Zimbabwe at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Zimbabwe
games=2004 Summer
competitors=12 (9 men, 3 women)
sports=4
flagbearer=Young Talkmore Nyongani
officials=
gold=1
silver=1
bronze=1
total=3
rank=49

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).

Medalists

Gold

*Kirsty Coventry — Swimming, Women's 200m Backstroke

Silver

*Kirsty Coventry — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke

Bronze

*Kirsty Coventry — Swimming, Women's 200m Individual Medley

Results by event

=Athletics=

Half of Zimbabwe's competitors participated in Athletics, but none were able to make it all the way to a final. The best showing came in the 400 metres, where Lewis Banda missed out on making the final by only 0.15 seconds, an improvement that would have still fallen short of his personal best time.

Men's 200 metres:
* Brian Dzingai :* Round 1 — 20.72 s (→ 4th in heat 3, "Qualified"):* Round 2 — 20.87 s (→ 5th in heat 2, failed to advance, 23rd overall)

Men's 400 metres:
* Lewis Banda:* Round 1 — 45.37 s (→ 2nd in heat 5, "Qualified"):* Semifinal — 45.23 s (→ 4th in semifinal 1, failed to advance, T-9th overall)
* Young Talkmore Nyongani:* Round 1 — 46.03 s (→ 3rd in heat 6, failed to advance, 27th overall)
* Lloyd Zvasiya :* Round 1 — 47.19 s (→ 6th in heat 1, failed to advance, 45th overall)

Men's Marathon:
* Abel Chimukoko:* 2:22:09 (→ 48th place)

Women's 100 metres:
* Winneth Dube:* Round 1 — 11.56 s (→ 6th in heat 2, failed to advance, 39th overall)

=Shooting=

Zimbabwe's lone shooter finished 7 points out of the top 6 position needed to make the final.

Men's Double Trap:

* Michael Sean James Nicholson :* Qualification: 128 points (16th overall, failed to qualify)

=Swimming=

The first and only Zimbabwean medal winner, Kirsty Coventry set national and African records in all but one of her 9 swims, and medalled in all three events she entered

Men's 100 metre Backstroke:
* Brendan Ashby :* Heat: 58.91s (did not advance, 39th overall)

Women's 100 metre Backstroke:
* Kirsty Coventry:* Heat: 1:01.60 ("Qualified", 4th overall) ("African Record"):* Semifinal: 1:01.21 ("Qualified", 7th overall) ("African Record"):* Final: 1:00.50 (Silver Medal) ("African Record")

Women's 200 metre Backstroke:
* Kirsty Coventry:* Heat: 2:12.49 ("Qualified", 3rd overall) ("African Record"):* Semifinal: 2:10.04 ("Qualified", 2nd overall) ("African Record"):* Final: 2:09.19 (Gold Medal) ("African Record")

Women's 200 metre Individual Medley:
* Kirsty Coventry:* Heat: 2:13.33 ("Qualified", 1st overall) ("African Record"):* Semifinal: 2:13.68 ("Qualified", 4th overall):* Final: 2:12.72 (Bronze Medal) ("African Record")

=Tennis=

The duo of Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett entered as the fourth seed for the tournament, and beat two unseeded opponents before falling to the fifth-seeded Indian team in the quarterfinals. Cara Black was ranked 106th, but given a wild-card into the 64-player tournament, beating the 45th ranked Slovenian before falling to the sixteenth-seed.

Men's Doubles:
* (4) Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett:* First Round: Defeated Arnaud Clement and Sebastien Grosjean of France (5 - 7, 6 - 4, 9 - 7):* Second Round: Defeated André Sá and Flávio Saretta of Brazil (6 - 3, 6 - 4):* Quarterfinal: Lost to (5) Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi of India (4 - 6, 4 - 6)

Women's Singles
* Cara Black:* First Round: Defeated Tina Pisnik of Slovenia (6 - 3, 5 - 7, 6 - 4) :* Second Round: Lost to (16) Chanda Rubin of United States (4 - 6, 6 - 3, 3 - 6)

Officials

*Secretary General: Robert Mutsauki

References

* [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2004/Results/ Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad]
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ZIM/summer/2004/ sports-reference]