik Nilsson | Sweden | 6:00.09 | A |
| 4 | Sander van der Marck, Adri Middag, Joris Loefs, Pieter van Andel | Netherlands | 6:03.72 | B |
| 5 | Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Mykola Chupryna, Leonid Shaposhnykov | Ukraine | 6:05.65 | B |
| 6 | Jaroslaw Nowicki, Przemyslaw Lewandowski, Marek Kolbowicz, Piotr Bujnarowski | Poland | 6:11.62 | B |

### Finals

**Final B**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Mykola Chupryna, Leonid Shaposhnykov | Ukraine | 5:53.46 |
| 8 | Igor Kravtsov, Nikolay Spinyov, Georgiy Nikitin, Vladimir Sokolov | Russia | 5:54.98 |
| 9 | Jaroslaw Nowicki, Przemyslaw Lewandowski, Marek Kolbowicz, Piotr Bujnarowski | Poland | 5:55.10 |
| 10 | Sander van der Marck, Adri Middag, Joris Loefs, Pieter van Andel | Netherlands | 5:55.15 |
| 11 | Konstantin Belevich, Sergey Tarasevich, Oleg Solomakhin, Denis Tabako | Belarus | 5:55.52 |
| 12 | Yves Lamarque, Vincent Lepvraud, Sébastien Vieilledent, Fabrice Leclerc | France | 6:00.48 |

**Final A**

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | André Steiner, Stephan Volkert, Andreas Hajek, André Willms | Germany | 5:56.93 |
| | Tim Young, Brian Jamieson, Eric Mueller, Jason Gailes | United States | 5:59.10 |
| | Janusz Hooker, Duncan Free, Ronald Snook, Bo Hanson | Australia | 6:01.65 |
| 4 | Massimo Paradiso, Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori | Italy | 6:02.12 |
| 5 | Rene Benguerel, Michael Erdlen, Ulrich Bodenmann, Simon Strum | Switzerland | 6:04.52 |
| 6 | Johan Flodin, Pontus Ek, Fredrik Hulten, Henrik Nilsson | Sweden | 6:07.75 |
