# Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

The men's coxless four competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea.

## Competition format

The competition consisted of three main rounds (heats, semifinals, and finals) as well as a repechage. The 15 boats were divided into three heats for the first round, with 5 boats in each heat. The top three boats in each heat (9 boats total) advanced directly to the semifinals. The remaining 6 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat, with the top three boats advancing to the semifinals and the remaining 3 boats (4th, 5th, and 6th placers in the repechage) being eliminated (13th, 14th, and 15th place overall). 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 | Ralf BrudelOlaf FörsterThomas GreinerRoland Schröder | East Germany | 6:05.65 | Q |
| 2 | Sergio CaropresoCarlo GaddiPasquale MariglianoValter Molea | Italy | 6:07.97 | Q |
| 3 | Nikolay PimenovYuriy PimenovSergey SmirnovIvan Vysotskiy | Soviet Union | 6:11.15 | Q |
| 4 | Folke BrundinPer-Olof ClaessonAnders LarsonDavid Svensson | Sweden | 6:19.12 | R |
| 5 | Georgios FotouSpyridon GatosKhristos KhristomanosVasilios Lykomitros | Greece | 6:39.28 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Thomas BohrerRichard KennellyDavid KrmpotichRaoul Rodriguez | United States | 6:03.67 | Q |
| 2 | Campbell Clayton-GreeneGeoff CotterBill CoventryNeil Gibson | New Zealand | 6:06.75 | Q |
| 3 | Guido GrabowVolker GrabowNorbert KeßlauJörg Puttlitz | West Germany | 6:13.16 | Q |
| 4 | Darby BerkhoutRaymond CollierJohn OssowskiBruce Robertson | Canada | 6:22.42 | R |
| 5 | José Luis AguirreBartolomé AlarcónEnrique BrionesJosé María Segurola | Spain | 6:28.34 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Simon BerrisfordMark BuckinghamPeter MulkerrinsStephen Peel | Great Britain | 6:06.52 | Q |
| 2 | Pascal BahuaudDominique LecointeJean-Jacques MartigneOlivier Pons | France | 6:08.76 | Q |
| 3 | Tjark de VriesJohan LeutscherRalph SchwarzSven Schwarz | Netherlands | 6:17.24 | Q |
| 4 | Marcos ArantesFernando FantoniOswaldo Kuster NetoWaldemar Trombetta | Brazil | 6:29.61 | R |
| 5 | Hong Jae-hoLee Hyung-kiYun Nam-hoYun Yong-ho | South Korea | 6:46.62 | R |

### Repechage

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Folke BrundinPer-Olof ClaessonAnders LarsonDavid Svensson | Sweden | 6:14.52 | Q |
| 2 | Darby BerkhoutRaymond CollierJohn OssowskiBruce Robertson | Canada | 6:16.88 | Q |
| 3 | Georgios FotouSpyridon GatosKhristos KhristomanosVasilios Lykomitros | Greece | 6:17.49 | Q |
| 4 | José Luis AguirreBartolomé AlarcónEnrique BrionesJosé María Segurola | Spain | 6:18.25 | |
| 5 | Marcos ArantesFernando FantoniOswaldo Kuster NetoWaldemar Trombetta | Brazil | 6:30.85 | |
| 6 | Hong Jae-hoLee Hyung-kiYun Nam-hoYun Yong-ho | South Korea | 6:50.47 | |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ralf BrudelOlaf FörsterThomas GreinerRoland Schröder | East Germany | 6:00.29 | QA |
| 2 | Nikolay PimenovYuriy PimenovSergey SmirnovIvan Vysotskiy | Soviet Union | 6:03.25 | QA |
| 3 | Simon BerrisfordMark BuckinghamPeter MulkerrinsStephen Peel | Great Britain | 6:03.85 | QA |
| 4 | Campbell Clayton-GreeneGeoff CotterBill CoventryNeil Gibson | New Zealand | 6:06.60 | QB |
| 5 | Tjark de VriesJohan LeutscherRalph SchwarzSven Schwarz | Netherlands | 6:14.96 | QB |
| 6 | Darby BerkhoutRaymond CollierJohn OssowskiBruce Robertson | Canada | 6:22.35 | QB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Guido GrabowVolker GrabowNorbert KeßlauJörg Puttlitz | West Germany | 6:04.17 | QA |
| 2 | Sergio CaropresoCarlo GaddiPasquale MariglianoValter Molea | Italy | 6:06.75 | QA |
| 3 | Thomas BohrerRichard KennellyDavid KrmpotichRaoul Rodriguez | United States | 6:07.71 | QA |
| 4 | Pascal BahuaudDominique LecointeJean-Jacques MartigneOlivier Pons | France | 6:10.36 | QB |
| 5 | Folke BrundinPer-Olof ClaessonAnders LarsonDavid Svensson | Sweden | 6:16.28 | QB |
| 6 | Georgios FotouSpyridon GatosKhristos KhristomanosVasilios Lykomitros | Greece | 6:37.24 | QB |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| 7 | Campbell Clayton-GreeneGeoff CotterBill CoventryNeil Gibson | New Zealand | 6:04.74 |
| 8 | Pascal BahuaudDominique LecointeJean-Jacques MartigneOlivier Pons | France | 6:08.60 |
| 9 | Tjark de VriesJohan LeutscherRalph SchwarzSven Schwarz | Netherlands | 6:15.32 |
| 10 | Folke BrundinPer-Olof ClaessonAnders LarsonDavid Svensson | Sweden | 6:16.41 |
| 11 | Darby BerkhoutHenry GordonJohn OssowskiBruce Robertson | Canada | 6:16.74 |
| 12 | Georgios FotouSpyridon GatosKhristos KhristomanosVasilios Lykomitros | Greece | 6:18.25 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| | Ralf BrudelOlaf FörsterThomas GreinerRoland Schröder | East Germany | 6:03.11 |
| | Thomas BohrerRichard KennellyDavid KrmpotichRaoul Rodriguez | United States | 6:05.53 |
| | Guido GrabowVolker GrabowNorbert KeßlauJörg Puttlitz | West Germany | 6:06.22 |
| 4 | Simon BerrisfordMark BuckinghamPeter MulkerrinsStephen Peel | Great Britain | 6:06.74 |
| 5 | Sergio CaropresoCarlo GaddiPasquale MariglianoValter Molea | Italy | 6:09.55 |
| 6 | Nikolay PimenovYuriy PimenovSergey SmirnovIvan Vysotskiy | Soviet Union | 11:03.77 |

## Final classification

| Rank | Rowers | Country |
| | Roland Schröder Ralf Brudel Olaf Förster Thomas Greiner | East Germany |
| | Raoul Rodriguez Thomas Bohrer Richard Kennelly David Krmpotich | United States |
| | Guido Grabow Volker Grabow Norbert Keßlau Jörg Puttlitz | West Germany |
| 4 | Mark Buckingham Stephen Peel Simon Berrisford Peter Mulkerrins | Great Britain |
| 5 | Sergio Caropreso Carlo Gaddi Pasquale Marigliano Valter Molea | Italy |
| 6 | Ivan Vysotskiy Sergey Smirnov Yuriy Pimenov Nikolay Pimenov | Soviet Union |
| 7 | Campbell Clayton-Greene Geoff Cotter Bill Coventry Neil Gibson | New Zealand |
| 8 | Pascal Bahuaud Dominique Lecointe Jean-Jacques Martigne Olivier Pons | France |
| 9 | Tjark de Vries Johan Leutscher Ralph Schwarz Sven Schwarz | Netherlands |
| 10 | Folke Brundin Per-Olof Claesson Anders Larson David Svensson | Sweden |
| 11 | Darby Berkhout Gord Henry John Ossowski Bruce Robertson Raymond Collier | Canada |
| 12 | Khristos Khristomanos Georgios Fotou Spyridon Gatos Vasilios Lykomitros | Greece |
| 13 | José Luis Aguirre Bartolomé Alarcón Enrique Briones José María Segurola | Spain |
| 14 | Marcos Arantes Fernando Fantoni Oswaldo Kuster Neto Waldemar Trombetta | Brazil |
| 15 | Hong Jae-ho Lee Hyung-ki Yun Nam-ho Yun Yong-ho | South Korea |