# Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight coxless four

The men's lightweight coxless four competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 6–11 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas. This was the last time that this boat class competed, as FISA axed it after the 2017 World Rowing Championships with immediate effect.

## Results
### Heats

First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stefano Oppo Martino Goretti Livio La Padula Pietro Ruta | Italy | 6:03.26 | SA/B |
| 2 | Jin Wei Zhao Jingbin Yu Chenggang Wang Tiexin | China | 6:03.43 | SA/B |
| 3 | Lucas Tramèr Simon Schürch Simon Niepmann Mario Gyr | Switzerland | 6:03.52 | SA/B |
| 4 | Franck Solforosi Thomas Baroukh Guillaume Raineau Thibault Colard | France | 6:07.31 | R |
| 5 | Jan Vetešník Ondřej Vetešník Jiří Kopáč Miroslav Vraštil Jr. | Czech Republic | 6:39.95 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jacob Barsøe Jacob Larsen Kasper Winther Jørgensen Morten Jørgensen | Denmark | 5:58.21 | SA/B |
| 2 | Chris Bartley Mark Aldred Jono Clegg Peter Chambers | Great Britain | 6:01.27 | SA/B |
| 3 | Spyridon Giannaros Panagiotis Magdanis Stefanos Ntouskos Ioannis Petrou | Greece | 6:05.27 | SA/B |
| 4 | Jonathan Koch Lars Wichert Tobias Franzmann Lucas Schäfer | Germany | 6:14.87 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | James Lassche Peter Taylor Alistair Bond James Hunter | New Zealand | 6:03.34 | SA/B |
| 2 | Robin Prendes Anthony Fahden Edward King Tyler Nase | United States | 6:05.61 | SA/B |
| 3 | Joris Pijs Tim Heijbrock Jort van Gennep Björn van den Ende | Netherlands | 6:07.88 | SA/B |
| 4 | Maxwell Lattimer Brendan Hodge Nicolas Pratt Eric Woelfl | Canada | 6:19.44 | R |

### Repechage

First three of heat qualify to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Franck Solforosi Thomas Baroukh Guillaume Raineau Thibault Colard | France | 6:01.18 | SA/B |
| 2 | Jonathan Koch Lars Wichert Tobias Franzmann Lucas Schäfer | Germany | 6:03.29 | SA/B |
| 3 | Jan Vetešník Ondřej Vetešník Jiří Kopáč Miroslav Vraštil Jr. | Czech Republic | 6:04.30 | SA/B |
| 4 | Maxwell Lattimer Brendan Hodge Nicolas Pratt Eric Woelfl | Canada | 6:05.35 | |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stefano Oppo Martino Goretti Livio La Padula Pietro Ruta | Italy | 6:06.56 | FA |
| 2 | Franck Solforosi Thomas Baroukh Guillaume Raineau Thibault Colard | France | 6:07.32 | FA |
| 3 | James Lassche Peter Taylor Alistair Bond James Hunter | New Zealand | 6:08.96 | FA |
| 4 | Chris Bartley Mark Aldred Jono Clegg Peter Chambers | Great Britain | 6:10.46 | FB |
| 5 | Joris Pijs Tim Heijbrock Jort van Gennep Björn van den Ende | Netherlands | 6:12.87 | FB |
| 6 | Jonathan Koch Lars Wichert Tobias Franzmann Lucas Schäfer | Germany | 6:18.43 | FB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lucas Tramèr Simon Schürch Simon Niepmann Mario Gyr | Switzerland | 6:17.85 | FA |
| 2 | Jacob Barsøe Jacob Larsen Kasper Winther Jørgensen Morten Jørgensen | Denmark | 6:19.62 | FA |
| 3 | Spyridon Giannaros Panagiotis Magdanis Stefanos Ntouskos Ioannis Petrou | Greece | 6:23.95 | FA |
| 4 | Robin Prendes Anthony Fahden Edward King Tyler Nase | United States | 6:26.82 | FB |
| 5 | Jin Wei Zhao Jingbin Yu Chenggang Wang Tiexin | China | 6:27.27 | FB |
| 6 | Jan Vetešník Ondřej Vetešník Jiří Kopáč Miroslav Vraštil Jr. | Czech Republic | 6:33.43 | FB |

### Final
#### Final B

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Chris Bartley Mark Aldred Jono Clegg Peter Chambers | Great Britain | 6:31.54 |
| 2 | Jin Wei Zhao Jingbin Yu Chenggang Wang Tiexin | China | 6:32.78 |
| 3 | Jonathan Koch Lars Wichert Tobias Franzmann Lucas Schäfer | Germany | 6:35.83 |
| 4 | Robin Prendes Anthony Fahden Edward King Tyler Nase | United States | 6:36.93 |
| 5 | Joris Pijs Tim Heijbrock Jort van Gennep Björn van den Ende | Netherlands | 6:37.28 |
| 6 | Jan Vetešník Ondřej Vetešník Jiří Kopáč Miroslav Vraštil Jr. | Czech Republic | 6:43.52 |

#### Final A

The medals for the competition were presented by Denis Oswald, Switzerland, member of the International Olympic Committee, and the gifts were presented by Matt Smith, United States of America, executive director of the International Rowing Federation.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| | Lucas Tramèr Simon Schürch Simon Niepmann Mario Gyr | Switzerland | 6:20.51 |
| | Jacob Barsøe Jacob Larsen Kasper Winther Jørgensen Morten Jørgensen | Denmark | 6:21.97 |
| | Franck Solforosi Thomas Baroukh Guillaume Raineau Thibault Colard | France | 6:22.85 |
| 4 | Stefano Oppo Martino Goretti Livio La Padula Pietro Ruta | Italy | 6:25.52 |
| 5 | James Lassche Peter Taylor Alistair Bond James Hunter | New Zealand | 6:28.14 |
| 6 | Spyridon Giannaros Panagiotis Magdanis Stefanos Ntouskos Ioannis Petrou | Greece | 6:36.47 |

## Aftermath

This was the last time the Danish Gold Four competed, as they did not nominate their boat for the 2017 World Rowing Championships.
To achieve gender equality in rowing, FISA suggested early in 2017 to drop the lightweight men's four from the Olympic programme, and the recommendation was adopted by the executive board of the International Olympic Committee in June 2017. Shortly after the 2017 championships, the FISA council voted to remove the lightweight men's four from the world championships with immediate effect.