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7th World Swimming Championships (25 m)
7th World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Host city	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Date(s)	October 7–11, 2004
Venue(s)	Conseco Fieldhouse
	← 2002 Moscow 2006 Shanghai →

The 7th FINA Short Course World Championships were held at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States from October 7 through October 11, 2004.

This was the only edition of the Short Course World Championships that Michael Phelps competed in.^[1] Phelps planned to swim in six races: the 200-meter freestyle, 200-meter butterfly, the individual medleys at 100 meters, 200 meters, and 400 meters, and the 4x200-meter freestyle relay.^[2] Phelps won gold in the 200-meter freestyle on October 7 - the only Short Course World Championships gold medal (and medal of any color) of his career - then withdrew from the rest of the meet the following day, citing a sore back.^[3]

Results

Men's Freestyle

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m	Mark Foster	21.58	Stefan Nystrand	21.66	Nicholas Santos Nick Brunelli	21.71
100 m	Jason Lezak	47.97	Salim Iles	48.07	Rick Say	48.38
200 m	Michael Phelps	1:43.59	Rick Say	1:44.39	Ryan Lochte	1:44.97
400 m	Yuri Prilukov	3:40.79	Chad Carvin	3:43.77	Justin Mortimer	3:44.70
1500 m	Yuri Prilukov	14:39.16	Simone Ercoli	14:53.89	Dragoş Coman	14:56.74
4 × 100 m	United States Nick Brunelli Neil Walker Nate Dusing Jason Lezak	3:09.96	Brazil César Cielo Thiago Pereira Christiano Santos Nicholas Santos	3:12.73	Canada Mike Mintenko Matthew Rose Adam Sioui Rick Say	3:13.62
4 × 200 m	United States Ryan Lochte Chad Carvin Dan Ketchum Justin Mortimer	7:03.71	Australia Nicholas Sprenger Andrew Mewing Brendan Huges Joshua Krogh	7:03.78	Brazil Rodrigo Castro Thiago Pereira Rafael Mosca Lucas Salatta	7:06.64

Women's Freestyle

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m	Marleen Veldhuis	24.41	Libby Lenton	24.54	Therese Alshammar	24.63
100 m	Libby Lenton	52.67	Josefin Lillhage	53.56	Marleen Veldhuis	53.88
200 m	Josefin Lillhage	1:56.35	Lindsay Benko	1:56.48	Dana Vollmer	1:58.05
400 m	Kaitlin Sandeno	4:02.01	Sara McLarty	4:04.49	Sachiko Yamada	4:04.64
800 m	Sachiko Yamada	8:18.21	Kate Ziegler	8:20.55	Melissa Gorman	8:25.38
4 × 100 m	United States Amanda Weir Kara Lynn Joyce Lindsay Benko Jenny Thompson	3:35.07	Sweden Josefin Lillhage Anna-Karin Kammerling Johanna Sjöberg Therese Alshammar	3:35.83	Australia Libby Lenton Louise Tomlinson Danni Miatke Shayne Reese	3:36.18
4 × 200 m	United States Dana Vollmer Rachel Komisarz Lindsay Benko Kaitlin Sandeno	7:47.72	Australia Libby Lenton Danni Miatke Louise Tomlinson Shayne Reese	7:51.39	Sweden Ida Mattsson Johanna Sjöberg Josefin Lillhage Petra Granlund	7:54.39

Men's Backstroke

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m	Thomas Rupprath	23.51	Matt Welsh	23.60	Peter Marshall	23.93
100 m	Aaron Peirsol	50.72 CR	Matt Welsh	51.04	Thomas Rupprath	51.20
200 m	Aaron Peirsol	1:50.52 WR	Matt Welsh	1:52.54	Arkady Vyatchanin	1:54.20

Women's Backstroke

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m	Haley Cope	27.49	Gao Chang	27.55	Sophie Edington	28.17
100 m	Haley Cope	59.03	Gao Chang	59.61	Sophie Edington	59.64
200 m	Margaret Hoelzer	2:05.84	Tayliah Zimmer	2:08.05	Melissa Ingram	2:08.54

Men's Breaststroke

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m	Brendan Hansen	26.86	Brenton Rickard	27.09	Stefan Nystrand	27.28
100 m	Brendan Hansen	58.45	Brenton Rickard	58.64	Vladislav Polyakov	59.07
200 m	Brendan Hansen	2:04.98 CR	Brenton Rickard	2:08.34	Vladislav Polyakov	2:08.36

Women's Breaststroke

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m	Brooke Hanson	30.20	Jade Edmistone	30.21	Tara Kirk	30.61
100 m	Brooke Hanson	1:05.36 CR	Jade Edmistone	1:05.97	Tara Kirk	1:06.33
200 m	Brooke Hanson	2:21.68	Amanda Beard	2:22.53	Sarah Katsoulis	2:22.97

Men's Butterfly

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m	Ian Crocker	22.71 WR	Mark Foster	23.22	Duje Draganja	23.26
100 m	Ian Crocker	50.18 CR	James Hickman	51.13	Peter Mankoč	51.66
200 m	James Hickman	1:53.41	Ioan Gherghel	1:54.06	Wu Peng	1:54.51

Women's Butterfly

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m	Jenny Thompson	25.89	Anna-Karin Kammerling	26.02	Libby Lenton	26.53
100 m	Martina Moravcová	57.38	Rachel Komisarz	57.85	Jenny Thompson	58.13
200 m	Kaitlin Sandeno	2:06.95	Mary Descenza	2:07.79	Audrey Lacroix	2:08.35

Men's Medley

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Peter Mankoč	52.66 CR	Thomas Rupprath	53.35	Thiago Pereira	53.75
200 m	Thiago Pereira	1:55.78	Ryan Lochte	1:55.86	Oussama Mellouli	1:56.23
400 m	Oussama Mellouli	4:07.02	Robin Francis	4:08.06	Eric Shanteau	4:08.94
4 × 100 m	United States Aaron Peirsol Brendan Hansen Ian Crocker Jason Lezak	3:25.09 WR	Australia Matthew Welsh Brenton Rickard Andrew Richards Andrew Mewing	3:29.72	Russia Arkady Vyatchanin Andrei Ivanov Nikolay Skvortsov Andrey Kapralov	3:32.11

Women's Medley

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Brooke Hanson	1:00.01	Shayne Reese	1:00.92	Martina Moravcová	1:00.95
200 m	Brooke Hanson	2:09.81	Lara Carroll	2:10.58	Katie Hoff	2:10.61
400 m	Kaitlin Sandeno	4:30.12	Katie Hoff	4:33.09	Lara Carroll	4:35.46
4 × 100 m	Australia Sophie Edington Brooke Hanson Jessicah Schipper Libby Lenton	3:54.95 WR	United States Haley Cope Tara Kirk Jenny Thompson Kara Lynn Joyce	3:55.68	Sweden Therese Svendsen Sara Larsson Johanna Sjöberg Josefin Lillhage	4:01.76

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	21	10	10	41
2	Australia (AUS)	7	15	7	29
3	Great Britain (GBR)	2	3	0	5
4	Russia (RUS)	2	0	2	4
5	Sweden (SWE)	1	4	4	9
6	Brazil (BRA)	1	1	3	5
7	Germany (GER)	1	1	1	3
8	Japan (JPN)	1	0	1	2
	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	1	2
	Slovakia (SVK)	1	0	1	2
	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	1	2
	Tunisia (TUN)	1	0	1	2
13	China (CHN)	0	2	1	3
14	Canada (CAN)	0	1	3	4
15	Romania (ROU)	0	1	1	2
16	Algeria (ALG)	0	1	0	1
16	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
18	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	0	2	2
19	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	1	1
19	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		40	40	41	121

References

^ Rieder, David (1 November 2021). "Without Full Athlete Buy-In, Short Course Worlds Remain a Secondary Championship". Swimming World. Sports Publications, Inc. Retrieved 15 August 2024. Michael Phelps went to one Short Course Worlds, when it was held on U.S. soil in Indianapolis in 2004, and never again before his career wrapped up in 2016.
^ Press, Associated (6 October 2004). "Phelps hasn't swam in short courses often". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved 15 August 2024. Phelps is entered in the 200-meter freestyle, 200 butterfly, 100, 200 and 400 individual medleys and 800 free relay.
^ Plummer, David (8 October 2004). "Exhausted Phelps feels the strain". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 August 2024.

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[1] Rieder, David (1 November 2021). "Without Full Athlete Buy-In, Short Course Worlds Remain a Secondary Championship". Swimming World. Sports Publications, Inc. Retrieved 15 August 2024. Michael Phelps went to one Short Course Worlds, when it was held on U.S. soil in Indianapolis in 2004, and never again before his career wrapped up in 2016.

[2] Press, Associated (6 October 2004). "Phelps hasn't swam in short courses often". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved 15 August 2024. Phelps is entered in the 200-meter freestyle, 200 butterfly, 100, 200 and 400 individual medleys and 800 free relay.

[3] Plummer, David (8 October 2004). "Exhausted Phelps feels the strain". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 August 2024.

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2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)