Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four

Men's coxed fours at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Brussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal
Dates	August 28–29
Competitors	40 from 8 nations
Medalists
Willy Brüderlin, Max Rudolf, Paul Rudolf, Paul Staub (cox), Hans Walter  Switzerland Sherm Clark (cox), Erich Federschmidt, Franz Federschmidt, Carl Klose, Ken Myers  United States Per Gulbrandsen, Thoralf Hagen (cox), Theodor Klem, Henry Larsen, Birger Var  Norway

The men's coxed fours event was part of the rowing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 28, 1920 and August 29, 1920. It was the third appearance of the event, which had previously been held inaugural rowing competitions in 1900 as well as in 1912. Eight boats, each from a different nation, competed.

Results

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
Place	Team	Time	Qual.
1	Switzerland (SUI) Willy Brüderlin Max Rudolf Paul Rudolf Hans Walter Paul Staub	7:03.0	Q
2	Sweden (SWE) John Lager Nestor Östergren Axel Eriksson Gunnar Lager Gösta Eriksson	7:12.0
3	Canada (CAN) Robert Hay Harold Harcourt Larry Landrian Strathy Hay Art Everett	7:18.0
Semifinal 2
Place	Rower	Time	Qual.
1	Norway (NOR) Birger Var Theodor Klem Henry Larsen Per Gulbrandsen Thoralf Hagen	7:14.0	Q
2	Belgium (BEL) Jean Van Silfhout Léon Vleurinck Adrien D'Hondt Robert Demulder Roger Moeremans d'Emaüs	7:40.0
Semifinal 3
Place	Rowers	Time	Qual.
1	United States (USA) Franz Federschmidt Ken Myers Erich Federschmidt Carl Klose Sherm Clark	7:17.4	Q
2	Brazil (BRA) Guilherme Lorena João Jório Alcides Veira Abrahão Saliture Ernesto Flores Filho	7:25.4
3	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Jiří Wihan Dominik Štillip Jaroslav Oplt Jindřich Mulač Jan Bauch

Final

Final
Place	Team	Time
	Switzerland (SUI)	6:54.0
	United States (USA)	6:58.0
	Norway (NOR)	7:02.0

Sources

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 25 April 2008.