Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

Men's coxless four at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Toda Rowing Course
Date	11–15 October
Competitors	56 from 14 nations
Teams	14
Winning time	6:59.30
Medalists
John Hansen Bjørn Hasløv Erik Petersen Kurt Helmudt   Denmark   John Russell Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh William Barry John James   Great Britain   Geoffrey Picard Dick Lyon Ted Mittet Ted Nash   United States

Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Single sculls	men
Double sculls	men
Coxless pairs	men
Coxed pairs	men
Coxless fours	men
Coxed fours	men
Eights	men

The coxless four event was a rowing event conducted as part of the Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme.

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Denmark (DEN) John Hansen Bjørn Hasløv Erik Petersen Kurt Helmudt	Great Britain (GBR) John Russell Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh William Barry John James	United States (USA) Geoffrey Picard Dick Lyon Ted Mittet Ted Nash

Results

Heats

The top crew in each heat advanced to the final, with all others sent to the repechages.

Heat 1
1.	Denmark (DEN)	6:51.78	QF
2.	Romania (ROU)	6:57.35	QR
3.	Canada (CAN)	7:01.97	QR
4.	Australia (AUS)	7:03.40	QR
5.	Japan (JPN)	7:24.35	QR
Heat 2
1.	Great Britain (GBR)	6:47.04	QF
2.	United States (USA)	6:56.40	QR
3.	Netherlands (NED)	7:01.51	QR
4.	Argentina (ARG)	7:08.60	QR
5.	Italy (ITA)	7:11.65	QR
Heat 3
1.	United Team of Germany (EUA)	6:37.83	QF
2.	Soviet Union (URS)	6:40.12	QR
3.	France (FRA)	6:45.95	QR
4.	Austria (AUT)	6:48.18	QR

Repechages

The top finisher in each of the three repechages joined the finalists. The second and third place finishers competed in a consolation final for 7th-12th places. All other crews were eliminated.

Repechage 1
1.	United States (USA)	6:38.93	QF
2.	France (FRA)	6:42.85	QC
3.	Japan (JPN)	7:00.29	QC
4.	Australia (AUS)	7:01.07
Repechage 2
1.	Italy (ITA)	6:34.61	QF
2.	Soviet Union (URS)	6:37.86	QC
3.	Canada (CAN)	6:53.38	QC
4.	Argentina (ARG)	7:07.83
Repechage 3
1.	Netherlands (NED)	6:29.42	QF
2.	Romania (ROU)	6:30.37	QC
3.	Austria (AUT)	7:25.83	QC

Consolation final

The consolation final determined places from 7th to 12th.

7.	Soviet Union (URS)	6:22.03
8.	Austria (AUT)	6:24.15
9.	Romania (ROU)	6:27.28
10.	France (FRA)	6:38.32
11.	Canada (CAN)	6:45.50
12.	Japan (JPN)	6:51.60

Final

	Denmark (DEN)	6:59.30
	Great Britain (GBR)	7:00.47
	United States (USA)	7:01.37
4.	Netherlands (NED)	7:09.98
5.	Italy (ITA)	7:10.05
6.	United Team of Germany (EUA)	7:10.33

Sources

• Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.