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Lightweight Coxless Fours, Men

Date	15 – 22 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Kopelatodramio Skhoinia, Schinias National Park
Participants	52 from 13 countries

Denmark had, with varying crews, won the 2002 and 2003 World Championships, come runner-up in 2001, and taken home a bronze medal from the 2000 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 edition the nation was represented by Thor Kristensen, Stephan Mølvig, Thomas Ebert, and Eskild Ebbesen, the latter two of whom were returning bronze medalists, while Ebbesen was also a 1996 Olympic champion. They were the favorites in the event and, particularly in the absence of defending Olympic champion France, did not appear to have any serious challengers. The nation won both its opening and semi-final heats with ease and took gold in the final a comfortable distance ahead of the Australians, the reigning Olympic runners-up, who again settled for silver. Italy, the 2002 World runners-up and 2003 bronze medalists, battled the Netherlands, the 2003 World runners-up, for the final podium spot and captured it by a mere 0.05 seconds.

Pos	Competitors	NOC
1	Denmark	DEN	Gold
	Thor Kristensen • Thomas Ebert • Stephan Mølvig • Eskild Ebbesen
2	Australia	AUS	Silver
	Glen Loftus • Anthony Edwards • Ben Cureton • Simon Burgess
3	Italy	ITA	Bronze
	Lorenzo Bertini • Catello Amarante • Salvatore Amitrano • Bruno Mascarenhas
4	Netherlands	NED
	Gerard van der Linden • Ivo Snijders • Karel Dormans • Joeri de Groot
5	Canada	CAN
	Iain Brambell • Jon Mandick • Gavin Hassett • Jon Beare
6	Ireland	IRL
	Richard Archibald • Eugene Coakley • Niall O'Toole • Paul Griffin
7	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG
	Veljko Urošević • Nenad Babović • Goran Nedeljković • Miloš Tomić
8	Russian Federation	RUS
	Aleksandr Zyuzin • Sergey Bukreyev • Valery Sarychev • Aleksandr Savin
9	United States	USA
	Pat Todd • Matt Smith • Paul Teti • Steve Warner
10	Austria	AUT
	Juliusz Madecki • Sebastian Sageder • Bernd Wakolbinger • Wolfgang Sigl
11	Germany	GER
	Martin Müller-Falcke • Axel Schuster • Stefan Locher • Andreas Bech
12	Spain	ESP
	Mario Arranz • Jesús González • Carlos Loriente • Alberto Domínguez
13	Great Britain	GBR
	Mike Hennessy • Tim Male • Nick English • Mark Hunter

Round One

Date	15 August 2004
Format	Top three finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals

Heat #1

Time	9:19

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	2	Canada	CAN	5:51.18	1:23.94 (1)	2:51.73 (1)	4:22.03 (1)	1:27.79 (1)	1:30.30 (4)	1:29.15 (3)	Q OB
		Iain Brambell • Jon Mandick • Gavin Hassett • Jon Beare
2	3	Netherlands	NED	5:52.52	1:26.05 (2)	2:55.43 (2)	4:25.12 (3)	1:29.38 (3)	1:29.69 (3)	1:27.40 (=1)	Q
		Gerard van der Linden • Ivo Snijders • Karel Dormans • Joeri de Groot
3	1	Austria	AUT	5:54.07	1:26.66 (3)	2:55.65 (3)	4:24.62 (2)	1:28.99 (2)	1:28.97 (1)	1:29.45 (4)	Q
		Juliusz Madecki • Sebastian Sageder • Bernd Wakolbinger • Wolfgang Sigl
4	5	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	5:56.12	1:28.77 (5)	2:59.10 (5)	4:28.72 (4)	1:30.33 (4)	1:29.62 (2)	1:27.40 (=1)
		Veljko Urošević • Nenad Babović • Goran Nedeljković • Miloš Tomić
5	4	Spain	ESP	6:11.70	1:27.28 (4)	2:57.97 (4)	4:33.11 (5)	1:30.69 (5)	1:35.14 (5)	1:38.59 (5)
		Mario Arranz • Jesús González • Carlos Loriente • Alberto Domínguez

Heat #2

Time	9:26

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	1	Denmark	DEN	5:50.72	1:24.51 (1)	2:53.28 (1)	4:22.83 (1)	1:28.77 (3)	1:29.55 (2)	1:27.89 (2)	Q OB
		Thor Kristensen • Thomas Ebert • Stephan Mølvig • Eskild Ebbesen
2	3	Italy	ITA	5:52.17	1:25.01 (2)	2:53.55 (2)	4:23.41 (2)	1:28.54 (1)	1:29.86 (3)	1:28.76 (3)	Q
		Lorenzo Bertini • Catello Amarante • Salvatore Amitrano • Bruno Mascarenhas
3	2	Germany	GER	5:52.68	1:27.87 (3)	2:56.53 (3)	4:25.67 (3)	1:28.66 (2)	1:29.14 (1)	1:27.01 (1)	Q
		Martin Müller-Falcke • Axel Schuster • Stefan Locher • Andreas Bech
4	4	Great Britain	GBR	6:05.57	1:28.49 (4)	3:00.40 (4)	4:32.57 (4)	1:31.91 (4)	1:32.17 (4)	1:33.00 (4)
		Mike Hennessy • Tim Male • Nick English • Mark Hunter

Heat #3

Time	9:33

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	3	Australia	AUS	5:50.24	1:24.93 (1)	2:52.84 (1)	4:21.87 (1)	1:27.91 (1)	1:29.03 (2)	1:28.37 (3)	Q OB
		Glen Loftus • Anthony Edwards • Ben Cureton • Simon Burgess
2	2	Ireland	IRL	5:52.54	1:25.09 (2)	2:54.01 (2)	4:24.22 (2)	1:28.92 (2)	1:30.21 (4)	1:28.32 (2)	Q
		Richard Archibald • Eugene Coakley • Niall O'Toole • Paul Griffin
3	1	United States	USA	5:54.68	1:28.45 (4)	2:57.76 (4)	4:26.40 (3)	1:29.31 (3)	1:28.64 (1)	1:28.28 (1)	Q
		Pat Todd • Matt Smith • Paul Teti • Steve Warner
4	4	Russian Federation	RUS	5:55.67	1:26.70 (3)	2:56.74 (3)	4:26.75 (4)	1:30.04 (4)	1:30.01 (3)	1:28.92 (4)
		Sergey Bukreyev • Valery Sarychev • Aleksandr Savin • Aleksandr Zyuzin

Round One Repêchage

Date	17 August 2004 — 16:50
Format	Top three finishers advanced to semi-final

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	2	Russian Federation	RUS	5:52.87	1:25.12 (1)	2:52.71 (1)	4:22.40 (1)	1:27.59 (1)	1:29.69 (3)	1:30.47 (3)	Q
		Sergey Bukreyev • Valery Sarychev • Aleksandr Savin • Aleksandr Zyuzin
2	4	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	5:54.27	1:27.16 (3)	2:56.73 (3)	4:25.73 (3)	1:29.57 (3)	1:29.00 (1)	1:28.54 (1)	Q
		Veljko Urošević • Nenad Babović • Goran Nedeljković • Miloš Tomić
3	1	Spain	ESP	5:56.15	1:27.35 (4)	2:55.85 (2)	4:25.39 (2)	1:28.50 (2)	1:29.54 (2)	1:30.76 (4)	Q
		Mario Arranz • Jesús González • Carlos Loriente • Alberto Domínguez
4	3	Great Britain	GBR	5:58.80	1:26.47 (2)	2:57.08 (4)	4:28.79 (4)	1:30.61 (4)	1:31.71 (4)	1:30.01 (2)
		Mike Hennessy • Tim Male • Nick English • Mark Hunter

Semi-Finals

Date	19 August 2004
Format	Top three finishers in each advanced to final

Heat #1

Time	9:10

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	5	Italy	ITA	5:55.02	1:25.94 (1)	2:55.44 (1)	4:25.86 (1)	1:29.50 (1)	1:30.42 (5)	1:29.16 (4)	Q
		Lorenzo Bertini • Catello Amarante • Salvatore Amitrano • Bruno Mascarenhas
2	4	Australia	AUS	5:55.22	1:26.66 (2)	2:56.63 (2)	4:26.53 (2)	1:29.97 (2)	1:29.90 (1)	1:28.69 (1)	Q
		Glen Loftus • Anthony Edwards • Ben Cureton • Simon Burgess
3	3	Canada	CAN	5:57.44	1:27.10 (3)	2:57.97 (3)	4:28.27 (3)	1:30.87 (3)	1:30.30 (4)	1:29.17 (5)	Q
		Iain Brambell • Jon Mandick • Gavin Hassett • Jon Beare
4	6	Austria	AUT	5:58.73	1:28.35 (4)	2:59.42 (4)	4:29.71 (4)	1:31.07 (4)	1:30.29 (3)	1:29.02 (2)
		Juliusz Madecki • Sebastian Sageder • Bernd Wakolbinger • Wolfgang Sigl
5	1	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	6:00.07	1:28.63 (5)	3:01.03 (6)	4:31.03 (5)	1:32.40 (6)	1:30.00 (2)	1:29.04 (3)
		Veljko Urošević • Nenad Babović • Goran Nedeljković • Miloš Tomić
6	2	United States	USA	6:01.84	1:29.23 (6)	3:00.66 (5)	4:31.31 (6)	1:31.43 (5)	1:30.65 (6)	1:30.53 (6)
		Pat Todd • Matt Smith • Paul Teti • Steve Warner

Heat #2

Time	9:20

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	4	Denmark	DEN	5:55.85	1:25.13 (1)	2:55.27 (1)	4:26.57 (1)	1:30.14 (2)	1:31.30 (3)	1:29.28 (2)	Q
		Thor Kristensen • Thomas Ebert • Stephan Mølvig • Eskild Ebbesen
2	5	Netherlands	NED	5:57.47	1:27.66 (4)	2:58.15 (3)	4:29.26 (3)	1:30.49 (3)	1:31.11 (2)	1:28.21 (1)	Q
		Gerard van der Linden • Ivo Snijders • Karel Dormans • Joeri de Groot
3	3	Ireland	IRL	5:58.89	1:26.85 (3)	3:00.65 (5)	4:28.54 (2)	1:33.80 (6)	1:27.89 (1)	1:30.35 (5)	Q
		Richard Archibald • Eugene Coakley • Niall O'Toole • Paul Griffin
4	6	Russian Federation	RUS	5:59.75	1:26.24 (2)	2:57.63 (2)	4:29.93 (4)	1:31.39 (4)	1:32.30 (4)	1:29.82 (3)
		Aleksandr Zyuzin • Sergey Bukreyev • Valery Sarychev • Aleksandr Savin
5	2	Germany	GER	6:03.08	1:29.04 (6)	2:58.55 (4)	4:32.84 (5)	1:29.51 (1)	1:34.29 (6)	1:30.24 (4)
		Martin Müller-Falcke • Axel Schuster • Stefan Locher • Andreas Bech
6	1	Spain	ESP	6:07.01	1:28.50 (5)	3:01.58 (6)	4:35.83 (6)	1:33.08 (5)	1:34.25 (5)	1:31.18 (6)
		Mario Arranz • Jesús González • Carlos Loriente • Alberto Domínguez

Final Round

Date	21 – 22 August 2004

Final A

Time	22 August 2004 — 9:10

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	3	Denmark	DEN	6:01.39	1:26.41 (1)	2:57.50 (1)	4:30.89 (1)	1:31.09 (1)	1:33.39 (3)	1:30.50 (2)
		Thor Kristensen • Thomas Ebert • Stephan Mølvig • Eskild Ebbesen
2	2	Australia	AUS	6:02.79	1:28.06 (4)	2:59.46 (3)	4:31.71 (3)	1:31.40 (2)	1:32.25 (1)	1:31.08 (3)
		Glen Loftus • Anthony Edwards • Ben Cureton • Simon Burgess
3	4	Italy	ITA	6:03.74	1:27.52 (3)	2:59.14 (2)	4:31.41 (2)	1:31.62 (3)	1:32.27 (2)	1:32.33 (5)
		Lorenzo Bertini • Catello Amarante • Salvatore Amitrano • Bruno Mascarenhas
4	5	Netherlands	NED	6:03.79	1:28.49 (6)	3:00.48 (6)	4:34.41 (6)	1:31.99 (5)	1:33.93 (5)	1:29.38 (1)
		Gerard van der Linden • Ivo Snijders • Karel Dormans • Joeri de Groot
5	1	Canada	CAN	6:05.10	1:28.41 (5)	3:00.14 (5)	4:33.63 (4)	1:31.73 (4)	1:33.49 (4)	1:31.47 (4)
		Iain Brambell • Jon Mandick • Gavin Hassett • Jon Beare
6	6	Ireland	IRL	6:09.96	1:27.28 (2)	2:59.85 (4)	4:33.91 (5)	1:32.57 (6)	1:34.06 (6)	1:36.05 (6)
		Richard Archibald • Eugene Coakley • Niall O'Toole • Paul Griffin

Final B

Time	21 August 2004 — 11:30

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	2	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	6:19.00	1:34.16 (4)	3:09.78 (2)	4:45.72 (2)	1:35.62 (2)	1:35.94 (1)	1:33.28 (1)
		Veljko Urošević • Nenad Babović • Goran Nedeljković • Miloš Tomić
2	3	Russian Federation	RUS	6:20.64	1:32.09 (1)	3:07.51 (1)	4:44.34 (1)	1:35.42 (1)	1:36.83 (5)	1:36.30 (5)
		Aleksandr Zyuzin • Sergey Bukreyev • Valery Sarychev • Aleksandr Savin
3	1	United States	USA	6:22.24	1:34.93 (6)	3:12.22 (6)	4:48.69 (6)	1:37.29 (5)	1:36.47 (4)	1:33.55 (2)
		Pat Todd • Matt Smith • Paul Teti • Steve Warner
4	4	Austria	AUT	6:22.85	1:33.97 (3)	3:10.86 (4)	4:47.22 (3)	1:36.89 (4)	1:36.36 (=2)	1:35.63 (4)
		Juliusz Madecki • Sebastian Sageder • Bernd Wakolbinger • Wolfgang Sigl
5	5	Germany	GER	6:23.28	1:34.50 (5)	3:11.89 (5)	4:48.25 (5)	1:37.39 (6)	1:36.36 (=2)	1:35.03 (3)
		Martin Müller-Falcke • Axel Schuster • Stefan Locher • Andreas Bech
6	6	Spain	ESP	6:26.15	1:33.76 (2)	3:10.53 (3)	4:47.78 (4)	1:36.77 (3)	1:37.25 (6)	1:38.37 (6)
		Mario Arranz • Jesús González • Carlos Loriente • Alberto Domínguez