 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Klim achangobva kudzoka kubva pakurohwa kwemakore maviri, uye Callus achirwara, Thorpe aigona chete kusimbisa Australia kusvika pachinhanho chechitanhatu mu 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. Mamita mazana maviri akavamba navan den Hoogenband zvakare achirwisa pakarepo, achisvika pamakumbo emamita zana anopfuura wechipiri pasi pekuparadzaniswa kwenyika, naThorpe hafu yemuviri kumashure. Thorpe zvishoma nezvishoma akaderedza kutungamira asati apfuura van den Hoogenband mumamita ekupedzisira makumi mashanu kuti akunde Mujaho weZana reMakore nehafu yehurefu hwemuviri, mune rekodhi nyowani yeOlympic ye1 min 44.71 s. Awana zvaakanga atadza kuita makore mana akanga apfuura, Thorpe akanzwa kuda kuita chimwe chinhu, akabva abvarura ngowani yake, akarova mhepo, ndokudanidzira. Zuva rakatevera racho rakaona makore matanhatu okukunda kweAustralia munhangemutange ye4 × 200 m yokumhanya vakasunungukayakapera apo Hackett, Klim naSprenger vakanga vaisa Thorpe muchikamu chokupedzisira 1.48 s shure kwaKeller. Thorpe zvishoma nezvishoma akaderedza muganhu asi akakundikana kupfuudza Keller munharaunda yekupedzisira, United States ichibata 0.13 s kare. Thorpe akazviwana ari kune rumwe rutivi rwomugumisiro wakaoma paakakwanisa pakupedzisira nokuda kwe100 m freestyle ne 0.01 s. Akakunda mumakwikwi ekupedzisira nekubva pachinhanho chechitanhatu pamakumi mashanu emamita kuti akunde menduru yebronze mumutambo wake wega we48.56 s, zvichimuita iye chete munhu akahwina menduru mumusanganiswa we100 200 400 munhoroondo yeOlympic. Pashure peMitambo yeOlympic yeAtene, Thorpe akarega zvokukwikwidza mukushambira, achisiya makwikwi eWorld Aquatics Championships muna 2005. 