The men's
quadruple sculls
A quadruple sculling boat, often simply called a quad and abbreviated as a 4x, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four people who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, or "sculls", one in each han ...
event at the
2020 Summer Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
took place from 23 to 28 July 2021 at the
Sea Forest Waterway
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History
The venue was built for the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics, Paralympic Games. Construction ...
.
40 rowers from 10 nations competed.
Background
This was the 12th appearance of the event, which has been held every year since 1976.
The reigning medalists in the event were
Germany
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,
Australia
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, and
Estonia
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. All three qualified a boat for the event.
Qualification
Each
National Olympic Committee
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(NOC) has been limited to a single boat in the event since 1912. There were 10 qualifying places in the men's quadruple sculls:
[
* 8 from the 2019 World Championship
* 2 from the final qualification regatta
]
Competition format
This rowing
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event is a quadruple scull event, meaning that each boat is propelled by four rowers. The "scull" portion means that the rower uses two oars, one on each side of the boat; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side. The competition consists of two rounds. Finals are held to determine the placing of each boat. The course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912.
Schedule
The competition was held over five days.[
All times are ]Japan Standard Time
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(UTC+9
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)
Results
Heats
The first two of each heat qualified for the final, while the remainder went to the repechage.
Heat 1
Heat 2
Repechage
The first two in the repechage qualified for the final, while the remainder went to the B final (out of medal contention).
Finals
Final B
Final A
References
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Men's quadruple sculls
Men's events at the 2020 Summer Olympics