Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20–21 August. It was originally planned to hold the discus throw at the Ancient Olympia Stadium, but it was discovered that the field was not large enough to accommodate the range of modern discus throwers, and would have posed a danger to spectators. As such, it was decided to move the discus throw and to hold the shot put at the ancient stadium, despite the fact that the shot put was not contested at the Ancient Olympic Games.[1]

Women's discus throw
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates20–21 August
Competitors42 from 27 nations
Winning distance67.02
Medalists
Natalya Sadova
 Russia
Anastasia Kelesidou
 Greece
Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová
 Czech Republic

On December 5, 2012, Belarusian discus thrower Iryna Yatchenko was stripped of her bronze medal after drug re-testings of her samples on methandienone had been discovered positive.[2][3] Following the announcement of Yatchenko's disqualification, the International Olympic Committee Executive Board had distributed and awarded the bronze to Czech Republic's Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, who originally finished fourth in the final.[4]

Competition format

Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.[5]

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Friday, 20 August 200421:30Qualification
Saturday, 21 August 200421:10Final

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Gabriele Reinsch (GDR)76.80 mNeubrandenburg, East Germany9 July 1988
Olympic record Martina Hellmann (GDR)72.30 mSeoul, South Korea29 September 1988

No new records were set during the competition.

Results

Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 62.50 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1AVěra Pospíšilová-Cechlová Czech Republic64.4864.48Q
2ANatalya Sadova Russia64.3364.33Q
3BOlena Antonova Ukraine62.1564.2064.20Q
4BAnastasia Kelesidou Greece64.1364.13Q
5ABeatrice Faumuina New Zealand64.0764.07Q
6AEkaterini Voggoli Greece63.3963.39Q
7BIryna Yatchenko Belarus62.1563.0463.04Q
8ANicoleta Grasu Romania59.8760.8961.9161.91q
9BStyliani Tsikouna Greece61.7260.1760.6761.72q
10BYania Ferrales Cubax56.4661.5461.54q
11AJoanna Wiśniewska Poland61.4856.1158.4361.48q
12BLi Yanfeng China61.1961.3561.2461.35q
13AHarwant Kaur India60.8259.2059.9560.82
14BSeema Antil India59.9360.6458.4160.64
15AEllina Zvereva Belarus60.35x60.6360.63
16BWioletta Potępa Poland60.50x57.9960.50
17BNeelam Jaswant Singh India60.2657.2560.1060.26
18APhilippa Roles Great Britain57.3058.83x58.83
19BAretha Hill United States52.9358.82x58.82
20BElizna Naudé South Africa58.7458.2658.3258.74
21AOlga Chernyavskaya Russia58.6458.1958.5558.64
22AStephanie Brown United Statesx58.54x58.54
23BTeresa Machado Portugal58.4757.0057.6558.47
24ANatalya Fokina Ukraine58.2856.8455.6458.28
25BSong Aimin China58.1958.03x58.19
26AElisângela Adriano Brazilx58.13x58.13
27AFranka Dietzsch Germanyx57.5758.1258.12
28BDace Ruskule Latvia54.4957.43x57.43
29AVera Begić Croatiax54.8057.3157.31
30BOksana Yesipchuk Russiax57.2757.1857.27
31AMélina Robert-Michon France56.70x56.5356.70
32AHuang Qun China56.53x55.0656.53
33BShelley Newman Great Britainx54.0456.0456.04
34BVladimíra Racková Czech Republic55.82x55.3655.82
35AAnna Söderberg Sweden54.0455.4951.2455.49
36BAlice Matejková Spain54.15x55.3755.37
37BEha Rünne Estonia54.28x54.8254.82
38BDragana Tomašević Serbia and Montenegro51.71x54.4454.44
39AÉva Kürti Hungary52.5250.85x52.52
40ATereapii Tapoki Cook Islands47.5948.12x48.12
41ATsvetanka Khristova Bulgaria43.25xx43.25
BSeilala Sua United StatesxxxNM

Final

RankNameNationality123456ResultNotes
Natalya Sadova Russia64.7864.81x65.3367.0266.6867.02
Anastasia Kelesidou Greece62.77x66.6863.7166.0961.5966.68
Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová Czech Republic63.0266.08x62.8163.2164.8466.08
4Olena Antonova Ukraine59.8864.11x63.6160.3765.7565.75
5Nicoleta Grasu Romania62.0162.2163.4861.5861.9364.9264.92SB
6Beatrice Faumuina New Zealandx62.45x63.4562.99x63.45
7Ekaterini Voggoli Greece60.6661.44x62.3762.3261.8462.37
8Li Yanfeng China60.6757.3661.0561.05
9Joanna Wiśniewska Poland58.3360.7459.9560.74
10Styliani Tsikouna Greece59.4857.76x59.48
Yania Ferrales CubaxxxNM
Iryna Yatchenko Belarus59.9861.6766.1765.4663.0865.5466.17DSQ[2]

References

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