| Event: | Men's coxless four |
| Games: | 1988 Summer |
| Date: | 20–25 September |
| Competitors: | 61 |
| Nations: | 15 |
| Gold: | Roland Schröder Ralf Brudel Olaf Förster Thomas Greiner |
| Goldnoc: | GDR |
| Silver: | Raoul Rodriguez Thomas Bohrer Richard Kennelly David Krmpotich |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Guido Grabow Volker Grabow Norbert Keßlau Jörg Puttlitz |
| Bronzenoc: | FRG |
| Prev: | 1984 |
| Next: | 1992 |
The men's coxless four competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Han River Regatta Course, South Korea.[1]
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.[2]
All races were over a 2000 metre course.
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Brudel, Ralf" | 6:05.65 | ||||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Caropreso, Sergio" | 6:07.97 | ||||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Pimenov, Nikolay" | 6:11.15 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Brundin, Folke" | 6:19.12 | ||||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Fotou, Georgios" | 6:39.28 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Bohrer, Thomas" | 6:03.67 | ||||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Clayton-Greene, Campbell" | 6:06.75 | ||||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Grabow, Guido" | 6:13.16 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Berkhout, Darby" | 6:22.42 | ||||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Aguirre, José Luis" | 6:28.34 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Berrisford, Simon" | 6:06.52 | |||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Bahuaud, Pascal" | 6:08.76 | |||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="de Vries, Tjark" | 6:17.24 | |||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Arantes, Marcos" | 6:29.61 | |||
| 5 | 6:46.62 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Brundin, Folke" | 6:14.52 | |||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Berkhout, Darby" | 6:16.88 | |||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Fotou, Georgios" | 6:17.49 | |||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Aguirre, José Luis" | 6:18.25 | |||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Arantes, Marcos" | 6:30.85 | |||
| 6 | 6:50.47 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Brudel, Ralf" | 6:00.29 | ||||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Pimenov, Nikolay" | 6:03.25 | ||||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Berrisford, Simon" | 6:03.85 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Clayton-Greene, Campbell" | 6:06.60 | ||||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="de Vries, Tjark" | 6:14.96 | ||||
| 6 | align=left data-sort-value="Berkhout, Darby" | 6:22.35 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left data-sort-value="Grabow, Guido" | 6:04.17 | ||||
| 2 | align=left data-sort-value="Caropreso, Sergio" | 6:06.75 | ||||
| 3 | align=left data-sort-value="Bohrer, Thomas" | 6:07.71 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Bahuaud, Pascal" | 6:10.36 | ||||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Brundin, Folke" | 6:16.28 | ||||
| 6 | align=left data-sort-value="Fotou, Georgios" | 6:37.24 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | align=left data-sort-value="Clayton-Greene, Campbell" | 6:04.74 | |||
| 8 | align=left data-sort-value="Bahuaud, Pascal" | 6:08.60 | |||
| 9 | align=left data-sort-value="de Vries, Tjark" | 6:15.32 | |||
| 10 | align=left data-sort-value="Brundin, Folke" | 6:16.41 | |||
| 11 | align=left data-sort-value="Berkhout, Darby" | 6:16.74 | |||
| 12 | align=left data-sort-value="Fotou, Georgios" | 6:18.25 |
| Rank | Rowers | Nation | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left data-sort-value="Brudel, Ralf" | 6:03.11 | ||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Bohrer, Thomas" | 6:05.53 | ||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Grabow, Guido" | 6:06.22 | ||||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Berrisford, Simon" | 6:06.74 | |||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Caropreso, Sergio" | 6:09.55 | |||
| 6 | align=left data-sort-value="Pimenov, Nikolay" | 11:03.77 |