The men's eight competition was one of six events for male competitors in Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1] It was held from 15 to 22 August.[2] There were 9 boats (81 competitors) from 9 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. The event was won by the United States, the nation's first victory in the men's eight since 1964 and 12th overall. The Netherlands took silver. Australia, the reigning silver medalist, finished with bronze this time.
This was the 24th appearance of the event. Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather. The men's eight has been held every time that rowing has been contested, beginning in 1900.[2]
The field was competitive. Canada was favoured, with wins at the 2002 and 2003 World Championships as well as Grand Challenge Cup victories in those years. But there were numerous strong contenders, including the United States (2003 Pan American champions, 2003 World runners-up), Romania (2001 World champions), Great Britain (defending Olympic champions), and the Netherlands (2004 Grand Challenge Cup winners).[2]
No nations made their debut in the event. The United States made its 21st appearance, most among nations to that point.
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The "eight" event featured nine-person boats, with eight rowers and a coxswain. It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). The course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912 (with the exception of 1948).[3] Races were held in up to six lanes.
The competition consisted of two main rounds (semifinals and finals) as well as a repechage.
Semifinals: Two heats of four or five boats each. The top boat in each heat (2 boats total) advanced directly to the "A" final, while all other boats (7 total) went to the repechage.
Repechage: Two heats of three or four boats each. The top two boats in each heat (4 boats total) rejoined the semifinal winners in the "A" final, with the 3rd and 4th place boats in each heat (3 boats total) eliminated from medal contention and competing in the "B" final.
Finals: The "A" final consisted of the top six boats, awarding medals and 4th through 6th place. The "B" final featured the next three boats, ranking them 7th through 9th.
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 metres. 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 went to the repechage.
The United States established an early lead. By the 1000 meter mark (halfway), they had a three-second advantage (one length) over Australia, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands who were all battling for second place. In the final 1000 meters, the Netherlands made a run at the United States, finishing 1.3 seconds short. Australia maintained its position three seconds behind the United States while Germany and Canada fell off the pace and France trailed in sixth place. The fifth-place finish was a major disappointment for Canada, the two-time defending World Champions.
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The men s eight competition was one of six events for male competitors in Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens 1 It was held from 15 to 22 August 2 There were 9 boats 81 competitors from 9 nations with each nation limited to a single boat in the event The event was won by the United States the nation s first victory in the men s eight since 1964 and 12th overall The Netherlands took silver Australia the reigning silver medalist finished with bronze this time Men s eightat the Games of the XXVIII OlympiadSchinias venueVenueSchinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing CentreDates15 22 AugustCompetitors81 from 9 nationsWinning time5 42 48Medalists United States Jason ReadWyatt AllenChris AhrensJoseph HansenMatt DeakinDan BeeryBeau HoopmanBryan VolpenheinPeter Cipollone Netherlands Matthijs VellengaGijs VermeulenJan Willem GabrielsDaniel MenschGeert Jan DerksenGerritjan EggenkampDiederik SimonMichiel BartmanChun Wei Cheung Australia Stefan SzczurowskiStuart ResideStuart WelchJames StewartGeoff StewartBo HansonMike McKayStephen StewartMichael Toon 20002008 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Schedule 4 Results 4 1 Semifinals 4 1 1 Semifinal 1 4 1 2 Semifinal 2 4 2 Repechage 4 2 1 Repechage heat 1 4 2 2 Repechage heat 2 4 3 Finals 4 3 1 Final B 4 3 2 Final A 5 References 6 External linksBackground editThis was the 24th appearance of the event Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather The men s eight has been held every time that rowing has been contested beginning in 1900 2 The field was competitive Canada was favoured with wins at the 2002 and 2003 World Championships as well as Grand Challenge Cup victories in those years But there were numerous strong contenders including the United States 2003 Pan American champions 2003 World runners up Romania 2001 World champions Great Britain defending Olympic champions and the Netherlands 2004 Grand Challenge Cup winners 2 No nations made their debut in the event The United States made its 21st appearance most among nations to that point Competition format editThe eight event featured nine person boats with eight rowers and a coxswain It was a sweep rowing event with the rowers each having one oar and thus each rowing on one side The course used the 2000 metres distance that became the Olympic standard in 1912 with the exception of 1948 3 Races were held in up to six lanes The competition consisted of two main rounds semifinals and finals as well as a repechage Semifinals Two heats of four or five boats each The top boat in each heat 2 boats total advanced directly to the A final while all other boats 7 total went to the repechage Repechage Two heats of three or four boats each The top two boats in each heat 4 boats total rejoined the semifinal winners in the A final with the 3rd and 4th place boats in each heat 3 boats total eliminated from medal contention and competing in the B final Finals The A final consisted of the top six boats awarding medals and 4th through 6th place The B final featured the next three boats ranking them 7th through 9th Schedule editAll times are Greece Standard Time UTC 2 Date Time RoundSunday 15 August 2004 10 29 SemifinalsWednesday 18 August 2004 11 20 RepechageSaturday 21 August 2004 12 00 Final BSunday 22 August 2004 10 30 Final AResults editSemifinals edit Semifinal 1 edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Stefan SzczurowskiStuart ResideStuart WelchJames StewartGeoff StewartBo HansonMike McKaySteve Stewart Michael Toon nbsp Australia 5 23 23 QA2 Diederik SimonGijs VermeulenJan Willem GabrielsDaniel MenschGeert Jan DerksenGerritjan EggenkampMatthijs VellengaMichiel Bartman Chun Wei Cheung nbsp Netherlands 5 25 26 R3 Sebastian SchulteStephan KoltzkJorg DiessnerThorsten EngelmannJan Martin BroerEnrico SchnabelUlf SiemesMichael Ruhe Peter Thiede nbsp Germany 5 27 72 R4 Bastien RipollBastien GalletJean Baptiste MacquetJulien PeudecoeurDonatien MorteletteAnthony PerrotJean David BernardLaurent Cadot Christophe Lattaignant nbsp France 5 29 55 R5 Bogdan ZalewskiPiotr BuchalskiRafal HejmejDariusz NowakMikolaj BurdaWojciech GutorskiSebastian KosiorekMichal Stawowski Daniel Trojanowski nbsp Poland 5 30 08 RSemifinal 2 edit 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 metres 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 went to the repechage Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Jason ReadWyatt AllenChris AhrensJoseph HansenMatt DeakinDan BeeryBeau HoopmanBryan Volpenhein Peter Cipollone nbsp United States 5 19 85 QA OB2 Scott FrandsenKevin LightBen RutledgeKyle HamiltonAdam KreekAndrew HoskinsJoe StankeviciusJeff Powell Brian Price nbsp Canada 5 20 46 R3 Sergio CancianiAldo TramontanoMarco PennaPierpaolo FrattiniValerio PintonNiccolo MornatiCarlo MornatiLuca Ghezzi Gaetano Iannuzzi nbsp Italy 5 30 16 R4 Jonno DevlinKieran WestJosh WestAndrew Triggs HodgeTom StallardPhil SimmonsRobin Bourne TaylorTom James Christian Cormack nbsp Great Britain 5 32 26 RRepechage edit Repechage heat 1 edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Diederik SimonGijs VermeulenJan Willem GabrielsDaniel MenschGeert Jan DerksenGerritjan EggenkampMatthijs VellengaMichiel Bartman Chun Wei Cheung nbsp Netherlands 5 31 92 QA2 Bastien RipollBastien GalletJean Baptiste MacquetJulien PeudecoeurDonatien MorteletteAnthony PerrotJean David BernardLaurent Cadot Christophe Lattaignant nbsp France 5 34 20 QA3 Sergio CancianiAldo TramontanoMarco PennaPierpaolo FrattiniValerio PintonNiccolo MornatiCarlo MornatiLuca Ghezzi Gaetano Iannuzzi nbsp Italy 5 34 56 QBRepechage heat 2 edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time Notes1 Scott FrandsenKevin LightBen RutledgeKyle HamiltonAdam KreekAndrew HoskinsJoe StankeviciusJeff Powell Brian Price nbsp Canada 5 32 51 QA2 Sebastian SchulteStephan KoltzkJorg DiessnerThorsten EngelmannJan Martin BroerEnrico SchnabelUlf SiemesMichael Ruhe Peter Thiede nbsp Germany 5 33 07 QA3 Jonno DevlinKieran WestJosh WestAndrew Triggs HodgeTom StallardPhil SimmonsRobin Bourne TaylorTom James Christian Cormack nbsp Great Britain 5 34 37 QB4 Bogdan ZalewskiPiotr BuchalskiRafal HejmejDariusz NowakMikolaj BurdaWojciech GutorskiSebastian KosiorekMichal Stawowski Daniel Trojanowski nbsp Poland 5 36 75 QBFinals edit Final B edit Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time7 Sergio CancianiAldo TramontanoMarco PennaPierpaolo FrattiniValerio PintonNiccolo MornatiCarlo MornatiLuca Ghezzi Gaetano Iannuzzi nbsp Italy 5 49 438 Bogdan ZalewskiPiotr BuchalskiRafal HejmejDariusz NowakMikolaj BurdaWojciech GutorskiSebastian KosiorekMichal Stawowski Daniel Trojanowski nbsp Poland 5 51 669 Jonno DevlinKieran WestJosh WestAndrew Triggs HodgeTom StallardPhil SimmonsRobin Bourne TaylorTom James Christian Cormack nbsp Great Britain 5 53 31Final A edit The United States established an early lead By the 1000 meter mark halfway they had a three second advantage one length over Australia Canada Germany and the Netherlands who were all battling for second place In the final 1000 meters the Netherlands made a run at the United States finishing 1 3 seconds short Australia maintained its position three seconds behind the United States while Germany and Canada fell off the pace and France trailed in sixth place The fifth place finish was a major disappointment for Canada the two time defending World Champions Rank Rowers Coxswain Nation Time nbsp Jason ReadWyatt AllenChris AhrensJoseph HansenMatt DeakinDan BeeryBeau HoopmanBryan Volpenhein Peter Cipollone nbsp United States 5 42 48 nbsp Diederik SimonGijs VermeulenJan Willem GabrielsDaniel MenschGeert Jan DerksenGerritjan EggenkampMatthijs VellengaMichiel Bartman Chun Wei Cheung nbsp Netherlands 5 43 75 nbsp Stefan SzczurowskiStuart ResideStuart WelchJames StewartGeoff StewartBo HansonMike McKaySteve Stewart Michael Toon nbsp Australia 5 45 384 Sebastian SchulteStephan KoltzkJorg DiessnerThorsten EngelmannJan Martin BroerEnrico SchnabelUlf SiemesMichael Ruhe Peter Thiede nbsp Germany 5 49 435 Scott FrandsenKevin LightBen RutledgeKyle HamiltonAdam KreekAndrew HoskinsJoe StankeviciusJeff Powell Brian Price nbsp Canada 5 51 666 Bastien RipollBastien GalletJean Baptiste MacquetJulien PeudecoeurDonatien MorteletteAnthony PerrotJean David BernardLaurent Cadot Christophe Lattaignant nbsp France 5 53 31References edit Rowing at the 2004 Athens Summer Games Men s Coxed Eights Sports Reference Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 25 September 2018 a b c Eight Men Olympedia Retrieved 9 June 2021 Why Do We Race 2000m The History Behind the Distance World Rowing 1 May 2017 Retrieved 19 April 2021 External links editOfficial Olympic Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php 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