2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

Last updated
7th World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Indianapolis2004.jpg
Host city Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Date(s)October 7–11, 2004
Venue(s) Conseco Fieldhouse

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.

Contents

This was the only edition of the Short Course World Championships that Michael Phelps competed in. [1] 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. [2] 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. [3]

Results

Men's Freestyle

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

Women's Freestyle

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

Men's Backstroke

EventGoldSilverBronze
50 m Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Rupprath 23.51 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Welsh 23.60 Flag of the United States.svg Peter Marshall 23.93
100 m Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Peirsol 50.72 CR Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Welsh 51.04 Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Rupprath 51.20
200 m Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Peirsol 1:50.52 WR Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Welsh 1:52.54 Flag of Russia.svg Arkady Vyatchanin 1:54.20

Women's Backstroke

EventGoldSilverBronze
50 m Flag of the United States.svg Haley Cope 27.49 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gao Chang 27.55 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sophie Edington 28.17
100 m Flag of the United States.svg Haley Cope 59.03 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gao Chang 59.61 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sophie Edington 59.64
200 m Flag of the United States.svg Margaret Hoelzer 2:05.84 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tayliah Zimmer 2:08.05 Flag of New Zealand.svg Melissa Ingram 2:08.54

Men's Breaststroke

EventGoldSilverBronze
50 m Flag of the United States.svg Brendan Hansen 26.86 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brenton Rickard 27.09 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Nystrand 27.28
100 m Flag of the United States.svg Brendan Hansen 58.45 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brenton Rickard 58.64 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vladislav Polyakov 59.07
200 m Flag of the United States.svg Brendan Hansen 2:04.98 CR Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brenton Rickard 2:08.34 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vladislav Polyakov 2:08.36

Women's Breaststroke

EventGoldSilverBronze
50 m Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brooke Hanson 30.20 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jade Edmistone 30.21 Flag of the United States.svg Tara Kirk 30.61
100 m Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brooke Hanson 1:05.36 CR Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jade Edmistone 1:05.97 Flag of the United States.svg Tara Kirk 1:06.33
200 m Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brooke Hanson 2:21.68 Flag of the United States.svg Amanda Beard 2:22.53 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sarah Katsoulis 2:22.97

Men's Butterfly

EventGoldSilverBronze
50 m Flag of the United States.svg Ian Crocker 22.71 WR Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Foster 23.22 Flag of Croatia.svg Duje Draganja 23.26
100 m Flag of the United States.svg Ian Crocker 50.18 CR Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hickman 51.13 Flag of Slovenia.svg Peter Mankoč 51.66
200 m Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hickman 1:53.41 Flag of Romania.svg Ioan Gherghel 1:54.06 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Peng 1:54.51

Women's Butterfly

EventGoldSilverBronze
50 m Flag of the United States.svg Jenny Thompson 25.89 Flag of Sweden.svg Anna-Karin Kammerling 26.02 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Libby Lenton 26.53
100 m Flag of Slovakia.svg Martina Moravcová 57.38 Flag of the United States.svg Rachel Komisarz 57.85 Flag of the United States.svg Jenny Thompson 58.13
200 m Flag of the United States.svg Kaitlin Sandeno 2:06.95 Flag of the United States.svg Mary Descenza 2:07.79 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Audrey Lacroix 2:08.35

Men's Medley

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m Flag of Slovenia.svg Peter Mankoč 52.66 CR Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Rupprath 53.35 Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Pereira 53.75
200 m Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Pereira 1:55.78 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Lochte 1:55.86 Flag of Tunisia.svg Oussama Mellouli 1:56.23
400 m Flag of Tunisia.svg Oussama Mellouli 4:07.02 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robin Francis 4:08.06 Flag of the United States.svg Eric Shanteau 4:08.94
4 × 100 m Flag of the United States.svg United States
Aaron Peirsol
Brendan Hansen
Ian Crocker
Jason Lezak
3:25.09 WR Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Matthew Welsh
Brenton Rickard
Andrew Richards
Andrew Mewing
3:29.72 Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Arkady Vyatchanin
Andrei Ivanov
Nikolay Skvortsov
Andrey Kapralov
3:32.11

Women's Medley

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

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)21101041
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia  (AUS)715729
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)2305
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)2024
5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)1449
6Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)1135
7Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)1113
8Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1012
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)1012
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)1012
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)1012
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)1012
13Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)0213
14Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0134
15Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)0112
16Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)0101
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0101
18Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)0022
19Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)0011
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)0011
Totals (20 entries)404041121

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ian Crocker</span> American swimmer (born 1982)

Ian Lowell Crocker is an American former competition swimmer, five-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. During his career, he set world records in the 50- and 100-meter butterfly and the 100-meter freestyle. He has won a total of twenty-one medals in major international competition, spanning the Olympics, the FINA World Aquatics Championships, and the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. He coached for many years at the Western Hills Athletic Club and has helped coach the Longhorns swim camp in 2019 as well as other years. Since Spring of 2022 when the new facility opened, Crocker coaches at the Western Aquatics and Social Club at the Eanes Independent School District Aquatics center.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ryan Lochte</span> American swimmer (born 1984)

Ryan Steven Lochte is an American former competition swimmer and 12-time Olympic medalist. He is the third-most decorated swimmer in Olympic history measured by total number of medals, behind only Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky. Lochte's seven individual Olympic medals rank second in history in men's swimming, tied for second among all Olympic swimmers. He currently holds the world records in the 200-meter individual medley. As part of the American teams, he also holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter freestyle (mixed) relay.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thiago Pereira</span> Brazilian swimmer (born 1986)

Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira is a retired Brazilian international competition swimmer. One of the greatest swimmers in the history of Brazil, Pereira won the silver medal in the 400-meter individual medley at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, beating the then-current Olympic champion Michael Phelps. He also broke a world record in the short course 200-meter individual medley, and broke several South American and Brazilian records. During his career, he competed with swimming legends Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mireia Belmonte</span> Spanish swimmer (born 1990)

Mireia Belmonte García is a Spanish Olympic, world, and European champion swimmer. She is the world record holder in the short course 200 metre butterfly and 400 metre individual medley. Formerly, she held the world record in the short course 400 metre freestyle, 800 metre freestyle, and 1500 metre freestyle. She was the first Spanish woman to win a gold medal in swimming at an Olympic Games and is widely considered to be the greatest Spanish swimmer of all time.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarah Sjöström</span> Swedish swimmer (born 1993)

Sarah Fredrika Sjöström is a Swedish competitive swimmer specialising in the sprint freestyle and butterfly events.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Phelps</span> American swimmer (born 1985)

Michael Fred Phelps II is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals (23), Olympic gold medals in individual events (13), and Olympic medals in individual events (16). At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Phelps tied the record of eight medals of any color at a single Games, held by gymnast Alexander Dityatin, by winning six gold and two bronze medals. Four years later, when he won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, he broke fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven first-place finishes at any single Olympic Games. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Phelps won four gold and two silver medals, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he won five gold medals and one silver. This made him the most successful athlete of the Games for the fourth Olympics in a row.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Katinka Hosszú</span> Hungarian swimmer (born 1989)

Katinka Hosszú is a Hungarian competitive swimmer specialized in individual medley events. She is a three-time Olympic champion and a nine-time long-course world champion. She is the owner of a Budapest-based swim school and swim club called Iron Swim Budapest, and a co-owner and captain of Team Iron, founding member of the International Swimming League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chad le Clos</span> South African swimmer (born 1992)

Chad Guy Bertrand le Clos, OIS is a South African competitive swimmer who is an Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games champion. He is the African record, Commonwealth record, and South African record holder in the short course and long course 200-metre butterfly and the short course 100-metre butterfly. He also holds African and South African records in the long course 200-metre freestyle and 100-metre butterfly, as well as the short course 100-metre freestyle. Formerly, he was a world record holder in the short course 100-metre butterfly and 200-metre butterfly.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tom Shields</span> American swimmer (born 1991)

Thomas Allen Shields is an American competitive swimmer. He is a two-time Olympian and the current American record-holder in the short course 50-meter butterfly and 200-meter butterfly. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay, swimming the butterfly leg of the relay in the prelims. Later the same year, he became the first American to swim faster than 44 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly, setting a new American record of 43.84 seconds.

Hali Flickinger is a retired American swimmer who specializes in freestyle, butterfly, and individual medley events. She represents the Cali Condors of the International Swimming League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caeleb Dressel</span> American swimmer (born 1996)

Caeleb Remel Dressel is an American competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle, butterfly, and individual medley events. He swims representing the Cali Condors as part of the International Swimming League. He won a record seven gold medals at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, nine medals, six of which were gold, at the 2018 World Swimming Championships in Hangzhou, and eight medals, including six gold, at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju. Dressel is a nine-time Olympic gold medalist and holds world records in the 100 meter butterfly, 50 meter freestyle, and 100 meter individual medley.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Andrew (swimmer)</span> American swimmer (born 1999)

Michael Charles Andrew is an American competitive swimmer and an Olympic gold medalist. He was the 2016 world champion in the 100 meter individual medley. At his first Olympic Games, the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal and set a world record as part of the 4x100 meter medley relay, placed fourth in the 100 meter breaststroke, fourth in the 50 meter freestyle, and fifth in the 200 meter individual medley. Andrew's swims in 2021 at the 2020 Olympics made him the first swimmer to represent the United States at an Olympic Games in an individual breaststroke event as well as another individual event other than an individual medley in the then-125-year-history of swimming at the Summer Olympics. He has won 78 medals at Swimming World Cup circuits.

Blake John Pieroni is a three-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming. He is a two time Olympian and gold medalist in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay at both the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics. On the relay in 2016, he swam in the prelims of the race, on the 2020 Olympics 4×100-meter freestyle relay he swam in both the prelims and the final. He also won a gold medal in the 4x100-meter medley relay at the 2020 Olympic Games, swimming the freestyle leg of the relay in the prelims.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kristóf Milák</span> Hungarian swimmer (born 2000)

Kristóf Milák is a Hungarian swimmer. He is the current holder of the world record in the long course 200 metre butterfly and the European record in the long course 100 metre butterfly. At his first Olympic Games, the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 200 metre butterfly and a silver medal in the 100 metre butterfly. He has also won three gold medals and one silver at the World Aquatic Championships, as well as three gold medals at the European Aquatics Championships. He was the gold medalist in the 400 metre freestyle, 200 metre freestyle, and 200 metre butterfly events at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Kieran Smith is an American swimmer specializing in freestyle and individual medley events. He currently co-holds short course world records in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay and the 4×100-meter medley relay. He is the Americas record holder in the long course 400-meter freestyle and the American record holder in the 500-yard freestyle. In the 400-meter freestyle, he won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the gold medal at the 2022 World Short Course Championships. Following a fourth-place finish in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won gold medals in the event at the 2021 World Short Course Championships, 2022 World Aquatics Championships, and the 2022 World Short Course Championships.

Shaine Casas is an American professional swimmer. He is an Americas record holder in the short course 4×50 meter medley relay, swimming the butterfly leg of the relay. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships, he won the gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke, a silver medal in the 200-meter backstroke, and placed seventh in the 50-meter backstroke. In 2022, at the year's World Aquatics Championships, he won the bronze medal in the 200-metre backstroke. Later in the year, at the 2022 World Short Course Championships, he won the silver medal in the 200-metre backstroke and placed fourth in the finals of the 100-meter individual medley and 200-meter individual medley.

Matthew Sates is a South African swimmer. He is the African record holder in the short course 200 metre freestyle, 400 metre freestyle, and 200 metre individual medley as well as the South African record holder in the 400 metre individual medley. He is the 2022 World Short Course champion in the 200 metre individual medley and bronze medalist in the 400 metre individual medley. At the 2022 NCAA Division I Championships, he won the NCAA title in the 500 yard freestyle. For the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup, he was the overall male winner, earning a total of 18 medals, including 13 gold medals.

Trenton Jeffrey Julian is an American competitive swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 4×200 meter freestyle relay and 4×100 meter medley relay. He won a gold medal in the 4×200 meter freestyle relay at the 2019 World University Games. He followed up with gold medals in the 4×200 meter freestyle relay at the 2021 World Short Course Championships, 2022 World Aquatic Championships, and 2022 World Short Course Championships. In the 4×100 meter medley relay, he won a world title and gold medal at the 2022 World Short Course Championships, swimming butterfly on each the prelims and finals relay.

Gianluca Urlando is an American competitive swimmer. He is the American record holder in the men's 100 yard backstroke and a world junior record holder in the men's 4×200 meter freestyle relay and the 4×100 meter mixed freestyle relay. As a sophomore in the NCAA for the Georgia Bulldogs at the 2022 NCAA Division I Championships, he became the first person to swim the 100 yard backstroke and 100 yard butterfly each in less than 44 seconds. At the 2019 World Junior Championships, he won gold medals in the 200 meter freestyle, 200 meter butterfly, 4×100 meter freestyle relay, 4×200 meter freestyle relay, and 4×100 meter mixed freestyle relay.

Thomas Heilman is an American competitive swimmer. He is a world junior record holder in the long course 4×100 meter freestyle relay. He is also a 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships gold medalist in the 100 meter butterfly, 4×100 meter freestyle relay, and 4×100 meter medley relay, and a silver medalist in the 100 meter freestyle, 200 meter butterfly, and 4×200 meter freestyle relay. He placed within the top two spots for the 100 and 200 meter butterfly in the Olympic Trials and will be swimming those events in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

References

  1. Rieder, David (1 November 2021). "Without Full Athlete Buy-In, Short Course Worlds Remain a Secondary Championship". Swimming World. Sports Publications, Inc. Retrieved 15 August 2024. Michael Phelps went to one Short Course Worlds, when it was held on U.S. soil in Indianapolis in 2004, and never again before his career wrapped up in 2016.
  2. Press, Associated (6 October 2004). "Phelps hasn't swam in short courses often". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved 15 August 2024. Phelps is entered in the 200-meter freestyle, 200 butterfly, 100, 200 and 400 individual medleys and 800 free relay.
  3. Plummer, David (8 October 2004). "Exhausted Phelps feels the strain". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 August 2024.