Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics


Australia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece from 13 to 29 August 2004. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. The Australian Olympic Committee sent a total of 470 athletes to the Games to compete in 29 sports.
Australia entered the Athens Games having won a total of 58 medals, including 17 gold, the most to date. Its strongest sports were swimming, cycling, diving, and rowing.

Medalists

Archery

;Men
;Women

Athletics

Australian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events.
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Heptathlon
AthleteEvent200 m800 mFinalRank
Kylie WheelerResult13.881.7913.1824.356.3637.772:17.65609018
Kylie WheelerPoints995966739947962625856609018

Badminton

Australia has sent a team of eight badminton players to Athens. None of them surpassed the first round of elimination.
;Men
;Women
;Mixed

Baseball

Australia advanced into the final game after defeating a Japanese team made up of professional players in Semifinal 1–0. Lost to Cuba in Final 2–6.
;Team Roster
Manager: 24 - Jon Deeble.
Coaches: 2 - Tony Harris, 33 - Paul Elliott, 34 - Philip Dale.
;Preliminary Round
TeamWLTiebreaker
611-0
610-1
52-
43-
34-
25-
161-0
160-1

15 August
August 16
August 17
August 18
August 20
August 21
August 22
;Semifinals
24 August
;Gold Medal Final
25 August
; Won Silver Medal

Basketball

Australia has qualified both men's and women's teams.
;Roster
;Group play
;Classification round

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Gold Medal Final
; Won Silver Medal

Boxing

Australia has qualified nine boxers for the Olympics based on their performances from the Oceanian Qualification Tournament.

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Road

;Men
;Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Sara CarriganRoad race3:24:24
Olivia GollanRoad race3:25:4212
Oenone WoodRoad race3:25:034
Oenone WoodTime trial32:16.006

Track

;Sprint
;Pursuit
;Time trial
AthleteEventTimeRank
Shane KellyMen's time trial1:01.2244
Anna MearesWomen's time trial33.952

;Keirin
AthleteEvent1st roundRepechage2nd roundFinal
AthleteEventRankRankRankRank
Ryan BayleyMen's keirin1 Q1 Q
Shane KellyMen's keirin1 Q1 Q

;Omnium
AthleteEventPointsLapsRank
Mark RenshawMen's points race2026
Katherine BatesWomen's points race708
Graeme Brown
Stuart O'Grady
Men's madison220

Mountain biking

Diving

;Men
;Women

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Show jumping

Fencing

;Men
;Women

Field hockey

Australia qualified a men's and a women's team. Each team had 16 athletes with two reserves.

Men's tournament

;Roster
;Group play
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----
----
;Semifinals
----
;Gold Medal Final
; Won Gold Medal

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Group play
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----
----
----
;Fifth-Eighth Place Semifinal
----
;Fifth Place Final

Football

Men's tournament

;Roster
;Group play
----
----
----
;Quarterfinal

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Group play
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----
----
;Quarterfinal

Gymnastics

Artistic

Australia qualified a women's team and an individual man.
;Men
;Women
;Team
* Monette Russo supposedly qualified for the all-around final, but later withdrew because of injury.
;Individual finals

Rhythmic

Trampoline

Judo

Australia has qualified a total of twelve judoka for the Games.
;Men
;Women

Modern pentathlon

Based on the results from the 2003 Asian/Oceanian Championships, 1996 Olympic champion Alexander Parygin and Eszter Hortobagyi have qualified for modern pentathlon events in Athens. Parygin also previously competed for Kazakhstan.

Rowing

;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; FE=Final E ; FF=Final F ; SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

;Men
;Women
;Open
M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

;Men
;Women

Softball

;Team Roster
;Preliminary Round
TeamPldWLRFRAPct
7704101.000
76122140.857
7431780.571
73415200.429
7346140.429
7253130.286
7256240.286
7168240.143

;14 August
;15 August
;16 August
;17 August
;18 August
;19 August
;20 August
;Semifinal, 22 August
;Bronze Medal Game, 22 August
; Won Bronze Medal

Swimming

Australian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events :
;Men
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
;Women
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

;Men
;Women

Taekwondo

Australia has qualified four taekwondo practitioners in their respective divisions.

Tennis

;Men
;Women

Triathlon

Volleyball

Beach

Indoor

Men's tournament

Australian men's team qualified after finishing second at the FIVB World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tokyo.
;Roster
;Group play

Water polo

Men's tournament

;Roster
;Group play
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----
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;7th-12th Classification Quarterfinal
----
;7th-10th Classification Semifinal
----
;9th-10th Classification Final

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Group play
----
----
----
;Semifinal
----
;Bronze Medal Match

Weightlifting

Wrestling

;Men's freestyle