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Coxed four at the Olympics

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Coxed four
at the Olympic Games
Coxed four at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Overview
SportRowing
GenderMen and women
Years heldMen: 1900, 19121992
Women: 19761988
Reigning champion
Men Romania
Iulică Ruican
Viorel Talapan
Dimitrie Popescu
Nicolae Țaga
Dumitru Răducanu (cox)
Women East Germany
Martina Walther
Gerlinde Doberschütz
Carola Hornig
Birte Siech
Sylvia Rose (cox)

The coxed four was a rowing event held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the second modern Olympics in 1900. It was not held in 1904 or 1908. It returned in 1912 with two versions: the standard one as well as one with inriggers (the only time that version was held). It continued to be held for men until it was removed from the programme following the 1992 Games, at which point it and the men's coxed pair were replaced with the men's lightweight double sculls and men's lightweight coxless four. The women's event was added when women's rowing was added to the Olympic programme in 1976. It was held each year through 1988, when it was replaced with the women's coxless four.

Medalists

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Men

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Paris
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 France
Henri Bouckaert, Jean Cau, Émile Delchambre, Henri Hazebrouck, Charlot (cox)
 Germany
Gustav Goßler, Oscar Goßler, Walther Katzenstein, Waldemar Tietgens, Carl Goßler (cox)
 France
Georges Lumpp, Charles Perrin, Daniel Soubeyran, Émile Wegelin, Unknown (cox)
 Netherlands
Coenraad Hiebendaal, Geert Lotsij, Paul Lotsij, Johannes Terwogt, Hermanus Brockmann (cox)
 Germany
Wilhelm Carstens, Julius Körner, Adolf Möller, Hugo Rüster, Gustav Moths[1] (cox), Max Ammermann (cox)
 Germany
Ernst Felle, Otto Fickeisen, Carl Lehle, Hermann Wilker, Franz Kröwerath (cox)
1912 Stockholm
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 Germany
Albert Arnheiter, Hermann Wilker, Rudolf Fickeisen, Otto Fickeisen, Karl Leister (cox)
 Great Britain
Julius Beresford, Karl Vernon, Charles Rought, Bruce Logan, Geoffrey Carr (cox)
 Denmark
Erik Bisgaard, Rasmus Frandsen, Mikael Simonsen, Poul Thymann, Ejgil Clemmensen (cox)
1920 Antwerp
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 Switzerland
Willy Brüderlin, Max Rudolf, Paul Rudolf, Hans Walter, Paul Staub (cox)
 United States
Erich Federschmidt, Franz Federschmidt, Carl Klose, Ken Myers, Sherm Clark (cox)
 Norway
Per Gulbrandsen, Theodor Klem, Henry Larsen, Birger Var, Thoralf Hagen (cox)
1924 Paris
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 Switzerland
Émile Albrecht, Alfred Probst, Eugen Sigg, Hans Walter, Émile Lachapelle (cox), Walter Loosli (cox)
 France
Eugène Constant, Louis Gressier, Georges Lecointe, Raymond Talleux, Marcel Lepan (cox)
 United States
Bob Gerhardt, Sid Jelinek, Ed Mitchell, Henry Welsford, John Kennedy (cox)
1928 Amsterdam
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 Italy
Valerio Perentin, Giliante D'Este, Nicolò Vittori, Giovanni Delise, Renato Petronio (cox)
 Switzerland
Ernst Haas, Joseph Meyer, Otto Bucher, Karl Schwegler, Fritz Bösch (cox)
 Poland
Franciszek Bronikowski, Edmund Jankowski, Leon Birkholc, Bernard Ormanowski, Bolesław Drewek (cox)
1932 Los Angeles
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 Germany
Hans Eller, Horst Hoeck, Walter Meyer, Joachim Spremberg, Carlheinz Neumann (cox)
 Italy
Riccardo Divora, Bruno Parovel, Giovanni Plazzer, Bruno Vattovaz, Guerrino Scher (cox)
 Poland
Jerzy Braun, Edward Kobyliński, Janusz Ślązak, Stanisław Urban, Jerzy Skolimowski (cox)
1936 Berlin
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 Germany
Hans Maier, Walter Volle, Ernst Gaber, Paul Söllner, Fritz Bauer (cox)
 Switzerland
Hermann Betschart, Hans Homberger, Alex Homberger, Karl Schmid, Rolf Spring (cox)
 France
Fernand Vandernotte, Marcel Vandernotte, Jean Cosmat, Marcel Chauvigné, Noël Vandernotte (cox)
1948 London
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 United States
Warren Westlund, Bob Martin, Bob Will, Gordy Giovanelli, Allen Morgan (cox)
 Switzerland
Rudolf Reichling, Erich Schriever, Émile Knecht, Peter Stebler, André Moccand (cox)
 Denmark
Erik Larsen, Børge Raahauge Nielsen, Henry Larsen, Harry Knudsen, Ib Olsen (cox)
1952 Helsinki
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 Czechoslovakia
Karel Mejta Sr, Jiří Havlis, Jan Jindra, Stanislav Lusk, Miroslav Koranda (cox)
 Switzerland
Rico Bianchi, Karl Weidmann, Heini Scheller, Émile Ess, Walter Leiser (cox)
 United States
Carl Lovsted, Al Ulbrickson, Richard Wahlstrom, Matt Leanderson, Al Rossi (cox)
1956 Melbourne
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 Italy
Alberto Winkler, Romano Sgheiz, Angelo Vanzin, Franco Trincavelli, Ivo Stefanoni (cox)
 Sweden
Olle Larsson, Gösta Eriksson, Ivar Aronsson, Evert Gunnarsson, Bertil Göransson (cox)
 Finland
Kauko Hänninen, Reino Poutanen, Veli Lehtelä, Toimi Pitkänen, Matti Niemi (cox)
1960 Rome
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 United Team of Germany
Gerd Cintl, Horst Effertz, Klaus Riekemann, Jürgen Litz, Michael Obst (cox)
 France
Robert Dumontois, Claude Martin, Jacques Morel, Guy Nosbaum, Jean Klein (cox)
 Italy
Fulvio Balatti, Romano Sgheiz, Franco Trincavelli, Giovanni Zucchi, Ivo Stefanoni (cox)
1964 Tokyo
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 United Team of Germany
Peter Neusel, Bernhard Britting, Joachim Werner, Egbert Hirschfelder, Jürgen Oelke (cox)
 Italy
Renato Bosatta, Emilio Trivini, Giuseppe Galante, Franco De Pedrina, Giovanni Spinola (cox)
 Netherlands
Lex Mullink, Jan van de Graaff, Freek van de Graaff, Bobbie van de Graaf, Marius Klumperbeek (cox)
1968 Mexico City
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 New Zealand
Dick Joyce, Ross Collinge, Dudley Storey, Warren Cole, Simon Dickie (cox)
 East Germany
Peter Kremtz, Manfred Gelpke, Roland Göhler, Klaus Jacob, Dieter Semetzky (cox)
 Switzerland
Denis Oswald, Peter Bolliger, Hugo Waser, Jakob Grob, Gottlieb Fröhlich (cox)
1972 Munich
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 West Germany
Peter Berger, Hans-Johann Färber, Gerhard Auer, Alois Bierl, Uwe Benter (cox)
 East Germany
Dietrich Zander, Reinhard Gust, Eckhard Martens, Rolf Jobst, Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (cox)
 Czechoslovakia
Otakar Mareček, Karel Neffe, Vladimír Jánoš, František Provazník, Vladimír Petříček (cox)
1976 Montreal
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 Soviet Union
Vladimir Eshinov, Nikolay Ivanov, Mikhail Kuznetsov, Aleksandr Klepikov, Aleksandr Sema, Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox)
 East Germany
Andreas Schulz, Rüdiger Kunze, Walter Dießner, Ullrich Dießner, Johannes Thomas (cox)
 West Germany
Hans-Johann Färber, Ralph Kubail, Siegfried Fricke, Peter Niehusen, Hartmut Wenzel (cox)
1980 Moscow
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 East Germany
Dieter Wendisch, Walter Dießner, Ullrich Dießner, Gottfried Döhn, Andreas Gregor (cox)
 Soviet Union
Artūrs Garonskis, Dimants Krišjānis, Dzintars Krišjānis, Žoržs Tikmers, Juris Bērziņš (cox)
 Poland
Grzegorz Stellak, Adam Tomasiak, Grzegorz Nowak, Ryszard Stadniuk, Ryszard Kubiak (cox)
1984 Los Angeles
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 Great Britain
Martin Cross, Richard Budgett, Andy Holmes, Steve Redgrave, Adrian Ellison (cox)
 United States
Thomas Kiefer, Gregory Springer, Michael Bach, Edward Ives, John Stillings (cox)
 New Zealand
Kevin Lawton, Don Symon, Barrie Mabbott, Ross Tong, Brett Hollister (cox)
1988 Seoul
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 East Germany
Bernd Niesecke, Karsten Schmeling, Bernd Eichwurzel, Frank Klawonn, Hendrik Reiher (cox)
 Romania
Dimitrie Popescu, Ioan Snep, Vasile Tomoiagă, Valentin Robu, Ladislau Lovrenschi (cox)
 New Zealand
Chris White, Ian Wright, Greg Johnston, George Keys, Andrew Bird (cox)
1992 Barcelona
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 Romania
Iulică Ruican, Viorel Talapan, Dimitrie Popescu, Nicolae Țaga, Dumitru Răducanu (cox)
 Germany
Ralf Brudel, Uwe Kellner, Thoralf Peters, Karsten Finger, Hendrik Reiher (cox)
 Poland
Wojciech Jankowski, Maciej Łasicki, Jacek Streich, Tomasz Tomiak, Michał Cieślak (cox)

Multiple medalists

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Rank Gymnast Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Hans Walter  Switzerland (SUI) 1920–1924 2 0 0 2
2 Ullrich Dießner  East Germany (GDR) 1976–1980 1 1 0 2
Walter Dießner  East Germany (GDR) 1976–1980 1 1 0 2
Dimitrie Popescu  Romania (ROU) 1988–1992 1 1 0 2
Hendrik Reiher  East Germany (GDR)
 Germany (GER)
1988–1992 1 1 0 2
6 Romano Sgheiz  Italy (ITA) 1956–1960 1 0 1 2
Ivo Stefanoni  Italy (ITA) 1956–1960 1 0 1 2
Franco Trincavelli  Italy (ITA) 1956–1960 1 0 1 2
Hans-Johann Färber  West Germany (FRG) 1972–1976 1 0 1 2

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany (GER) 4 1 2 7
2  Switzerland (SUI) 2 4 1 7
3  East Germany (GDR) 2 3 0 5
4  Italy (ITA) 2 2 1 5
5  United Team of Germany (EUA) 2 0 0 2
6  France (FRA) 1 3 1 5
7  United States (USA) 1 2 2 5
8  Great Britain (GBR) 1 1 0 2
 Romania (ROU) 1 1 0 2
 Soviet Union (URS) 1 1 0 2
11  New Zealand (NZL) 1 0 2 3
12  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 0 1 2
 West Germany (FRG) 1 0 1 2
14  Netherlands (NED) 0 1 1 2
15  Sweden (SWE) 0 1 0 1
16  Poland (POL) 0 0 4 4
17  Denmark (DEN) 0 0 2 2
18  Finland (FIN) 0 0 1 1
 Norway (NOR) 0 0 1 1

Women

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1976 Montreal
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 East Germany
Karin Metze, Bianka Schwede, Gabriele Lohs, Andrea Kurth, Sabine Heß (cox)
 Bulgaria
Ginka Gyurova, Lilyana Vaseva, Reni Yordanova, Mariyka Modeva, Kapka Georgieva (cox)
 Soviet Union
Nadezhda Sevostyanova, Lyudmila Krokhina, Galina Mishenina, Anna Pasokha, Lidiya Krylova (cox)
1980 Moscow
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 East Germany
Ramona Kapheim, Silvia Fröhlich, Angelika Noack, Romy Saalfeld, Kirsten Wenzel (cox)
 Bulgaria
Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva, Rita Todorova, Iskra Velinova, Nadiya Filipova (cox)
 Soviet Union
Mariya Fadeyeva, Galina Sovetnikova, Marina Studneva, Svetlana Semyonova, Nina Cheremisina (cox)
1984 Los Angeles
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 Romania
Florica Lavric, Maria Fricioiu, Chira Apostol, Olga Bularda, Viorica Ioja (cox)
 Canada
Marilyn Brain, Angela Schneider, Barbara Armbrust, Jane Tregunno, Lesley Thompson (cox)
 Australia
Robyn Grey-Gardner, Karen Brancourt, Susan Chapman, Margot Foster, Susan Lee (cox)
1988 Seoul
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 East Germany
Martina Walther, Gerlinde Doberschütz, Carola Hornig, Birte Siech, Sylvia Rose (cox)
 China
Zhang Xianghua, Hu Yadong, Yang Xiao, Zhou Shouying, Li Ronghua (cox)
 Romania
Marioara Trașcă, Veronica Necula, Herta Anitaș, Doina Șnep-Bălan, Ecaterina Oancia (cox)

Multiple medalists

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Rank Gymnast Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Ginka Gyurova  Bulgaria (BUL) 1976–1980 0 2 0 2

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  East Germany (GDR) 3 0 0 3
2  Romania (ROU) 1 0 1 2
3  Bulgaria (BUL) 0 2 0 2
4  Canada (CAN) 0 1 0 1
 China (CHN) 0 1 0 1
6  Soviet Union (URS) 0 0 2 2
7  Australia (AUS) 0 0 1 1

Men with Inriggers

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Stockholm
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 Denmark
Ejler Allert, Christian Hansen, Carl Møller, Carl Pedersen, Poul Hartmann (cox)
 Sweden
Ture Rosvall, William Bruhn-Möller, Conrad Brunkman, Herman Dahlbäck, Leo Wilkens (cox)
 Norway
Claus Høyer, Reidar Holter, Max Herseth, Frithjof Olstad, Olav Bjørnstad (cox)

References

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  1. ^ The German team changed the coxswain after the semi-final. Gustav Moths participated only in the semi-final and Max Ammermann participated in the final. However, the IOC medal database credits the gold medal only to Gustav Moths