# Coxed four at the Olympics

The coxed four was a rowing event held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the second modern Olympics in 1900. It was not held in 1904 or 1908. It returned in 1912 with two versions: the standard one as well as one with inriggers (the only time that version was held). It continued to be held for men until it was removed from the programme following the 1992 Games, at which point it and the men's coxed pair were replaced with the men's lightweight double sculls and men's lightweight coxless four. The women's event was added when women's rowing was added to the Olympic programme in 1976. It was held each year through 1988, when it was replaced with the women's coxless four.

## Medalists
### Men

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1900 Paris details | FranceHenri Bouckaert, Jean Cau, Émile Delchambre, Henri Hazebrouck, Charlot (cox) GermanyGustav Goßler, Oscar Goßler, Walther Katzenstein, Waldemar Tietgens, Carl Goßler (cox) | FranceGeorges Lumpp, Charles Perrin, Daniel Soubeyran, Émile Wegelin, Unknown (cox) NetherlandsCoenraad Hiebendaal, Geert Lotsij, Paul Lotsij, Johannes Terwogt, Hermanus Brockmann (cox) | GermanyWilhelm Carstens, Julius Körner, Adolf Möller, Hugo Rüster, Gustav Moths (cox), Max Ammermann (cox) GermanyErnst Felle, Otto Fickeisen, Carl Lehle, Hermann Wilker, Franz Kröwerath (cox) |
| 1912 Stockholm details | GermanyAlbert Arnheiter, Hermann Wilker, Rudolf Fickeisen, Otto Fickeisen, Karl Leister (cox) | Great BritainJulius Beresford, Karl Vernon, Charles Rought, Bruce Logan, Geoffrey Carr (cox) | DenmarkErik Bisgaard, Rasmus Frandsen, Mikael Simonsen, Poul Thymann, Ejgil Clemmensen (cox) |
| 1920 Antwerp details | SwitzerlandWilly Brüderlin, Max Rudolf, Paul Rudolf, Hans Walter, Paul Staub (cox) | United StatesErich Federschmidt, Franz Federschmidt, Carl Klose, Ken Myers, Sherm Clark (cox) | NorwayPer Gulbrandsen, Theodor Klem, Henry Larsen, Birger Var, Thoralf Hagen (cox) |
| 1924 Paris details | SwitzerlandÉmile Albrecht, Alfred Probst, Eugen Sigg, Hans Walter, Émile Lachapelle (cox), Walter Loosli (cox) | FranceEugène Constant, Louis Gressier, Georges Lecointe, Raymond Talleux, Marcel Lepan (cox) | United StatesBob Gerhardt, Sid Jelinek, Ed Mitchell, Henry Welsford, John Kennedy (cox) |
| 1928 Amsterdam details | ItalyValerio Perentin, Giliante D'Este, Nicolò Vittori, Giovanni Delise, Renato Petronio (cox) | SwitzerlandErnst Haas, Joseph Meyer, Otto Bucher, Karl Schwegler, Fritz Bösch (cox) | PolandFranciszek Bronikowski, Edmund Jankowski, Leon Birkholc, Bernard Ormanowski, Bolesław Drewek (cox) |
| 1932 Los Angeles details | GermanyHans Eller, Horst Hoeck, Walter Meyer, Joachim Spremberg, Carlheinz Neumann (cox) | ItalyRiccardo Divora, Bruno Parovel, Giovanni Plazzer, Bruno Vattovaz, Guerrino Scher (cox) | PolandJerzy Braun, Edward Kobyliński, Janusz Ślązak, Stanisław Urban, Jerzy Skolimowski (cox) |
| 1936 Berlin details | GermanyHans Maier, Walter Volle, Ernst Gaber, Paul Söllner, Fritz Bauer (cox) | SwitzerlandHermann Betschart, Hans Homberger, Alex Homberger, Karl Schmid, Rolf Spring (cox) | FranceFernand Vandernotte, Marcel Vandernotte, Jean Cosmat, Marcel Chauvigné, Noël Vandernotte (cox) |
| 1948 London details | United StatesWarren Westlund, Bob Martin, Bob Will, Gordy Giovanelli, Allen Morgan (cox) | SwitzerlandRudolf Reichling, Erich Schriever, Émile Knecht, Peter Stebler, André Moccand (cox) | DenmarkErik Larsen, Børge Raahauge Nielsen, Henry Larsen, Harry Knudsen, Ib Olsen (cox) |
| 1952 Helsinki details | CzechoslovakiaKarel Mejta Sr, Jiří Havlis, Jan Jindra, Stanislav Lusk, Miroslav Koranda (cox) | SwitzerlandRico Bianchi, Karl Weidmann, Heini Scheller, Émile Ess, Walter Leiser (cox) | United StatesCarl Lovsted, Al Ulbrickson, Richard Wahlstrom, Matt Leanderson, Al Rossi (cox) |
| 1956 Melbourne details | ItalyAlberto Winkler, Romano Sgheiz, Angelo Vanzin, Franco Trincavelli, Ivo Stefanoni (cox) | SwedenOlle Larsson, Gösta Eriksson, Ivar Aronsson, Evert Gunnarsson, Bertil Göransson (cox) | FinlandKauko Hänninen, Reino Poutanen, Veli Lehtelä, Toimi Pitkänen, Matti Niemi (cox) |
| 1960 Rome details | United Team of GermanyGerd Cintl, Horst Effertz, Klaus Riekemann, Jürgen Litz, Michael Obst (cox) | FranceRobert Dumontois, Claude Martin, Jacques Morel, Guy Nosbaum, Jean Klein (cox) | ItalyFulvio Balatti, Romano Sgheiz, Franco Trincavelli, Giovanni Zucchi, Ivo Stefanoni (cox) |
| 1964 Tokyo details | United Team of GermanyPeter Neusel, Bernhard Britting, Joachim Werner, Egbert Hirschfelder, Jürgen Oelke (cox) | ItalyRenato Bosatta, Emilio Trivini, Giuseppe Galante, Franco De Pedrina, Giovanni Spinola (cox) | NetherlandsLex Mullink, Jan van de Graaff, Freek van de Graaff, Bobbie van de Graaf, Marius Klumperbeek (cox) |
| 1968 Mexico City details | New ZealandDick Joyce, Ross Collinge, Dudley Storey, Warren Cole, Simon Dickie (cox) | East GermanyPeter Kremtz, Manfred Gelpke, Roland Göhler, Klaus Jacob, Dieter Semetzky (cox) | SwitzerlandDenis Oswald, Peter Bolliger, Hugo Waser, Jakob Grob, Gottlieb Fröhlich (cox) |
| 1972 Munich details | West GermanyPeter Berger, Hans-Johann Färber, Gerhard Auer, Alois Bierl, Uwe Benter (cox) | East GermanyDietrich Zander, Reinhard Gust, Eckhard Martens, Rolf Jobst, Klaus-Dieter Ludwig (cox) | CzechoslovakiaOtakar Mareček, Karel Neffe, Vladimír Jánoš, František Provazník, Vladimír Petříček (cox) |
| 1976 Montreal details | Soviet UnionVladimir Eshinov, Nikolay Ivanov, Mikhail Kuznetsov, Aleksandr Klepikov, Aleksandr Sema, Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox) | East GermanyAndreas Schulz, Rüdiger Kunze, Walter Dießner, Ullrich Dießner, Johannes Thomas (cox) | West GermanyHans-Johann Färber, Ralph Kubail, Siegfried Fricke, Peter Niehusen, Hartmut Wenzel (cox) |
| 1980 Moscow details | East GermanyDieter Wendisch, Walter Dießner, Ullrich Dießner, Gottfried Döhn, Andreas Gregor (cox) | Soviet UnionArtūrs Garonskis, Dimants Krišjānis, Dzintars Krišjānis, Žoržs Tikmers, Juris Bērziņš (cox) | PolandGrzegorz Stellak, Adam Tomasiak, Grzegorz Nowak, Ryszard Stadniuk, Ryszard Kubiak (cox) |
| 1984 Los Angeles details | Great BritainMartin Cross, Richard Budgett, Andy Holmes, Steve Redgrave, Adrian Ellison (cox) | United StatesThomas Kiefer, Gregory Springer, Michael Bach, Edward Ives, John Stillings (cox) | New ZealandKevin Lawton, Don Symon, Barrie Mabbott, Ross Tong, Brett Hollister (cox) |
| 1988 Seoul details | East GermanyBernd Niesecke, Karsten Schmeling, Bernd Eichwurzel, Frank Klawonn, Hendrik Reiher (cox) | RomaniaDimitrie Popescu, Ioan Snep, Vasile Tomoiagă, Valentin Robu, Ladislau Lovrenschi (cox) | New ZealandChris White, Ian Wright, Greg Johnston, George Keys, Andrew Bird (cox) |
| 1992 Barcelona details | RomaniaIulică Ruican, Viorel Talapan, Dimitrie Popescu, Nicolae Țaga, Dumitru Răducanu (cox) | GermanyRalf Brudel, Uwe Kellner, Thoralf Peters, Karsten Finger, Hendrik Reiher (cox) | PolandWojciech Jankowski, Maciej Łasicki, Jacek Streich, Tomasz Tomiak, Michał Cieślak (cox) |

#### Multiple medalists

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hans Walter | Switzerland (SUI) | 1920–1924 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Ullrich Dießner | East Germany (GDR) | 1976–1980 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Walter Dießner | East Germany (GDR) | 1976–1980 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Dimitrie Popescu | Romania (ROU) | 1988–1992 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Hendrik Reiher | East Germany (GDR) Germany (GER) | 1988–1992 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Romano Sgheiz | Italy (ITA) | 1956–1960 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Ivo Stefanoni | Italy (ITA) | 1956–1960 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Franco Trincavelli | Italy (ITA) | 1956–1960 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Hans-Johann Färber | West Germany (FRG) | 1972–1976 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |

#### Medalists by country

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 17 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

### Women

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1976 Montreal details | East GermanyKarin Metze, Bianka Schwede, Gabriele Lohs, Andrea Kurth, Sabine Heß (cox) | BulgariaGinka Gyurova, Lilyana Vaseva, Reni Yordanova, Mariyka Modeva, Kapka Georgieva (cox) | Soviet UnionNadezhda Sevostyanova, Lyudmila Krokhina, Galina Mishenina, Anna Pasokha, Lidiya Krylova (cox) |
| 1980 Moscow details | East GermanyRamona Kapheim, Silvia Fröhlich, Angelika Noack, Romy Saalfeld, Kirsten Wenzel (cox) | BulgariaGinka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva, Rita Todorova, Iskra Velinova, Nadiya Filipova (cox) | Soviet UnionMariya Fadeyeva, Galina Sovetnikova, Marina Studneva, Svetlana Semyonova, Nina Cheremisina (cox) |
| 1984 Los Angeles details | RomaniaFlorica Lavric, Maria Fricioiu, Chira Apostol, Olga Bularda, Viorica Ioja (cox) | CanadaMarilyn Brain, Angela Schneider, Barbara Armbrust, Jane Tregunno, Lesley Thompson (cox) | AustraliaRobyn Grey-Gardner, Karen Brancourt, Susan Chapman, Margot Foster, Susan Lee (cox) |
| 1988 Seoul details | East GermanyMartina Walther, Gerlinde Doberschütz, Carola Hornig, Birte Siech, Sylvia Rose (cox) | ChinaZhang Xianghua, Hu Yadong, Yang Xiao, Zhou Shouying, Li Ronghua (cox) | RomaniaMarioara Trașcă, Veronica Necula, Herta Anitaș, Doina Șnep-Bălan, Ecaterina Oancia (cox) |

#### Multiple medalists

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Ginka Gyurova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1976–1980 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |

#### Medalists by country

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

### Men with Inriggers

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1912 Stockholm details | DenmarkEjler Allert, Christian Hansen, Carl Møller, Carl Pedersen, Poul Hartmann (cox) | SwedenTure Rosvall, William Bruhn-Möller, Conrad Brunkman, Herman Dahlbäck, Leo Wilkens (cox) | NorwayClaus Høyer, Reidar Holter, Max Herseth, Frithjof Olstad, Olav Bjørnstad (cox) |