Zimbabwe at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Zimbabwe at the Olympic Games

Flag of Zimbabwe
IOC code:   ZIM
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors 13 
Medals
Rank: 49		 Gold
1		 Silver
1		 Bronze
1		 Total
3
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Other related appearances
Rhodesia Rhodesia (1928, 1960, and 1964)

Zimbabwe competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Swimmer Kirsty Coventry won three medals. Zimbabwe had only ever won one Olympic medal before (at the 1980 Summer Olympics).

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

[edit] Silver

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Women's 100 metres:

  • Winneth Dube – Round 1, 11.56 s (did not advance)

Men's 200 metres:

  • Brian Dzingai – Round 1: 20.72 s, Round 2: 20.87 s

Men's 400 metres:

  • Lewis Banda – Round 1: 45.37 s, Semifinal: 45.23 s
  • Young Talkmore Nyongani – Round 1: 46.03 s
  • Lloyd Zvasiya – Round 1: 47.19 s

Men's Marathon:

  • Abel Chimukoko – 2:22:09 (48th place)
  • Elijah Mutandiro – Didn't start due to injury

[edit] Shooting

Men's Double Trap:

  • Michael Sean James Nicholson – 128 points (16th place)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Backstroke:

  • Brendan Ashby
    1. Heat – 58.91 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Backstroke:

  • Kirsty Coventry
    1. Heat – 1:01.60
    2. Semifinal – 1:01.21
    3. Final – 1:00.50 → (Silver Medal)

Women's 200m Backstroke:

  • Kirsty Coventry
    1. Heat – 2:12.49
    2. Semifinal – 2:10.04
    3. Final – 2:09.19 → (Gold Medal)

Women's 200m Individual Medley:

[edit] Tennis

Men's Doubles Competition:

  1. First Round – Defeated Arnaud Clement and Sebastien Grosjean of France (5 - 7, 6 - 4, 9 - 7)
  2. Second Round – Defeated Andre Sa and Flavio Saretta of Brazil (6 - 3, 6 - 4)
  3. Quaterfinal – Lost to Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi of India (4 - 6, 4 - 6)

Women's Singles Competition:

  1. First Round – Defeated Tina Pisnik of Slovenia (6 - 3, 5 - 7, 6 - 4)
  2. Second Round – Lost to Chanda Rubin of United States (4 - 6, 6 - 3, 3 - 6)

[edit] Officials

  • Secretary General: Robert Mutsauki


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