# 2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

The 7th FINA Short Course World Championships were held at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States from October 7 through October 11, 2004.
This was the only edition of the Short Course World Championships that Michael Phelps competed in. Phelps planned to swim in six races: the 200-meter freestyle, 200-meter butterfly, the individual medleys at 100 meters, 200 meters, and 400 meters, and the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Phelps won gold in the 200-meter freestyle on October 7 - the only Short Course World Championships gold medal (and medal of any color) of his career - then withdrew from the rest of the meet the following day, citing a sore back.

## Results
### Men's Freestyle

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m | Mark Foster | 21.58 | Stefan Nystrand | 21.66 | Nicholas Santos Nick Brunelli | 21.71 |
| 100 m | Jason Lezak | 47.97 | Salim Iles | 48.07 | Rick Say | 48.38 |
| 200 m | Michael Phelps | 1:43.59 | Rick Say | 1:44.39 | Ryan Lochte | 1:44.97 |
| 400 m | Yuri Prilukov | 3:40.79 | Chad Carvin | 3:43.77 | Justin Mortimer | 3:44.70 |
| 1500 m | Yuri Prilukov | 14:39.16 | Simone Ercoli | 14:53.89 | Dragoş Coman | 14:56.74 |
| 4 × 100 m | United States Nick Brunelli Neil Walker Nate Dusing Jason Lezak | 3:09.96 | Brazil César Cielo Thiago Pereira Christiano Santos Nicholas Santos | 3:12.73 | Canada Mike Mintenko Matthew Rose Adam Sioui Rick Say | 3:13.62 |
| 4 × 200 m | United States Ryan Lochte Chad Carvin Dan Ketchum Justin Mortimer | 7:03.71 | Australia Nicholas Sprenger Andrew Mewing Brendan Huges Joshua Krogh | 7:03.78 | Brazil Rodrigo Castro Thiago Pereira Rafael Mosca Lucas Salatta | 7:06.64 |

### Women's Freestyle

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m | Marleen Veldhuis | 24.41 | Libby Lenton | 24.54 | Therese Alshammar | 24.63 |
| 100 m | Libby Lenton | 52.67 | Josefin Lillhage | 53.56 | Marleen Veldhuis | 53.88 |
| 200 m | Josefin Lillhage | 1:56.35 | Lindsay Benko | 1:56.48 | Dana Vollmer | 1:58.05 |
| 400 m | Kaitlin Sandeno | 4:02.01 | Sara McLarty | 4:04.49 | Sachiko Yamada | 4:04.64 |
| 800 m | Sachiko Yamada | 8:18.21 | Kate Ziegler | 8:20.55 | Melissa Gorman | 8:25.38 |
| 4 × 100 m | United States Amanda Weir Kara Lynn Joyce Lindsay Benko Jenny Thompson | 3:35.07 | Sweden Josefin Lillhage Anna-Karin Kammerling Johanna Sjöberg Therese Alshammar | 3:35.83 | Australia Libby Lenton Louise Tomlinson Danni Miatke Shayne Reese | 3:36.18 |
| 4 × 200 m | United States Dana Vollmer Rachel Komisarz Lindsay Benko Kaitlin Sandeno | 7:47.72 | Australia Libby Lenton Danni Miatke Louise Tomlinson Shayne Reese | 7:51.39 | Sweden Ida Mattsson Johanna Sjöberg Josefin Lillhage Petra Granlund | 7:54.39 |

### Men's Backstroke

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m | Thomas Rupprath | 23.51 | Matt Welsh | 23.60 | Peter Marshall | 23.93 |
| 100 m | Aaron Peirsol | 50.72 CR | Matt Welsh | 51.04 | Thomas Rupprath | 51.20 |
| 200 m | Aaron Peirsol | 1:50.52 WR | Matt Welsh | 1:52.54 | Arkady Vyatchanin | 1:54.20 |

### Women's Backstroke

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m | Haley Cope | 27.49 | Gao Chang | 27.55 | Sophie Edington | 28.17 |
| 100 m | Haley Cope | 59.03 | Gao Chang | 59.61 | Sophie Edington | 59.64 |
| 200 m | Margaret Hoelzer | 2:05.84 | Tayliah Zimmer | 2:08.05 | Melissa Ingram | 2:08.54 |

### Men's Breaststroke

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m | Brendan Hansen | 26.86 | Brenton Rickard | 27.09 | Stefan Nystrand | 27.28 |
| 100 m | Brendan Hansen | 58.45 | Brenton Rickard | 58.64 | Vladislav Polyakov | 59.07 |
| 200 m | Brendan Hansen | 2:04.98 CR | Brenton Rickard | 2:08.34 | Vladislav Polyakov | 2:08.36 |

### Women's Breaststroke

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m | Brooke Hanson | 30.20 | Jade Edmistone | 30.21 | Tara Kirk | 30.61 |
| 100 m | Brooke Hanson | 1:05.36 CR | Jade Edmistone | 1:05.97 | Tara Kirk | 1:06.33 |
| 200 m | Brooke Hanson | 2:21.68 | Amanda Beard | 2:22.53 | Sarah Katsoulis | 2:22.97 |

### Men's Butterfly

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m | Ian Crocker | 22.71 WR | Mark Foster | 23.22 | Duje Draganja | 23.26 |
| 100 m | Ian Crocker | 50.18 CR | James Hickman | 51.13 | Peter Mankoč | 51.66 |
| 200 m | James Hickman | 1:53.41 | Ioan Gherghel | 1:54.06 | Wu Peng | 1:54.51 |

### Women's Butterfly

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m | Jenny Thompson | 25.89 | Anna-Karin Kammerling | 26.02 | Libby Lenton | 26.53 |
| 100 m | Martina Moravcová | 57.38 | Rachel Komisarz | 57.85 | Jenny Thompson | 58.13 |
| 200 m | Kaitlin Sandeno | 2:06.95 | Mary Descenza | 2:07.79 | Audrey Lacroix | 2:08.35 |

### Men's Medley

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m | Peter Mankoč | 52.66 CR | Thomas Rupprath | 53.35 | Thiago Pereira | 53.75 |
| 200 m | Thiago Pereira | 1:55.78 | Ryan Lochte | 1:55.86 | Oussama Mellouli | 1:56.23 |
| 400 m | Oussama Mellouli | 4:07.02 | Robin Francis | 4:08.06 | Eric Shanteau | 4:08.94 |
| 4 × 100 m | United States Aaron Peirsol Brendan Hansen Ian Crocker Jason Lezak | 3:25.09 WR | Australia Matthew Welsh Brenton Rickard Andrew Richards Andrew Mewing | 3:29.72 | Russia Arkady Vyatchanin Andrei Ivanov Nikolay Skvortsov Andrey Kapralov | 3:32.11 |

### Women's Medley

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m | Brooke Hanson | 1:00.01 | Shayne Reese | 1:00.92 | Martina Moravcová | 1:00.95 |
| 200 m | Brooke Hanson | 2:09.81 | Lara Carroll | 2:10.58 | Katie Hoff | 2:10.61 |
| 400 m | Kaitlin Sandeno | 4:30.12 | Katie Hoff | 4:33.09 | Lara Carroll | 4:35.46 |
| 4 × 100 m | Australia Sophie Edington Brooke Hanson Jessicah Schipper Libby Lenton | 3:54.95 WR | United States Haley Cope Tara Kirk Jenny Thompson Kara Lynn Joyce | 3:55.68 | Sweden Therese Svendsen Sara Larsson Johanna Sjöberg Josefin Lillhage | 4:01.76 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 21 | 10 | 10 | 41 |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) | 7 | 15 | 7 | 29 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 40 | 40 | 41 | 121 |