Global Global championships · since 1896 
Athens, Greece 13–29 Aug 2004
2004 Olympic Games
Athens, Greece 13–29 Aug 2004- events
- 46
- medals awarded
- 137
- nations on the podium
- 40
- world records
- 2
Podiums
200m
wind +1.2400m
800m
1500m
5000m
10,000m
Marathon
3000m steeplechase
110m hurdles
wind +0.3400m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
UkraineDiscus throw
Hungary
Hammer throw
Belarus
Javelin throw
20 km race walk
50 km race walk
Decathlon
4x100m
2 
United States of America
United States of America Shawn Crawford Justin Gatlin Coby Miller Maurice Greene Darvis Patton
38.08
Nigeria4x400m
1 United States of America
United States of America Otis Harris Derrick Brew Jeremy Wariner Darold Williamson Kelly Willie Andrew Rock
2:55.91Medal table
40 nations · 137 medals| # | Nation | Total | Share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America USA | 9 | 11 | 5 | 25 | |
| 2 |  Russia RUS | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | |
| 3 |  Great Britain & NI GBR | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Sweden SWE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Ethiopia ETH | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| 6 | Greece GRE | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 7 |  Cuba CUB | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 8 |  Jamaica JAM | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 9 |  Morocco MAR | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 10 |  Italy ITA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 11 |  China PR CHN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Japan JPN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Bahamas 
Cameroon 
Germany 
Mexico 
Slovenia Records set
2 WR · 7 OR · 2 AR · 1 WU20R- WR= Liu Xiang 110m hurdles · Men 12.91
- WR Yelena Isinbayeva Pole vault · Women 4.91
- AR Francis Obikwelu 100m · Men 9.86
- OR Kenenisa Bekele 10,000m · Men 27:05.10
- OR Virgilijus Alekna Discus throw · Men 69.89
- OR Roman Sebrle Decathlon · Men 8893
- OR Joanna Hayes 100m hurdles · Women 12.37
- OR Yelena Slesarenko High jump · Women 2.06
- AR Francoise Mbango Etone Triple jump · Women 15.30
- OR Olga Kuzenkova Hammer throw · Women 75.02
- OR Osleidys Menendez Javelin throw · Women 71.53
- WU20R Allyson Felix 200m · Women 22.18