# Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls

The men's quadruple sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.

## Competition format

This rowing event is a quadruple scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by four rowers. The "scull" portion means that each rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. The competition consisted of multiple rounds. Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking. Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed, with each semifinal having two possible finals.
With 13 boats in heats, the best boats qualify directly for the semi-finals. All other boats progress to the repechage round, which offers a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals. Unsuccessful boats from the repechage are eliminated from the competition. The best three boats in each of the two semi-finals qualify for final A, which determines places 1–6 (including the medals). Unsuccessful boats from semi-finals A/B go forward to final B, which determines places 7–12.

## Schedule

All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday, 18 September 2000 | 10:30 | Heats |
| Wednesday, 20 September 2000 | 10:10 | Repechages |
| Friday, 22 September 2000 | 09:30 | Semifinals |
| Saturday, 23 September 2000 | 11:50 | Final B |
| Sunday, 24 September 2000 | 09:50 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The winner of each heat advanced to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marco Geisler, Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert, André Willms | Germany | 5:51.60 | Q |
| 2 | Jochem Verberne, Dirk Lippits, Diederik Simon, Michiel Bartman | Netherlands | 5:54.57 | Q |
| 3 | Karol Łazar, Sławomir Kruszkowski, Adam Bronikowski, Michał Wojciechowski | Poland | 5:58.09 | Q |
| 4 | Leonides Samé, Eusebio Acea, Yoennis Hernández, Yosbel Martínez | Cuba | 6:00.67 | R |
| 5 | Liu Jian, Liang Hongming, Hua Lingjun, Li Yang | China | 6:16.48 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Peter Hardcastle, Jason Day, Stuart Reside, Duncan Free | Australia | 5:52.09 | Q |
| 2 | Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleh Lykov, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Leonid Shaposhnykov | Ukraine | 5:53.03 | Q |
| 3 | Yvan Deslavière, Guillaume Jeannet, Sébastien Vieilledent, Samuel Barathay | France | 5:54.85 | Q |
| 4 | Raphael Hartl, Horst Nußbaumer, Arnold Jonke, Norbert Lambing | Austria | 5:59.41 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Agostino Abbagnale, Alessio Sartori, Rossano Galtarossa, Simone Raineri | Italy | 5:45.67 | Q |
| 2 | Simon Stürm, Christian Stofer, Michael Erdlen, André Vonarburg | Switzerland | 5:49.11 | Q |
| 3 | Sean Hall, Ian McGowan, Nick Peterson, Jake Wetzel | United States | 5:50.29 | Q |
| 4 | Stijn Smulders, Arnaud Duchesne, luc Goiris, Björn Hendrickx | Belgium | 5:56.79 | R |

### Repechage

First three qualify to semifinals.

#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Leonides Samé, Eusebio Acea, Yoennis Hernández, Yosbel Martínez | Cuba | 6:04.45 | Q |
| 2 | Raphael Hartl, Horst Nußbaumer, Arnold Jonke, Norbert Lambing | Austria | 6:05.65 | Q |
| 3 | Stijn Smulders, Arnaud Duchesne, luc Goiris, Björn Hendrickx | Belgium | 6:10.11 | Q |
| 4 | Liu Jian, Liang Hongming, Hua Lingjun, Li Yang | China | 6:16.80 | |

### Semifinals

First three places advance to Final A, the remainder to Final B.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marco Geisler, Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert, André Willms | Germany | 5:48.92 | A |
| 2 | Peter Hardcastle, Jason Day, Stuart Reside, Duncan Free | Australia | 5:50.26 | A |
| 3 | Simon Stürm, Christian Stofer, Michael Erdlen, André Vonarburg | Switzerland | 5:53.07 | A |
| 4 | Yvan Deslavière, Guillaume Jeannet, Sébastien Vieilledent, Samuel Barathay | France | 5:54.68 | B |
| 5 | Stijn Smulders, Arnaud Duchesne, luc Goiris, Björn Hendrickx | Belgium | 5:56.36 | B |
| 6 | Karol Łazar, Sławomir Kruszkowski, Adam Bronikowski, Michał Wojciechowski | Poland | 6:02.11 | B |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Agostino Abbagnale, Alessio Sartori, Rossano Galtarossa, Simone Raineri | Italy | 5:44.08 | A |
| 2 | Jochem Verberne, Dirk Lippits, Diederik Simon, Michiel Bartman | Netherlands | 5:47.80 | A |
| 3 | Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleh Lykov, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Leonid Shaposhnykov | Ukraine | 5:48.15 | A |
| 4 | Sean Hall, Ian McGowan, Nick Peterson, Jake Wetzel | United States | 5:49.89 | B |
| 5 | Raphael Hartl, Horst Nußbaumer, Arnold Jonke, Norbert Lambing | Austria | 6:00.27 | B |
| 6 | Leonides Samé, Eusebio Acea, Yoennis Hernández, Yosbel Martínez | Cuba | 6:01.39 | B |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Sean Hall, Ian McGowan, Nick Peterson, Jake Wetzel | United States | 5:49.76 |
| 2 | Karol Łazar, Sławomir Kruszkowski, Adam Bronikowski, Michał Wojciechowski | Poland | 5:51.79 |
| 3 | Stijn Smulders, Arnaud Duchesne, luc Goiris, Björn Hendrickx | Belgium | 5:54.17 |
| 4 | Yvan Deslavière, Guillaume Jeannet, Sébastien Vieilledent, Samuel Barathay | France | 5:55.41 |
| 5 | Raphael Hartl, Horst Nußbaumer, Arnold Jonke, Norbert Lambing | Austria | 5:57.58 |
| 6 | Leonides Samé, Eusebio Acea, Yoennis Hernández, Yosbel Martínez | Cuba | 6:00.63 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| | Agostino Abbagnale, Alessio Sartori, Rossano Galtarossa, Simone Raineri | Italy | 5:45.56 |
| | Jochem Verberne, Dirk Lippits, Diederik Simon, Michiel Bartman | Netherlands | 5:47.91 |
| | Marco Geisler, Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert, André Willms | Germany | 5:48.64 |
| 4 | Peter Hardcastle, Jason Day, Stuart Reside, Duncan Free | Australia | 5:50.32 |
| 5 | Simon Stürm, Christian Stofer, Michael Erdlen, André Vonarburg | Switzerland | 5:54.88 |
| 6 | Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleh Lykov, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Leonid Shaposhnykov | Ukraine | 5:55.12 |