Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four

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Men's coxed four
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
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United States team receives its gold medals
Venue Henley-on-Thames
DatesAugust 5–9
Competitors80 from 16 nations
Winning time6:50.3
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgUS flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
  1936
1952  

The men's coxed four competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place at Henley-on-Thames, London. [1] It was held from 5 to 9 August. [2] There were 16 boats (80 competitors) from 16 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. [2] The event was won by the United States, the nation's first victory in the men's coxed four. Switzerland earned silver, the nation's fifth medal in the event in six Games (having missed the podium only in 1932, when no Swiss team competed). Denmark took its first medal in the men's coxed four since 1912, with bronze.

Background

This was the eighth appearance of the event. Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather. The coxed four was one of the four initial events introduced in 1900. It was not held in 1904 or 1908, but was held at every Games from 1912 to 1992 when it (along with the men's coxed pair) was replaced with the men's lightweight double sculls and men's lightweight coxless four. [2]

Seven of the 16 nations from the 1936 Games returned, including silver medalist Switzerland and bronze medalist France. The two-time reigning champions were Germany, not invited to the 1948 Games following World War II and thus unable to defend their title. The favourites were France and Italy, the winners and runners-up of the 1947 European championship. [2]

Argentina, Australia, Cuba, Greece, and Portugal each made their debut in the event. France and the United States both made their sixth appearance, tied for most among nations to that point.

Competition format

The coxed four event featured five-person boats, with four rowers and a coxswain. It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The venue, Henley-on-Thames, imposed certain restrictions and modifications to the format. The course could handle only three boats at a time (and this required expansion of the typical Henley course), so the six-boat final introduced in 1936 was not possible this time. [3] The course distance was also modified; instead of either the 2000 metres distance that was standard for the Olympics or the 1 mile 550 yards (2112 metres) standard at Henley, a course that was somewhat shorter than either was used. Sources disagree on the exact distance: 1929 metres is listed by the Official Report, [3] [2] though other sources say 1850 metres. [4]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Thursday, 5 August 1948Round 1
Friday, 6 August 1948Repechage
Saturday, 7 August 19489:30
16:30
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Monday, 9 August 194814:30Final

Results

Round 1

Heat 1

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Leonel Rêgo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 6:51.4Q
2 Grigorios Emmanouil Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 7:07.2R

Heat 2

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Róbert Zimonyi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 6:58.8Q
2 Duško Ðorđević Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 7:08.0R

Heat 3

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Reginaldo Polloni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:49.1Q
2 Tom Darcy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:04.3R

Heat 4

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Allen Morgan US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 6:48.8Q
2 John Healey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:01.9R

Heat 5

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Karl Riedel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7:02.2Q
2 Tirso del Junco Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7:08.7R

Heat 6

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Ib Olsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:52.5Q
2 Thoralf Sandaker Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:58.9R

Heat 7

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 André Moccand Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:57.3Q
2 Ricardo Boneo Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 7:07.9R

Heat 8

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Marcel Boigegrain Flag of France.svg  France 6:57.7Q
2 Veli Autio Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7:00.6R

Repechage

Repechage heat 1

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Veli Autio Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7:01.6Q
2 Tom Darcy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:07.1

Repechage heat 2

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Thoralf Sandaker Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:04.4Q
2 Duško Ðorđević Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 7:13.5

Repechage heat 3

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Tirso del Junco Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7:12.0Q
2 Grigorios Emmanouil Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 7:17.1

Repechage heat 4

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 John Healey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6:58.4Q
2 Ricardo Boneo Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 7:00.1

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Reginaldo Polloni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:30.5Q
2 Thoralf Sandaker Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:34.7

Quarterfinal 2

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 André Moccand Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 7:21.8Q
2 Karl Riedel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7:35.9

Quarterfinal 3

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Allen Morgan US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 7:21.4Q
2 Veli Autio Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7:36.5

Quarterfinal 4

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Ib Olsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:21.3Q
2 Leonel Rêgo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 7:28.5

Quarterfinal 5

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Marcel Boigegrain Flag of France.svg  France 7:28.7Q
2 Tirso del Junco Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7:37.2

Quarterfinal 6

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Róbert Zimonyi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 7:31.6Q
2 John Healey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:36.6

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Allen Morgan US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 7:22.1Q
2 Marcel Boigegrain Flag of France.svg  France 7:28.9

Semifinal 2

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 Ib Olsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:31.3Q
2 Róbert Zimonyi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 7:46.1

Semifinal 3

RankRowersCoxswainNationTimeNotes
1 André Moccand Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 7:22.0Q
2 Reginaldo Polloni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:32.8

Final

RankRowersCoxswainNationTime
Gold medal icon.svg Allen Morgan US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 6:50.3
Silver medal icon.svg André Moccand Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6:53.3
Bronze medal icon.svg Ib Olsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:58.6

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