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XXVIII Athens 2004
XXIX Beijing 2008
XXX London 2012
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Athens 2004 -- Summary of Day 1 |
Saturday, 14th
August
The opening day of the Athens 2004 Olympics saw China win 4
gold medals, one silver and a bronze.
Australia and United States bagged five medals each but
only 2 gold medals for Australia and one for the US.
| Saturday,
August 14th, 2004: 13 Gold Medals |
| Rank |
Nation |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
| 1 |
 |
China |
4 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
| 2 |
 |
Australia |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
| 3 |
 |
Italy |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| = |
 |
Japan |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 5 |
 |
United States |
1 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
| 6 |
 |
Ukraine |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| 7 |
 |
Turkey |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 8 |
 |
Russia |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
| 9 |
 |
Hungary |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| 10 |
 |
France |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| = |
 |
Georgia |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| = |
 |
Great Britain |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| = |
 |
Portugal |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 14 |
 |
Argentina |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| = |
 |
Belgium |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| = |
 |
Czech Republic |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| = |
 |
Germany |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| = |
 |
Holland |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| = |
 |
Mongolia |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| = |
 |
South Korea |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| = |
 |
Thailand |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Aquatics
Michael Phelps, of the USA, set a new world
record on his way to gold in the 400m individual medley. Phelps touched the wall in 4
minutes, 8.26 seconds and although teammate Erik Vendt was more than 3½ seconds behind
him, 4:11.81 was good enough for the silver.
Men's Synchronized 10m Platform
Gold -- China, 383.88pts
(Liang Tian, Jinghui Yang)
Silver -- United Kingdom, 371.52pts (Peter Waterfield, Leon
Taylor)
Bronze -- Australia, 366.84pts (Mathew Helm, Robert Newbery)
Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard
Gold -- China, 336.90pts (Minxia Wu, Jingjing Guo)
Silver -- Russia, 330.84pts (Vera Ilyina, Yulia Pakhalina)
Bronze -- Australia, 309.30pts (Irina Lashko, Chantelle
Newbery)
Men's 400m Freestyle
Gold -- Ian Thorpe (Aus)
Time:3:43.10
Silver -- Grant Hackett (Aus) Time:3:43.36
Bronze -- Klete Keller (USA) Time:3:44.11
Men's 400m Medley
Gold -- Michael Phelps (USA)
Time:4:08.26 World Record
Silver -- Erik Vendt (USA) Time:4:11.81
Bronze -- Laszlo Cseh (Hun) Time:4:12.15
Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle
Gold -- Australia, 3:35.94 World Record
(Alice Mills, Lisbeth Lenton, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry)
Silver -- United States, 3:36.39 American Record
(Kara Lynn Joyce, Natalie Coughlin, Amanda Weir, Jenny Thompson)
Bronze -- Holland, 3:37.59
(Chantal Groot, Inge Dekker, Marleen Veldhuis, Inge de Bruijn)
Women's 400m Medley
Gold -- Yana Klochkova (Ukr)
Time:4:34.83
Silver -- Kaitlin Sandeno (USA) Time:4:34.95
Bronze -- Georgina Bardach (Arg) Time:4:37.51
Cycling
Italy's Paolo Bettini won Olympic gold in
the road race around Athens by snatching the lead from Portugal's Sergio Paulinho in the
final 100 metres.
Men's Road Race Course length:224.4 km Laps:17
Gold -- Paolo Bettini (Ita)
5h41:44
Silver -- Sergio Paulinho (Por) 5h41:45
Bronze -- Axel Merckx (Bel) 5h41:52
Fencing
Italy's Aldo Montano came back from four points down to beat Zsolt Nemcsik of
Hungary 15-14 in the men's individual saber final and then set about imitating Vieri
scoring a winning goal for the Azzuri at a World Cup Final.
Men's Individual Sabre
Gold -- Aldo Montano (Ita) beat
Silver -- Zsolt Nemcsik (Hun) (15,14)
Bronze -- Vladislav Tretiak (Ukr) beat
Dmitri Lapkes (Blr) (15,11)
Judo
Men's -60kg
Gold -- Tadahiro Nomura (Jpn)
beat
Silver -- Nestor Khergiani (Geo) Time expired - Points win
Bronze -- Khashbaatar Tsagaanbaatar (Mgl) beat
Kenji Uematsu (Spa) Yuko
Bronze -- Min Ho Choi (Kor) beat
Masoud Haji Akhondzade (Irn) Ippon 0:53
Women's -48kg
Gold -- Ryoko Tani (Jpn) beat
Silver -- Frederique Jossinet (Fra) Waza-ari
Bronze -- Julia Matijass (Ger) beat
Maria Karagiannopoulou (Gre) Ippon 2:51
Bronze -- Feng Gao (Chn) beat
Alina Alexandra Dumitru (Rom) Ippon 5:00
Shooting
Men's 10m Air Pistol (60 shots)
Gold -- Yifu Wang (Chn) Total
Points:690.0
Qual' Round:590 Final Round:100.0 Final
Olympic Record
Silver -- Mikhail Nestruev (Rus) Total Points:689.8
Qual' Round:591Olympic Record
Final Round:98.8
Bronze -- Vladimir Isakov (Rus) Total Points:684.3
Qual' Round:584 Final Round:100.3
Women's 10m Air Rifle (40 shots)
Gold -- Li DU (Chn) Total
Points:502.0
Qual' Round:398 Final Round:104.0 Final
Olympic Record
Silver -- Lioubov Galkina (Rus) Total
Points:501.5
Qual' Round:399 Olympic Record
Final Round:102.5
Bronze -- Katerina Kurkova (Cze) Total Points:501.1
Qual' Round:398 Final Round:103.1
Weightlifting
Women's -48kg
Gold -- Nurcan Taylan (Tur)
210.0kg World Record
(Snatch:97.5kg World Record,
C&J:112.5kg)
Silver -- Zhuo Li (Chn) 205.0kg
(Snatch:92.5kg, C&J:112.5kg)
Bronze -- Aree Wiratthaworn (Tha) 200.0kg
(Snatch:85.0kg, C&J:115.0kg Olympic
Record)
Total Medal Standings
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