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 in total.
Romania's Elisabeta Lipă won her fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal and fifth overall. Lipă, 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, Lipă 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 Lipă'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 won the prestigious men's eight for the twelfth time overall and the first time since 1964. In the second preliminary heat, both the U.S. and Canadian crews broke the previous world record, with the U.S. setting the mark at 5:19.85, the fastest recorded 2,000 meter time in history. The United States would go on to dominate the final.
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[edit] Medal summary
[edit] Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Single sculls details |
 Olaf TufteNorway (NOR) |
 Jüri JaansonEstonia (EST) |
 Ivo YanakievBulgaria (BUL) |
| Double sculls details |
 France (FRA)Sébastien Vieilledent Adrien Hardy |
 Slovenia (SLO)Luka Špik Iztok Čop |
 Italy (ITA)Rossano Galtarossa Alessio Sartori |
| Lightweight double sculls details |
 Poland (POL)Tomasz Kucharski Robert Sycz |
France (FRA) Fréderic Dufour Pascal Touron |
 Greece (GRE)Vasileios Polymeros Nikolaos Skiathitis |
| Quadruple sculls details |
 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 details |
 Australia (AUS)Drew Ginn James Tomkins |
 Croatia (CRO)Sinisa Skelin Niksa Skelin |
 South Africa (RSA)Donovan Cech Ramon di Clemente |
| Coxless four details |
 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 details |
 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 details |
 United States (USA)Jason Read Wyatt Allen Chris Ahrens Joseph Hansen Matt Deakin Dan Beery Beau Hoopman Bryan Volpenhein Peter Cipollone (cox) |
 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 (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 details |
 Katrin Rutschow-StomporowskiGermany (GER) |
 Ekaterina KarstenBelarus (BLR) |
Rumyana Nekyova Bulgaria (BUL) |
| Double sculls details |
 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 details |
 Romania (ROM)Constanta Burcica Angela Alupei |
Germany (GER) Daniela Reimer Claudia Blasberg |
Netherlands (NED) Kirsten van der Kolk Marit van Eupen |
| Quadruple sculls details |
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 details |
Romania (ROM) Georgeta Damian Viorica Susanu |
Great Britain (GBR) Katherine Grainger Cath Bishop |
Belarus (BLR) Yuliya Bichyk Natallia Helakh |
| Coxed eight details |
Romania (ROM) Rodica Florea Viorica Susanu Aurica Barascu Ioana Papuc Liliana Gafencu Elisabeta Lipă 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] 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 | Greece (GRE) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| South Africa (RSA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ukraine (UKR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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