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Athens Olympic Swimming Trivia Quiz

10 questions about the 2004 Athens Olympics.

A multiple-choice quiz by commby_89. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
commby_89

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
198,166

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which swimmer won the women's 100M butterfly? Hint

Jenny Thompson (USA)

Inge de Bruijn (Netherlands)

Petria Thomas (Australia)

Martina Moravcova (Slovakia)

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Question 2 of 10

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

100M Freestyle

200M Backstroke

4X100M Freestyle Relay

200M Breaststroke

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Question 3 of 10

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

USA

South Africa

Netherlands

Italy

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Question 4 of 10

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

Alice Mills

Petria Thomas

Lisbeth (Libby) Lenton

Jodie Henry

5. 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?

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

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

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Question 7 of 10

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

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Question 8 of 10

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

Amanda Beard (USA) & Petria Thomas (Australia)

Yana Klochkova (Ukraine) & Natalie Coughlin (USA)

Petria Thomas (Australia) & Jodie Henry (Australia)

Jodie Henry (Australia) & Inge de Bruijn (Netherlands)

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Question 9 of 10

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

100M butterfly

200M freestyle

200M individual medley

200M butterfly

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Question 10 of 10

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

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which swimmer won the women's 100M butterfly?

Answer: Petria Thomas (Australia)

Petria came into the Athens games with four of the top five times in the year.

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

Answer: 200M Backstroke

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

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

Answer: South Africa

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

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

Answer: 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.

Answer: True

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.

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

Answer: 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.

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

Answer: 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.

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

Answer: 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.

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

Answer: 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.

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

Answer: 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.

Source: Author commby_89

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