title: Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four
text: # Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four
  
  The men's coxless fours competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin took place at Grünau on the Langer See.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | Date | Round |
  | - | - |
  | 12 August 1936 | Heats |
  | 13 August 1936 | Semifinal |
  | 14 August 1936 | Final |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  First boat of each heat qualified to the final, remainder goes to the semifinal.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Rudolf Eckstein Anton Rom Martin Karl Wilhelm Menne | Germany | 6:22.5 | Q |
  | 2 | Rudolf Höpfler Camillo Winkler Wilhelm Pichler Hans Binder | Austria | 6:32.1 | |
  | 3 | Knud Olsen Keld Karise Bjørner Drøger Emil Boje Jensen | Denmark | 6:36.8 | |
  | 4 | Ferenc Dobos Frigyes Pabsz Tibor Vadai Gyula Halmay | Hungary | 6:40.7 | |
  | 5 | James Thomson Eugene Fruehauf George Hague Alfred Sapecky | United States | 6:41.4 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Hermann Betschart Hans Homberger Alex Homberger Karl Schmid | Switzerland | 6:27.2 | Q |
  | 2 | Martin Bristow Alan Barrett Peter Jackson John Sturrock | Great Britain | 6:30.8 | |
  | 3 | Antonio Ghiardello Luigi Luxardo Aldo Pellizzoni Francesco Pittaluga | Italy | 6:34.5 | |
  | 4 | Mak Schoorl Flip Regout Hotse Bartlema Simon de Wit | Netherlands | 6:46.0 | |
  
  ### Semifinal
  
  First two qualify to the final.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Rudolf Höpfler Camillo Winkler Wilhelm Pichler Hans Binder | Austria | 7:23.4 | Q |
  | 2 | Knud Olsen Keld Karise Bjørner Drøger Emil Boje Jensen | Denmark | 7:27.6 | Q |
  | 3 | James Thomson Eugene Fruehauf George Hague Alfred Sapecky | United States | 7:31.5 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Martin Bristow Alan Barrett Peter Jackson John Sturrock | Great Britain | 7:27.4 | Q |
  | 2 | Antonio Ghiardello Luigi Luxardo Aldo Pellizzoni Francesco Pittaluga | Italy | 7:33.9 | Q |
  | 3 | Ferenc Dobos Frigyes Pabsz Tibor Vadai Gyula Halmay | Hungary | 7:57.0 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Rudolf Eckstein Anton Rom Martin Karl Wilhelm Menne | Germany | 7:01.8 |
  | | Martin Bristow Alan Barrett Peter Jackson John Sturrock | Great Britain | 7:06.5 |
  | | Hermann Betschart Hans Homberger Alex Homberger Karl Schmid | Switzerland | 7:10.6 |
  | 4 | Antonio Ghiardello Luigi Luxardo Aldo Pellizzoni Francesco Pittaluga | Italy | 7:12.4 |
  | 5 | Rudolf Höpfler Camillo Winkler Wilhelm Pichler Hans Binder | Austria | 7:20.5 |
  | 6 | Knud Olsen Keld Karise Bjørner Drøger Emil Boje Jensen | Denmark | 7:26.3 |
  