The
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were a summer
multi-sport event held in
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
, the capital city of
Greece
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, from 13 to 29 August 2004. A total of 10,625 athletes from 201 countries represented by
National Olympic Committee
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s participated in these games, competing in 301 events in 28 sports.
Kiribati
Kiribati (), officially the Republic of Kiribati ( gil, ibaberikiKiribati),[Kiribati]
''The Wor ...
and
Timor Leste competed for the first time in these
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
.
Athletes from 74 countries won at least one medal. The United States won the most gold medals (36), the most silver medals (40) and the most medals overall (101). China finished second on the International Olympic Committee medal table (though third in terms of total medals), the country's best performance until the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where they was hosts. Russia finished third, (second in total medals), and also won the most bronze medals (38). Host nation Greece finished fifteenth, with six gold, six silver, and four bronze medals,
in its best total medal haul since
1896
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.
* January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
* January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...
.
Australia
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became the first nation to improve their gold medal total at the Games immediately after hosting a Summer Olympics. The
United Arab Emirates
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,
Paraguay
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and
Eritrea
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won their first ever Olympic medals.
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
,
Chile
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,
Dominican Republic
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,
Georgia,
Chinese Taipei
"Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan.
Due to the One-China principle stipulated by th ...
and
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
won their first Olympic gold medals.
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Medal table
The medal table is based on information provided by the
International Olympic Committee
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(IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables.
By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a nation is an entity represented by a
National Olympic Committee
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). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.
In
boxing
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...
and
judo
is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...
, two bronze medals were awarded in each weight class, so the total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold and silver medals.
;Key
Podium sweeps
Changes in medal standings
During the Games the following changes in medal standings occurred:
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Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sabanis was the first, losing his bronze medal in the
men's 62 kg competition, so fourth placed
Venezuela
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n
Israel José Rubio
Israel José Rubio Rivero (born 11 January 1981) is a Venezuelan weightlifter.
Rubio originally placed 4th in the men's 62kg weightlifting competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, but was moved to third place and received a ...
received the medal in his place.
*
Russian athlete
Irina Korzhanenko
Irina Nikolayevna Korzhanenko (russian: Ирина Николаевна Коржаненко; born 16 May 1974 in Azov) is a former Russian shot putter. She gained international recognition when she won a bronze medal at the 1997 IAAF World Indo ...
lost her gold medal in
women's shot put due to doping, with
Cuban
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Yumileidi Cumbá Jay replacing her as the Olympic champion,
German
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Nadine Kleinert
, since 1999 married Schmitt (born 20 October 1975 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German shot putter.
Her personal best throw is 20.20 metres, achieved in August 2009 in Berlin. She competed at four Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olymp ...
receiving the silver medal, and
Svetlana Krivelyova
Svetlana Vladimirovna Krivelyova (russian: Светлана Владимировна Кривелёва; born 13 June 1969) is a former track and field athlete who specialised in the shot put.
Krivelyova was born in Bryansk, Russia. Her career ...
of Russia receiving the bronze medal.
Krivelyova was later stripped of her bronze for the same reason.
*
Hungarian Róbert Fazekas was stripped of his gold medal in the
men's discus throw, shifting the gold medal to
Virgilijus Alekna of
Lithuania
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, the silver medal to
Zoltán Kővágó
Zoltán Kővágó (born 10 April 1979 in Szolnok) is a Hungarian discus thrower. At the 2004 Olympic Games he initially won the bronze medal, but was promoted to silver when countryfellow Róbert Fazekas was disqualified following a doping ru ...
of Hungary, and the bronze medal to
Aleksander Tammert
Aleksander Tammert (born 2 February 1973) is an Estonian discus thrower.
Athletics career
Tammert competed at the 2004 Olympics and originally finishing fourth, but as gold medal winner Róbert Fazekas was disqualified, Tammert received the bro ...
of
Estonia
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.
*
Adrián Annus, also from Hungary, was stripped of the gold medal in the
men's hammer throw, handing the Olympic title to
Koji Murofushi
is a former Japanese-Romanian hammer thrower and Sports science, sports scientist. He has been among the world elite since the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, 2001 World Championships, where he won the silver medal. He was the 2004 Summer ...
of Japan, with
Ivan Tsikhan
Ivan Ryhoravich Tsikhan (born 24 July 1976) is a Belarusian hammer thrower. He is a two-time world champion and an Olympic medalist.
Personal life
Tsikhan was born in the village of Hloŭsievičy, Slonim district, Grodno Region, Belarusian ...
of
Belarus
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taking the silver, and
Eşref Apak
Eşref Apak (born 3 January 1982 in Kalecik, Ankara) is a Turkish hammer thrower. Apak was a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics in Istanbul then transferred to Enkaspor, where he was coached by Artun Talay. The tall athlete at was a student of ...
of
Turkey
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taking the bronze medal.
*
Ferenc Gyurkovics
Ferenc Gyurkovics is a Hungarian weightlifter who competed for Hungary. He won the Silver medal in Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg but was disqualified after he tested positive for stanazolol
Stanozolol ( abbrev. ...
, also from Hungary, was stripped silver medal in weightlifting +105 kg,
Ihor Razoronov
Ihor Anatoliyovych Razoronov ( uk, Ігор Анатолійович Разорьонов; born March 25, 1970) is a Ukrainian weightlifter. He appeared at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing but was disqualified after testing positive for nandro ...
from Ukraine received silver, and
Gleb Pisarevskiy from Russia received bronze.
Since the conclusion of the 2004 Games, doping scandals have resulted in the revocations of medals from numerous athletes, thus affecting the medal standings.
See also
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All-time Olympic Games medal table
The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2022, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which ...
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2004 Summer Paralympics medal table
The 2004 Summer Paralympics medal table is a list of National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) ranked by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the 2004 Summer Paralympics, held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to 28, 2004. Ath ...
References
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