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 (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. Its strongest sports were swimming, cycling, diving, and rowing.

Archery

 * Men


 * Women

Athletics

 * Key
 * Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
 * Q = Qualified for the next round
 * q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
 * NR = National record
 * N/A = Round not applicable for the event
 * Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round


 * Men
 * Track & road events


 * Field events


 * Women
 * Track & road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Heptathlon

Badminton
Australia 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.

Manager: 24 - Jon Deeble.
 * Team Roster

Coaches: 2 - Tony Harris, 33 - Paul Elliott, 34 - Philip Dale.


 * Preliminary Round

15 August

August 16

August 17

August 18

August 20

August 21

August 22

24 August
 * Semifinals

25 August
 * Gold Medal Final


 * 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.

Sprint

 * Men

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

Road

 * Men


 * Women

Track

 * Sprint


 * Pursuit


 * Time trial


 * Keirin


 * Omnium

Diving

 * Men


 * Women

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.

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


 * Semifinals


 * Gold Medal Final


 * Won Gold Medal

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Fifth-Eighth Place Semifinal


 * Fifth Place Final

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinal

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinal

Artistic
Australia qualified a women's team and an individual man.
 * Men

* Monette Russo supposedly qualified for the all-around final, but later withdrew because of injury.
 * Women
 * Team


 * Individual finals

Judo
Australia has qualified a total of twelve judoka (seven men and five women) 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

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage
 * Women

Sailing

 * Men


 * Women

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

Shooting

 * Men


 * Women

Softball

 * Team Roster


 * Preliminary Round
 * 14 August


 * 15 August


 * 16 August


 * 17 August


 * 18 August


 * 19 August


 * 20 August


 * Semifinal, 22 August


 * Bronze Medal Game, 22 August


 * Won Silver Medal

Swimming
Australian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
 * Men

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
 * Women

Table tennis

 * Men


 * Women

Taekwondo
Australia has qualified four taekwondo practitioners in their respective divisions.

Tennis

 * Men


 * Women

Men's tournament
Australian men's team qualified after finishing second at the FIVB World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tokyo.
 * Roster


 * Group play

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * 7th-12th Classification Quarterfinal


 * 7th-10th Classification Semifinal


 * 9th-10th Classification Final

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze Medal Match

Wrestling
Key:
 * VT - Victory by Fall.
 * PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
 * PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.


 * Men's freestyle