Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre and featured 550 competitors taking part in 14 events.

The medals were split among 22 countries, Romania topping the medal table, their women winning 3 golds, with the traditionally strong Germany, Great Britain and Australia picking up four medals each.

Romania's Elisabeta Lipa won her fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal and fifth overall. Lipa, who was part of Romania's women's eight, won her first in Los Angeles in 1984 followed by gold medals in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004, a record span of 20 years between her first and last gold medal. It was also her eighth overall, which is more than any other rower, having won a silver and a bronze in 1988 and an additional silver in 1992. In winning her medal at age 39, Lipa became the oldest rower to win a gold medal and the oldest athlete in an endurance sport to win a gold medal.

Matthew Pinsent also won his fourth consecutive medal, this time without legendary partner Steve Redgrave. The British men's coxless four of Steve Williams, James Cracknell, Ed Coode with Pinsent at stroke narrowly saw off the challenge of the World Champion Canadian crew of Cameron Baerg, Thomas Herschmiller, Jake Wetzel and Barney Williams. It was a dramatic stretch run with the lead literally changing hands with each stroke. (In rowing, the boat will surge depending on where the rowers are during the stroke. Pinsent would later say that he thought they had won because they were in the best part of the stroke when they crossed the line). Great Britain won with a time of 6:06.98, just 8/100ths of a second faster than the Canadians. Pinsent later wept at the medal ceremony.

Matching Lipa's and Pinsent's feat of four consecutive gold medals was German sculler Kathrin Boron in the women's quad. She had won the doubles event in Barcelona 1992 and Sydney 2000 and the quad in Atlanta 1996.

Australian James Tomkins, competing in his fifth games at the age of 39, won his third gold medal, and fourth medal overall, teaming with his long time partner Drew Ginn in the men's pair. Tomkins and Ginn had been part of the straight four that won the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and they had won the 1999 World Championship in the pair, but Ginn had missed the 2000 Sydney Olympics with a severe back injury, and Tompkins had finished third with a new partner Matthew Long in the pair. Tomkins is the oldest male rower to win an Olympic gold medal.

Norway's Olaf Tufte won the men's single scull, and Germany's Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski won with women's single scull beating two-time defending Olympic Champion Ekaterina Karsten.

The Romanian women's pair of Georgeta Damian and Viorica Susanu took gold before doubling up to help their eight take gold, giving Damian her fourth Olympic Gold medal — having won 2 golds in Sydney in the same disciplines.

The United States men won the eight for the twelfth time overall, but for the first time since 1964.

The 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens

Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Single Sculls | Coxless Pair | Double Sculls | Lwt Double Sculls | Coxless Four | Quadruple Sculls | Eight | Lwt Coxless Four

Women

Single Sculls | Coxless Pair | Double Sculls | Lwt Double Sculls | Quadruple Sculls | Eight

Contents 1 Medal table 2 Medal summary 2.1 Men's events 2.2 Women's events 3 See also

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Romania (ROM)	3	0	0	3
2	Germany (GER)	2	2	0	4
3	Great Britain (GBR)	1	2	1	4
4	Australia (AUS)	1	1	2	4
5	France (FRA)	1	1	0	2
	United States (USA)	1	1	0	2
7	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
	Russia (RUS)	1	0	0	1
12	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	1	2
	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	2	3
14	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
	Croatia (CRO)	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
	Estonia (EST)	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	1	0	1
19	Italy (ITA)	0	0	3	3
20	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	2	2
21	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Single sculls	Olaf Tufte Norway (NOR)	Jüri Jaanson Estonia (EST)	Ivo Yanakiev Bulgaria (BUL)
Double sculls	France (FRA) Sebastien Vieilledent Adrien Hardy	Slovenia (SLO) Luka Špik Iztok Čop	Italy (ITA) Rossano Galtarossa Alessio Sartori
Lightweight double sculls	Poland (POL) Tomasz Kucharski Robert Sycz	France (FRA) Fréderic Dufour Pascal Touron	Greece (GRE) Vasileios Polymeros Nikolaos Skiathitis
Quadruple sculls	Russia (RUS) Nikolai Spinev Igor Kravtsov Alekseij Svirin Sergej Fedorovtsev	Czech Republic (CZE) David Kopriva Tomas Karas Jakub Hanak David Jirka	Ukraine (UKR) Sergij Grin Sergij Bilushchenko Oleg Lykov Leonid Shaposhnikov
Coxless pair	Australia (AUS) Drew Ginn James Tomkins	Croatia (CRO) Sinisa Skelin Niksa Skelin	South Africa (RSA) Donovan Cech Ramon di Clemente
Coxless four	Great Britain (GBR) Steve Williams James Cracknell Ed Coode Matthew Pinsent	Canada (CAN) Cameron Baerg Thomas Herschmiller Jake Wetzel Barney Williams	Italy (ITA) Lorenzo Porzio Dario Dentale Luca Agamennoni Raffaello Leonardo
Lightweight coxless four	Denmark (DEN) Thor Kristensen Thomas Ebert Stephan Moelvig Eskild Ebbesen	Australia (AUS) Glen Loftus Anthony Edwards Ben Cureton Simon Burgess	Italy (ITA) Lorenzo Bertini Catello Amarante Salvatore Amitrano Bruno Mascarenhas
Coxed eight	United States (USA) Jason Read Wyatt Allen Chris Ahrens Joseph Hansen Matt Deakin Dan Beery Beau Hoopman Bryan Volpenhein Pete Cipollone (cox)	Netherlands (NED) Matthijs Vellenga Gijs Vermeulen Jan-Willem Gabriels Daniel Mensch Geert Jan Derksen Gerritjan Eggenkamp Diederik Simon Michiel Bartman Chun Wei Cheung (cox)	Australia (AUS) Stefan Szczurowski Stuart Reside Stuart Welch James Stewart Geoff Stewart Boden Hanson Mike McKay Steve Stewart Michael Toon (cox)

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Single sculls	Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski Germany (GER)	Ekaterina Karsten Belarus (BLR)	Rumyana Nekyova Bulgaria (BUL)
Double sculls	New Zealand (NZL) Georgina Evers-Swindell Caroline Evers-Swindell	Germany (GER) Peggy Waleska Britta Oppelt	Great Britain (GBR) Sarah Winckless Elise Laverick
Lightweight double sculls	Romania (ROM) Constanta Burcica Angela Alupei	Germany (GER) Daniela Reimer Claudia Blasberg	Netherlands (NED) Kirsten van der Kolk Marit van Eupen
Quadruple sculls	Germany (GER) Kathrin Boron Meike Evers Manuela Lutze Kerstin El Qalqili	Great Britain (GBR) Alison Mowbray Debbie Flood Frances Houghton Rebecca Romero	Australia (AUS) Dana Faletic Rebecca Sattin Amber Bradley Kerry Hore
Coxless pair	Romania (ROM) Georgeta Damian Viorica Susanu	Great Britain (GBR) Katherine Grainger Cath Bishop	Belarus (BLR) Yuliya Bichyk Natallia Helakh
Coxed eight	Romania (ROM) Rodica Florea Viorica Susanu Aurica Barascu Ioana Papuc Liliana Gafencu Elisabeta Lipa Georgeta Damian Doina Ignat Elena Georgescu (cox)	United States (USA) Kate Johnson Samantha Magee Megan Dirkmaat Alison Cox Caryn Davies Laurel Korholz Anna Mickelson Lianne Nelson Mary Whipple (cox)	Netherlands (NED) Froukje Wegman Marlies Smulders Nienke Hommes Hurnet Dekkers Annemarieke van Rumpt Annemiek de Haan Sarah Siegelaar Helen Tanger Ester Workel (cox)

[edit] See also

• Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Events at the 2004 Summer Olympics (Athens)

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