# Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls

The men's quadruple sculls rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held from 20 to 27 July.

## Heats

Winner of each heat advanced to final. The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the final.

### Heat One

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Milan Arežina, Darko Zibar, Dragan Obradović, Nikola Stefanović | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 6:13.96 |
| 2 | Joan Solano, Jesús González, Manuel Vera Vázquez, Julio Oliver | Spain (ESP) | 6:18.61 |
| 3 | Reiner Modest, Per Rasmussen, Morten Espersen, Ole Bloch Jensen | Denmark (DEN) | 6:19.28 |
| 4 | Siegfried Sageder, Bruno Flecker, Rainer Holzhaider, Michael Sageder | Austria (AUT) | 6:19.28 |
| 5 | José Cláudio Lazzarotto, Ronaldo de Carvalho, Ricardo de Carvalho, Waldemar Trombetta | Brazil (BRA) | 6:25.84 |
| 6 | Andrzej Skowroński, Zbigniew Andruszkiewicz, Ryszard Burak, Stanisław Wierzbicki | Poland (POL) | 6:27.24 |

### Heat Two

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Frank Dundr, Carsten Bunk, Uwe Heppner, Martin Winter | East Germany (GDR) | 6:01.68 |
| 2 | Mincho Nikolov, Lyubomir Petrov, Ivo Rusev, Bogdan Dobrev | Bulgaria (BUL) | 6:01.68 |
| 3 | Christian Marquis, Jean Raymond Peltier, Charles Imbert, Roland Weill | France (FRA) | 6:11.33 |
| 4 | Yuriy Shapochka, Evgeni Barbakov, Valeri Kleshnyov, Mykola Dovhan | Soviet Union (URS) | 6:14.67 |
| 5 | Victor Scheffers, Jeroen Vervoort, Rob Robbers, Ronald Vervoort | Netherlands (NED) | 6:28.25 |
| 6 | Roberto Quintero, César Herrera, Nelson Simon, Horacio Cabrera | Cuba (CUB) | 6:39.28 |

## Repechage
### Heat One

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Christian Marquis, Jean Raymond Peltier, Charles Imbert, Roland Weill | France (FRA) | 5:59.54 |
| 2 | Joan Solano, Jesús González, Manuel Vera Vázquez, Julio Oliver | Spain (ESP) | 6:00.77 |
| 3 | Victor Scheffers, Jeroen Vervoort, Rob Robbers, Ronald Vervoort | Netherlands (NED) | 6:05.19 |
| 4 | Siegfried Sageder, Bruno Flecker, Rainer Holzhaider, Michael Sageder | Austria (AUT) | 6:16.22 |
| 5 | Andrzej Skowroński, Zbigniew Andruszkiewicz, Ryszard Burak, Stanisław Wierzbicki | Poland (POL) | 6:16.69 |

### Heat Two

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Yuriy Shapochka, Evgeni Barbakov, Valeri Kleshnyov, Mykola Dovhan | Soviet Union (URS) | 5:57.82 |
| 2 | Mincho Nikolov, Lyubomir Petrov, Ivo Rusev, Bogdan Dobrev | Bulgaria (BUL) | 6:00.78 |
| 3 | Reiner Modest, Per Rasmussen, Morten Espersen, Ole Bloch Jensen | Denmark (DEN) | 6:02.60 |
| 4 | José Cláudio Lazzarotto, Ronaldo de Carvalho, Ricardo de Carvalho, Waldemar Trombetta | Brazil (BRA) | 6:11.96 |
| 5 | Roberto Quintero, César Herrera, Nelson Simon, Horacio Cabrera | Cuba (CUB) | 6:25.64 |

## Finals
### Finals A

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| | Frank Dundr, Carsten Bunk, Uwe Heppner, Martin Winter | East Germany (GDR) | 5:49.81 |
| | Yuriy Shapochka, Evgeni Barbakov, Valeri Kleshnyov, Mykola Dovhan | Soviet Union (URS) | 5:51.47 |
| | Mincho Nikolov, Lyubomir Petrov, Ivo Rusev, Bogdan Dobrev | Bulgaria (BUL) | 5:52.38 |
| 4 | Christian Marquis, Jean Raymond Peltier, Charles Imbert, Roland Weill | France (FRA) | 5:53.45 |
| 5 | Joan Solano, Jesús González, Manuel Vera Vázquez, Julio Oliver | Spain (ESP) | 6:01.19 |
| 6 | Milan Arežina, Darko Zibar, Dragan Obradović, Nikola Stefanović | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 6:10.76 |

### Finals B

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| 7 | Andrzej Skowroński, Zbigniew Andruszkiewicz, Ryszard Burak, Stanisław Wierzbicki | Poland (POL) | 5:58.63 |
| 8 | Victor Scheffers, Jeroen Vervoort, Rob Robbers, Ronald Vervoort | Netherlands (NED) | 6:02.58 |
| 9 | Reiner Modest, Per Rasmussen, Morten Espersen, Ole Bloch Jensen | Denmark (DEN) | 6:05.38 |
| 10 | Siegfried Sageder, Bruno Flecker, Rainer Holzhaider, Michael Sageder | Austria (AUT) | 6:06.27 |
| 11 | José Cláudio Lazzarotto, Ronaldo de Carvalho, Ricardo de Carvalho, Waldemar Trombetta | Brazil (BRA) | 6:06.58 |
| 12 | Roberto Quintero, César Herrera, Nelson Simon, Horacio Cabrera | Cuba (CUB) | 6:16.65 |