| Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics |
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These are the results of the Men's eight competition, one of six events for male competitors in Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
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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 m. 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 goes to the Repechage.
The United States established an early lead. By the 1000 meter mark (halfway), they have a three second advantage (one length) over Australia, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands who are all battling for second place. In the final 1000 meters, the Netherlands makes a run at the United States, finishing 1.3 seconds short. Australia maintains its position three seconds behind the United States while Germany and Canada fall off the pace and France trails in sixth place. The fifth place finish is a major disappointment for Canada, the two-time defending World Champions.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
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| 1 | Sergio Canciani, Aldo Tramontano, Marco Penna, Pierpaolo Frattini, Valerio Pinton, Niccolo Mornati, Carlo Mornati, Luca Ghezzi, Gaetano Iannuzzi (coxswain) | 5:49.43 | |
| 2 | Bogdan Zalewski, Piotr Buchalski, Rafal Hejmej, Dariusz Nowak, Mikolaj Burda, Wojciech Gutorski, Sebastian Kosiorek, Michal Stawowski, Daniel Trojanowski (coxswain) | 5:51.66 | |
| 3 | Jonno Devlin, Kieran West, Josh West, Andrew Triggs Hodge, Tom Stallard, Phil Simmons, Robin Bourne-Taylor, Tom James, Christian Cormack (coxswain) | 5:53.31 |
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