Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athletics; at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Athens Olympic Stadium (track and field); Panathenaic Stadium (marathon); Streets of Athens (walk); Stadium at Olympia (shot put)
Dates	18–29 August 2004
Competitors	from 197 nations

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons (run from Marathonas to the Kallimarmaro Stadium), the race walks (on the streets of Athens), and the shot put (held at the Ancient Olympia Stadium). A total of 46 events were contested, of which 24 by male and 22 by female athletes.

Medal winners

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Justin Gatlin United States	9.85	Francis Obikwelu Portugal	9.86 (AR)	Maurice Greene United States	9.87
200 metres	Shawn Crawford United States	19.79	Bernard Williams United States	20.01	Justin Gatlin United States	20.03
400 metres	Jeremy Wariner United States	44.00	Otis Harris United States	44.16	Derrick Brew United States	44.42
800 metres	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia	1:44.45	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa	1:44.61	Wilson Kipketer Denmark	1:44.65
1500 metres	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco	3:34.18	Bernard Lagat Kenya	3:34.30	Rui Silva Portugal	3:34.68
5000 metres	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco	13:14.39	Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia	13:14.59	Eliud Kipchoge Kenya	13:15.10
10,000 metres	Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia	27:05.10 (OR)	Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia	27:09.39	Zersenay Tadese Eritrea	27:22.57
110 metres hurdles	Liu Xiang China	12.91 (WR)	Terrence Trammell United States	13.18	Anier García Cuba	13.20
400 metres hurdles	Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic	47.63	Danny McFarlane Jamaica	48.11	Naman Keïta France	48.26
3000 metres steeplechase	Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya	8:05.81	Brimin Kipruto Kenya	8:06.11	Paul Kipsiele Koech Kenya	8:06.64
4×100 metres relay	Great Britain (GBR) Jason Gardener Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Mark Lewis-Francis	38.07	United States (USA) Shawn Crawford Justin Gatlin Coby Miller Maurice Greene Darvis Patton*	38.08	Nigeria (NGR) Olusoji Fasuba Uchenna Emedolu Aaron Egbele Deji Aliu	38.23
4×400 metres relay	United States (USA) Otis Harris Derrick Brew Jeremy Wariner Darold Williamson Andrew Rock* Kelly Willie*	2:55.91	Australia (AUS) John Steffensen Mark Ormrod Patrick Dwyer Clinton Hill	3:00.60	Nigeria (NGR) James Godday Musa Audu Saul Weigopwa Enefiok Udo-Obong	3:00.90
Marathon	Stefano Baldini Italy	2:10:55	Mebrahtom Keflezighi United States	2:11:29	Vanderlei de Lima Brazil	2:12:11
20 kilometres walk	Ivano Brugnetti Italy	1:19:40	Paquillo Fernández Spain	1:19:45	Nathan Deakes Australia	1:20:02
50 kilometres walk	Robert Korzeniowski Poland	3:38:46	Denis Nizhegorodov Russia	3:42:50	Aleksey Voyevodin Russia	3:43:34
High jump	Stefan Holm Sweden	2.36 m	Matt Hemingway United States	2.34 m	Jaroslav Bába Czech Republic	2.34 m
Pole vault	Timothy Mack United States	5.95 m (OR)	Toby Stevenson United States	5.90 m	Giuseppe Gibilisco Italy	5.85 m
Long jump	Dwight Phillips United States	8.59 m	John Moffitt United States	8.47 m	Joan Lino Martínez Spain	8.32 m
Triple jump	Christian Olsson Sweden	17.79 m	Marian Oprea Romania	17.55 m	Danil Burkenya Russia	17.48 m
Shot put ^[a]	Adam Nelson United States	21.16 m	Joachim Olsen Denmark	21.07 m	Manuel Martínez Spain	20.84 m
Discus throw	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania	69.89 m (OR)	Zoltán Kővágó Hungary	67.04 m	Aleksander Tammert Estonia	66.66 m
Hammer throw ^[b]	Koji Murofushi Japan	82.91 m	None Awarded ^[b]		Eşref Apak Turkey	79.51 m
Javelin throw	Andreas Thorkildsen Norway	86.50 m	Vadims Vasiļevskis Latvia	84.95 m	Sergey Makarov Russia	84.84 m
Decathlon	Roman Šebrle Czech Republic	8893 (OR)	Bryan Clay United States	8820	Dmitriy Karpov Kazakhstan	8725

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Yulia Nesterenko Belarus	10.93	Lauryn Williams United States	10.96	Veronica Campbell Jamaica	10.97
200 metres	Veronica Campbell Jamaica	22.05	Allyson Felix United States	22.18	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Bahamas	22.30
400 metres	Tonique Williams-Darling Bahamas	49.41	Ana Guevara Mexico	49.56	Natalya Antyukh Russia	49.89
800 metres	Kelly Holmes Great Britain	1:56.38	Hasna Benhassi Morocco	1:56.43	Jolanda Čeplak Slovenia	1:56.43
1500 metres	Kelly Holmes Great Britain	3:57.90	Tatyana Tomashova Russia	3:58.12	Maria Cioncan Romania	3:58.39
5000 metres	Meseret Defar Ethiopia	14:45.65	Isabella Ochichi Kenya	14:48.19	Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia	14:51.83
10,000 metres	Xing Huina China	30:24.36	Ejegayehu Dibaba Ethiopia	30:24.98	Derartu Tulu Ethiopia	30:26.42
100 metres hurdles	Joanna Hayes United States	12.37 (OR)	Olena Krasovska Ukraine	12.45	Melissa Morrison United States	12.56
400 metres hurdles	Fani Chalkia Greece	52.82	Ionela Târlea-Manolache Romania	53.38	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova Ukraine	53.44
4×100 metres relay	Jamaica (JAM) Tayna Lawrence Sherone Simpson Aleen Bailey Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald*	41.73	Russia (RUS) Olga Fyodorova Yuliya Tabakova Irina Khabarova Larisa Kruglova	42.27	France (FRA) Véronique Mang Muriel Hurtis Sylviane Félix Christine Arron	42.54
4×400 metres relay ^[c]	United States (USA) DeeDee Trotter Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Monique Hennagan Moushaumi Robinson*	3:19.01 ^[c]	Russia (RUS) Olesya Krasnomovets Natalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina Natalya Antyukh Tatyana Firova* Natalya Ivanova*	3:20.16	Jamaica (JAM) Novlene Williams Michelle Burgher Nadia Davy Sandie Richards Ronetta Smith*	3:22.00
Marathon	Mizuki Noguchi Japan	2:26:20	Catherine Ndereba Kenya	2:26:32	Deena Kastor United States	2:27:20
20 kilometres walk	Athanasia Tsoumeleka Greece	1:29:12	Olimpiada Ivanova Russia	1:29:16	Jane Saville Australia	1:29:25
High jump	Yelena Slesarenko Russia	2.06 m (OR)	Hestrie Cloete South Africa	2.02 m	Viktoriya Styopina Ukraine	2.02 m
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbayeva Russia	4.91 m (WR)	Svetlana Feofanova Russia	4.75 m	Anna Rogowska Poland	4.70 m
Long jump	Tatyana Lebedeva Russia	7.07 m	Irina Simagina Russia	7.05 m	Tatyana Kotova Russia	7.05 m
Triple jump	Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon	15.30 m	Hrysopiyi Devetzi Greece	15.25 m	Tatyana Lebedeva Russia	15.14 m
Shot put ^[d]	Yumileidi Cumbá Cuba	19.59 m	Nadine Kleinert Germany	19.55 m	None Awarded ^[d]
Discus throw ^[e]	Natalya Sadova Russia	67.02 m	Anastasia Kelesidou Greece	66.68 m	Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová Czech Republic	66.08 m
Hammer throw	Olga Kuzenkova Russia	75.02 m (OR)	Yipsi Moreno Cuba	73.36 m	Yunaika Crawford Cuba	73.16 m
Javelin throw	Osleidys Menéndez Cuba	71.53 m (OR)	Steffi Nerius Germany	65.82 m	Mirela Manjani Greece	64.29 m
Heptathlon	Carolina Klüft Sweden	6952	Austra Skujytė Lithuania	6435	Kelly Sotherton Great Britain	6424

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	9	11	5	25
2	Russia (RUS)	6	7	6	19
3	Great Britain (GBR)	3	0	1	4
4	Sweden (SWE)	3	0	0	3
5	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	3	2	7
6	Greece (GRE)	2	2	1	5
7	Cuba (CUB)	2	1	2	5
7	Jamaica (JAM)	2	1	2	5
9	Morocco (MAR)	2	1	0	3
10	Italy (ITA)	2	0	1	3
11	China (CHN)	2	0	0	2
11	Japan (JPN)	2	0	0	2
13	Kenya (KEN)	1	4	2	7
14	Lithuania (LTU)	1	1	0	2
15	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	2	3
16	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	1	2
16	Poland (POL)	1	0	1	2
18	Belarus (BLR)	1	0	0	1
	Cameroon (CMR)	1	0	0	1
	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
22	Romania (ROU)	0	2	1	3
23	Germany (GER)	0	2	0	2
23	South Africa (RSA)	0	2	0	2
25	Australia (AUS)	0	1	2	3
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	2	3
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	2	3
28	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	1	2
28	Portugal (POR)	0	1	1	2
30	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
33	France (FRA)	0	0	2	2
33	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	2	2
35	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Eritrea (ERI)	0	0	1	1
	Estonia (EST)	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	1	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (40 nations)		46	45	45	136

Participating nations

A total of 197 nations participated in the different Athletics events at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of athletes representing each nation.

The Gambia (2)
Georgia (3)
Germany (86)
Ghana (11)
Great Britain (58)
Greece (66)
Grenada (3)
Guam (2)
Guatemala (6)
Guinea (2)
Guinea-Bissau (2)
Guyana (2)
Haiti (4)
Honduras (1)
Hong Kong (2)
Hungary (39)
Iceland (2)
India (19)
Indonesia (2)
Iran (2)
Iraq (2)
Ireland (15)
Israel (5)
Italy (54)
Jamaica (45)
Japan (41)
Jordan (2)
Kazakhstan (22)
Kenya (32)
Kiribati (2)
Kuwait (5)
Kyrgyzstan (7)
Laos (2)
Latvia (17)
Lebanon (2)
Lesotho (2)
Liberia (2)
Libya (2)
Lithuania (59)
Luxembourg (1)
Macedonia (2)
Madagascar (3)
Malaysia (2)
Malawi (2)
Maldives (2)
Mali (2)
Malta (2)
Mauritania (2)
Mauritius (4)
Mexico (27)
Federated States of Micronesia (2)
Moldova (13)
Monaco (1)
Mongolia (2)
Morocco (27)
Mozambique (2)
Namibia (3)
Nepal (2)
Netherlands (25)
Netherlands Antilles (2)
Nicaragua (3)
Niger (2)
Nigeria (26)
New Zealand (15)
North Korea (4)
Norway (10)

Notes

^a After the announcement of the disqualification for doping of the athlete Yuri Bilonog (UKR), who won the gold medal at the time, there was a new distribution of medals in March 2013. The IOC upgraded original silver medalist Adam Nelson (USA) to gold, bronze medalist Joachim Olsen (DEN) to silver, and fourth place finisher Manuel Martínez (ESP) to bronze.[1][2]
^b Ivan Tsikhan (BLR), was disqualified due to doping. There was no decision of the IOC to redistribute the medals.[1][3]
^c Crystal Cox (USA), who ran in the preliminary round of a relay team, admitted to using anabolic steroids from 2001 to 2004. The IOC decided to revoke the gold medal from Crystal Cox and asked the IAAF to make its decision about the US squad. The IOC and IAAF announced that the result would stand due to the fact that, according to the rules of the time, a team should not be disqualified because of a doping offense by an athlete who did not compete in finals.[4][5]
^d Russian athlete Irina Korzhanenko lost her gold medal in women's shot put due to doping, with Cuban Yumileidi Cumbá Jay replacing her as the Olympic champion, German Nadine Kleinert receiving the silver medal, and Svetlana Krivelyova of Russia receiving the bronze medal.[6] Krivelyova was later stripped of her bronze for the same reason.
^e Iryna Yatchenko (BLR), was disqualified due to doping. The IOC decided that the bronze medal was reallocated to the athlete Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová (CZE) during the IOC Executive Board on 30 May 2013.[1][2]

References

IOC disqualifies four medallists from Athens 2004
IOC Executive Board meeting in St. Petersburg
Athletics Results - Athens 2004
USA allowed to keep Athens 2004 4x400m relay gold medals
Associated Press (23 August 2004). "Ancient Olympia's First Female Winner Stripped of Medal". USA Today. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2008.

External links

"Athletics Results - Athens 2004". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
Official result book – Athletics

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[dsq1-1] IOC disqualifies four medallists from Athens 2004

[dsq2-2] IOC Executive Board meeting in St. Petersburg

[dsq3-3] Athletics Results - Athens 2004

[5] USA allowed to keep Athens 2004 4x400m relay gold medals

[6] Associated Press (23 August 2004). "Ancient Olympia's First Female Winner Stripped of Medal". USA Today. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2008.

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Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races