Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

Men's coxless four at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Toda Rowing Course
Date	11–15 October
Competitors	56 from 14 nations
Teams	14
Winning time	6:59.30
Medalists
John Hansen Bjørn Hasløv Erik Petersen Kurt Helmudt  Denmark John Russell Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh William Barry John James  Great Britain Geoffrey Picard Dick Lyon Ted Mittet Ted Nash  United States

The coxless four event was a rowing event conducted as part of the Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme.

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Denmark (DEN) John Hansen Bjørn Hasløv Erik Petersen Kurt Helmudt	Great Britain (GBR) John Russell Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh William Barry John James	United States (USA) Geoffrey Picard Dick Lyon Ted Mittet Ted Nash

Results

Heats

The top crew in each heat advanced to the final, with all others sent to the repechages.

Heat 1
1.	Denmark (DEN), John Ørsted Hansen, Erik Petersen, Kurt Helmudt and Bjørn Borgen Hasløv	6:51.78	QF
2.	Romania (ROU), Ştefan Pongratz, Ludovic Covaci-Borbely, Carol Vereş and Nichifor Tarara	6:57.35	QR
3.	Canada (CAN), Daryl MacDonald, Robert Brookson, Neil Campbell and Chris Leach	7:01.97	QR
4.	Australia (AUS), Richard Garrard, Peter Gillon, Simon Newcomb and Anthony Walker	7:03.40	QR
5.	Japan (JPN), Shunsuke Miki, Koju Tsukamoto, Yasuji Honma and Bunzo Kimura	7:24.35	QR
Heat 2
1.	Great Britain (GBR), John M. Russell, Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh, William Barry and John James	6:47.04	QF
2.	United States (USA), Geoffrey Picard, Dick Lyon, Ted Nash, Ted Mittet and Phil Durbrow	6:56.40	QR
3.	Netherlands (NED), Sjoerd Wartena, Jim Enters, Herman Boelen and Sipke Castelein	7:01.51	QR
4.	Argentina (ARG), Juan Francisco Zanassi, Atilio Ensunza, Jorge Meana and Juan Alberto Iannuzzi	7:08.60	QR
5.	Italy (ITA), Romano Sgheiz, Fulvio Balatti, Giovanni Zucchi and Luciano Sgheiz	7:11.65	QR
Heat 3
1.	United Team of Germany (EUA), Günter Schrörs, Horst Effertz, Albrecht Müller and Manfred Misselhorn	6:37.83	QF
2.	Soviet Union (URS), Celestinas Jucys, Eugenijus Levickas, Jonas Motiejūnas and Anatoly Sass	6:40.12	QR
3.	France (FRA), Jean-Pierre Drivet, Roger Chatelain, Philippe Malivoire and Émile Clerc	6:45.95	QR
4.	Austria (AUT), Dieter Ebner, Horst Kuttelwascher, Dieter Losert and Manfred Krausbar	6:48.18	QR

Repechages

The top finisher in each of the three repechages joined the finalists. The second and third place finishers competed in a consolation final for 7th-12th places. All other crews were eliminated.

Repechage 1
1.	United States (USA)	6:38.93	QF
2.	France (FRA)	6:42.85	QC
3.	Japan (JPN)	7:00.29	QC
4.	Australia (AUS)	7:01.07
Repechage 2
1.	Italy (ITA)	6:34.61	QF
2.	Soviet Union (URS)	6:37.86	QC
3.	Canada (CAN)	6:53.38	QC
4.	Argentina (ARG)	7:07.83
Repechage 3
1.	Netherlands (NED)	6:29.42	QF
2.	Romania (ROU)	6:30.37	QC
3.	Austria (AUT)	7:25.83	QC

the danish and german coxless fours in Tokio

Consolation final

The consolation final determined places from 7th to 12th.

7.	Soviet Union (URS)	6:22.03
8.	Austria (AUT)	6:24.15
9.	Romania (ROU)	6:27.28
10.	France (FRA)	6:38.32
11.	Canada (CAN)	6:45.50
12.	Japan (JPN)	6:51.60

the british coxless four in training

Final

	Denmark (DEN)	6:59.30
	Great Britain (GBR)	7:00.47
	United States (USA)	7:01.37
4.	Netherlands (NED)	7:09.98
5.	Italy (ITA)	7:10.05
6.	United Team of Germany (EUA)	7:10.33

Sources

• Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.