   zimbabwe competed at the 2004 summer olympics in athens, greece, from 13 to 29 august 2004. this was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the olympics, after gaining its independence from the former rhodesia. the zimbabwe olympic committee (zoc) sent a total of twelve athletes, nine men and three women, competing only in athletics, shooting, swimming, and tennis. notable athletes featured tennis siblings cara (women's singles) and wayne black (men's doubles), and sprinters brian dzingai and young talkmore nyongani, who became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. zimbabwe left athens with a full set of three olympic medals for the first time in history since the 1980 summer olympics in moscow. this full set was officially awarded to swimmer kirsty coventry, who took home the gold in the 200 m backstroke, silver in the 100 m backstroke, and bronze in the 200 m individual medley. ==medalists== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%" |- !medal !name !sport !event !date |- |  || kirsty coventry || swimming || women's 200 m backstroke ||  |- |  || kirsty coventry || swimming || women's 100 m backstroke ||  |- |  || kirsty coventry || swimming || women's 200 m individual medley ||  |} ==athletics==  zimbabwean athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'a' standard, and 1 at the 'b' standard).{{cite web|title=iaaf games of the xxx olympiad â athens 2004 entry standards|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/olympic-gam
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