Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls

Men's quadruple sculls at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Germany rowing to gold in the final
Venue	Eton Dorney
Date	28 July – 3 August
Competitors	52 from 13 nations
Winning time	5:42.48
Medalists
Karl Schulze Philipp Wende Lauritz Schoof Tim Grohmann   Germany   David Šain Martin Sinković Damir Martin Valent Sinković   Croatia   Chris Morgan Karsten Forsterling James McRae Daniel Noonan   Australia

Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Single sculls		men		women
Coxless pair		men		women
Double sculls		men		women
Lwt double sculls		men		women
Coxless four		men
Quadruple sculls		men		women
Eight		men		women
Lwt coxless four		men

The men's quadruple sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.^[1]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Heats

First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ryabtsev, Svirin, Morgachev, Fedorovtsev	Russia	5:42.26	Q
2	Jämsä, Raja, Endrekson, Taimsoo	Estonia	5:42.87	Q
3	Chabanet, Androdias, Peltier, Hardy	France	5:44.25	Q
4	Piermarini, Osborne, Graves, Hovey	United States	5:50.25	R
5	Stefanini, Fossi, Frattini, Raineri	Italy	6:08.99	R

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Šain, Sinković, Martin, Sinković	Croatia	5:39.08	Q
2	Wasielewski, Kolbowicz, Jeliński, Korol	Poland	5:40.56	Q
3	Morgan, Forsterling, McRae, Noonan	Australia	5:41.56	Q
4	Storey, Arms, Trott, Manson	New Zealand	5:41.62	R

Heat 3

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Schulze, Wende, Schoof, Grohmann	Germany	5:39.69	Q
2	Rowbotham, Cousins, Solesbury, Wells	Great Britain	5:41.75	Q
3	Pavlovskyi, Zaitsev, Gryn, Dovgodko	Ukraine	5:43.46	Q
4	Stofer, Stahlberg, Vonarburg, Maillefer	Switzerland	5:45.13	R

Repechage

First three qualify to the semifinals.

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Storey, Arms, Trott, Manson	New Zealand	5:43.82	Q
2	Stefanini, Fossi, Frattini, Raineri	Italy	5:44.57	Q
3	Stofer, Stahlberg, Vonarburg, Maillefer	Switzerland	5:44.90	Q
4	Piermarini, Osborne, Graves, Hovey	United States	5:45.62

Semifinals

First three qualify to Final A, remainder to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Šain, Sinković, Martin, Sinković	Croatia	6:03.39	Q
2	Morgan, Forsterling, McRae, Noonan	Australia	6:05.45	Q
3	Rowbotham, Cousins, Solesbury, Wells	Great Britain	6:05.71	Q
4	Storey, Arms, Trott, Manson	New Zealand	6:10.95
5	Ryabtsev, Svirin, Morgachev, Fedorovtsev	Russia	6:13.61
6	Stofer, Stahlberg, Vonarburg, Maillefer	Switzerland	6:19.64

Semifinal 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Schulze, Wende, Schoof, Grohmann	Germany	6:05.85	Q
2	Jämsä, Raja, Endrekson, Taimsoo	Estonia	6:07.85	Q
3	Wasielewski, Kolbowicz, Jeliński, Korol	Poland	6:10.75	Q
4	Chabanet, Androdias, Peltier, Hardy	France	6:12.81
5	Pavlovskyi, Zaitsev, Gryn, Dovgodko	Ukraine	6:16.23
6	Stefanini, Fossi, Frattini, Raineri	Italy	6:18.96

Finals

Final B

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Storey, Arms, Trott, Manson	New Zealand	5:58.88
2	Ryabtsev, Svirin, Morgachev, Fedorovtsev	Russia	5:59.17
3	Pavlovskyi, Zaitsev, Gryn, Dovgodko	Ukraine	6:01.23
4	Chabanet, Androdias, Peltier, Hardy	France	6:02.12
5	Stefanini, Fossi, Frattini, Raineri	Italy	6:02.57
6	Stofer, Stahlberg, Vonarburg, Maillefer	Switzerland	6:04.37

Final A

The final

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
01 !	Schulze, Wende, Schoof, Grohmann	Germany	5:42.48
02 !	Šain, Sinković, Martin, Sinković	Croatia	5:44.78
03 !	Morgan, Forsterling, McRae, Noonan	Australia	5:45.22
4	Jämsä, Raja, Endrekson, Taimsoo	Estonia	5:46.96
5	Rowbotham, Cousins, Solesbury, Wells	Great Britain	5:49.19
6	Wasielewski, Kolbowicz, Jeliński, Korol	Poland	5:51.74

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