| 2004 Summer Olympics medals | ||||
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| Location | Athens, Greece | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Most gold medals |  United States (36) | |||
| Most total medals | United States (101) | |||
| Medalling NOCs | 74 | |||
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The2004 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were a summermulti-sport event held inAthens, the capital city ofGreece, from 13 to 29 August 2004.[1] A total of 10,625 athletes from a record 201 countries represented byNational Olympic Committees (NOC) participated in these games.[2] The games featured featured 301 events in 28 sports and 39 disciplines,[3][4] including the Olympic debuts of women'swrestling and women'ssabre.[5]Kiribati andTimor Leste competed for the first time in these Olympic Games.[5] It was the second time after1896 that Athens had hosted the Summer Olympics in the modern era.[6]
Athletes from 74 countries won at least one medal and 56 of them won at least one gold medal.[7] TheUnited States led the medal table both in number of gold medals won and in overall medals, winning 36 and 101 respectively.[8] It was the third consecutive Summer Olympic Games that the United States led the medal count in both gold and overall medals.[9] TheUnited Arab Emirates,[10]Paraguay[11] andEritrea won their first ever Olympic medals.[12]Israel,[13]Chile,[14]Dominican Republic,[15]Georgia,[16]Chinese Taipei[17] and the United Arab Emirates won their first Olympic gold medals.[18] American swimmerMichael Phelps won the most gold medals among individual participants with six and the most total medals with eight (six gold and two bronze),[19] equalling the record held by Soviet gymnastAlexander Dityatin in1980 for the most medals won at an Olympic Games.[20]
During and after the Games, some athletes who were caught doping, or tested positive for banned substances, were disqualified from competition and had their medals rescinded.[21][22]
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The medal table is based on information provided by theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables.[23] The table uses theOlympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.[24][25] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by theirIOC country code.[26]
Events inboxing result in a bronze medal being awarded to each of the two competitors who lose their semi-final matches, as opposed to fighting in athird place tie breaker.[27] Another combat sport,judo, uses arepechage system which also results in two bronze medals being awarded.[28] In thewomen's 200 metre backstroke, there were ties for third place which resulted in two bronze medals being awarded.[29]
‡ Changes in medal standings (see below)
* Host nation (Greece)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States‡ | 36 | 39 | 26 | 101 |
| 2 |  China | 32 | 17 | 14 | 63 |
| 3 |  Russia‡ | 28 | 26 | 36 | 90 |
| 4 |  Australia‡ | 17 | 16 | 17 | 50 |
| 5 |  Japan‡ | 16 | 9 | 12 | 37 |
| 6 |  Germany‡ | 13 | 16 | 20 | 49 |
| 7 |  France | 11 | 9 | 13 | 33 |
| 8 |  Italy | 10 | 11 | 11 | 32 |
| 9 |  South Korea | 9 | 12 | 9 | 30 |
| 10 |  Great Britain | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 |
| 11 |  Cuba‡ | 9 | 7 | 11 | 27 |
| 12 |  Hungary‡ | 8 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 13 |  Ukraine‡ | 8 | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| 14 |  Romania | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 15 | Greece*‡ | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 16 |  Brazil‡ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 17 |  Norway | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 18 |  Netherlands | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 |
| 19 |  Sweden | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 20 |  Spain‡ | 3 | 11 | 6 | 20 |
| 21 |  Canada | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 22 |  Turkey‡ | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 23 |  Poland | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 24 |  New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 25 |  Thailand | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 |  Belarus‡ | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 27 |  Austria | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 28 |  Ethiopia | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 29 |  Iran | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
 Slovakia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 31 |  Chinese Taipei | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 32 |  Georgia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 |  Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 34 |  Denmark‡ | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 35 |  Jamaica | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
 Uzbekistan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 37 |  Morocco | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 |  Argentina | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 39 |  Chile | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 40 |  Kazakhstan | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 41 |  Kenya | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 42 |  Czech Republic‡ | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 43 |  South Africa | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 44 |  Croatia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 45 |  Lithuania‡ | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 46 |  Egypt | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
 Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 48 |  Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 49 |  Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 50 |  Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 51 |  Belgium | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 52 |  Bahamas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Israel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 54 |  Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Dominican Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 57 |  North Korea | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 58 |  Latvia | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 59 |  Mexico | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 60 |  Portugal | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 61 |  Finland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Serbia and Montenegro | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 63 |  Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 64 |  Estonia‡ | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 65 |  Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Paraguay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 68 |  Colombia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Venezuela‡ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 71 |  Eritrea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (74 entries) | 301 | 300 | 325 | 926 | |
| Ruling date | Event | Athlete (NOC) |  |  |  | Net change | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Changes during the Games | |||||||
| 20 August 2004 | Weightlifting,Men's 62 kg | Leonidas Sabanis (GRE)DSQ | −1 | −1 | Greece'sLeonidas Sabanis was stripped of his bronze medal in themen's 62 kg weightlifting competition and expelled from the Games by theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC) after he tested positive for excesstestosterone.[30] The bronze medal was reallocated toVenezuela'sIsrael José Rubio.[31] | ||
| Israel José Rubio (VEN) | +1 | +1 | |||||
| 23 August 2004 | Athletics,Women's shot put | Irina Korzhanenko (RUS)DSQ | −1 | −1 | Russian athleteIrina Korzhanenko lost her gold medal inwomen's shot put due to her testing positive for the steroidstanozolol.CubanYumileidi Cumbá Jay was upgraded to the gold medal, withGerman competitorNadine Kleinert receiving the silver medal, andSvetlana Krivelyova of Russia receiving the bronze medal.[32] However, on 5 December 2012, Krivelyova had the bronze medal she had been given rescinded because she had tested positive for the anabolic androgenic steroid oxandrolone metabolite.[33][34] As of 2024[update], the IOC has not reallocated the bronze medal.[35] | ||
| Yumileidi Cumbá Jay (CUB) | +1 | −1 | 0 | ||||
| Nadine Kleinert (GER) | +1 | −1 | 0 | ||||
| 24 August 2004 | Athletics.Men's discus throw | Róbert Fazekas (HUN)DSQ | −1 | −1 | Hungarian discus throwerRóbert Fazekas was disqualified by the IOC's executive board from the gold medal of themen's discus throw event on 24 August 2004 after he failed to provide an full urine sample.Virgilijus Alekna ofLithuania was elevated to the gold medal, the silver medal was given toZoltán Kővágó of Hungary and the bronze medal went toAleksander Tammert ofEstonia.[36][37] | ||
| Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) | +1 | −1 | 0 | ||||
| Zoltán Kővágó (HUN) | +1 | −1 | 0 | ||||
| Aleksander Tammert (EST) | +1 | +1 | |||||
| 28 August 2004 | Athletics,Men's 105 kg | Ferenc Gyurkovics (HUN)DSQ | −1 | −1 | On 28 August 2004, Hungary'sFerenc Gyurkovics was disqualified from the Olympic Games and stripped of the silver medal he had won in themen's 105 kg weightlighting competition because he had tested positive for the banned steroid oxandrolone. BothUkraine'sIhor Razoronov and Russia'sGleb Pisarevskiy were elevated the silver and bronze medal positions, respectively.[38][39] | ||
| Ihor Razoronov (UKR) | +1 | −1 | 0 | ||||
| Gleb Pisarevskiy (RUS) | +1 | 0 | |||||
| 29 August 2004 | Athletics,Men's hammer throw | Adrián Annus (HUN)DSQ | −1 | −1 | On 29 August 2004, the IOC disqualified Hungarian hammer throwerAdrián Annus for not attending a second drugs test in Hungary after suspicions were raised that he possibly used a contraption to deceive testers.Koji Murofushi ofJapan became the new gold medallist, whileBelarus'sIvan Tsikhan received the silver medal andTurkey'sEşref Apak was upgraded to the bronze medal placing.[40][41] | ||
| Koji Murofushi (JPN) | +1 | −1 | 0 | ||||
| Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) | +1 | −1 | 0 | ||||
| Eşref Apak (TUR) | +1 | +1 | |||||
| Changes after the Games | |||||||
| 3 December 2004 | Equestrian,Team jumping | Ludger Beerbaum (GER)DSQ | −1 | +1 | 0 | In theteam jumping event, German equestrianLudger Beerbaum was disqualified, after his horse Goldfever tested positive for the illegal substancebetamethasone.[42] This led to the gold medal being awarded the second-placedAmerican teamChris Kappler,Beezie Madden,McLain Ward, andPeter Wylde, and the silver medal to third-placed Peder Fredericson,Rolf-Göran Bengtsson,Peter Eriksson, andMalin Baryard of the Swedish team.[43][44]Christian Ahlmann,Marco Kutscher, andOtto Becker of the German team retained a medal, as they were able to earn the bronze medal without Goldfever's results.[44] | |
| - (USA) | +1 | −1 | 0 | ||||
| - (SWE) | +1 | −1 | 0 | ||||
| 27 March 2005 | Equestrian,Individual jumping |  Cian O'Connor (IRL)DSQ | −1 | −1 | Irish equestrianCian O'Connor was stripped of his gold medal inindividual jumping, due to the doping of his horse, Waterford Crystal, resulting in the title being awarded toRodrigo Pessoa ofBrazil, the silver medal toChris Kappler of the United States, and the bronze medal toMarco Kutscher of Germany.[45][46] | ||
| Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA) | +1 | −1 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Kappler (USA) | +1 | −1 | 0 | ||||
| Marco Kutscher (GER) | +1 | +1 | |||||
| 10 August 2012 | Cycling,Men's road time trial | Tyler Hamilton (USA)DSQ | −1 | −1 | American cyclistTyler Hamilton, who won the gold medal in themen's road time trial, confessed that he used doping during the Olympic Games. His gold medal was reallocated toViatcheslav Ekimov from Russia, American cyclistBobby Julich was awarded the silver medal, andAustralian cyclistMichael Rogers received bronze.[47] | ||
| Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS) | +1 | −1 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Julich (USA) | +1 | −1 | 0 | ||||
| Michael Rogers (AUS) | +1 | +1 | |||||
| 5 December 2012 | Athletics,Men's hammer throw | Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)DSQ | −1 | −1 | Four Athletes were stripped of their medals on 5 December 2012 after drug re-testings of their samples were found positive. They were BelarusianIvan Tsikhan, silver medallist inmen's hammer throw, RussianSvetlana Krivelyova, bronze medallist inwomen's shot put, UkrainianYuriy Bilonoh, gold medallist inmen's shot put, BelarusianIryna Yatchenko, bronze medallist inwomen's discus throw.[33][48] In the first two cases medals were not reallocated, as the athletes who were supposed to receive them, tested for doping themselves. On 5 March 2013, the IOC sent a statement to theSpanish Olympic Committee, taking the decision to reallocate the medals in themen's shot put, due to exclusion of UkrainianYuriy Bilonoh, gold medalist at the time, by doping. Based on this decision, the new owner of the gold medal will be with the second-placed American athleteAdam Nelson, the silver medal will be with the third-placed DanishJoachim Olsen, and bronze medals will be with fourth-placed SpanishManuel Martínez.[49][50] On 30 May 2013, during the meeting of the IOC Executive Board there were three new decisions of the reallocated medals. In athletics, Executive Board confirmed the reallocation of medals inmen's shot put. In athletics, the athleteVěra Pospíšilová-Cechlová (Czech Republic) became the new bronze medallist in thewomen's discus throw. In Weightlifting, the athleteReyhan Arabacıoğlu (Turkey) be the new bronze medalist proof in themen's 77 kg event.[51] | ||
| Athletics,Women's shot put | Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)DSQ | −1 | −1 | ||||
| 5 March 2013 | Athletics,Men's shot put | Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR)DSQ | −1 | −1 | |||
| Adam Nelson (USA) | +1 | −1 | 0 | ||||
| Joachim Olsen (DEN) | +1 | −1 | 0 | ||||
| Manuel Martínez (ESP) | +1 | +1 | |||||
| 30 May 2013 | Athletics,Women's discus throw | Iryna Yatchenko (BLR)DSQ | −1 | −1 | |||
| Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová (CZE) | +1 | +1 | |||||
| 30 May 2013 | Weightlifting,Men's 77 kg | Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS)DSQ | −1 | −1 | On 12 February 2013 the IOC stripped Russian weightlifterOleg Perepetchenov of his bronze medal in themen's 77 kg event after both probes were retested and showed traces ofanabolic steroids.[52] During the meeting of the IOC Executive Board, on 30 May 2013, it was decided that athleteReyhan Arabacıoğlu (Turkey), originally fourth, would be the new bronze medallist in themen's 77 kg competition.[51] | ||
| Reyhan Arabacıoğlu (TUR) | +1 | +1 | |||||
| – | Athletics,Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | Crystal Cox (USA)DSQ | 0 | 0 | In 2010,Crystal Cox, who only ran for the United States team in the preliminary rounds, admitted to using anabolic steroids from 2001 to 2004. As a result, she forfeited all of her results from that time period, and agreed to a four-year suspension, until January 2014.[53][54] In 2013, both theInternational Athletic Association Federation and the IOC announced that the result would stand and the American squad (except Cox) would be allowed to retain their gold medals due to the fact that, according to the rules of the time, a team should not be disqualified because of a doping offense of an athlete who did not compete in the finals.[55] | ||
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Net change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary (HUN) | −2 | 0 | −1 | −3 |
| Russia (RUS) | 0 | −1 | −1 | −2 |
| Ukraine (UKR) | −1 | +1 | −1 | −1 |
| Ireland (IRL) | −1 | 0 | 0 | −1 |
| Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1 |
| Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1 |
| Brazil (BRA) | +1 | −1 | 0 | 0 |
| United States (USA) | +1 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Cuba (CUB) | +1 | −1 | 0 | 0 |
| Japan (JPN) | +1 | −1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lithuania (LTU) | +1 | −1 | 0 | 0 |
| Denmark (DEN) | 0 | +1 | −1 | 0 |
| Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1 |
| Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1 |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1 |
| Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1 |
| Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1 |
| Germany (GER) | −1 | +1 | +1 | +1 |
| Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | +2 | +2 |
