Australia, the previous host of the 2000 Olympics at Sydney, 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 (268 men and 202 women) to the Games to compete in 29 sports.
Australia finished the Athens Games having won a total of 50 medals, including 17 gold, the most gold medals to date although this was equalled in Tokyo 2020 and surpassed its total in Paris 2024 with 18 gold medals. Its strongest sports were swimming, cycling, diving, and rowing.
Medalists
Medals by sportSport TotalSwimming 75315Cycling 62311Diving1146Rowing 1124Shooting 1012Field hockey 1001Canoeing 0202Athletics 0123Baseball 0101Basketball 0101Triathlon 0101Softball 0101Archery 0011Tennis 0011Total17161750 Medal Name Sport Event Date Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Cycling Women's road race Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly Shooting Women's trap Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle Cycling Women's track time trial Rowing Men's pair Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay Diving Women's 10 m platform Cycling Men's team pursuit Cycling Men's sprint Cycling Men's keirin Cycling Men's madison Field hockey Men's tournament Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Swimming Women's 200 m butterfly Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke Cycling Men's individual pursuit Cycling Women's individual pursuit Rowing Men's lightweight four Softball Women's tournament Baseball Men's tournament Triathlon Women's event Clinton Hill Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay Basketball Women's tournament Canoeing Men's K-1 500 m Canoeing Men's K-2 500 m Diving Men's 10 m platform Diving Women's synchronized 3 m springboard Diving Men's synchronized 10 m platform Shooting Men's trap Diving Men's synchronized 3 m springboard Diving Women's 10 m platform Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke Cycling Men's road time trial Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle Archery Men's individual Athletics Men's 20 km walk Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle Tennis Women's singles Rowing Women's quadruple sculls (cox) Rowing Men's eight Athletics Women's 20 km walk Cycling Women's sprint Cycling Men's keirin
Archery
Men AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankDavid BarnesIndividual64931 L 151–160Did not advanceTim Cuddihy66312W 148–127W 164–163W 166–165W 112–111 L 115 (9)–115 (10)W 113–112Simon Fairweather65820 L 137–141Did not advanceDavid BarnesTim CuddihySimon FairweatherTeam19627colspan=2 W 248–236L 247–250Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankDeonne BridgerIndividual62039L 145–150Did not advanceJo-Ann Galbraith59657L 116–138Did not advanceMelissa Jennison62829W 132–121L 158 (8)–158 (9)Did not advanceDeonne BridgerJo-Ann GalbraithMelissa JennisonTeam184415colspan=2 L 233–248Did not advance
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankLuke Adams20 km walkcolspan=6 1:23:5216Sisay BezabehMarathoncolspan=6 2:25:2660Nathan Deakes20 km walkcolspan=6 1:20:0250 km walkcolspan=6 Nicholas HarrisonMarathoncolspan=6 2:21:4245Clinton Hill400 m45.894colspan=2 Did not advanceAdam Miller200 m21.318Did not advanceCraig Mottram5000 m13:21.884 Qcolspan=4 13:25.708Peter Nowill3000 m steeplechase8:29.147colspan=4 Did not advanceJoshua Ross100 m10.243 Q10.225Did not advanceLee TroopMarathoncolspan=6 2:18:4628Casey Vincent400 m46.094colspan=2 Did not advanceAdam BasilPaul di BellaPatrick JohnsonJoshua Ross4 × 100 m relay38.493 Qcolspan=4 38.566Patrick DwyerClinton HillMark OrmrodJohn Steffensen4 × 400 m relay3:03.064 qcolspan=4 3:00.60
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionJustin AnlezarkShot put20.456 Q20.316Paul BurgessPole vault5.70=1 Q5.55=11Oliver DziubakJavelin throw78.5319Did not advanceWilliam Hamlyn-Harris77.4321Did not advanceSteven HookerPole vault5.30=29Did not advanceDmitri Markov5.50=22Did not advanceAndrew MurphyTriple jump16.8214Did not advanceStuart RendellHammer throw72.6125Did not advance
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankLauren Hewitt200 m22.874 Q23.448Did not advanceSarah Jamieson1500 m4:09.2510colspan=2 Did not advanceTamsyn Lewis800 m2:02.675colspan=2 Did not advanceKerryn McCannMarathoncolspan=6 2:41:4131Haley McGregor10000 mcolspan=6 33:35.2725Jana Pittman400 m hurdles54.831 Qcolspan=2 54.052 Q53.925Jane Saville20 km walkcolspan=6 1:29:25Natalie Savillecolspan=6 1:36:5436Cheryl Webbcolspan=6 1:37:4038Benita Willis10000 mcolspan=6 32:32.0124
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionBronwyn EaglesHammer throw64.0932Did not advanceKym HowePole vault4.3016Did not advanceBrooke KruegerHammer throw63.8833Did not advancePetrina PriceHigh jump1.8034Did not advanceBronwyn ThompsonLong jump6.802 Q6.964
Combined events – Heptathlon AthleteEvent 200 m 800 mFinalRankKylie WheelerResult13.881.7913.1824.356.3637.772:17.65609018Points995966739947962625856
Badminton
Australia sent a team of eight badminton players to Athens. None of them surpassed the first round of elimination.
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankStuart BrehautSinglesL 3–15, 2–15Did not advanceAshley BrehautTravis DenneyDoublesL 3–15, 9–15Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankLenny PermanaSinglesL 5–11, 3–11Did not advanceJane CrabtreeKate Wilson-SmithDoublesL 2–15, 3–15Did not advance
Mixed AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankTravis DenneyKate Wilson-SmithDoublesL 5–15, 15–8, 4–15Did not advance
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 TeamWLTiebreaker611-0610-152-43-34-25-161-0160-1
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.
Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players
Men's tournament
Roster
Group play
Classification round (9th–10th place)
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.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankPeter WakefieldLight flyweightL 20–29Did not advanceBradley HoreFlyweightL 18–32Did not advanceJoel BrunkerBantamweightL Did not advanceRyan LanghamFeatherweightL Did not advanceAnthony LittleLightweightW 27–8L Did not advanceAnoushirvan NourianLight welterweightW 51–22L 25–33Did not advanceGerard O'MahonyWelterweightL 27–54Did not advanceJamie PittmanMiddleweightL 23–24Did not advanceAdam ForsythHeavyweightW 32–22L 12–27Did not advance
Canoeing
Slalom AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankTotalRankTimeRankTimeRankTotalRankRobin BellMen's C-1100.114112.5713212.6812 Q97.484 Q95.352192.834Warwick DraperMen's K-199.6916101.4120201.1018 Q97.0310 Q100.407197.439Mark BellofioreLachie MilneMen's C-2114.078164.2912278.3612Did not advanceLouise NatoliWomen's K-1115.838111.38=7227.218 Q113.249 Q113.206227.447
Sprint Men AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMartin MarinovC-1 500 m1:49.6982 q1:51.2194Did not advanceNathan BaggaleyK-1 500 m1:37.9972 q1:39.0312 Q1:38.467K-1 1000 m3:29.4142 q3:28.4171 Q3:28.3104Nathan BaggaleyClint RobinsonK-2 500 m1:30.8694 q1:30.7102 Q1:27.920Daniel CollinsDavid RhodesK-2 1000 m3:11.2723 Qcolspan=2 3:19.9564
Women AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAmanda RankinK-1 500 m1:56.6787 q1:56.1988Did not advancePaula HarveySusan TeggK-2 500 m1:46.3197 q1:51.4029Did not advanceKate BarclayChantal MeekLisa OldenhofAmanda RankinK-4 500 m1:35.0784 q1:33.9771 Q1:38.1166 Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal
Cycling
Road Men AthleteEventTimeRankBaden CookeRoad raceDid not finishRobbie McEwen5:41:5611Stuart O'Grady5:41:5633Michael RogersRoad raceDid not finishTime trial58:01.67Matt WhiteRoad raceDid not finish
Women AthleteEventTimeRankSara CarriganRoad race3:24:24Olivia Gollan3:25:4212Oenone WoodRoad race3:25:034Time trial32:16.006
Track Sprint AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankRyan BayleyMen's sprint10.17770.4771 W 10.51068.506W 10.52068.441W 10.733,W 10.807W 10.546,W 10.638L, W 10.661,W 10.743Sean Eadie10.45468.8739 W 11.02565.306LLDid not advance9th place finalL12Anna MearesWomen's sprint11.29163.7371W 11.92760.367colspan=2 W 11.916,W 12.048W 11.802, L, L W 12.042,W 11.822Ryan BayleySean EadieShane KellyMen's team sprint44.51260.6575 QW 44.32060.920colspan=5 L 44.40460.8054
Pursuit AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinalTimeRankOpponentResultsRankOpponentResultsRankBradley McGeeMen's individual pursuit4:17.5103 Q4:17.9782 Q4:20.436Luke Roberts4:19.3537 Q4:20.3365Did not advanceKatherine BatesWomen's individual pursuit3:31.2364 Q3:34.7434 Q3:31.7154Katie Mactier3:29.9452 Q3:28.0952 Q3:27.650Graeme BrownPeter Dawson*Brett LancasterBradley McGeeLuke RobertsStephen Wooldridge*Men's team pursuit4:00.6131 Q3:56.6101 Q3:58.233
Time trial AthleteEventTimeRankShane KellyMen's time trial1:01.2244Anna MearesWomen's time trial33.952
Keirin AthleteEvent1st roundRepechage2nd roundFinalRankRankRankRankRyan BayleyMen's keirin1 Q1 QShane Kelly1 Q1 Q
Omnium AthleteEventPointsLapsRankMark RenshawMen's points race2026Katherine BatesWomen's points race708Graeme BrownStuart O'GradyMen's madison220
Mountain biking AthleteEventTimeRankJoshua FlemingMen's cross-country2:29:5431Sid Taberlay2:26:1623Lisa MathisonWomen's cross-country2:07:0110
Diving
Men AthleteEventsPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankSteven Barnett3 m springboard397.7117 Q614.7616Did not advanceRobert Newbery429.0910 Q657.6910 Q620.3412Mathew Helm10 m platform513.061 Q 722.401 Q730.56Robert Newbery461.917 Q655.895 Q640.658Steven BarnettRobert Newbery3 m synchronized springboardcolspan=4 349.59Mathew HelmRobert Newbery10 m synchronized platformcolspan=4 366.84
Women AthleteEventsPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankIrina Lashko3 m springboard303.668 Q550.174 Q551.977Loudy Tourky310.655 Q538.446 Q566.946Chantelle Newbery10 m platform346.956 Q545.253 Q590.31Loudy Tourky367.232 Q560.101 Q561.66Irina LashkoChantelle Newbery3 m synchronized springboardcolspan=4 309.30Lynda FolauholaLoudy Tourky10 m synchronized platformcolspan=4 313.924
Equestrian
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