Grega Sračnjek, Miha Pirih) 5:55.53 FB Russia (Sergey Matveyev, Vladimir Volodenkov, Evgenij Jigulin, Aleksandr Litvinchev) 6:02.26 FB Croatia (Damir Vucicic, Igor Boraska, Petar Milin, Marko Dragicevic) 6:05.54 FB Finals 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. Great Britain (Steve Williams, James Cracknell, Ed Coode, Matthew Pinsent) 6:06.98 Canada (Cameron Baerg, Thomas Herschmiller, Jake Wetzel, Barney Williams) 6:07.06 Italy (Lorenzo Porzio, Dario Dentale, Luca Agamennoni, Raffaello Leonardo) 6:10.41 Australia (Dave McGowan, Rob Jahrling, Tom Laurich, David Dennis) 6:13.06 New Zealand (Donald Leach, Mahé Drysdale, Carl Meyer, Eric Murray) 6:15.47 Poland (Jarosław Godek, Mariusz Daniszewski, Artur Rozalski, Rafal Smolinski) 6:22.43 Final B (August 19) Germany (Jochen Urban, Sebastian Thormann, Philipp Stüer, Bernd Heidicker) 5:48.52 Czech Republic (Jakub Makovicka, Jan Schindler, Petr Vitásek, Karel Neffe Jr.) 5:49.99 Slovenia (Tomaž Pirih, Jani Klemenčič, Grega Sračnjek, Miha Pirih) 5:50.59 United States (Garrett Klugh, Michael Wherley, Jamie Schroeder, Wolfgang Moser) 5:52.55 Russia (Sergey Matveyev, Vladimir Volodenkov, Evgenij Jigulin, Aleksandr Litvinchev) 5:53.58 Croatia (Damir Vucicic, Igor Boraska, Petar Milin, Marko Dragicevic) 5:57.36 References External links Official Olympic Report Men's Coxless Four Men's events at the 2004 Summer Olympics