| 7th World Swimming Championships (25 m) | |
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| 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.
| M/W | Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 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 | 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 |
| M/W | Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 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 | 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 |
| M/W | Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 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 | 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 |
| M/W | Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
 Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 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 |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 40 | 40 | 41 | 121 | |
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