# Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

The men's coxless four competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake of Banyoles, Spain.

## Competition format

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 14 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 4 or 5 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (9 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 5 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top three boats in the repechage advanced to the semifinals. The remaining two boats (4th and 5th place in the repechage) were placed in the "C" final to compete for 13th and 14th places.
The 12 semifinalist boats were divided into two heats of 6 boats each. The top three boats in each semifinal (6 boats total) advanced to the "A" final to compete for medals and 4th through 6th place; the bottom three boats in each semifinal were sent to the "B" final for 7th through 12th.
All races were over a 2000 metre course.

## Results
### Heats
#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jeffrey McLaughlinDoug BurdenThomas BohrerPatrick Manning | United States | 6:00.93 | Q |
| 2 | Scott BrownleeChris WhitePat PeoplesCampbell Clayton-Greene | New Zealand | 6:03.10 | Q |
| 3 | Milan JanšaSadik MujkičSašo MirjaničJanez Klemenčič | Slovenia | 6:04.91 | Q |
| 4 | Jean-Pierre Le LainPatrick Vibert-VichetBruno DumayDominique Lecointe | France | 6:15.23 | R |
| 5 | Vasile HanuseacNicolae SpîrcuFlorin EneIoan Snep | Romania | 6:24.63 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrew CooperNick GreenMike McKayJames Tomkins | Australia | 5:59.18 | Q |
| 2 | Bart PetersNiels van der ZwanJaap KrijtenburgSven Schwarz | Netherlands | 6:01.19 | Q |
| 3 | Armin WeyrauchMatthias UngemachDirk BalsterMarkus Vogt | Germany | 6:09.07 | Q |
| 4 | Salih HassanJohn GarrettGavin StewartRichard Stanhope | Great Britain | 6:23.73 | R |
| 5 | Vjatšeslav DivoninToomas VilpartTarmo VirkusMarek Avamere | Estonia | 6:27.97 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fernando ClimentJosé María de MarcoJuan AguirreFernando Molina | Spain | 6:01.51 | Q |
| 2 | Luca SartoriRocco PecoraroRoby La MuraRiccardo Dei Rossi | Italy | 6:02.26 | Q |
| 3 | Viktor PitirimovRoman MonchenkoVladimir SokolovVadim Yunash | Unified Team | 6:02.84 | Q |
| 4 | Don TelferBrian SaundersonCedric BurgersGreg Stevenson | Canada | 6:03.91 | R |

### Repechage

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Salih HassanJohn GarrettGavin StewartRichard Stanhope | Great Britain | 6:12.68 | Q |
| 2 | Don TelferBrian SaundersonCedric BurgersGreg Stevenson | Canada | 6:12.71 | Q |
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Le LainPatrick Vibert-VichetBruno DumayDominique Lecointe | France | 6:13.37 | Q |
| 4 | Vasile HanuseacNicolae SpîrcuFlorin EneIoan Snep | Romania | 6:16.13 | QC |
| 5 | Vjatšeslav DivoninToomas VilpartTarmo VirkusMarek Avamere | Estonia | 6:30.63 | QC |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jeffrey McLaughlinDoug BurdenThomas BohrerPatrick Manning | United States | 5:58.87 | QA |
| 2 | Milan JanšaSadik MujkičSašo MirjaničJanez Klemenčič | Slovenia | 5:59.52 | QA |
| 3 | Bart PetersNiels van der ZwanJaap KrijtenburgSven Schwarz | Netherlands | 6:00.55 | QA |
| 4 | Fernando ClimentJosé María de MarcoJuan AguirreFernando Molina | Spain | 6:04.59 | QB |
| 5 | Viktor PitirimovRoman MonchenkoVladimir SokolovVadim Yunash | Unified Team | 6:05.29 | QB |
| 6 | Don TelferBrian SaundersonCedric BurgersGreg Stevenson | Canada | 6:09.20 | QB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrew CooperNick GreenMike McKayJames Tomkins | Australia | 5:58.26 | QA |
| 2 | Armin WeyrauchMatthias UngemachDirk BalsterMarkus Vogt | Germany | 5:59.38 | QA |
| 3 | Scott BrownleeChris WhitePat PeoplesCampbell Clayton-Greene | New Zealand | 6:01.19 | QA |
| 4 | Salih HassanJohn GarrettGavin StewartRichard Stanhope | Great Britain | 6:02.87 | QB |
| 5 | Luca SartoriRocco PecoraroRoby La MuraRiccardo Dei Rossi | Italy | 6:09.72 | QB |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Le LainPatrick Vibert-VichetBruno DumayDominique Lecointe | France | 6:12.57 | QB |

### Finals
#### Final C

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| 13 | Vasile HanuseacNicolae SpîrcuFlorin EneIoan Snep | Romania | 6:34.85 |
| 14 | Vjatšeslav DivoninToomas VilpartTarmo VirkusMarek Avamere | Estonia | 6:38.76 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| 7 | Salih HassanJohn GarrettGavin StewartRichard Stanhope | Great Britain | 6:05.00 |
| 8 | Luca SartoriRocco PecoraroRoby La MuraRiccardo Dei Rossi | Italy | 6:06.21 |
| 9 | Fernando ClimentJosé María de MarcoJuan AguirreFernando Molina | Spain | 6:06.66 |
| 10 | Viktor PitirimovRoman MonchenkoVladimir SokolovVadim Yunash | Unified Team | 6:10.62 |
| 11 | Don TelferBrian SaundersonCedric BurgersGreg Stevenson | Canada | 6:13.01 |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Le LainPatrick Vibert-VichetBruno DumayDominique Lecointe | France | 6:17.69 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| | Andrew CooperNick GreenMike McKayJames Tomkins | Australia | 5:55.04 |
| | Jeffrey McLaughlinDoug BurdenThomas BohrerPatrick Manning | United States | 5:56.68 |
| | Milan JanšaSadik MujkičSašo MirjaničJanez Klemenčič | Slovenia | 5:58.24 |
| 4 | Armin WeyrauchMatthias UngemachDirk BalsterMarkus Vogt | Germany | 5:58.39 |
| 5 | Bart PetersNiels van der ZwanJaap KrijtenburgSven Schwarz | Netherlands | 5:59.14 |
| 6 | Scott BrownleeChris WhitePat PeoplesCampbell Clayton-Greene | New Zealand | 6:02.13 |

## Final classification

The following rowers took part:
| Rowers | Country |
| Andrew Cooper Nick Green Mike McKay James Tomkins | Australia |
| Jeffrey McLaughlin William Burden Thomas Bohrer Patrick Manning | United States |
| Milan Janša Sadik Mujkič Sašo Mirjanič Janez Klemenčič | Slovenia |
| Armin Weyrauch Matthias Ungemach Dirk Balster Markus Vogt | Germany |
| Bart Peters Niels van der Zwan Jaap Krijtenburg Sven Schwarz | Netherlands |
| Scott Brownlee Chris White Pat Peoples Campbell Clayton-Greene | New Zealand |
| Salih Hassan John Garrett Gavin Stewart Richard Stanhope | Great Britain |
| Luca Sartori Rocco Pecoraro Roby La Mura Riccardo Dei Rossi | Italy |
| Fernando Climent José María de Marco Juan Aguirre Fernando Molina | Spain |
| Viktor Pitirimov Roman Monchenko Vladimir Sokolov Vadim Yunash | Unified Team |
| Don Telfer Brian Saunderson Cedric Burgers Greg Stevenson | Canada |
| Jean-Pierre Le Lain Patrick Vibert-Vichet Bruno Dumay Dominique Lecointe | France |
| Vasile Hanuseac Nicolae Spîrcu Florin Ene Ioan Snep | Romania |
| Vjatšeslav Divonin Toomas Vilpart Tarmo Virkus Marek Avamere | Estonia |