The men's lightweight coxless four competition at the

2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

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was held on 6–11 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas. This was the last time that this boat class competed, as FISA axed it after the

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with immediate effect.

Results

Heats

First three of each heat qualify to the semifinals, remainder goes to the repechage.

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Repechage

First three of heat qualify to the semifinals.

Heat 1

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final

Final B

Final A

The medals for the competition were presented by Denis Oswald,

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, member of the

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, and the gifts were presented by

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, Executive Director of the International Rowing Federation.

Aftermath

This was the last time the Danish

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competed, as they did not nominate their boat for the

. To achieve gender equality in rowing, FISA suggested early in 2017 to drop the lightweight men's four from the Olympic programme, and the recommendation was adopted by the executive board of the International Olympic Committee in June 2017. Shortly after the 2017 championships, the FISA council voted to remove the lightweight men's four from the world championships with immediate effect.

References

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