# 2017 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight quadruple sculls

The men's lightweight quadruple sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday 25 September 2017 | 10:00 | Heats |
| Tuesday 26 September 2017 | 12:08 | Repechages |
| Thursday 28 September 2017 | 10:51 | Semifinals A/B |
| Thursday 28 September 2017 | 13:41 | Final C |
| Friday 29 September 2017 | 09:15 | Final B |
| Friday 29 September 2017 | 12:45 | Final A |
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

## 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 | François Teroin Damien Piqueras Maxime Demontfaucon Stany Delayre | France | 5:59.47 | SA/B |
| 2 | Edward Fisher Zak Lee-Green Peter Chambers Gavin Horsburgh | Great Britain | 6:03.11 | SA/B |
| 3 | Diego Donizette Nazario Emanuel Dantas Borges Evaldo Becker Morais Ailson Silva | Brazil | 6:09.45 | R |
| 4 | Edvin Novak Jonas Ningelgen Joachim Agne Johannes Ursprung | Germany | 6:09.98 | R |
| 5 | Leung Chun Shek Liu Kenneth Chiu Hin Chun Tang Chiu Mang | Hong Kong | 6:12.05 | R |
| 6 | Petter Svingen Didrik Wie-Soltvedt Ask Jarl Tjoem Jens Holm | Norway | 6:15.85 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ninos Nikolaidis Panagiotis Magdanis Spyridon Giannaros Eleftherios Konsolas | Greece | 5:59.21 | SA/B |
| 2 | Paul Sieber Julian Schöberl Bernhard Sieber Rainer Kepplinger | Austria | 6:00.92 | SA/B |
| 3 | Hideki Omoto Mitsuo Nishimura Yasushi Fukui Kazuki Nara | Japan | 6:01.90 | R |
| 4 | Jiří Kopáč Milan Viktora Jan Vetešník Jan Hajek | Czech Republic | 6:08.69 | R |
| 5 | Matthias Fernández García Andri Struzina Fiorin Rüedi Pascal Ryser | Switzerland | 6:10.11 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Matteo Mulas Catello Amarante Martino Goretti Andrea Micheletti | Italy | 6:01.73 | SA/B |
| 2 | Li Xueping Dong Tianfeng Lyu Fanpu Tian Bin | China | 6:04.51 | SA/B |
| 3 | Balázs Fiala Bence Tamás Peter Csiszar Peter Krpesics | Hungary | 6:06.41 | R |
| 4 | Cameron Fowler Redmond Matthews James Kerr Hamish Parry | Australia | 6:08.44 | R |
| 5 | Jack Ruske Jacob Georgeson Brendon Harrington Will Young | United States | 6:20.17 | R |

### Repechages

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

#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Matthias Fernández García Andri Struzina Fiorin Rüedi Pascal Ryser | Switzerland | 5:59.89 | SA/B |
| 2 | Hideki Omoto Mitsuo Nishimura Yasushi Fukui Kazuki Nara | Japan | 6:00.01 | SA/B |
| 3 | Cameron Fowler Redmond Matthews James Kerr Hamish Parry | Australia | 6:04.35 | SA/B |
| 4 | Diego Donizette Nazario Emanuel Dantas Borges Evaldo Becker Morais Ailson Silva | Brazil | 6:06.04 | FC |
| 5 | Petter Svingen Didrik Wie-Soltvedt Ask Jarl Tjoem Jens Holm | Norway | 6:06.45 | FC |

#### Repechage 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jiří Kopáč Milan Viktora Jan Vetešník Jan Hajek | Czech Republic | 6:01.44 | SA/B |
| 2 | Edvin Novak Jonas Ningelgen Joachim Agne Johannes Ursprung | Germany | 6:02.03 | SA/B |
| 3 | Balázs Fiala Bence Tamás Peter Csiszar Peter Krpesics | Hungary | 6:03.60 | SA/B |
| 4 | Leung Chun Shek Liu Kenneth Chiu Hin Chun Tang Chiu Mang | Hong Kong | 6:09.78 | FC |
| 5 | Jack Ruske Jacob Georgeson Brendon Harrington Will Young | United States | 6:16.85 | FC |

### Semifinals

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 | François Teroin Damien Piqueras Maxime Demontfaucon Stany Delayre | France | 5:56.55 | FA |
| 2 | Matteo Mulas Catello Amarante Martino Goretti Andrea Micheletti | Italy | 5:57.65 | FA |
| 3 | Matthias Fernández García Andri Struzina Fiorin Rüedi Pascal Ryser | Switzerland | 5:59.27 | FA |
| 4 | Edvin Novak Jonas Ningelgen Joachim Agne Johannes Ursprung | Germany | 6:01.43 | FB |
| 5 | Paul Sieber Julian Schöberl Bernhard Sieber Rainer Kepplinger | Austria | 6:02.57 | FB |
| 6 | Cameron Fowler Redmond Matthews James Kerr Hamish Parry | Australia | 6:12.66 | FB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Edward Fisher Zak Lee-Green Peter Chambers Gavin Horsburgh | Great Britain | 5:57.19 | FA |
| 2 | Ninos Nikolaidis Panagiotis Magdanis Spyridon Giannaros Eleftherios Konsolas | Greece | 5:59.18 | FA |
| 3 | Hideki Omoto Mitsuo Nishimura Yasushi Fukui Kazuki Nara | Japan | 5:59.36 | FA |
| 4 | Jiří Kopáč Milan Viktora Jan Vetešník Jan Hajek | Czech Republic | 6:04.18 | FB |
| 5 | Balázs Fiala Bence Tamás Peter Csiszar Peter Krpesics | Hungary | 6:05.13 | FB |
| 6 | Li Xueping Dong Tianfeng Lyu Fanpu Tian Bin | China | 6:06.65 | FB |

### Finals

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

#### Final C

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Diego Donizette Nazario Emanuel Dantas Borges Evaldo Becker Morais Ailson Silva | Brazil | 6:04.18 |
| 2 | Leung Chun Shek Liu Kenneth Chiu Hin Chun Tang Chiu Mang | Hong Kong | 6:05.11 |
| 3 | Petter Svingen Didrik Wie-Soltvedt Ask Jarl Tjoem Jens Holm | Norway | 6:07.00 |
| 4 | Jack Ruske Jacob Georgeson Brendon Harrington Will Young | United States | 6:08.35 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Edvin Novak Jonas Ningelgen Joachim Agne Johannes Ursprung | Germany | 6:06.39 |
| 2 | Li Xueping Dong Tianfeng Lyu Fanpu Tian Bin | China | 6:06.83 |
| 3 | Jiří Kopáč Milan Viktora Jan Vetešník Jan Hajek | Czech Republic | 6:07.37 |
| 4 | Paul Sieber Julian Schöberl Bernhard Sieber Rainer Kepplinger | Austria | 6:07.95 |
| 5 | Balázs Fiala Bence Tamás Peter Csiszar Peter Krpesics | Hungary | 6:11.51 |
| 6 | Cameron Fowler Redmond Matthews James Kerr Hamish Parry | Australia | 6:15.31 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| | François Teroin Damien Piqueras Maxime Demontfaucon Stany Delayre | France | 5:51.85 |
| | Edward Fisher Zak Lee-Green Peter Chambers Gavin Horsburgh | Great Britain | 5:52.02 |
| | Ninos Nikolaidis Panagiotis Magdanis Spyridon Giannaros Eleftherios Konsolas | Greece | 5:53.64 |
| 4 | Matteo Mulas Catello Amarante Martino Goretti Andrea Micheletti | Italy | 5:54.12 |
| 5 | Hideki Omoto Mitsuo Nishimura Yasushi Fukui Kazuki Nara | Japan | 5:56.99 |
| 6 | Matthias Fernández García Andri Struzina Fiorin Rüedi Pascal Ryser | Switzerland | 5:58.33 |