Mens' Four (M4-)

2004 Athens Olympic Games

August 14-22, 2004
Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre

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Preview

Canada's gold medalists from last year return intact, but face stiff challenges from several directions, and need to erase from their minds an unexpected defeat at the hands of a USA four at the Lucerne World Cup last month. ( that four came from this year's USA eight and will not be in this event in Athens) Most interesting will be the new combination from Great Britain, with Pinsent going for his fourth consecutive Olympic Gold medal, with his new boatmates, Cracknell, Williams and Coode, all already gold medalists in their own right. Germany's 3rd place crew from last year returns intact. Watch out also for Australia and the United States, both with new combinations of tested veteran medalists, as they nip away at the possibility of medal status, should any of the favorites falter.

Final A Race Preview

They both won their heats. They both won their semi-finals. They both had open water over the field in the semi-finals with 500 meters to go. They both led wire-to-wire in both their heats and semi-finals. Their split times at each 500 meter interval in their semi-finals races were always less than a second apart. Their semi-finals finishing times were only one quarter of a second apart. The race for the gold medal between the reigning World Champions from Canada and the gold be-medalled new combination from Great Britain built around 3 time Olympic Gold Medalist, Matthew Pinsent, could not be closer on paper, or in fact. Don't bet one way or another on this one unless you've got money to lose. If there is any difference, it is that Canada seemed to back off and let the entire field close a bit on them in the last 500 of the semis, but the same thing could be said of the Brits who maintained a comfortable open water lead over Poland and New Zealand in their last 500 of the semis. Australia seems to have the edge over Italy and New Zealand for the bronze, but that contest could be as closely contested as the contest for the gold medal.

Results

	GBR
CAN	1	ITA
2		3

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Biographies

GERMANY
Sebastian	Thormann	1997	8+	5th
		1998	4+	5th
		1999	8+	10th
		2001	4-	2nd
		2002	4-	1st
		2003	4-	3rd
Jochen	Urban
Philipp	Steuer	1998	4-	8th
		1999	4-	7th
		2001	4-	2nd
		2002	4-	1st
		2003	4-	3rd
Bernd	Heidicker	1999	4-	7th
		2001	4-	2nd
		2002	4-	1st
		2003	4-	3rd
CANADA				Back ^
Cameron	Baerg	1998	4x	12th
		2002	2-	7th
		2003	4-	1st
Thomas	Herschmiller	1998	8+	8th
		1999	8+	8th
		2000	8+	7th
		2001	8+	6th
		2003	4-	1st
Jake	Wetzel	1998	2- (Can)	7th
		1999	4+ (USA)	1st
		2000	4x (USA)	7th
		2003	4- (Can )	1st
Barney	Williams	2003	4-	1st
SLOVENIA				Back ^
Janez	Klemencic	1992	4-	3rd
		1994	4-	4th
		1995	4-	8th
		1996	4-	4th
		1997	4-	4th
		2000	4-	4th
		2001	4-	3rd
		2002	4-	4th
Miha	Pirih	1999	2-	10th
		2000	2-	12th
		2001	2-	15th
		2002	4+	5th
		2003	4-	6th
Grega	Sracnjek	1999	2-	10th
		2000	2-	12th
		2001	2-	15th
		2002	4x	8th
		2003	4-	6th
Tomaz	Pirih	2002	4+	5th
		2003	4-	6th
GREAT BRITAIN				Back ^
James	Cracknell	1991	4-	7th
		1993	8+	6th
		1994	8+	8th
		1995	2x	10th
		1997	4-	1st
		1998	4-	1st
		1999	4-	1st
		2000	4-	1st
		2001	2+	1st
		2001	2-	1st
		2002	2-	1st
		2003	2-	4th
Stephen	Williams	1998	2-	6th
		1999	2-	5th
		2000	2-	5th
		2001	4-	1st
		2002	4-	2nd
		2003	4-	2nd
Edward	Coode	1997	4+	3rd
		1998	8+	7th
		1999	4-	1st
		2000	2-	4th
		2001	4-	1st
		2003	8+	3rd
Matthew	Pinsent	1989	4+	3rd
		1990	2-	3rd
		1991	2-	1st
		1992	2-	1st
		1993	2-	1st
		1994	2-	1st
		1995	2-	1st
		1996	2-	1st
		1997	4-	1st
		1998	4-	1st
		1999	4-	1st
		2000	4-	1st
		2001	2+	1st
		2001	2-	1st
		2002	2-	1st
		2003	2-	4th
ITALY				Back ^
Lorenzo	Porzio	2001	8+	11th
Dario	Dentale	2001	8+	11th
		2002	8+	5th
		2003	8+	7th
Luca	Agamennoni	2001	4+	2nd
Rafaello	Leonardo	1992	8+	9th
		1993	4-	7th
		1994	4-	1st
		1995	4-	1st
		1996	4-	6th
		1997	4-	5th
		2000	8+	4th
		2001	4-	6th
		2002	4-	3rd
		2003	4-	5th
AUSTRALIA				Back ^
Robert	Jahrling	1993	4+	3rd
		1994	4-	11th
		1995	8+	11th
		1996	8+	6th
		1997	2-	8th
		1999	8+	7th
		2000	8+	2nd
		2002	2+	3rd
Tom	Laurich	2002	2+	3rd
David	McGowan	2003	8+	5th
David	Dennis	2002	8+	7th
		2003	8+	5th
UNITED STATES				Back ^
Garrett	Klugh	1999	4+	1st
		2000	4+	2nd
		2003	4-	7th
Mike	Wherley	1997	8+	1st
		1998	8+	1st
		1999	8+	1st
		2000	4-	5th
		2001	4-	4th
		2002	8+	3rd
		2003	8+	2nd
Jamie	Schroeder	2003	4-	7th
Wolf	Moser	1997	4+	4th
		1998	4+	4th
		2000	4-	5th
		2002	8+	3rd
		2003	8+	2nd
RUSSIA				Back ^
Sergei	Matveyev	2001	8+	8th
		2002	8+	10th
		2003	4-	8th
Vladimir	Volodenkov	2001	8+	8th
		2002	8+	10th
		2003	4-	8th
Evgeni	Jigulin	2001	8+	8th
		2002	4-	14th
		2003	4-	8th
Aleksandr	Litvinchev	2001	8+	8th
		2002	8+	10th
		2003	4-	8th
POLAND				Back ^
Rafal	Smolinski	2001	2-	14th
		2002	4-	8th
		2003	4-	9th
Artur	Rozalski	2001	8+	12th
		2002	4-	8th
		2003	4-	9th
Jaroslaw	Godek	2003	4-	9th
Mariusz	Daniszewski	2001	8+	12th
		2002	4-	8th
		2003	4-	9th
ROMANIA				Back ^
Daniel	Mastacan	1999	4x	13th
		2000	2+	2nd
		2001	2-	4th
		2001	8+	1st
		2002	2-	15th
		2002	8+	8th
		2003	4-	10th
Florin	Corbeanu	1997	8+	2nd
		1998	4-	5th
		1999	8+	4th
		2000	4-	10th
		2001	2-	4th
		2001	8+	1st
		2002	2-	15th
		2002	8+	8th
		2003	4-	10th
Ovidiu	Cornea	1999	4+	3rd
		1999	4-	8th
		2000	4+	5th
		2001	8+	1st
		2003	4-	10th
Gheorghita	Munteanu	2003	4-	10th
NEW ZEALAND				Back ^
Mahe	Drysdale
Eric	Murray	2003	4+	5th
Carl	Meyer
Donald	Leach
CZECH REPUBLIC				Back ^
Jakub	Makovicka	2000	2+	8th
		2001	2+	7th
		2002	4-	11th
Jan	Schindler	2000	4+	6th
		2002	4-	11th
Petr	Vitasek	2002	4-	11th
Karel	Neffe	2003	4-	12th
CROATIA				Back ^
Damir	Vucicic	1999	8+	9th
		2000	2+	12th
		2002	8+	5th
		2003	4-	14th
Igor	Boraska	1993	2+	7th
		1994	2+	1st
		1995	8+	13th
		1996	4-	7th
		1997	2-	11th
		1998	4+	2nd
		1999	4-	15th
		2000	8+	3rd
		2002	4+	3rd
Petar	Milin	2001	2-	19th
Marko	Dragicevic	1999	8+	9th
		2000	4+	9th
		2002	8+	5th
		2003	4-	14th

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