Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's eight

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Rowing at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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Gold Silver Bronze
United States United States (USA)
Jason Read
Wyatt Allen
Chris Ahrens
Joseph Hansen
Matt Deakin
Dan Beery
Beau Hoopman
Bryan Volpenhein
Peter Cipollone (cox)		 Netherlands Netherlands (NED)
Matthijs Vellenga
Gijs Vermeulen
Jan-Willem Gabriels
Daniël Mensch
Geert Jan Derksen
Gerritjan Eggenkamp
Diederik Simon
Michiel Bartman
Chun Wei Cheung (cox)		 Australia Australia (AUS)
Stefan Szczurowski
Stuart Reside
Stuart Welch
James Stewart
Geoff Stewart
Boden Hanson
Mike McKay
Steve Stewart
Michael Toon (cox)

Contents

[edit] Heats

  • FA denotes qualification to Final A.
  • R denotes qualification to Repechage.

[edit] Heat 1 (August 15)

  1. Australia (Stefan Szczurowski, Stuart Reside, Stuart Welch, James Stewart, Geoff Stewart, Boden Hanson, Mike McKay, Steve Stewart, Michael Toon (cox)), 5:23.23 FA
  2. Netherlands (Matthijs Vellenga, Gijs Vermeulen, Jan-Willem Gabriels, Daniël Mensch, Geert Jan Derksen, Gerritjan Eggenkamp, Diederik Simon, Michiel Bartman, Chun Wei Cheung (cox)) 5:25.26 R
  3. Germany (Sebastian Schulte, Stephan Koltzk, Joerg Diessner, Thorsten Engelmann, Jan-Martin Broeer, Enrico Schnabel, Ulf Siemes, Michael Ruhe, Peter Thiede (cox)) 5:27.72 R
  4. France (Bastien Ripoll, Bastien Gallet, Jean-Baptiste Macquet, Julien Peudecoeur, Donatien Mortelette, Anthony Perrot, Jean-David Bernard, Laurent Cadot, Christophe Lattaignant (cox)) 5:29.55 R
  5. Poland (Bogdan Zalewski, Piotr Buchalski, Rafal Hejmej, Dariusz Nowak, Mikolaj Burda, Wojciech Gutorski, Sebastian Kosiorek, Michal Stawowski, Daniel Trojanowski (cox)) 5:30.08 R

[edit] Heat 2 (August 15)

The second heat of the Men's Eight was a particularly intense match as the United States pulled ahead of Canada (undefeated since 2001) in the last 500 m. The Canadian Eight was a favourite for the gold, whereas the American Eight had never before been tried internationally. Both boats beat the World's best time for the Men's Eight, and the United States advances directly to the finals while Canada goes to the Repechage.

  1. United States (Jason Read, Wyatt Allen, Chris Ahrens, Joseph Hansen, Matt Deakin, Dan Beery, Beau Hoopman, Bryan Volpenhein, Peter Cipollone (cox)) 5:19.85 FA WR
  2. Canada (Scott Frandsen, Kevin Light, Ben Rutledge, Kyle Hamilton, Adam Kreek, Andrew Hoskins, Joe Stankevicius, Jeff Powell, Brian Price (cox)) 5:20.46 R
  3. Italy (Sergio Canciani, Aldo Tramontano, Marco Penna, Pierpaolo Frattini, Valerio Pinton, Niccolo Mornati, Carlo Mornati, Luca Ghezzi, Gaetano Iannuzzi (cox)) 5:30.16 R
  4. Great Britain (Jonno Devlin, Kieran West, Josh West, Andrew Triggs-Hodge, Tom Stallard, Phil Simmons, Robin Bourne-Taylor, Dan Ouseley, Christian Cormack (cox)) 5:32.26 R

[edit] Repechages

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

[edit] Repechage 1 (August 18)

  1. Netherlands (Matthijs Vellenga, Gijs Vermeulen, Jan-Willem Gabriels, Daniel Mensch, Geert Jan Derksen, Gerritjan Eggenkamp, Diederik Simon, Michiel Bartman, Chun Wei Cheung (cox)) 5:31.92 FA
  2. France (Bastien Ripoll, Bastien Gallet, Jean-Baptiste Macquet, Julien Peudecoeur, Donatien Mortelette, Anthony Perrot, Jean-David Bernard, Laurent Cadot, Christophe Lattaignant (cox)) 5:34.20 FA
  3. Italy (Sergio Canciani, Aldo Tramontano, Marco Penna, Pierpaolo Frattini, Valerio Pinton, Niccolo Mornati, Carlo Mornati, Luca Ghezzi, Gaetano Iannuzzi (cox)) 5:34.56 FB

[edit] Repechage 2 (August 18)

  1. Canada (Scott Frandsen, Kevin Light, Ben Rutledge, Kyle Hamilton, Adam Kreek, Andrew Hoskins, Joe Stankevicius, Jeff Powell, Brian Price (cox)) 5:32.51 FA
  2. Germany (Sebastian Schulte, Stephan Koltzk, Joerg Diessner, Thorsten Engelmann, Jan-Martin Broeer, Enrico Schnabel, Ulf Siemes, Michael Ruhe, Peter Thiede (cox)) 5:33.07 FA
  3. Great Britain (Jonno Devlin, Kieran West, Josh West, Andrew Triggs-Hodge, Tom Stallard, Phil Simmons, Robin Bourne-Taylor, Dan Ouseley, Christian Cormack (cox)) 5:34.37 FB
  4. Poland (Bogdan Zalewski, Piotr Buchalski, Rafal Hejmej, Dariusz Nowak, Mikolaj Burda, Wojciech Gutorski, Sebastian Kosiorek, Michal Stawowski, Daniel Trojanowski (cox)) 5:36.75 FB

[edit] Finals

[edit] Final A (August 22)

  1. United States (Jason Read, Wyatt Allen, Chris Ahrens, Joseph Hansen, Matt Deakin, Dan Beery, Beau Hoopman, Bryan Volpenhein, Pete Cipollone (cox)) 5:42.48
  2. Netherlands (Diederik Simon, Gijs Vermeulen, Jan-Willem Gabriels, Daniel Mensch, Geert Jan Derksen, Gerritjan Eggenkamp, Matthijs Vellenga, Michiel Bartman, Chun Wei Cheung (cox)) 5:43.75
  3. Australia (Stefan Szczurowski, Stuart Reside, Stuart Welch, James Stewart, Geoff Stewart, Boden Hanson, Mike McKay, Steve Stewart, Michael Toon (cox)) 5:45.38
  4. Germany (Sebastian Schulte, Stephan Koltzk, Joerg Diessner, Thorsten Engelmann, Jan-Martin Broeer, Enrico Schnabel, Ulf Siemes, Michael Ruhe, Peter Thiede (cox)) 5:49.43
  5. Canada (Scott Frandsen, Kevin Light, Ben Rutledge, Kyle Hamilton, Adam Kreek, Andrew Hoskins, Joe Stankevicius, Jeff Powell, Brian Price (cox)) 5:51.66
  6. France (Bastien Ripoll, Bastien Gallet, Jean-Baptiste Macquet, Julien Peudecoeur, Donatien Mortelette, Anthony Perrot, Jean-David Bernard, Laurent Cadot, Christophe Lattaignant (cox)) 5:53.31

The United States established an early lead. By the 1000 meter mark (halfway), they have a three second advantage (one length) over Australia, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands who are all battling for second place. In the final 1000 meters, the Netherlands makes a run at the United States, finishing 1.3 seconds short. Australia maintains its position three seconds behind the United States while Germany and Canada fall off the pace and France trails in sixth place. The fifth place finish is a major disappointment for Canada, the three-time defending World Champions.

[edit] Final B (August 21)

  1. Italy (Sergio Canciani, Aldo Tramontano, Marco Penna, Pierpaolo Frattini, Valerio Pinton, Niccolo Mornati, Carlo Mornati, Luca Ghezzi, Gaetano Iannuzzi (cox)) 5:46.36
  2. Poland (Bogdan Zalewski, Piotr Buchalski, Rafal Hejmej, Dariusz Nowak, Mikolaj Burda, Wojciech Gutorski, Sebastian Kosiorek, Michal Stawowski, Daniel Trojanowski (cox)) 5:50.68
  3. Great Britain (Jonno Devlin, Kieran West, Josh West, Andrew Triggs Hodge, Tom Stallard, Phil Simmons, Robin Bourne-Taylor, Dan Ouseley, Christian Cormack (cox)) 5:55.77