Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	NED
Nocname:	Dutch Olympic Committee* Dutch Sports Federation
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2004
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Netherlands
Website:
Location:	Athens
Competitors:	210
Sports:	20
Flagbearer:	Mark Huizinga (opening) Leontien van Moorsel (closing)
Rank:	18
Gold:	4
Silver:	9
Bronze:	9
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

The Netherlands competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Dutch athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1908. Netherlands, however, boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary. The Netherlands National Olympic Committee (Dutch; Flemish: [[NOC*NSF|Nederlands Olympisch Comité * Nederlandse Sport Federatie]], NOC*NSF) sent a total of 210 athletes to the Games, 134 men and 76 women, to compete in 21 sports. Baseball, field hockey, and men's volleyball were the only team-based sports in which the Netherlands had its representation at these Games. There was only a single competitor in women's fencing.

The Dutch team featured five defending Olympic champions: swimming stars Pieter van den Hoogenband and Inge de Bruijn, road and track cyclist Leontien van Moorsel, dressage rider Anky van Grunsven along with her horse Bonfire, and middleweight judoka Mark Huizinga, who later became the Netherlands' flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[1] Star sailor Mark Neeleman, at age 45, became the first Dutch male athlete to compete in six Olympic Games since 1980 (except the 1988 Summer Olympics, in which he was selected). Shooter Hennie Dompeling sought his fifth Olympic bid as one of the most sophisticated members of the team, having missed the medal podium in the men's skeet from Sydney four years earlier. Among the Dutch athletes of the team, several of them were born outside the Netherlands and became naturalized citizens, including sprinter Troy Douglas, who competed for three Olympics under the Bermudian flag, badminton players Mia Audina from Indonesia and Jie Yao from China, and taekwondo jin Charmie Sobers from the Netherlands Antilles.

Netherlands left Athens with a total of 22 Olympic medals, 4 golds, 9 silver, and 9 bronze, failing to achieve three medals short of the record from Sydney.^[2] Four Olympic champions managed to defend their titles from the previous Games in their respective events, while van den Hoogenband, de Bruijn, and van Moorsel still emerged as the most decorated Dutch athletes at these Games for the second time with more than a single medal. Seven of these medals were awarded to the athletes in swimming, including two from the freestyle relay teams;^{[3] [4]} four each in cycling and judo, and three in rowing. Netherlands' team-based athletes proved particularly successful in Athens, as the men's and women's field hockey teams took home silver medals.^{[5] [6]}

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
	2	3	2	7
	1	1	2	4
	1	0	0	1
	0	2	0	2
	0	1	3	4
	0	1	2	3
	0	1	0	1
Total	4	9	9	22

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Three Dutch archers qualified each for the men's individual archery, and a spot for the men's team.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pieter Custers	align=left rowspan=3	Men's individual	646	36	L 141–145	Did not advance
Wietse van Alten	661	14	W 152–151	L 160–164	Did not advance
Ron van der Hoff	633	49	W 145–135	L 155–158	Did not advance
Pieter Custers Wietse van Alten Ron van der Hoff	Men's team	1940	9	W 244–234	L 249–250	Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Dutch athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^{[7] [8]}

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Luc Krotwaar	Marathon
Gert-Jan Liefers	1500 m	3:40.10	6 q	3:36.00	3 Q	3:37.17	8
Kamiel Maase	10000 m	28:23.29	14
Gregory Sedoc	110 m hurdles	13.65	5 q			Did not advance
Bram Som	800 m	1:45.72	5 q	1:45.52	5	Did not advance
Simon Vroemen	3000 m steeplechase	8:15.28	2 Q	8:13.25	6
Timothy Beck Caimin Douglas Troy Douglas Patrick van Balkom	4 × 100 m relay			Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Rens Blom	Pole vault	5.70	=7 Q	5.65	9
align=left rowspan=2	Rutger Smith	Shot put	19.69	17	Did not advance
Discus throw	61.11	16	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Eugène Martineau	Result	10.99	6.84		2.00	49.10	15.02	40.00	4.80	63.62	4:31.79	7185	29
Points	863	776	0	803	857	847	665	849	792	733
align=left rowspan=2	Chiel Warners	Result	10.62	7.74	14.58	1.97	47.97	14.01	43.73	4.90	55.39	4:38.05	8343	5
Points	947	995	758	776	911	973	741	880	669	693

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lornah Kiplagat	10000 m	30:31.92	5
	4 × 100 m relay			Did not advance

Field events

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Karin Ruckstuhl	Result	13.44	1.85	13.37	24.59	5.90	36.70	2:13.95	6108	16
Points	1059	1041	752	925	819	604	908

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mia Audina	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles	W 11–4, 11–1	W 9–11, 11–1, 11–3	W 11–0, 11–9	W 11–4, 11–2	L 11–8, 6–11, 7–11
Jie Yao	W 11–6, 11–8	L 11–8, 10–13, 8–11	Did not advance
Mia Audina Lotte Bruil	Women's doubles		W 15–7, 15–7	L 2–15, 2–15	Did not advance
Chris Bruil Lotte Bruil	align=left rowspan=2	Mixed doubles		L 4–15, 6–15	Did not advance

Baseball

See main article: Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

RosterManager: 6 – Robert Eenhoorn

Coaches: 17 – Eric de Bruin, 30 – Davey Johnson, 32 – Hensley Meulens

Round robin

width=170	Team	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=100	Tiebreaker
	6	1	1-0
	6	1	0-1
	5	2	-
	4	3	-
	3	4	-
	2	5	-
	1	6	1-0
	1	6	0-1

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Floris Braat	align=left rowspan=2	Men's K-1	97.96	10	97.18	9	195.14	11 Q	101.39	17	Did not advance
Sam Oud	107.27	22	95.41	3	202.68	20 Q	94.46	3 Q	102.82	9	197.28	8

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Michael Boogerd	align=left rowspan=2	Road race	Did not finish
Erik Dekker	5:42:29	41
Thomas Dekker	Time trial	1:00:37.49	20
Servais Knaven	align=left rowspan=3	Road race	Did not finish
	5:47:13	52
Max van Heeswijk	5:41:56	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Mirjam Melchers	Road race	3:25:06	6
Time trial	33:01.58	13
Anouska van der Zee	Road race	Did not finish
align=left rowspan=2	Leontien van Moorsel	Road race	Did not finish
Time trial	31:11.53

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Theo Bos	align=left rowspan=2	Men's sprint	10.214 70.491	2	W 10.799 66.672		W 11.164 64.493		W 11.024, W 10.905	W 10.502, W 10.639	W 10.710, L, L
Teun Mulder	10.565 68.149	12	L	W 10.740 67.039	L	L	Did not advance		9th place final L	10
Yvonne Hijgenaar	Women's sprint	11.400 63.157	5	L	L	Did not advance	9th place final L	11
Jan Bos Theo Bos Teun Mulder	Men's team sprint	44.539 60.621	6 Q	L 44.370 60.851	Did not advance	6

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Levi Heimans	Men's individual pursuit			Did not advance
Leontien van Moorsel	Women's individual pursuit	3:30.422	3 Q	3:28.747	3 Q	3:27.037
Levi Heimans Jens Mouris Peter Schep Jeroen Straathof	Men's team pursuit	4:06.286	5 Q	4:04.605	5	Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Theo Bos	align=left rowspan=2	Men's time trial	1:01.986	5
Teun Mulder	1:03.165	11
Yvonne Hijgenaar	Women's time trial	34.532	5

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Theo Bos	align=left rowspan=2	Men's keirin	5 R	1 Q		11
Teun Mulder	3 R	4	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Peter Schep	Men's points race	58	2	7
Adrie Visser	Women's points race	5	0	11
Robert Slippens Danny Stam	Men's madison	2	−1	14

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Thijs Al	align=left rowspan=3	Men's cross-country	2:27:13	25
Bart Brentjens	2:17:05
Bas Peters	2:21:44	13
Elsbeth van Rooy-Vink	Women's cross-country	2:01:41	5

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Because only three horse and rider pairs from each nation could advance beyond certain rounds in the individual events, five American pairs did not advance despite being placed sufficiently high. They received rankings below all pairs that did advance.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Imke Bartels	Lancet	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	69.750	15 Q	71.720	13 Q	74.850	12	72.107	11
Sven Rothenberger	Barclay I	69.833	14 Q	69.040	17	Did not advance
Marlies van Baalen	Idocus	64.583	43	Did not advance
Anky van Grunsven	Salinero	74.208	3 Q	77.800	2 Q	85.825	1	79.278
Imke Bartels Sven Rothenberger Marlies van Baalen Anky van Grunsven	See above	Team	71.264	4

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Gert-Jan Bruggink	Joel	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	4	=19	0	4	=5 Q	4	8	=5 Q	12	=30	Did not advance
Gerco Schröder	Monaco	5	=31	8	13	=33 Q	13	17	21	Did not advance
	Montreal	0	=1	4	4	=5 Q	8	12	=13 Q	4	=4 Q	Eliminated
Leopold van Asten	Fleche Rouge	4	=19	4	8	=16 Q	8	16	=19 Q	12	=30	Did not advance
Gert-Jan Bruggink Gerco Schröder Wim Schröder Leopold van Asten	See above	Team	8	=1 Q	16	24	=6	24	4

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Women

Field hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

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Semifinals

Gold medal match

Women's tournament

See main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

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Semifinals

Gold medal match

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Suzanne Harmes	align=left rowspan=2	All-around	9.125	9.137	8.162	9.337	35.761	42	Did not advance
Laura van Leeuwen	9.037	9.437	8.600	8.412	35.486	46	Did not advance

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
	Men's	44.90	15	Did not advance
Rea Lenders	Women's	62.70	8 Q	24.30	8

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Seven Dutch judoka (four men and three women) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Guillaume Elmont	−81 kg	L 0001–1010	Did not advance
Mark Huizinga	−90 kg	W 1000–0000	L 0000–0001	Did not advance		W 0021–0001	W 1012–0000	W 1010–0000	W 1001–0000
Elco van der Geest	−100 kg	W 1011–0001	W 1000–0000	W 1020–0010	L 0001–0011	L 0001–1002	5
Dennis van der Geest	+100 kg	W 1000–0000	W 1001–0001	L 0000–0001	Did not advance		W 1000–0001	W 1000–0000	W 0201–0001

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Deborah Gravenstijn	−57 kg	W 1000–0001	W 1011–0001	W 1010–0010	L 0000–1000	W 1000–0010
Edith Bosch	−70 kg		W 0111–0101	W 1000–0000	W 0110–0000	L 0001–1000
Claudia Zwiers	−78 kg	L 0111–1000	Did not advance			L 0000–0102	Did not advance

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Dutch rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dirk Lippits	Single sculls	7:21.19	3 R	7:01.39	2 SA/B/C	7:05.94	5 FC	6:58.20	16
Joeri de Groot Karel Dormans Ivo Snijders Gerard van der Linden	Lightweight four	5:52.52	2 SA/B	5:57.47	2 FA	5:58.94	4
Michiel Bartman Chun Wei Cheung (cox) Geert-Jan Derksen Gerritjan Eggenkamp Jan Willem Gabriëls Daniël Mensch Diederik Simon Matthijs Vellenga Gijs Vermeulen	Eight	5:25.26	2 R	5:31.92	1 FA	5:43.75

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Femke Dekker	Single sculls	7:55.50	3 R	7:39.84	2 SA/B/C	8:10.76	6 FB	7:39.15	10
Kirsten van der Kolk Marit van Eupen	Lightweight double sculls	7:00.46	3 R	6:52.53	1 SA/B	6:53.10	2 FA	6:58.54
Annemiek de Haan Hurnet Dekkers Nienke Hommes Sarah Siegelaar Marlies Smulders Helen Tanger Annemariek van Rumpt Froukje Wegman Ester Workel (cox)	Eight	6:04.10	1 FA	6:19.85

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Dutch sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Joeri van Dijk	Mistral	26	18	16	17	28	15	10	17	13	26	19	177	20
Jaap Zielhuis	Finn	22	19	18	12	13	7	12	16	14	13	12	136	19
Kalle Coster Sven Coster	470	4	21	4	16	12	18	6	8	6	22	6	101	6
Mark Neeleman Peter van Niekerk	Star	14	10	14	12	8	4	15	10	17	10	1	98	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Carolijn Brouwer	Europe	19	DSQ	18	21	15	17	18	13	8	20	2	151	19
Margriet Matthijsse Lisa Westerhof	470	10	DSQ	1	RDG	4	10	7	7	19	12	15	100	9
Annemieke Bes Petronella de Jong Annelies Thies	Yngling	8	1	13	8	3	5	8	RDG	5	4	2	56	4

Open

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Three Dutch shooters qualified to compete in the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Dick Boschman	10 m air rifle	592	=18	Did not advance
50 m rifle prone	587	=40	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1154	=26	Did not advance
Hennie Dompeling	align=left rowspan=2	Skeet	119	=21	Did not advance
Jan-Cor van der Greef	115	=34	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Dutch swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joris Keizer	100 m butterfly	53.41	19	Did not advance
Johan Kenkhuis	50 m freestyle	22.58	=18	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Pieter van den Hoogenband	50 m freestyle	22.56	17	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	48.70	1 Q	48.55	2 Q	48.17
200 m freestyle	1:47.32	2 Q	1:46.00	1 Q	1:45.23
align=left rowspan=2	Thijs van Valkengoed	100 m breaststroke	1:02.03	14 Q	1:02.36	16	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:16.80	26	Did not advance
Johan Kenkhuis Pieter van den Hoogenband Mark Veens Mitja Zastrow Klaas-Erik Zwering	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:16.42	4 Q	3:14.36 NR

* Competed only in heats and received medals

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Madelon Baans	100 m breaststroke	1:11.10	21	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Inge de Bruijn	50 m freestyle	24.66	1 Q	24.56	1 Q	24.58
100 m freestyle	54.43	1 Q	54.06	2 Q	54.16
100 m butterfly	58.47	3 Q	57.50	1 Q	57.99
Chantal Groot	100 m butterfly	1:00.49	21	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Marleen Veldhuis	50 m freestyle	25.28	=5 Q	25.27	=9	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	55.81	13 Q	55.32	11	Did not advance
Inge de Bruijn Inge Dekker Chantal Groot Annabel Kosten Marleen Veldhuis	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:39.93	3 Q	3:37.59
Chantal Groot Celina Lemmen Haike van Stralen Marleen Veldhuis	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:08.96	9	Did not advance
Madelon Baans Inge de Bruijn Chantal Groot Stefanie Luiken Marleen Veldhuis	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:08.72	8 Q	4:07.36	6

* Competed only in heats and received medals

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Dutch synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's duet.

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Dutch table tennis players qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Danny Heister	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles		L 0–4	Did not advance
Trinko Keen		W 4–3	L 1–4	Did not advance
Danny Heister Trinko Keen	align=left rowspan=2	Men's doubles			W 4–1	L 2–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Dutch taekwondo jin qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Patrick Stevens	Men's −80 kg	L 10–13	Did not advance
Charmie Sobers	Women's −67 kg	W 7–6	L 4–10	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Dutch triathletes qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Wieke Hoogzaad	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	19:44	0:21	1:10:42	0:24	39:21	2:09:47.21	25
Tracy Looze	20:40	0:21	1:12:48	0:25	37:07	2:10:35.81	29

Volleyball

Beach

See also: Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Indoor

See main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

See also

• Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• NOC*NSF

Notes and References

1. News: Huizinga mag vlag dragen in Athene. Huizinga will carry the flag in Athens. nl. Trouw. 13 July 2004. 30 April 2014.
2. Web site: 2004 Athens: Medal Tally. USA Today. 1 April 2014.
3. News: South African Men Take a Historic Relay Victory in 400 free – Smash World Record. Swimming World Magazine. 15 August 2004. 10 May 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195858/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7821.asp. 27 September 2007.
4. News: Woodward. Steve. Thompson, U.S. victimized by amazing Aussies. ESPN. 14 August 2004. 10 May 2013.
5. News: German women beat Dutch for gold; Argentina takes bronze. USA Today. 26 August 2004. 30 April 2014.
6. News: Aussie men win first gold in field hockey. USA Today. 27 August 2004. 30 April 2014.
7. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. June 4, 2011.
8. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards. IAAF. 4 June 2011.