Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre and featured 550 competitors taking part in 14 events.

The medals were split between 22 countries, Romania topping the medal table, their women winning 3 golds, with the traditionally strong Germany and Great Britain picking up four medals each.

However, 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, of Steve Williams, James Cracknell, Ed Coode with Pinsent at stroke narrowly saw off the challenge of the World Champion Canadian crew of Cameron Baerg, Thomas Herschmiller, Jake Wetzel and Barney Williams. 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.

Matching Pinsent's feat was German sculler Kathrin Boron, in the women's quad. She had won the double in Barcelona 1992 and Sydney 2000 and the quad in Atlanta 1996.

The Romanian women's pair of Georgeta Damian and Viorica Susanu took gold before doubling up to help their eight take gold, giving Damian her fourth Olympic Gold medal — having won 2 golds in Sydney in the same disciplines.

Rowing medal table by country

Position	Country:	Total:
1	Romania	3	0	0	3
2	Germany	2	2	0	4
3	Great Britain	1	2	1	4
4	Australia	1	1	2	4
5=	France	1	1	0	2
5=	United States	1	1	0	2
7=	Denmark	1	0	0	1
7=	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
7=	Norway	1	0	0	1
7=	Poland	1	0	0	1
7=	Russia	1	0	0	1
12=	Belarus	0	1	1	2
12=	Netherlands	0	1	2	3
14=	Canada	0	1	0	1
14=	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
14=	Croatia	0	1	0	1
14=	Estonia	0	1	0	1
14=	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
19	Italy	0	0	3	3
20	Bulgaria	0	0	2	2
21=	South Africa	0	0	1	1
21=	Ukraine	0	0	1	1

Medal Summary

Event
Men's Single Sculls	Olaf Tufte, NOR	Jüri Jaanson , EST	Ivo Yanakiev , BUL
Men's Double Sculls	France Sebastien Vieilledent Adrien Hardy	Slovenia Luka Špik Iztok Čop	Italy Rossano Galtarossa Alessio Sartori
Men's Lwt Double Sculls	Poland Tomasz Kucharski Robert Sycz	France Fréderic Dufour Pascal Touron	Greece Vasileios Polymeros Nikolaos Skiathitis
Men's Quadruple Sculls	Russia Nikolai Spinev Igor Kravtsov Alekseij Svirin Sergej Fedorovtsev	Czech Republic David Kopriva Tomas Karas Jakub Hanak David Jirka	Ukraine Sergij Grin Sergij Bilushchenko Oleg Lykov Leonid Shaposhnikov
Men's Coxless Pair	Australia Drew Ginn James Tomkins	Croatia Sinisa Skelin Niksa Skelin	South Africa Donovan Cech Ramon di Clemente
Men's Coxless Four	Great Britain Steve Williams James Cracknell Ed Coode Matthew Pinsent	Canada Cameron Baerg Thomas Herschmiller Jake Wetzel Barney Williams	Italy Lorenzo Porzio Dario Dentale Luca Agamennoni Raffaello Leonardo
Men's Lwt Coxless Four	Denmark Thor Kristensen Thomas Ebert Stephan Moelvig Eskild Ebbesen	Australia Glen Loftus Anthony Edwards Ben Cureton Simon Burgess	Italy Lorenzo Bertini Catello Amarante Salvatore Amitrano Bruno Mascarenhas
Men's Eight	United States Jason Read Wyatt Allen Chris Ahrens Joseph Hansen Matt Deakin Dan Beery Beau Hoopman Bryan Volpenhein Pete Cipollone (cox)	Netherlands Matthijs Vellenga Gijs Vermeulen Jan-Willem Gabriels Daniel Mensch Geert Jan Derksen Gerritjan Eggenkamp Diederik Simon Michiel Bartman Chun Wei Cheung (cox)	Australia Stefan Szczurowski Stuart Reside Stuart Welch James Stewart Geoff Stewart Boden Hanson Mike McKay Steve Stewart Michael Toon (cox)
Women's Single Sculls	Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski , GER	Ekaterina Karsten, BLR	Rumyana Nekyova , BUL
Women's Double Sculls	New Zealand Georgina Evers-Swindell Caroline Evers-Swindell	Germany Peggy Waleska Britta Oppelt	Great Britain Sarah Winckless Elise Laverick
Women's Lwt Double Sculls	Romania Constanta Burcica Angela Alupei	Germany Daniela Reimer Claudia Blasberg	Netherlands Kirsten van der Kolk Marit van Eupen
Women's Quadruple Sculls	Germany Kathrin Boron Meike Evers Manuela Lutze Kerstin El Qalqili	Great Britain Alison Mowbray Debbie Flood Frances Houghton Rebecca Romero	Australia Dana Faletic Rebecca Sattin Amber Bradley Kerry Hore
Women's Coxless Pair	Romania Georgeta Damian Viorica Susanu	Great Britain Katherine Grainger Cath Bishop	Belarus Yuliya Bichyk Natallia Helakh
Women's Eight	Romania Rodica Florea Viorica Susanu Aurica Barascu Ioana Papuc Liliana Gafencu Elisabeta Lipa Georgeta Damian Doina Ignat Elena Georgescu (cox)	United States Kate Johnson Samantha Magee Megan Dirkmaat Alison Cox Caryn Davies Laurel Korholz Anna Mickelson Lianne Nelson Mary Whipple (cox)	Netherlands Froukje Wegman Marlies Smulders Nienke Hommes Hurnet Dekkers Annemarieke van Rumpt Annemiek de Haan Sarah Siegelaar Helen Tanger Ester Workel (cox)