Rowing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four

Men's coxed fours at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Seine
Dates	July 13–17
Competitors	51 from 10 nations
Medalists
Emile Albrecht, Émile Lachapelle, Alfred Probst, Eugen Sigg, Hans Walter  Switzerland   Ernest Barberolle, Eugène Constant, Louis Gressier, Georges Lecointe, Raymond Talleux  France   Robert Gerhardt, Sidney Jelinek, John Kennedy, Edward Mitchell, Henry Welsford  United States

Rowing at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Single sculls	men
Double sculls	men
Coxless pairs	men
Coxed pairs	men
Coxless fours	men
Coxed fours	men
Eights	men

The men's coxed fours event was part of the rowing programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition, the fourth appearance of the event, was held from July 13, 1924 to July 17, 1924 on the river Seine.

Ten teams, each from a different nation, competed.

Results

Semifinals

The top boat in each semifinal advanced to the final, with the second placed boat going to the repechage. The third place boats, in the two semifinals with three boats, were eliminated.

Semifinal 1
Place	Rowers		Time	Qual.
1	Robert Gerhardt (USA)  Sidney Jelinek (USA)  John Kennedy (USA)	Edward Mitchell (USA)  Henry Welsford (USA)	7:19.0	Q
2	Lucien Brouha (BEL)  Victor Denis (BEL)  Jules Georges (BEL)	Marcel Roman (BEL)  Jean van Silfhout (BEL)		r
3	Josep Balsells (ESP)  Leandro Coll (ESP)  Jaime Geralt (ESP)	Ricardo Massana (ESP)  Luis Omedes (ESP)
Semifinal 2
Place	Rowers		Time	Qual.
1	Ernest Barberolle (FRA)  Eugène Constant (FRA)  Louis Gressier (FRA)	Georges Lecointe (FRA)  Raymond Talleux (FRA)	7:10.0	Q
2	Harry Barnsley (GBR)  Victor Bovington (GBR)  Bernard Croucher (GBR)	Thomas Monk (GBR)  John Townend (GBR)		r
3	Antoni Brzozowski (POL)  Henryk Fronczak (POL)  Edmund Kowalec (POL)	Józef Szawara (POL)  Władysław Nadratowski (POL)
Semifinal 3
Place	Rowers		Time	Qual.
1	Massimo Ballestrero (ITA)  Renato Berninzone (ITA)  Marcello Casanova (ITA)	Ludovico Cerato (ITA)  Jean Cipolino (ITA)	7:13.0	Q
2	Sándor Hautzinger (HUN)  Károly Koch (HUN)  István Szendeffy (HUN)	Zoltán Török (HUN)  Lajos Wick (HUN)		r
Semifinal 4
Place	Rowers		Time	Qual.
1	Jacob Brandsma (NED)  Johannes Brandsma (NED)  Louis Dekker (NED)	Dirk Fortuin (NED)  Jean van Silfhout (NED)	7:08.0	Q
2	Emile Albrecht (SUI)  Émile Lachapelle (SUI)  Alfred Probst (SUI)	Eugen Sigg (SUI)  Hans Walter (SUI)		r

Repechage

The top boat advanced to the final, with the other three eliminated.

Place	Rowers		Time	Qual.
1	Emile Albrecht (SUI)  Émile Lachapelle (SUI)  Alfred Probst (SUI)	Eugen Sigg (SUI)  Hans Walter (SUI)	7:27.2	Q
2	Harry Barnsley (GBR)  Victor Bovington (GBR)  Bernard Croucher (GBR)	Thomas Monk (GBR)  John Townend (GBR)
3	Sándor Hautzinger (HUN)  Károly Koch (HUN)  István Szendeffy (HUN)	Zoltán Török (HUN)  Lajos Wick (HUN)
4	Lucien Brouha (BEL)  Victor Denis (BEL)  Jules Georges (BEL)	Marcel Roman (BEL)  Jean van Silfhout (BEL)

Final

Final
Place	Rowers		Time
01 !	Emile Albrecht (SUI)  Émile Lachapelle (SUI)  Alfred Probst (SUI)	Eugen Sigg (SUI)  Hans Walter (SUI)	7:18.4
02 !	Ernest Barberolle (FRA)  Eugène Constant (FRA)  Louis Gressier (FRA)	Georges Lecointe (FRA)  Raymond Talleux (FRA)	7:21.6
03 !	Robert Gerhardt (USA)  Sidney Jelinek (USA)  John Kennedy (USA)	Edward Mitchell (USA)  Henry Welsford (USA)
4	Massimo Ballestrero (ITA)  Renato Berninzone (ITA)  Marcello Casanova (ITA)	Ludovico Cerato (ITA)  Jean Cipolino (ITA)
–	Jacob Brandsma (NED)  Johannes Brandsma (NED)  Louis Dekker (NED)	Dirk Fortuin (NED)  Jean van Silfhout (NED)	Did not finish

References

• Kubatko, Justin. "Rowing at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-09-12. 
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish).