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Fun Trivia: 2 : 2004 Athens

Special Sub-Topic: Athens Olympics


The first Gold Medal of the 2004 Olympic Games was in which sport?

    Shooting. Du Li won the Womens 10m Air Rifle final with an Olympic Record 104 points.

Yana Klochkova, the Gold Medalist in the Womens 400 and 200 metre Swimming Individual Medley, represented which country?
    Ukraine. Klochkova also won two Gold Medals in the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

Which Australian Shooter going for his third consecutive Gold Medal, missed the final of the Men's Trap?
    Michael Diamond. Unfortunately, Michael Diamond missed the final. Another Australian, Adam Vella, won the Bronze Medal.

South Africa broke the world record in the final of the mens 4 x 100 metre swimming relay. Which country held the record that the South Africans broke?
    Australia. Australia were the defending champions but only finished sixth.

Kirsty Coventry won the first swimming Gold Medal for Zimbabwe in what event?
    200m Backstroke. Coventry won Bronze in the 400 IM, Silver in the 200 IM, and Gold in the 200 Backstroke.

What was the score after 12 rounds of the Archery semi-final between Yamamoto of Japan and Cuddihy of Australia?
    115-115. Yamamoto won in a sudden death shoot off. He eventually won the Silver. Cuddihy of Australia won the Bronze.

Which female gymnast won the Gold Medal in the women's all around final?
    Carly Patterson (US). Patterson won the final from Korkhina and Nan.

Michael Phelps won his first Gold Medal of the Olympics in which event?
    400m Individual Medley. Phelps' first Gold was in the 400IM. He also won Gold in the 200IM and 200 Butterfly. He only won Bronze in the 200 Freestyle thanks to Ian Thorpe.

The World Champions of Basketball, Serbia and Montenegro, were beaten by which minnow on day six of the games, 90-87?
    New Zealand. The New Zealand basketball team were known as the Tall Blacks (Their rugby team is the All Blacks).

Kostas Kenteris, the Greek Sprinter injured in a motorcycle crash and the centre of drug allegations, won the Gold Medal in which event in the Sydney Olympics?
    200m. Kenteris and Katerina Thanou pulled out of the Olympics after they missed a drug test.


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