Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four
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Men's coxed fours at the Games of the II Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Seine | ||||||||||||||||||
Dates | 25–26 August | ||||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 51 from 4 nations | ||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 7:11.0 5:59.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The men's coxed four was one of the competitions in the Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics events in Paris. The competition was plagued by controversy involving which boats should advance to the final. In one of the most unusual decisions in Olympic history, two separate finals were held for the event, each of which is still considered an Olympic championship by the International Olympic Committee. The crews of all six boats to compete in the two finals are Olympic medallists.
The coxed four event was held from 25 to 26 August 1900. Ten boats, involving fifty-one rowers from four nations, competed.[1] The first final, featuring the three fastest losers from the semifinals, was won by a crew from the Cercle de l'Aviron Roubaix club of France, with another French crew (Club Nautique de Lyon) coming second and German team Favorite Hammonia third. The second final, featuring the semifinal winners, was won by Der Hamburger und Germania Ruder Club of Germany, with Dutch side Minerva Amsterdam finishing second and German crew Ludwigshafener Ruderverein third.