2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) explained

7th World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Hostcity:	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Dates:	October 7–11, 2004
Venues:	Conseco Fieldhouse
Previous:	2002 Moscow
Next:	2006 Shanghai

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.

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

Freestyle

M/V	Event	Gold	Time	Silver	bg=color="silver"	Time	Bronze	Time
Men	50 m		21.58		21.66		21.71
	100 m		47.97		48.07		48.38
	200 m		1:43.59		1:44.39		1:44.97
	400 m		3:40.79		3:43.77		3:44.70
	1500 m		14:39.16		14:53.89		14:56.74
			3:09.96		3:12.73		3:13.62
			7:03.71		7:03.78		7:06.64
Women	50 m		24.41		24.54		24.63
	100 m		52.67		53.56		53.88
	200 m		1:56.35		1:56.48		1:58.05
	400 m		4:02.01		4:04.49		4:04.64
	800 m		8:18.21		8:20.55		8:25.38
			3:35.07		3:35.83		3:36.18
			7:47.72		7:51.39		7:54.39

Backstroke

M/W	Event	Gold	Time	Silver	bg=color="silver"	Time	Bronze	Time
Men	50 m		23.51		23.60		23.93
	100 m		50.72 CR		51.04		51.20
	200 m		1:50.52 WR		1:52.54		1:54.20
Women	50 m		27.49		27.55		28.17
	100 m		59.03		59.61		59.64
	200 m		2:05.84		2:08.05		2:08.54

Breaststroke

M/W	Event	Gold	Time	Silver	bg=color="silver"	Time	Bronze	Time
Men	50 m		26.86		27.09		27.28
	100 m		58.45		58.64		59.07
	200 m		2:04.98 CR		2:08.34		2:08.36
Women	50 m		30.20		30.21		30.61
	100 m		1:05.36 CR		1:05.97		1:06.33
	200 m		2:21.68		2:22.53		2:22.97

Butterfly

M/W	Event	Gold	Time	Silver	bg=color="silver"	Time	Bronze	Time
Men	50 m		22.71 WR		23.22		23.26
	100 m		50.18 CR		51.13		51.66
	200 m		1:53.41		1:54.06		1:54.51
Women	50 m		25.89		26.02		26.53
	100 m		57.38		57.85		58.13
	200 m		2:06.95		2:07.79		2:08.35

Medley

M/W	Event	Gold	Time	Silver	bg=color="silver"	Time	Bronze	Time
Men	100 m		52.66 CR		53.35		53.75
	200 m		1:55.78		1:55.86		1:56.23
	400 m		4:07.02		4:08.06		4:08.94
			3:25.09 WR		3:29.72		3:32.11
Women	100 m		1:00.01		1:00.92		1:00.95
	200 m		2:09.81		2:10.58		2:10.61
	400 m		4:30.12		4:33.09		4:35.46
			3:54.95 WR		3:55.68		4:01.76

References

FINA Official Website
Swim Rankings Results

Notes and References

Web site: Rieder . David . Without Full Athlete Buy-In, Short Course Worlds Remain a Secondary Championship . Swimming World . Sports Publications, Inc. . 15 August 2024 . 1 November 2021 . 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..
Web site: Press . Associated . Phelps hasn't swam in short courses often . ESPN.com . ESPN . 15 August 2024 . 6 October 2004 . Phelps is entered in the 200-meter freestyle, 200 butterfly, 100, 200 and 400 individual medleys and 800 free relay..
Web site: Plummer . David . Exhausted Phelps feels the strain . The Guardian . 15 August 2024 . 8 October 2004.