# 2018 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless four

The men's coxless four competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Sunday 9 September 2018 | 16:19 | Heats |
| Tuesday 11 September 2018 | 11:21 | Repechages |
| Thursday 13 September 2018 | 12:30 | Semifinals A/B |
| Thursday 13 September 2018 | 15:33 | Semifinals C/D |
| Saturday 15 September 2018 | 10:18 | Final B |
| Saturday 15 September 2018 | 12:46 | Final A |
| Saturday 15 September 2018 | 15:17 | Final C |
| Saturday 15 September 2018 | 16:05 | Final D |
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

## Results
### Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bjorn van den Ende Tone Wieten Jasper Tissen Bram Schwarz | Netherlands | 5:48.61 | SA/B |
| 2 | Kyle Schoonbee David Hunt John Smith Sandro Torrente | South Africa | 5:51.28 | SA/B |
| 3 | Steffen Jensen Toger Rasmussen Joachim Sutton Tobias Kempf | Denmark | 5:51.93 | R |
| 4 | Alexander Richards Michael Clougher Nicholas Mead Dariush Aghai | United States | 5:55.37 | R |
| 5 | Nelson Martínez Francisco Lapostol Ignacio Abraham Oscar Vasquez | Chile | 6:08.43 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Matteo Castaldo Bruno Rosetti Matteo Lodo Marco Di Costanzo | Italy | 5:50.96 | SA/B |
| 2 | Mihăiță Țigănescu Cosmin Pascari Ștefan Berariu Ciprian Huc | Romania | 5:53.35 | SA/B |
| 3 | Vadzim Lialin Dzmitry Vyberanets Ihar Pashevich Mikalai Sharlap | Belarus | 5:55.92 | R |
| 4 | Florian Walk Maximilian Kohlmayr Rudolph Querfeld Gabriel Hohensasser | Austria | 6:01.73 | R |
| 5 | Paul Jacquot Markus Kessler Augustin Maillefer Benjamin Hirsch | Switzerland | 6:01.79 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Joshua Hicks Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Hill | Australia | 5:52.65 | SA/B |
| 2 | Felix Brummel Nico Merget Peter Kluge Felix Drahotta | Germany | 5:54.76 | SA/B |
| 3 | Jakub Grabmüller Matyáš Klang Petr Melichar Matej Tikal | Czech Republic | 6:00.53 | R |
| 4 | Angus McFarlane Matthew MacDonald Thomas Mackintosh Thomas Russel | New Zealand | 6:02.49 | R |
| 5 | Maksim Golubev Semen Yaganov Ivan Balandin Daniil Andrienko | Russia | 6:05.61 | R |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Thomas Ford Jacob Dawson Adam Neill James Johnston | Great Britain | 5:51.41 | SA/B |
| 2 | Zbigniew Schodowski Mateusz Wilangowski Mikołaj Burda Michał Szpakowski | Poland | 5:54.13 | SA/B |
| 3 | Benoît Demey Edouard Jonville Sean Vedrinelle Benoît Brunet | France | 5:56.64 | R |
| 4 | Maksym Boklazhenko Dmytro Hula Vladyslav Bogoiavlenskyi Oleksii Tymoshenko | Ukraine | 6:07.85 | R |

### Repechages

The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.

#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vadzim Lialin Dzmitry Vyberanets Ihar Pashevich Mikalai Sharlap | Belarus | 5:50.90 | SA/B |
| 2 | Maksym Boklazhenko Dmytro Hula Vladyslav Bogoiavlenskyi Oleksii Tymoshenko | Ukraine | 5:51.56 | SA/B |
| 3 | Angus McFarlane Matthew MacDonald Thomas Mackintosh Thomas Russel | New Zealand | 5:53.09 | SC/D |
| 4 | Steffen Jensen Toger Rasmussen Joachim Sutton Tobias Kempf | Denmark | 5:54.28 | SC/D |
| 5 | Maksim Golubev Semen Yaganov Ivan Balandin Daniil Andrienko | Russia | 5:56.51 | SC/D |
| 6 | Nelson Martínez Francisco Lapostol Ignacio Abraham Oscar Vasquez | Chile | 5:58.68 | SC/D |

#### Repechage 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jakub Grabmüller Matyáš Klang Petr Melichar Matej Tikal | Czech Republic | 5:52.87 | SA/B |
| 2 | Paul Jacquot Markus Kessler Augustin Maillefer Benjamin Hirsch | Switzerland | 5:53.47 | SA/B |
| 3 | Alexander Richards Michael Clougher Nicholas Mead Dariush Aghai | United States | 5:56.07 | SC/D |
| 4 | Benoit Demey Edouard Jonville Sean Vedrinelle Benoît Brunet | France | 5:56.23 | SC/D |
| 5 | Florian Walk Maximilian Kohlmayr Rudolph Querfeld Gabriel Hohensasser | Austria | 6:06.55 | SC/D |

### Semifinals C/D

All but the slowest boat in each semi were sent to the C final. The slowest boats were sent to the D final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Florian Walk Maximilian Kohlmayr Rudolph Querfeld Gabriel Hohensasser | Austria | 6:05.67 | FC |
| 2 | Benoit Demey Edouard Jonville Sean Vedrinelle Benoît Brunet | France | 6:07.85 | FC |
| 3 | Angus McFarlane Matthew MacDonald Thomas Mackintosh Thomas Russel | New Zealand | 6:07.91 | FC |
| 4 | Nelson Martínez Francisco Lapostol Ignacio Abraham Oscar Vasquez | Chile | 6:12.47 | FD |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alexander Richards Michael Clougher Nicholas Mead Dariush Aghai | United States | 6:02.40 | FC |
| 2 | Maksim Golubev Semen Yaganov Ivan Balandin Daniil Andrienko | Russia | 6:05.05 | FC |
| 3 | Steffen Jensen Toger Rasmussen Joachim Sutton Tobias Kempf | Denmark | 6:08.78 | FD |

### Semifinals A/B

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Joshua Hicks Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Hill | Australia | 5:57.99 | FA |
| 2 | Bjorn van den Ende Tone Wieten Jasper Tissen Bram Schwarz | Netherlands | 5:58.84 | FA |
| 3 | Mihăiță Țigănescu Cosmin Pascari Ștefan Berariu Ciprian Huc | Romania | 6:00.08 | FA |
| 4 | Zbigniew Schodowski Mateusz Wilangowski Mikołaj Burda Michał Szpakowski | Poland | 6:04.00 | FB |
| 5 | Vadzim Lialin Dzmitry Vyberanets Ihar Pashevich Mikalai Sharlap | Belarus | 6:15.85 | FB |
| 6 | Paul Jacquot Markus Kessler Augustin Maillefer Benjamin Hirsch | Switzerland | 6:17.04 | FB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Matteo Castaldo Bruno Rosetti Matteo Lodo Marco Di Costanzo | Italy | 6:01.74 | FA |
| 2 | Thomas Ford Jacob Dawson Adam Neill James Johnston | Great Britain | 6:03.40 | FA |
| 3 | Felix Brummel Nico Merget Peter Kluge Felix Drahotta | Germany | 6:04.44 | FA |
| 4 | Kyle Schoonbee David Hunt John Smith Sandro Torrente | South Africa | 6:08.00 | FB |
| 5 | Jakub Grabmüller Matyáš Klang Petr Melichar Matej Tikal | Czech Republic | 6:11.39 | FB |
| 6 | Maksym Boklazhenko Dmytro Hula Vladyslav Bogoiavlenskyi Oleksii Tymoshenko | Ukraine | 6:24.18 | FB |

### Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.

#### Final D

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Toger Rasmussen Steffen Jensen Tobias Kempf Joachim Sutton | Denmark | 6:02.66 |
| 2 | Nelson Martínez Francisco Lapostol Ignacio Abraham Oscar Vasquez | Chile | 6:03.52 |

#### Final C

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Alexander Richards Michael Clougher Nicholas Mead Dariush Aghai | United States | 5:48.74 |
| 2 | Benoit Demey Edouard Jonville Sean Vedrinelle Benoît Brunet | France | 5:51.26 |
| 3 | Angus McFarlane Matthew MacDonald Thomas Mackintosh Thomas Russel | New Zealand | 5:53.19 |
| 4 | Florian Walk Maximilian Kohlmayr Rudolph Querfeld Gabriel Hohensasser | Austria | 5:54.80 |
| 5 | Maksim Golubev Semen Yaganov Ivan Balandin Daniil Andrienko | Russia | 5:58.36 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Zbigniew Schodowski Mateusz Wilangowski Mikołaj Burda Michał Szpakowski | Poland | 5:50.87 |
| 2 | Vadzim Lialin Dzmitry Vyberanets Ihar Pashevich Mikalai Sharlap | Belarus | 5:52.24 |
| 3 | Jakub Grabmüller Matyáš Klang Petr Melichar Matej Tikal | Czech Republic | 5:52.78 |
| 4 | Kyle Schoonbee David Hunt John Smith Sandro Torrente | South Africa | 5:52.84 |
| 5 | Paul Jacquot Markus Kessler Augustin Maillefer Benjamin Hirsch | Switzerland | 6:00.13 |
| 6 | Maksym Boklazhenko Dmytro Hula Vladyslav Bogoiavlenskyi Oleksii Tymoshenko | Ukraine | 6:04.81 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| | Joshua Hicks Spencer Turrin Jack Hargreaves Alexander Hill | Australia | 5:44.74 |
| | Matteo Castaldo Bruno Rosetti Matteo Lodo Marco Di Costanzo | Italy | 5:44.99 |
| | Thomas Ford Jacob Dawson Adam Neill James Johnston | Great Britain | 5:46.46 |
| 4 | Bjorn van den Ende Tone Wieten Jasper Tissen Bram Schwarz | Netherlands | 5:47.78 |
| 5 | Mihăiță Țigănescu Cosmin Pascari Ștefan Berariu Ciprian Huc | Romania | 5:50.71 |
| 6 | Felix Brummel Nico Merget Peter Kluge Felix Drahotta | Germany | 5:55.32 |