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The sports featured at the 2004 Summer Olympics are listed below. Officially there were 301 events in 28 sports as swimming, diving, synchronised swimming and water polo are classified by the IOC as disciplines within the sport of aquatics , and wheelchair racing was a demonstration sport.
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A record 201 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the Olympic Games. The overall tally for events on the programme was 301 (one more than at the Sydney Games in 2000).
Popularity in the Games also soared, as 3.9 billion people had access to the television coverage compared to 3.6 billion for Sydney. This global audience enjoyed coverage of never-before-seen sports such as women's wrestling, which was included in the programme for the first time.
Swimmer Michael Phelps won six gold medals and set a single-Games record with eight total medals. Leontien Ziljaard-van Moorsel became the first female cyclist to earn four career gold medals, reaching a total of six Olympic medals, while canoeist Birgit Fischer became the first athlete in any sport to win two medals in each of five Olympic Games.
The 2004 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were a summer multi-sport event held in Athens, the capital city of Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. [1] A total of 10,625 athletes from a record 201 countries represented by National Olympic Committees (NOC) participated in these games. [ 2 ]
Ruling DateEventAthlete (noc)20 August 2004Weightlifting, Men's 62 kgLeonidas Sabanis (GRE) DSQ20 August 2004Weightlifting, Men's 62 kgIsrael José Rubio (VEN)23 August 2004Athletics, Women's shot putIrina Korzhanenko (RUS) DSQ23 August 2004Athletics, Women's shot putYumileidi Cumbá Jay (CUB)Find out which athletes and countries won the most medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Browse the comprehensive list of medalists by sport, event, and category.
EventGoldSilverBronze100 metres detailsJustin Gatlin United StatesFrancis Obikwelu PortugalMaurice Greene United States200 metres detailsShawn Crawford United StatesBernard Williams United StatesJustin Gatlin United States400 metres detailsJeremy Wariner United StatesOtis Harris United StatesDerrick Brew United States800 metres detailsYuriy Borzakovskiy RussiaMbulaeni Mulaudzi South AfricaWilson Kipketer DenmarkFind out the list of teams and medals won by each at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Watch replays and highlights of the events and sports featured in the Olympic Channel TV.
Official medal table of the Summer Olympic Games in Athens. Find an alphabetical list of medals and celebrate the achievements of 2004's finest athletes
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Sep 29, 2024 · Athens 2004 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in Athens that took place August 13–29, 2004. The Athens Games were the 25th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games . The 2004 Olympic Games returned to Greece , birthplace of the ancient Games and site of the inaugural modern Olympics.
