Coxless four, men, 2,000 m

What to remember

In rowing, weather has such an effect on times that there are no world records, only world best times, all set over the international distance of 2,000 m. In 2012, in a heat at World Cup II in Lucerne, Switzerland, the British coxless four covered those 2,000 m in 5 min 37.86 s.

The crew was Andrew Triggs Hodge, Tom James, Pete Reed and Alex Gregory. In a coxless four each rower holds a single oar, two on each side, and one of the crew steers, usually through a rudder cable attached to the toe of a shoe.

The same four men won the Olympic title in the event at the 2012 Games. Triggs Hodge is a three-time Olympic champion and four-time world champion, and his profile notes that the 2012 world best time stood as of 2023. Notably, the time came in a heat rather than a final.