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. Badminton. Australia sent a team  of eight badminton players to Athens. None of them surpassed the first round of elimination. 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. Coaches: 2 - Tony Harris, 33 - Paul Elliott, 34 - Philip Dale. 15 August August 16 August 17 August 18 August 20 August 21 August 22 24 August 25 August Basketball. Australia has qualified both men's and women's teams. Boxing. Australia has qualified nine boxers for the Olympics based on their performances from the Oceanian  Qualification Tournament. Field hockey. Australia qualified a men's and a women's team. Each team had 16 athletes with two reserves. Gymnastics. Artistic. Australia qualified a women's team and an individual man. Judo. Australia has qualified a total of twelve judoka (seven men and five women) for the Games. 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. 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): Taekwondo. Australia has qualified four taekwondo practitioners in their respective divisions. Volleyball. Indoor. Men's tournament. Australian men's team qualified after finishing second at the FIVB World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tokyo.