Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four

Men's coxed fours at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Krylatskoye, Moscow
Date	20 – 27 July
Competitors	60 from 12 nations
Medalists
01 ! Dieter Wendisch Walter Dießner Ullrich Dießner Gottfried Döhn Andreas Gregor  East Germany 02 ! Artūrs Garonskis Dimants Krišjānis Dzintars Krišjānis Žoržs Tikmers Juris Bērziņš  Soviet Union 03 ! Grzegorz Stellak Adam Tomasiak Grzegorz Nowak Ryszard Stadniuk Ryszard Kubiak  Poland
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01 !		Dieter Wendisch Walter Dießner Ullrich Dießner Gottfried Döhn Andreas Gregor	East Germany
02 !		Artūrs Garonskis Dimants Krišjānis Dzintars Krišjānis Žoržs Tikmers Juris Bērziņš	Soviet Union
03 !		Grzegorz Stellak Adam Tomasiak Grzegorz Nowak Ryszard Stadniuk Ryszard Kubiak	Poland

The Men's Coxed Fours rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held from July 20–27.

Winner of each heat advanced to final. The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the final.

The top two teams in each repechage heat qualified for the final.