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2004 Summer Olympics medal table

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2004 Summer Olympics medals
LocationAthens,  Greece
Highlights
Most gold medals United States (36)
Most total medals United States (101)
Medalling NOCs74
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The Olympic flame burns in the Athens Olympic Stadium cauldron, during the opening ceremonies of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

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] The games featured featured 301 events in 28 sports and 39 disciplines,[3][4] including the Olympic debuts of women's wrestling and women's sabre.[5] Kiribati and Timor Leste competed for the first time in these Olympic Games.[5] It was the second time after 1896 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] The United 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] The United Arab Emirates,[10] Paraguay[11] and Eritrea 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 swimmer Michael 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 gymnast Alexander Dityatin in 1980 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were caught doping, or tested positive for banned substances, were disqualified from competition and had their medals rescinded.[21][22]

Medal table

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The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables.[23] The table uses the Olympic 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 their IOC country code.[26]

Events in boxing result in a bronze medal being awarded to each of the two competitors who lose their semi-final matches, as opposed to fighting in a third place tie breaker.[27] Another combat sport, judo, uses a repechage system which also results in two bronze medals being awarded.[28] In the women's 200 metre backstroke, there were ties for third place which resulted in two bronze medals being awarded.[29]

Key

 ‡  Changes in medal standings (see below)

  *   Host nation (Greece)

2004 Summer Olympics medal table[7][A]
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States363926101
2 China32171463
3 Russia28263690
4 Australia17161750
5 Japan1691237
6 Germany13162049
7 France1191333
8 Italy10111132
9 South Korea912930
10 Great Britain991230
11 Cuba971127
12 Hungary86317
13 Ukraine85922
14 Romania85619
15 Greece*‡66416
16 Brazil52310
17 Norway5016
18 Netherlands49922
19 Sweden4217
20 Spain311620
21 Canada36312
22 Turkey33410
23 Poland32510
24 New Zealand3205
25 Thailand3148
26 Belarus25613
27 Austria2417
28 Ethiopia2327
29 Iran2226
 Slovakia2226
31 Chinese Taipei2215
32 Georgia2204
33 Bulgaria21912
34 Denmark2158
35 Jamaica2125
 Uzbekistan2125
37 Morocco2103
38 Argentina2046
39 Chile2013
40 Kazakhstan1438
41 Kenya1427
42 Czech Republic1359
43 South Africa1326
44 Croatia1225
45 Lithuania1203
46 Egypt1135
 Switzerland1135
48 Indonesia1124
49 Zimbabwe1113
50 Azerbaijan1045
51 Belgium1023
52 Bahamas1012
 Israel1012
54 Cameroon1001
 Dominican Republic1001
 United Arab Emirates1001
57 North Korea0415
58 Latvia0404
59 Mexico0314
60 Portugal0213
61 Finland0202
 Serbia and Montenegro0202
63 Slovenia0134
64 Estonia0123
65 Hong Kong0101
 India0101
 Paraguay0101
68 Colombia0022
 Nigeria0022
 Venezuela0022
71 Eritrea0011
 Mongolia0011
 Syria0011
 Trinidad and Tobago0011
Totals (74 entries)301300325926

Changes in medal standings

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Figures in table reflect all official changes in medal standings.

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