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Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

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Men's coxless four
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Winning British men's coxless four team at the 1928 Olympics
VenueSloten
Competitors24 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain
John Lander, Michael Warriner, Richard Beesly, Edward Vaughan Bevan
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
Charles Karle, William Miller, George Healis, Ernest Bayer
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy
Cesare Rossi, Pietro Freschi, Umberto Bonadè, Paolo Gennari
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The men's coxless four event was part of the rowing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was one of seven rowing events for men and was the fourth appearance of the event.[1]

Results

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Source: Official results;[2] De Wael[3]

Round 1

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Winners advanced to the second round. Losers competed in the first repechage.

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Cesare Rossi, Pietro Freschi, Umberto Bonadè, Paolo Gennari  Italy 7:24.6 Q2
2 Simon Bon, Egbertus Waller, Ansco Dokkum, Paul Maasland  Netherlands 7:35.8 R1
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Charles Karle, William Miller, George Healis, Ernest Bayer  United States 7:16.8 Q2
2 Heinrich Zänker, Wolfgang Goedecke, Günther Roll, Werner Zschiesche  Germany 7:21.0 R1
Heat 3
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 John Lander, Michael Warriner, Richard Beesly, Edward Vaughan Bevan  Great Britain 7:44.2 Q2
2 Henri Bonzano, Albert Bonzano, Émile Lecuirot, Louis Devillié  France 7:58.2 R1

Repechage 1

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Winners advanced to the second round, but were ineligible for a second repechage if they lost there. Losers were eliminated.

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Heinrich Zänker, Wolfgang Goedecke, Günther Roll, Werner Zschiesche  Germany 7:21.4 Q2
2 Simon Bon, Egbertus Waller, Ansco Dokkum, Paul Maasland  Netherlands 7:30.2 elim.
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Henri Bonzano, Albert Bonzano, Émile Lecuirot, Louis Devillié  France 7:52.0 Q2

Round 2

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Winners advanced to the semifinals. Losers competed in the second repechage, if they had advanced by winning in the first round, or were eliminated if they had advanced through the first repechage.

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 John Lander, Michael Warriner, Richard Beesly, Edward Vaughan Bevan  Great Britain 6:42.4 Q
2 Heinrich Zänker, Wolfgang Goedecke, Günther Roll, Werner Zschiesche  Germany elim.
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Charles Karle, William Miller, George Healis, Ernest Bayer  United States 7:12.6 Q
Henri Bonzano, Albert Bonzano, Émile Lecuirot, Louis Devillié  France DNS elim.
Heat 3
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Cesare Rossi, Pietro Freschi, Umberto Bonadè, Paolo Gennari  Italy 7:01.6 Q

Semifinals

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Winners advanced to the gold medal final, with the loser taking the bronze medal.

Heat 1
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 Charles Karle, William Miller, George Healis, Ernest Bayer  United States 6:29.4 Q
2 (3rd place, bronze medalist(s)) Cesare Rossi, Pietro Freschi, Umberto Bonadè, Paolo Gennari  Italy 6:31.6
Heat 2
Rank Rowers Nation Time Qual.
1 John Lander, Michael Warriner, Richard Beesly, Edward Vaughan Bevan  Great Britain 6:42.4 Q

Finals

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Gold medal final
Rank Rowers Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Lander, Michael Warriner, Richard Beesly, Edward Vaughan Bevan  Great Britain 6:36.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Charles Karle, William Miller, George Healis, Ernest Bayer  United States 6:37.0

References

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  1. ^ "Rowing at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  2. ^ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Rowing 1928".