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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 ...
This is a list of medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics, which were held in Athens, Greece. Contents: Archery; Athletics; ... Gold Silver Bronze Total Michael Phelps
The men's national basketball team of the United States competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The team was led by future Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Larry Brown. The Americans were favored to win the gold medal, after winning the previous three tournaments.
The delegation started the Olympics slowly, the silver its divers won on 14 August being the first of only a few opening-week medals. Although a sprinkling of silver and bronze medals – including a pair in men's and women's k1 kayak slalom – enlivened the mid-week, Britain's first gold did not come until Friday the 20th (won by Chris Hoy in the 1 km track cycling time-trial).
This is a partial list of multiple Olympic gold medalists, listing people who have won four or more Olympic gold medals. ... 2004–2016: Summer: M: 23: 3: 2: 28 2
Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was the sixteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event.It took place at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, a part of the Hellinikon Olympic Complex, in Athens, for the preliminary rounds, with the later stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.
Hall, 50, swam in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics while representing the U.S. A freestyle sprinter, Hall won five gold medals, three silvers and two bronzes across his three Games appearances.
In so doing, she became the first woman in any sport to win gold medals at 6 different Olympics, the first woman to win gold 24 years apart and the first person in Olympic history to win two or more medals in five different Games. Swimmer Michael Phelps became the first athlete to win 8 medals (6 gold and 2 bronze) in non-boycotted Olympics. [31]