Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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The swimming competitions at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens took place from 14 to 21 August 2004 at the Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre in Marousi.[1] It featured 32 events (16 male, 16 female), a total of 937 swimmers from 152 nations, and the program's changes instituted in the previous Games, including notably the three-phase format (heats, semifinals, and final) for all short-distance races (200 metres and under).[2][3]
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| Venue | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre |
| Dates | 14 – 21 August 2004 |
| Competitors | 937 from 152 nations |
Swimmers from the United States continued to dominate the medal tally with a total of 28, earning twelve golds, nine silver, and seven bronze.[4] Australia still maintained the second spot from Sydney in 2000, but produced a total of 15 more medals (seven golds, five silver, and three bronze) to its historical hardware in swimming.[5][6] Meanwhile, Japan moved from behind to third overall in the medal board with eight medals after a sterling breaststroke double from Kosuke Kitajima. A total of eight world records and twenty-five Olympic records were set during the competition.
Venue
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Swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held at the Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, officially known as the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OCO) during the games.[7] Originally built for the 1991 Mediterranean Games,[8] it was refurbished to host swimming, diving, synchronised swimming, and water polo events; it was the first time in the history of the Olympics that all aquatics disciplines had been held at a single venue.[7][9] Swimming events were held at the main outdoor pool of the complex, which held 10,893 spectators, and was interchangeably used for swimming and water polo events throughout the duration of the games.[9] A plastic-coated tarpaulin roof covering the two outdoor pools of the complex, designed to protect spectators and swimmers from being exposed to the summer heat, was originally planned to be built as part of the renovations.[8][9] However, due to cost overruns and delays in construction, planners decided to scrap the roof in March 2004,[10][11] which was criticised by FINA, the governing body of water sports.[8][9] The venue would ultimately be approved by FINA weeks before the opening of the games in August.[8]
Events
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The following events were contested (all pool events were long course, and distances are in metres unless stated):
- Freestyle : 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (women) and 1500 (men);
- Backstroke : 100 and 200;
- Breaststroke : 100 and 200;
- Butterfly : 100 and 200;
- Individual medley : 200 and 400;
- Relays: 4 × 100 free, 4 × 200 free, and 4 × 100 medley.
Schedule
| H | Heats | ½ | Semi-finals | F | Final |
| Date → | Aug 14 | Aug 15 | Aug 16 | Aug 17 | Aug 18 | Aug 19 | Aug 20 | Aug 21 | ||||||||
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| Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 50 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 100 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 200 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 400 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||||||
| 1500 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||||||
| 100 m backstroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 200 m backstroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 100 m breaststroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 200 m breaststroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 100 m butterfly | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 200 m butterfly | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 200 m individual medley | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 400 m individual medley | H | F | ||||||||||||||
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||
| Date → | Aug 14 | Aug 15 | Aug 16 | Aug 17 | Aug 18 | Aug 19 | Aug 20 | Aug 21 | ||||||||
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| Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 50 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 100 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 200 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 400 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||||||
| 800 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||||||
| 100 m backstroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 200 m backstroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 100 m breaststroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 200 m breaststroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 100 m butterfly | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 200 m butterfly | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 200 m individual medley | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| 400 m individual medley | H | F | ||||||||||||||
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||
Participating nations
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A total of 937 swimmers (544 men and 393 women) from 152 nations would compete in swimming events at these Olympic Games.[13] Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Guyana, and Turkmenistan made their official debut in swimming. Meanwhile, Albania, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Norway returned to the sport after long years of absence. Nations with swimmers at the Games are (team size in parentheses):
Albania (2)
Algeria (6)
Andorra (2)
Angola (1)
Antigua and Barbuda (2)
Argentina (10)
Armenia (1)
Aruba (2)
Australia (41)
Austria (6)
Azerbaijan (2)
Bahamas (4)
Bahrain (2)
Bangladesh (2)
Barbados (4)
Belarus (9)
Benin (2)
Bermuda (1)
Bolivia (2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
Brazil (23)
Bulgaria (6)
Burkina Faso (1)
Burundi (2)
Cambodia (2)
Cameroon (1)
Canada (20)
Cayman Islands (3)
Chile (3)
China (28)
Colombia (3)
Republic of the Congo (2)
Costa Rica (1)
Ivory Coast (2)
Croatia (13)
Cuba (2)
Cyprus (5)
Czech Republic (12)
Denmark (6)
Ecuador (1)
Egypt (2)
El Salvador (1)
Estonia (6)
Fiji (1)
Finland (7)
France (21)
Germany (35)
Georgia (1)
Great Britain (33)
Greece (28)
Grenada (2)
Guam (1)
Guatemala (4)
Guinea (1)
Guyana (1)
Honduras (2)
Hong Kong (7)
Hungary (25)
Iceland (7)
India (1)
Indonesia (3)
Iran (1)
Iraq (1)
Ireland (2)
Israel (2)
Italy (29)
Jamaica (4)
Japan (20)
Jordan (2)
Kazakhstan (11)
Kenya (2)
South Korea (19)
Kyrgyzstan (6)
Laos (2)
Latvia (5)
Lebanon (2)
Libya (2)
Lithuania (10)
Luxembourg (2)
Macedonia (4)
Madagascar (2)
Malawi (2)
Malaysia (4)
Maldives (2)
Mali (2)
Malta (2)
Mauritius (2)
Mexico (6)
Federated States of Micronesia (2)
Moldova (10)
Monaco (1)
Mongolia (1)
Morocco (1)
Mozambique (2)
Nepal (2)
Netherlands (16)
New Zealand (13)
Nicaragua (2)
Niger (1)
Nigeria (2)
Norway (1)
Pakistan (2)
Palau (1)
Palestine (1)
Panama (2)
Papua New Guinea (1)
Paraguay (1)
Peru (2)
Philippines (5)
Poland (7)
Portugal (11)
Puerto Rico (6)
Qatar (1)
Romania (7)
Russia (30)
Rwanda (2)
Saint Lucia (1)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
San Marino (2)
Saudi Arabia (1)
Senegal (2)
Serbia and Montenegro (7)
Seychelles (2)
Singapore (5)
Slovakia (2)
Slovenia (11)
South Africa (8)
Spain (16)
Sri Lanka (2)
Suriname (2)
Swaziland (1)
Sweden (15)
Switzerland (13)
Syria (1)
Chinese Taipei (13)
Thailand (6)
Trinidad and Tobago (3)
Tunisia (2)
Turkey (9)
Turkmenistan (2)
Uganda (1)
Ukraine (27)
United Arab Emirates (1)
United States (43)
Uruguay (4)
Uzbekistan (15)
Venezuela (4)
Vietnam (1)
Virgin Islands (2)
Yemen (1)
Zambia (2)
Zimbabwe (2)
Medal summary
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  United States (USA) | 12 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 2 |  Australia (AUS) | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 |  Japan (JPN) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 |  Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 |  Poland (POL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 |  South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 10 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  Romania (ROM) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 |  Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 |  Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 32 | 32 | 33 | 97 | |
Results
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Men's events
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women's events
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Records
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The following world and Olympic records were established during the competition:
World records
Olympic records
References
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