# Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

The men's coxless four competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich took place from 27 August to 2 September at the Olympic Regatta Course in Oberschleißheim.

## Results
### Heats

The winner of each heat (green) qualifies to the semifinal round, while the remaining competitors go to the repechage.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Emeric Tuşa Adalbert Agh Mihai Naumencu Francisc Papp | Romania | 6:49.11 |
| 2 | Ole Nafstad Tom Amundsen Kjell Sverre Johansen Svein Erik Nilsen | Norway | 6:53.27 |
| 3 | Ian Gordon Karel Jonker Gregory Rokosh Donald Curphey | Canada | 7:02.34 |
| 4 | Marko Mandič Jože Berc Jure Potočnik Miloš Janša | Yugoslavia | 7:05.00 |
| 5 | Kim Ki-tae Ham Il-nyon Kim Un-son Hong Song-su | North Korea | 7:10.57 |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Dick Tonks Dudley Storey Ross Collinge Noel Mills | New Zealand | 6:47.27 |
| 2 | Hans-Jörg Bendiner Walter Steiner Thomas Macher Kurt Baumann | Switzerland | 6:55.81 |
| 3 | Oscar de Andrés José Manuel Bugia Luciano Wilk Tomás Forray | Argentina | 6:59.72 |
| 4 | Csaba Czakó András Kormos József Csermely Antal Melis | Hungary | 7:02.98 |
| 5 | José Luis Morales Arturo Figueroa Arcadio Padilla Juan López | Mexico | 7:20.00 |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Frank Forberger Dieter Grahn Frank Rühle Dieter Schubert | East Germany | 6:43.87 |
| 2 | Fred Smallbone Lenny Robertson Jim Clark Bill Mason | Great Britain | 6:45.30 |
| 3 | Joachim Ehrig Peter Funnekötter Franz Held Wolfgang Plottke | West Germany | 6:47.53 |
| 4 | Primo Baran Angelo Rossetto Pier Angelo Conti Abramo Albini | Italy | 6:53.85 |
| 5 | Patrick Sellier Roger Rouver Gérard Chenuet Yves Fraisse | France | 6:56.58 |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Anatoliy Tkachuk Igor Kashurov Aleksandr Motin Vitaly Sapronov | Soviet Union | 6:42.40 |
| 2 | Willy Poulsen Peter Fich Christiansen Egon Pedersen Rolf Andersen | Denmark | 6:47.60 |
| 3 | Biser Boyadzhiev Borislav Vasilev Nikolay Kolev Metodi Khalvadzhiski | Bulgaria | 6:47.99 |
| 4 | Charles Hewitt William Miller Richard Dreissigacker James Moroney | United States | 6:57.05 |
| 5 | Eralio Cabrera Troadio Delgado Ramón Luperón Angel Serra | Cuba | 7:07.61 |

### Repechage

Top two finishers in each heat qualify to the semifinal round.

#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Joachim Ehrig Peter Funnekötter Franz Held Wolfgang Plottke | West Germany | 6:58.10 |
| 2 | Willy Poulsen Peter Fich Christiansen Egon Pedersen Rolf Andersen | Denmark | 7:04.37 |
| 3 | Csaba Czakó András Kormos József Csermely Antal Melis | Hungary | 7:16.06 |
| 4 | Kim Ki-Tae Ham Il-Nyon Kim Un-Son Hong Song-Su | North Korea | 7:18.30 |

#### Repechage 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Fred Smallbone Lenny Robertson Jim Clark Bill Mason | Great Britain | 7:06.79 |
| 2 | Eralio Cabrera Troadio Delgado Ramón Luperón Angel Serra | Cuba | 7:11.23 |
| 3 | Oscar de Andrés José Manuel Bugia Luciano Wilk Tomás Forray | Argentina | 7:12.74 |
| 4 | Marko Mandič Jože Berc Jure Potočnik Miloš Janša | Yugoslavia | 7:18.18 |

#### Repechage 3

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Hans-Jörg Bendiner Walter Steiner Thomas Macher Kurt Baumann | Switzerland | 7:03.31 |
| 2 | Ian Gordon Karel Jonker Gregory Rokosh Donald Curphey | Canada | 7:06.90 |
| 3 | Patrick Sellier Roger Rouver Gérard Chenuet Yves Fraisse | France | 7:09.33 |
| 4 | Charles Hewitt William Miller Richard Dreissigacker James Moroney | United States | 7:13.95 |

#### Repechage 4

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Primo Baran Angelo Rossetto Pier Angelo Conti Abramo Albini | Italy | 7:00.65 |
| 2 | Biser Boyadzhiev Borislav Vasilev Nikolay Kolev Metodi Khalvadzhiski | Bulgaria | 7:02.69 |
| 3 | Ole Nafstad Tom Amundsen Kjell Sverre Johansen Svein Erik Nilsen | Norway | 7:03.08 |
| 4 | José Luis Morales Arturo Figueroa Arcadio Padilla Juan López | Mexico | 7:32.31 |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal A/B

First three qualify to the Final A, remainder to Final B.

##### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Dick Tonks Dudley Storey Ross Collinge Noel Mills | New Zealand | 7:03.99 |
| 2 | Frank Forberger Dieter Grahn Frank Rühle Dieter Schubert | East Germany | 7:06.88 |
| 3 | Joachim Ehrig Peter Funnekötter Franz Held Wolfgang Plottke | West Germany | 7:10.56 |
| 4 | Ian Gordon Karel Jonker Gregory Rokosh Donald Curphey | Canada | 7:13.61 |
| 5 | Primo Baran Angelo Rossetto Pier Angelo Conti Abramo Albini | Italy | 7:14.20 |
| 6 | Eralio Cabrera Troadio Delgado Ramón Luperón Angel Serra | Cuba | 7:36.30 |

##### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Emeric Tuşa Adalbert Agh Mihai Naumencu Francisc Papp | Romania | 7:12.50 |
| 2 | Willy Poulsen Peter Fich Christiansen Egon Pedersen Rolf Andersen | Denmark | 7:16.01 |
| 3 | Anatoliy Tkachuk Igor Kashurov Aleksandr Motin Vitaly Sapronov | Soviet Union | 7:16.59 |
| 4 | Fred Smallbone Lenny Robertson Jim Clark Bill Mason | Great Britain | 7:22.21 |
| 5 | Hans-Jörg Bendiner Walter Steiner Thomas Macher Kurt Baumann | Switzerland | 7:23.87 |
| 6 | Biser Boyadzhiev Borislav Vasilev Nikolay Kolev Metodi Khalvadzhiski | Bulgaria | 7:24.93 |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| 1 | Fred Smallbone Lenny Robertson Jim Clark Bill Mason | Great Britain | 6:52.89 |
| 2 | Biser Boyadzhiev Borislav Vasilev Nikolay Kolev Metodi Khalvadzhiski | Bulgaria | 6:54.54 |
| 3 | Ian Gordon Karel Jonker Gregory Rokosh Donald Curphey | Canada | 6:57.18 |
| 4 | Primo Baran Angelo Rossetto Pier Angelo Conti Abramo Albini | Italy | 6:57.59 |
| 5 | Hans-Jörg Bendiner Walter Steiner Thomas Macher Kurt Baumann | Switzerland | 6:59.41 |
| 6 | Eralio Cabrera Troadio Delgado Ramón Luperón Angel Serra | Cuba | 7:10.83 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rower | Country | Time |
| | Frank Forberger Dieter Grahn Frank Rühle Dieter Schubert | East Germany | 6:24.27 |
| | Dick Tonks Dudley Storey Ross Collinge Noel Mills | New Zealand | 6:25.64 |
| | Joachim Ehrig Peter Funnekötter Franz Held Wolfgang Plottke | West Germany | 6:28.41 |
| 4 | Anatoliy Tkachuk Igor Kashurov Aleksandr Motin Vitaly Sapronov | Soviet Union | 6:31.92 |
| 5 | Emeric Tuşa Adalbert Agh Mihai Naumencu Francisc Papp | Romania | 6:35.60 |
| 6 | Willy Poulsen Peter Fich Christiansen Egon Pedersen Rolf Andersen | Denmark | 6:37.28 |