# Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls

The men's quadruple sculls 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 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 (4th and 5th place in each heat) were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured a single heat. The top three boats in the repechage advanced to the semifinals. The remaining three boats (4th, 5th, and 6th place in the repechage) were placed in the "C" final to compete for 13th through 15th 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 | Andreas HajekMichael SteinbachStephan VolkertAndré Willms | Germany | 5:45.65 | Q |
| 2 | Alessandro CoronaGianluca FarinaRossano GaltarossaFilippo Soffici | Italy | 5:46.47 | Q |
| 3 | Valeriy DosenkoSergey KinyakinMykola ChuprynaGirts Vilks | Unified Team | 5:52.69 | Q |
| 4 | Fredrik HulténTommy ÖsterlundDavid SvenssonPer-Olof Claesson | Sweden | 5:56.00 | R |
| 5 | Mike HarrisRoger BrownGuy PooleyPeter Haining | Great Britain | 5:57.18 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fiorenzo Di GiovanniFabrice LeClercYves LamarqueSamuel Barathay | France | 5:47.80 | Q |
| 2 | Hans KeldermannRonald FlorijnKoos MaasdijkRutger Arisz | Netherlands | 5:49.39 | Q |
| 3 | Dirk CroisAlain LewuillonTom SymoensWim Van Belleghem | Belgium | 5:53.47 | Q |
| 4 | Marek GawkowskiPiotr BujnarowskiCezary JędrzyckiJarosław Janowski | Poland | 5:54.13 | R |
| 5 | Günther SchusterWalter KaiserGert PortHorst Nußbaumer | Austria | 6:01.12 | R |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kjetil UndsetPer SætersdalLars BjønnessRolf Thorsen | Norway | 5:46.83 | Q |
| 2 | Ueli BodenmannAlexander RückstuhlBeat SchwerzmannMarc-Sven Nater | Switzerland | 5:47.16 | Q |
| 3 | Richard PowellHamish McGlashanRobin BakkerJason Day | Australia | 5:49.15 | Q |
| 4 | Keir PearsonJohn RileyBob KaehlerChip McKibben | United States | 5:49.28 | R |
| 5 | José Antonio RodríguezMelquiades VerdurasBruno LópezJosé Manuel Bermúdez | Spain | 5:55.59 | R |

### Repechage

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Keir PearsonJohn RileyBob KaehlerChip McKibben | United States | 5:56.98 | Q |
| 2 | José Antonio RodríguezMelquiades VerdurasBruno LópezJosé Manuel Bermúdez | Spain | 5:57.41 | Q |
| 3 | Marek GawkowskiPiotr BujnarowskiCezary JędrzyckiJarosław Janowski | Poland | 5:59.03 | Q |
| 4 | Fredrik HulténTommy ÖsterlundDavid SvenssonPer-Olof Claesson | Sweden | 5:59.47 | QC |
| 5 | Mike HarrisRoger BrownGuy PooleyPeter Haining | Great Britain | 6:00.52 | QC |
| 6 | Günther SchusterWalter KaiserGert PortHorst Nußbaumer | Austria | 6:02.96 | QC |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andreas HajekMichael SteinbachStephan VolkertAndré Willms | Germany | 5:46.65 | QA |
| 2 | Ueli BodenmannAlexander RückstuhlBeat SchwerzmannMarc-Sven Nater | Switzerland | 5:48.12 | QA |
| 3 | Fiorenzo Di GiovanniFabrice LeClercYves LamarqueSamuel Barathay | France | 5:48.72 | QA |
| 4 | Valeriy DosenkoSergey KinyakinMykola ChuprynaGirts Vilks | Unified Team | 5:49.58 | QB |
| 5 | Marek GawkowskiPiotr BujnarowskiCezary JędrzyckiJarosław Janowski | Poland | 6:05.31 | QB |
| 6 | Dirk CroisAlain LewuillonTom SymoensWim Van Belleghem | Belgium | 6:05.87 | QB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alessandro CoronaGianluca FarinaRossano GaltarossaFilippo Soffici | Italy | 5:48.72 | QA |
| 2 | Kjetil UndsetPer SætersdalLars BjønnessRolf Thorsen | Norway | 5:49.53 | QA |
| 3 | Hans KeldermannRonald FlorijnKoos MaasdijkRutger Arisz | Netherlands | 5:50.12 | QA |
| 4 | Keir PearsonJohn RileyBob KaehlerChip McKibben | United States | 5:52.48 | QB |
| 5 | Richard PowellHamish McGlashanRobin BakkerJason Day | Australia | 5:55.62 | QB |
| 6 | José Antonio RodríguezMelquiades VerdurasBruno LópezJosé Manuel Bermúdez | Spain | 5:58.77 | QB |

### Finals
#### Final C

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| 13 | Mike HarrisRoger BrownGuy PooleyPeter Haining | Great Britain | 6:08.92 |
| 14 | Günther SchusterWalter KaiserGert PortHorst Nußbaumer | Austria | 6:13.75 |
| 15 | Fredrik HulténTommy ÖsterlundDavid SvenssonPer-Olof Claesson | Sweden | 6:20.86 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| 7 | Valeriy DosenkoSergey KinyakinMykola ChuprynaGirts Vilks | Unified Team | 5:54.48 |
| 8 | Keir PearsonJohn RileyBob KaehlerChip McKibben | United States | 5:55.06 |
| 9 | Richard PowellHamish McGlashanRobin BakkerJason Day | Australia | 5:56.44 |
| 10 | José Antonio RodríguezMelquiades VerdurasBruno LópezJosé Manuel Bermúdez | Spain | 5:58.33 |
| 11 | Marek GawkowskiPiotr BujnarowskiCezary JędrzyckiJarosław Janowski | Poland | 6:01.18 |
| 12 | Dirk CroisAlain LewuillonTom SymoensWim Van Belleghem | Belgium | 6:01.38 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time |
| | Andreas HajekMichael SteinbachStephan VolkertAndré Willms | Germany | 5:45.17 |
| | Kjetil UndsetPer SætersdalLars BjønnessRolf Thorsen | Norway | 5:47.09 |
| | Alessandro CoronaGianluca FarinaRossano GaltarossaFilippo Soffici | Italy | 5:47.33 |
| 4 | Ueli BodenmannAlexander RückstuhlBeat SchwerzmannMarc-Sven Nater | Switzerland | 5:47.39 |
| 5 | Hans KeldermannRonald FlorijnKoos MaasdijkRutger Arisz | Netherlands | 5:48.92 |
| 6 | Fiorenzo Di GiovanniFabrice LeClercYves LamarqueSamuel Barathay | France | 5:54.80 |

## Final classification

The following rowers took part:
| Rowers | Country |
| Andreas Hajek Michael Steinbach Stephan Volkert André Willms | Germany |
| Kjetil Undset Per Sætersdal Lars Bjønness Rolf Thorsen | Norway |
| Alessandro Corona Gianluca Farina Rossano Galtarossa Filippo Soffici | Italy |
| Ueli Bodenmann Alexander Rückstuhl Beat Schwerzmann Marc-Sven Nater | Switzerland |
| Hans Keldermann Ronald Florijn Koos Maasdijk Rutger Arisz | Netherlands |
| Fiorenzo Di Giovanni Fabrice LeClerc Yves Lamarque Samuel Barathay | France |
| Valeriy Dosenko Sergey Kinyakin Mykola Chupryna Girts Vilks | Unified Team |
| Keir Pearson John Riley Bob Kaehler Chip McKibben | United States |
| Richard Powell Hamish McGlashan Robin Bakker Jason Day | Australia |
| José Antonio Rodríguez Melquiades Verduras Bruno López José Manuel Bermúdez | Spain |
| Marek Gawkowski Piotr Bujnarowski Cezary Jędrzycki Jarosław Janowski | Poland |
| Dirk Crois Alain Lewuillon Tom Symoens Wim Van Belleghem | Belgium |
| Mike Harris Roger Brown Guy Pooley Peter Haining | Great Britain |
| Günther Schuster Walter Kaiser Gert Port Horst Nußbaumer | Austria |
| Fredrik Hultén Tommy Österlund David Svensson Per-Olof Claesson | Sweden |