Rowing
Canada's most heralded team going into Athens was its rowers, and there was considerable hope for success by Canadians with expectations of three medals or more. While the Canadians did well, with a number of finals appearances, only one group won medals the men's fours of Cam Baerg, Jake Wetzel, Tom Herschmiller and Barney Williams won the silver medal in the men's four rowing final, losing to Great Britain by only 0.08 seconds.
Most disappointing was the men's eights who had been undefeated for two years before the Olympics, but to the surprise of many finished fifth in their event.
Controversy broke out over the rowing team of Dave Calder and Chris Jarvis who were disqualified from the men's pairs semifinal race for entering another team's lane, and thus failed to qualify for the final. The COC appealed the decision, but it was upheld.
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Dave Calder Chris Jarvis |
Coxless Pair | 6:56.23 | 2 S A/B | Excluded | DNS | x | |||
| Cameron Baerg Tom Herschmiller Jake Wetzel Barney Williams |
Coxless Four | 6:28.36 | 1 S A/B | 5:50.68 | 1 FA | 6:07.06 | 2 ! | ||
| Iain Brambell Jon Mandick Gavin Hassett Jon Beare |
Lightweight Coxless Four | 5:51.18 | 2 S A/B | 5:57.44 | 3 FA | 6:05.10 | 5 | ||
| Scott Frandsen Kevin Light Ben Rutledge Kyle Hamilton Adam Kreek Andrew Hoskins Joe Stankevicius Jeff Powell Brian Price (cox) |
Eights | 5:20.46 | 1 R | 5:32.51 | 1 FA | 5:51.66 | 5 | ||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Mara Jones Fiona Milne |
Lightweight Double sculls | 6:53.47 | 2 R | 6:54.04 | 2 SA/B | 6:56.64 | 4 FB | 7:26.07 | 8 |
| Darcy Marquardt Buffy Alexander-Williams |
Coxless Pair | 7:42.36 | 2 R | 7:08.32 | 1 FA | 7:13.33 | 4 | ||
| Anna-Marie de Zwager Pauline van Roessel Jacqui Cook Andréanne Morin Roslyn McLeod Karen Clark Romina Stefancic Sabrina Kolker Sarah Pape (cox) |
Eights | 6:12:40 | 3 R | 6:15.18 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
Read more about this topic: Canada At The 2004 Summer Olympics