Swimming
- January 13–14 – World Cup (short course) held at Stockholm
- January 18 – exactly four years after Australia's Susie O'Neill set her world record (2:04.16) in the women's 200m butterfly (short course), Yang Yu from PR China betters that time at Berlin, clocking 2:04.04
- March 25 – Frédérick Bousquet breaks the world record in the men's 50m freestyle (short course) at New York City, clocking 21.10
- May 5–16) – 27th European LC Championships held at Madrid
- Russia wins the most medals (16) and Ukraine the most gold medals (9)
- August 14–22] – Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics held at Athens
- USA wins the most medals (28) and the most gold medals (12)
- (October 7-1) – 7th World Short Course Championships held at Indianapolis
- USA wins the most medals (41) and the most gold medals (21)
- December 9–12 – 8th European SC Championships held at Vienna
- Germany wins the most medals (22) and the most gold medals (9)
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