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Which swimmer won the women's 100M butterfly?

Petria Thomas (Australia). Petria came into the Athens games with four of the top five times in the year.

In which women's event was there a tie for the bronze medal?

200M Backstroke. Anjte Buschschulte of Germany, and Japanese swimmer Reiko Nakamura, tied for the bronze medal.

Which nation won the men's 4X100M freestyle relay?

South Africa. In winning the event, the South African team also broke the world record set by the Australian team back in Sydney 2000.

Who was the anchor leg for the Australian women's 4X100M freestyle relay?

Jodie Henry. The order of swimmers were: Alice Mills, Libby Lenton, Petria Thomas, and Jodie Henry. Jodie also swam the fastest relay split in history, with a time of 52.95 seconds.

The Australian swimming team chose the 100M breaststroke bronze medal winner, Leisel Jones, over Brooke Hanson, silver medal winner to swim the 100M breaststroke leg in the 4X100M medley relay?

t. Leisel Jones was the current World Record holder in the event. Even though Brooke edged Leisel out by .01 of a second, Leisel swam a faster time in the semi-final.

How many female swimmers/teams retained their Olympic titles from Sydney 2000?

3. Even though four swimming events were successfully defended, only three swimmers were needed to do this. They were Inge de Bruijn-50M free, Yana Klochkova-200M and 400M individual medley, and the USA 4X200M freestyle relay.

How many male swimmers/teams retained their Olympic titles from Sydney 2000?

5. Gary Hall Jr-50M freestyle, Pieter Van Den Hoogenband-100M freestyle, Ian Thorpe-400M freestyle, Grant Hackett-1500M freestyle, and the USA 4X100M medley relay.

Which two female swimmers won the most gold medals at the Athens 2004 Olympics?

Petria Thomas (Australia) & Jodie Henry (Australia). Both Petria and Jodie came home with three gold medals each. Two of the three golds came in the 4X100M freestyle and 4X100M medley relay, in which both Petria and Jodie swam. Their other gold medal came from the respective individual events, Petria in the 100M butterfly and Jodie in the 100M freestyle.

Which individual event did Michael Phelps not win a gold medal in?

200M freestyle. Michael had some stiff opposition in the 200M free, defending Olympic Champion Pieter Van Den Hoogenband, and that current World Champion and world record holder at the time, Ian Thorpe.

In total, how many events did Australia take at least two of the three medals available?

2. The first event was when Ian Thorpe successfully defended his 400M freestyle title. Grant Hackett finished second to Ian Thorpe. Then, in the 100M breaststroke for wqomen, Brooke Hanson took the silver, while Leisel Jones took the bronze.

Inge de Bruijn won 4 medals at the Athens games. They were 1 Gold, 1 Silver & 2 Bronze. In 3 of the 4 races, where she did not win Gold, which nation took out the Gold medal in each of those 3 events?

Australia. First event was when the Australian Women won the 4X100M Freestyle Relay, Inge representing the Netherlands took out the Bronze. Then Petria Thomas won the 100M Butterfly, pushing Inge back to a Bronze medal again. Then in the 100M Freestyle, Jodie Henry came from behind to win, forcing Inge to win silver. If the 4X100M Medley relay was included, Australia still would have been the correct answer. The Netherlands finished 6th in the final.

In total, how many swimmers, that are current world champions, won the same event that they're the current world champion in. Do not include relays.

10. Even though 16 individual events were won by the current World Champions, only 10 Swimmers were needed to do this. They are - Inge de Bruijn, Xuejuan Luo, Amanda Beard, Otylia Jedrzejczak, Yana Klochkova, Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Aaron Peirsol, Kosuke Kitajima and Michael Phelps.