The 36th Chess Olympiad was held in the city of Calvia ( Spain ), from October 14 to October 31, 2004. 130 (male) teams took part in the Olympiad. The composition of the teams in men: 4 main and 2 spare participants.
| XXIV Chess Olympiad | |
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| Location |  Spain , Calvia |
| The opening ceremony | October 14, 2004 |
| Opened | - |
| Closing ceremony | October 31, 2004 |
| Champion (Women) | - |
Competitions were held according to the Swiss system for team competitions in 14 rounds.
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Lineups
Ukraine
Ivanchuk , Ponomarev , Volokitin , Moiseenko , Eljanov , Karjakin
Russia
Morozevich , Svidler , Grischuk , Dreev , Khalifman , Zvyagintsev
Armenia
Hakobyan , Aronian , Vaganyan , Lputyan , Sargsyan , Minasyan
USA
Onishchuk , Shabalov , Goldin , Kaydanov , I. Novikov , Gulko
Israel
Gelfand , Sutovsky , Smirin , Avrukh , Khuzman , Royz
India
Anand , Sashikiran , Harikrishna , Ganguli , Kunte , Sandipan
Cuba
L. Dominguez , Bruson , N. Delgado , Nogueiras , Arensibia , Quesada
Netherlands
van Veli , I. Sokolov , Tivyakov , Timman , van den Dul , Neubur
Bulgaria
Cyrus. Georgiev , Delchev , Cheparinov , V. Spasov , Chatalbashev , Radulsky
Spain
Shirov , Vallejo , Illescas , Cifuentes , Romero Olmes , Arismendi
Summary table
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| A place | Winners |
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| one | Vasily Ivanchuk , Ruslan Ponomarev , Andrey Volokitin , Alexander Moiseenko , Pavel Eljanov , Sergey Karjakin |
| 2 | Alexander Morozevich , Peter Veniaminovich Svidler , Alexander Grischuk , Alexey Sergeyevich Dreev , Alexander Khalifman , Vadim Zvyagintsev |
| 3 | Vladimir Hakobyan , Levon Aronian , Rafael Vaganyan , Smbat Lputyan , Gabriel Sargsyan , Artashes Minasyan |