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

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.

Heats

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

Heat 1 (August 14)

 * 1) [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px|]] Canada (Cameron Baerg, Thomas Herschmiller, Jake Wetzel, Barney Williams) 6:26.38 SF
 * 2) [[Image:Flag of Poland.svg|20px|]] Poland (Jarosław Godek, Mariusz Daniszewski, Artur Rozalski, Rafal Smolinski) 6:30.72 SF
 * 3) [[Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|20px|]] Czech Republic (Jakub Makovicka, Jan Schindler, Petr Vitásek, Karel Neffe Jr.) 6:31.23 SF
 * 4) [[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|]] Croatia (Damir Vučičić, Igor Boraska, Petar Milin, Marko Dragičević) 6:34.05 R
 * 5) [[Image:Flag of Romania.svg|20px|]] Romania (Daniel Măstăcan, Florin Corbeanu, Ovidiu Cornea, Gheorghiţa Munteanu) 6:40.16 R

Heat 2 (August 14)

 * 1) [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px|]] Great Britain (Steve Williams, James Cracknell, Ed Coode, Matthew Pinsent) 6:20.85 SF
 * 2) [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|]] Italy (Lorenzo Porzio, Dario Dentale, Luca Agamennoni, Raffaello Leonardo) 6:22.58 SF
 * 3) [[Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg|20px|]] Slovenia (Tomaž Pirih, Jani Klemenčič, Grega Sračnjek, Miha Pirih) 6:25.36 SF
 * 4) [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] United States (Garrett Klugh, Michael Wherley, Jamie Schroeder, Wolfgang Moser) 6:30.01 R

Heat 3 (August 14)

 * 1) [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|]] Australia (Dave McGowan, Rob Jahrling, Tom Laurich, David Dennis) 6:21.97 SF
 * 2) [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px|]] New Zealand (Donald Leach, Mahé Drysdale, Carl Meyer, Eric Murray) 6:22.91 SF
 * 3) [[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px|]] Germany (Jochen Urban, Sebastian Thormann, Philipp Stüer, Bernd Heidicker) 6:33.14 SF
 * 4) [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px|]] Russia (Sergey Matveyev, Vladimir Volodenkov, Yevgeny Zhigulin, Aleksandr Litvinchev) 6:36.93 R

Repechage

 * SF denotes qualification to Semifinal.

Repechage 1 (August 17)

 * 1) [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px|]] Russia (Sergey Matveyev, Vladimir Volodenkov, Evgenij Jigulin, Aleksandr Litvinchev) 5:56.94 SF
 * 2) [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] United States (Garrett Klugh, Michael Wherley, Jamie Schroeder, Wolfgang Moser) 5:58.13 SF
 * 3) [[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|]] Croatia (Damir Vucicic, Igor Boraska, Petar Milin, Marko Dragicevic) 5:58.48 SF
 * 4) [[Image:Flag of Romania.svg|20px|]] 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) [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px|]] Canada (Cameron Baerg, Thomas Herschmiller, Jake Wetzel, Barney Williams) 5:50.68 FA
 * 2) [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|]] Australia (Dave McGowan, Rob Jahrling, Tom Laurich, David Dennis) 5:51.81 FA
 * 3) [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|]] Italy (Lorenzo Porzio, Dario Dentale, Luca Agamennoni, Raffaello Leonardo) 5:52.12 FA
 * 4) [[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px|]] Germany (Jochen Urban, Sebastian Thormann, Philipp Stüer, Bernd Heidicker) 5:54.45 FB
 * 5) [[Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|20px|]] Czech Republic (Jakub Makovicka, Jan Schindler, Petr Vitásek, Karel Neffe Jr.) 5:55.81 FB
 * 6) [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] United States (Garrett Klugh, Michael Wherley, Jamie Schroeder, Wolfgang Moser) 5:56.78 FB

Semifinal B (August 18)

 * 1) [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px|]] Great Britain (Steve Williams, James Cracknell, Ed Coode, Matthew Pinsent) 5:50.44 FA
 * 2) [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px|]] New Zealand (Donald Leach, Mahé Drysdale, Carl Meyer, Eric Murray) 5:52.95 FA
 * 3) [[Image:Flag of Poland.svg|20px|]] Poland (Jarosław Godek, Mariusz Daniszewski, Artur Rozalski, Rafal Smolinski) 5:53.32 FA
 * 4) [[Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg|20px|]] Slovenia (Tomaž Pirih, Jani Klemenčič, Grega Sračnjek, Miha Pirih) 5:55.53 FB
 * 5) [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px|]] Russia (Sergey Matveyev, Vladimir Volodenkov, Evgenij Jigulin, Aleksandr Litvinchev) 6:02.26 FB
 * 6) [[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|]] Croatia (Damir Vucicic, Igor Boraska, Petar Milin, Marko Dragicevic) 6:05.54 FB

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) [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px|]] Great Britain (Steve Williams, James Cracknell, Ed Coode, Matthew Pinsent) 6:06.98
 * 2) [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px|]] Canada (Cameron Baerg, Thomas Herschmiller, Jake Wetzel, Barney Williams) 6:07.06
 * 3) [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|]] Italy (Lorenzo Porzio, Dario Dentale, Luca Agamennoni, Raffaello Leonardo) 6:10.41
 * 4) [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|]] Australia (Dave McGowan, Rob Jahrling, Tom Laurich, David Dennis) 6:13.06
 * 5) [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px|]] New Zealand (Donald Leach, Mahé Drysdale, Carl Meyer, Eric Murray) 6:15.47
 * 6) [[Image:Flag of Poland.svg|20px|]] Poland (Jarosław Godek, Mariusz Daniszewski, Artur Rozalski, Rafal Smolinski) 6:22.43

Final B (August 19)

 * 1) [[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px|]] Germany (Jochen Urban, Sebastian Thormann, Philipp Stüer, Bernd Heidicker) 5:48.52
 * 2) [[Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|20px|]] Czech Republic (Jakub Makovicka, Jan Schindler, Petr Vitásek, Karel Neffe Jr.) 5:49.99
 * 3) [[Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg|20px|]] Slovenia (Tomaž Pirih, Jani Klemenčič, Grega Sračnjek, Miha Pirih) 5:50.59
 * 4) [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] United States (Garrett Klugh, Michael Wherley, Jamie Schroeder, Wolfgang Moser) 5:52.55
 * 5) [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px|]] Russia (Sergey Matveyev, Vladimir Volodenkov, Evgenij Jigulin, Aleksandr Litvinchev) 5:53.58
 * 6) [[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|20px|]] Croatia (Damir Vucicic, Igor Boraska, Petar Milin, Marko Dragicevic) 5:57.36