The men's coxless four competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from 27 August to 2 September at the Olympic Regatta Course in Oberschleißheim.
Results
Heats The winner of each heat (green) qualifies to the semifinal round, while the remaining competitors go to the repechage.
Heat 1 RankRowerCountryTime1Emeric TuşaAdalbert AghMihai NaumencuFrancisc Papp6:49.112Ole NafstadTom AmundsenKjell Sverre JohansenSvein Erik Nilsen6:53.273Ian GordonKarel JonkerGregory RokoshDonald Curphey7:02.344Marko MandičJože BercJure PotočnikMiloš Janša7:05.005Kim Ki-taeHam Il-nyonKim Un-sonHong Song-su7:10.57
Heat 2
RankRowerCountryTime1Dick TonksDudley StoreyRoss CollingeNoel Mills6:47.272Hans-Jörg BendinerWalter SteinerThomas MacherKurt Baumann6:55.813Oscar de AndrésJosé Manuel BugiaLuciano WilkTomás Forray6:59.724Csaba CzakóAndrás KormosJózsef CsermelyAntal Melis7:02.985José Luis MoralesArturo FigueroaArcadio PadillaJuan López7:20.00
Heat 3
RankRowerCountryTime1Frank ForbergerDieter GrahnFrank RühleDieter Schubert6:43.872Fred SmallboneLenny RobertsonJim ClarkBill Mason6:45.303Joachim EhrigPeter FunnekötterFranz HeldWolfgang Plottke6:47.534Primo BaranAngelo RossettoPier Angelo ContiAbramo Albini6:53.855Patrick SellierRoger RouverGérard ChenuetYves Fraisse6:56.58
Heat 4
RankRowerCountryTime1Anatoliy TkachukIgor KashurovAleksandr MotinVitaly Sapronov6:42.402Willy PoulsenPeter Fich ChristiansenEgon PedersenRolf Andersen6:47.603Biser BoyadzhievBorislav VasilevNikolay KolevMetodi Khalvadzhiski6:47.994Charles HewittWilliam MillerRichard DreissigackerJames Moroney6:57.055Eralio CabreraTroadio DelgadoRamón LuperónAngel Serra7:07.61
Repechage Top two finishers in each heat qualify to the semifinal round.
Repechage 1 RankRowerCountryTime1Joachim EhrigPeter FunnekötterFranz HeldWolfgang Plottke6:58.102Willy PoulsenPeter Fich ChristiansenEgon PedersenRolf Andersen7:04.37 3Csaba CzakóAndrás KormosJózsef CsermelyAntal Melis7:16.064Kim Ki-TaeHam Il-NyonKim Un-SonHong Song-Su7:18.30
Repechage 2 RankRowerCountryTime1Fred SmallboneLenny RobertsonJim ClarkBill Mason7:06.792Eralio CabreraTroadio DelgadoRamón LuperónAngel Serra7:11.233Oscar de AndrésJosé Manuel BugiaLuciano WilkTomás Forray7:12.744Marko MandičJože BercJure PotočnikMiloš Janša7:18.18
Repechage 3 RankRowerCountryTime1Hans-Jörg BendinerWalter SteinerThomas MacherKurt Baumann7:03.312Ian GordonKarel JonkerGregory RokoshDonald Curphey7:06.903Patrick SellierRoger RouverGérard ChenuetYves Fraisse7:09.334Charles HewittWilliam MillerRichard DreissigackerJames Moroney7:13.95
Repechage 4 RankRowerCountryTime1Primo BaranAngelo RossettoPier Angelo ContiAbramo Albini7:00.652Biser BoyadzhievBorislav VasilevNikolay KolevMetodi Khalvadzhiski7:02.693Ole NafstadTom AmundsenKjell Sverre JohansenSvein Erik Nilsen7:03.084José Luis MoralesArturo FigueroaArcadio PadillaJuan López7:32.31
Semifinals
Semifinal A/B First three qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.
Semifinal 1 RankRowerCountryTime1Dick TonksDudley StoreyRoss CollingeNoel Mills7:03.992Frank ForbergerDieter GrahnFrank RühleDieter Schubert7:06.883Joachim EhrigPeter FunnekötterFranz HeldWolfgang Plottke7:10.564Ian GordonKarel JonkerGregory RokoshDonald Curphey7:13.615Primo BaranAngelo RossettoPier Angelo ContiAbramo Albini7:14.206Eralio CabreraTroadio DelgadoRamón LuperónAngel Serra7:36.30
Semifinal 2 RankRowerCountryTime1Emeric TuşaAdalbert AghMihai NaumencuFrancisc Papp7:12.502Willy PoulsenPeter Fich ChristiansenEgon PedersenRolf Andersen7:16.013Anatoliy TkachukIgor KashurovAleksandr MotinVitaly Sapronov7:16.594Fred SmallboneLenny RobertsonJim ClarkBill Mason7:22.215Hans-Jörg BendinerWalter SteinerThomas MacherKurt Baumann7:23.876Biser BoyadzhievBorislav VasilevNikolay KolevMetodi Khalvadzhiski7:24.93
Finals
Final B RankRowerCountryTime1Fred SmallboneLenny RobertsonJim ClarkBill Mason6:52.892Biser BoyadzhievBorislav VasilevNikolay KolevMetodi Khalvadzhiski6:54.543Ian GordonKarel JonkerGregory RokoshDonald Curphey6:57.184Primo BaranAngelo RossettoPier Angelo ContiAbramo Albini6:57.595Hans-Jörg BendinerWalter SteinerThomas MacherKurt Baumann6:59.416Eralio CabreraTroadio DelgadoRamón LuperónAngel Serra7:10.83
Final A RankRowerCountryTimeFrank ForbergerDieter GrahnFrank RühleDieter Schubert6:24.27Dick TonksDudley StoreyRoss CollingeNoel Mills6:25.64Joachim EhrigPeter FunnekötterFranz HeldWolfgang Plottke6:28.414Anatoliy TkachukIgor KashurovAleksandr MotinVitaly Sapronov6:31.925Emeric TuşaAdalbert AghMihai NaumencuFrancisc Papp6:35.606Willy PoulsenPeter Fich ChristiansenEgon PedersenRolf Andersen6:37.28
References
External links Official reports of the 1972 Summer Olympics