| Date | 29 July 1904 — 17:10 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Creve Coeur Lake, Maryland Heights | |
| Participants | 12 from 1 countries | |
| Format | 1½ miles. Final only. | |
Three US fours entered in this event, all from St. Louis, but missing was the Winnipeg Rowing Club of Manitoba, Canada, which had won the 1902-03 US national titles. The Century Boat Club four won the gold medal, followed by the Mound City Rowing Club and the Western Rowing Club. A four from the Western Rowing Club had been US champions in 1901.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Century Boat Club |  USA | 9:05.8 | Gold | |||||
| Arthur Stockhoff • Gus Erker • George Dietz • Al Nasse | |||||||||
| 2 | Mound City Rowing Club | USA | at 2 lengths | Silver | |||||
| Fred Suerig • Martin Formanack • Charles Aman • Mike Begley • Frank Jaeger (DNS) | |||||||||
| 3 | Western Rowing Club | USA | – | Bronze | |||||
| Gus Voerg • John Freitag • Lou Heim • Frank Dummerth • W. Fischer (DNS) • F. Mueller (DNS) | |||||||||
