2004 in Sports - Swimming

Swimming

  • January 13–14 – World Cup (short course) held at Stockholm
  • January 18 – exactly four years after Australia's Susie O'Neill set her world record (2:04.16) in the women's 200m butterfly (short course), Yang Yu from PR China betters that time at Berlin, clocking 2:04.04
  • March 25 – Frédérick Bousquet breaks the world record in the men's 50m freestyle (short course) at New York City, clocking 21.10
  • May 5–16) – 27th European LC Championships held at Madrid
    • Russia wins the most medals (16) and Ukraine the most gold medals (9)
  • August 14–22] – Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics held at Athens
    • USA wins the most medals (28) and the most gold medals (12)
  • (October 7-1) – 7th World Short Course Championships held at Indianapolis
    • USA wins the most medals (41) and the most gold medals (21)
  • December 9–12 – 8th European SC Championships held at Vienna
    • Germany wins the most medals (22) and the most gold medals (9)

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