Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

Men's coxless four at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Competitors	52 from 13 nations
Medalists
Steve Williams James Cracknell Ed Coode Matthew Pinsent  Great Britain Cameron Baerg Thomas Herschmiller Jake Wetzel Barney Williams  Canada Lorenzo Porzio Dario Dentale Luca Agamennoni Raffaello Leonardo  Italy
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Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Single sculls	men	women
Coxless pair	men	women
Double sculls	men	women
Lwt double sculls	men	women
Coxless four	men
Quadruple sculls	men	women
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These are the results of the Men's coxless four competition in Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece. It was one of eight events in men's rowing that was held. The Rowing events were held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre.^[1]

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Great Britain Steve Williams James Cracknell Ed Coode Matthew Pinsent	Canada Cameron Baerg Thomas Herschmiller Jake Wetzel Barney Williams	Italy Lorenzo Porzio Dario Dentale Luca Agamennoni Raffaello Leonardo

Heats[]

• SF denotes qualification to Semifinal.
• R denotes qualification to Repechage.

Heat 1 (August 14)[]

1. Canada (Cameron Baerg, Thomas Herschmiller, Jake Wetzel, Barney Williams) 6:26.38 SF
2. Poland (Jarosław Godek, Mariusz Daniszewski, Artur Rozalski, Rafal Smolinski) 6:30.72 SF
3. Czech Republic (Jakub Makovicka, Jan Schindler, Petr Vitásek, Karel Neffe Jr.) 6:31.23 SF
4. Croatia (Damir Vučičić, Igor Boraska, Petar Milin, Marko Dragičević) 6:34.05 R
5. Romania (Daniel Măstăcan, Florin Corbeanu, Ovidiu Cornea, Gheorghiţa Munteanu) 6:40.16 R

Heat 2 (August 14)[]

1. Great Britain (Steve Williams, James Cracknell, Ed Coode, Matthew Pinsent) 6:20.85 SF
2. Italy (Lorenzo Porzio, Dario Dentale, Luca Agamennoni, Raffaello Leonardo) 6:22.58 SF
3. Slovenia (Tomaž Pirih, Jani Klemenčič, Grega Sračnjek, Miha Pirih) 6:25.36 SF
4. United States (Garrett Klugh, Michael Wherley, Jamie Schroeder, Wolfgang Moser) 6:30.01 R

Heat 3 (August 14)[]

1. Australia (Dave McGowan, Rob Jahrling, Tom Laurich, David Dennis) 6:21.97 SF
2. New Zealand (Donald Leach, Mahé Drysdale, Carl Meyer, Eric Murray) 6:22.91 SF
3. Germany (Jochen Urban, Sebastian Thormann, Philipp Stüer, Bernd Heidicker) 6:33.14 SF
4. Russia (Sergey Matveyev, Vladimir Volodenkov, Yevgeny Zhigulin, Aleksandr Litvinchev) 6:36.93 R

Repechage[]

• SF denotes qualification to Semifinal.

Repechage 1 (August 17)[]

1. Russia (Sergey Matveyev, Vladimir Volodenkov, Evgenij Jigulin, Aleksandr Litvinchev) 5:56.94 SF
2. United States (Garrett Klugh, Michael Wherley, Jamie Schroeder, Wolfgang Moser) 5:58.13 SF
3. Croatia (Damir Vucicic, Igor Boraska, Petar Milin, Marko Dragicevic) 5:58.48 SF
4. Romania (Daniel Măstăcan, Florin Corbeanu, Ovidiu Cornea, Gheorghita Munteanu) 6:00.10

Semifinals[]

• FA denotes qualification to Final A.
• FB denotes qualification to Final B.

Semifinal A (August 18)[]

1. Canada (Cameron Baerg, Thomas Herschmiller, Jake Wetzel, Barney Williams) 5:50.68 FA
2. Australia (Dave McGowan, Rob Jahrling, Tom Laurich, David Dennis) 5:51.81 FA
3. Italy (Lorenzo Porzio, Dario Dentale, Luca Agamennoni, Raffaello Leonardo) 5:52.12 FA
4. Germany (Jochen Urban, Sebastian Thormann, Philipp Stüer, Bernd Heidicker) 5:54.45 FB
5. Czech Republic (Jakub Makovicka, Jan Schindler, Petr Vitásek, Karel Neffe Jr.) 5:55.81 FB
6. United States (Garrett Klugh, Michael Wherley, Jamie Schroeder, Wolfgang Moser) 5:56.78 FB

Semifinal B (August 18)[]

1. Great Britain (Steve Williams, James Cracknell, Ed Coode, Matthew Pinsent) 5:50.44 FA
2. New Zealand (Donald Leach, Mahé Drysdale, Carl Meyer, Eric Murray) 5:52.95 FA
3. Poland (Jarosław Godek, Mariusz Daniszewski, Artur Rozalski, Rafal Smolinski) 5:53.32 FA
4. Slovenia (Tomaž Pirih, Jani Klemenčič, Grega Sračnjek, Miha Pirih) 5:55.53 FB
5. Russia (Sergey Matveyev, Vladimir Volodenkov, Evgenij Jigulin, Aleksandr Litvinchev) 6:02.26 FB
6. Croatia (Damir Vucicic, Igor Boraska, Petar Milin, Marko Dragicevic) 6:05.54 FB

Finals[]

Final A (August 21)[]

The defining moment of the regatta was Briton Matthew Pinsent winning his fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal, this time without legendary partner Steve Redgrave. The British men's coxless four, narrowly saw off the challenge of the World Champion Canadian. The final was stroke-for-stroke, with the lead changing hands and Great Britain won with a time of 6:06.98, 8 hundredths of a second faster than the Canadians. Pinsent later wept at the medal ceremony.

1. Great Britain (Steve Williams, James Cracknell, Ed Coode, Matthew Pinsent) 6:06.98
2. Canada (Cameron Baerg, Thomas Herschmiller, Jake Wetzel, Barney Williams) 6:07.06
3. Italy (Lorenzo Porzio, Dario Dentale, Luca Agamennoni, Raffaello Leonardo) 6:10.41
4. Australia (Dave McGowan, Rob Jahrling, Tom Laurich, David Dennis) 6:13.06
5. New Zealand (Donald Leach, Mahé Drysdale, Carl Meyer, Eric Murray) 6:15.47
6. Poland (Jarosław Godek, Mariusz Daniszewski, Artur Rozalski, Rafal Smolinski) 6:22.43

Final B (August 19)[]

1. Germany (Jochen Urban, Sebastian Thormann, Philipp Stüer, Bernd Heidicker) 5:48.52
2. Czech Republic (Jakub Makovicka, Jan Schindler, Petr Vitásek, Karel Neffe Jr.) 5:49.99
3. Slovenia (Tomaž Pirih, Jani Klemenčič, Grega Sračnjek, Miha Pirih) 5:50.59
4. United States (Garrett Klugh, Michael Wherley, Jamie Schroeder, Wolfgang Moser) 5:52.55
5. Russia (Sergey Matveyev, Vladimir Volodenkov, Evgenij Jigulin, Aleksandr Litvinchev) 5:53.58
6. Croatia (Damir Vucicic, Igor Boraska, Petar Milin, Marko Dragicevic) 5:57.36

References[]

External links[]

• Official Olympic Report