2004 Summer Olympics / Athletics

Athletics at the 2004 Olympic Games
information
venue	Olympic Stadium
Competition venue	Athens
date	August 18 to August 29, 2004
decisions	46 (24 , 22 )
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Olympic Games 2004 (adjusted medal table in athletics)
space	team				Total
1	United States	9	11	5	25th
2	Russia	6th	7th	6th	19th
3	Great Britain	3	-	1	4th
4th	Sweden	3	-	-	5
2	Ethiopia	2	3	2	7th
6th	Greece	2	2	1	5
7th	Jamaica	2	1	2	5
	Cuba	2	1	2	5
9	Morocco	2	1	-	3
10	Italy	2	-	1	3
11	People's Republic of China	2	-	-	2
	Japan	2	-	-	2
13	Kenya	1	4th	2	7th
14th	Lithuania	1	1	-	2
15th	Czech Republic	1	-	2	3
16	Bahamas	1	-	1	2
	Poland	1	-	1	2
18th	Dominican Republic	1	-	-	1
	Cameroon	1	-	-	1
	Norway	1	-	-	1
	Belarus	1	-	-	1
22nd	Romania	-	2	1	3
23	Germany	-	2	-	2
	South Africa	-	2	-	2
25th	Australia	-	1	2	3
	Spain	-	1	2	3
	Ukraine	-	1	2	3
28	Denmark	-	1	1	2
	Portugal	-	1	1	2
30th	Latvia	-	1	-	1
	Mexico	-	1	-	1
	Hungary	-	1	-	1
33	France	-	-	2	2
	Nigeria	-	-	2	2
35	Brazil	-	-	1	1
	Eritrea	-	1	-	1
	Estonia	1	-	-	1
	Kazakhstan	1	-	-	1
	Slovenia	-	1	-	1
	Turkey	-	-	1	1

At the XXVIII. 2004 Olympic Games in Athens were 46 competitions in Athletics held, 24 of them for men and 22 for women. With a few exceptions, the competitions took place in the Olympic Stadium. The venue for the shot put - women and men - was the ancient stadium of Olympia , the two marathons began in marathon and ended in the Panathinaikon stadium .

Attendees

As they did four years earlier in Sydney, South and North Korea entered the Olympic Stadium together at the opening ceremony. The two associations had even thought about a joint team, but that didn't happen. This positive sign of rapprochement between the two states was later gradually softened and turned into the opposite at the latest after the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . By the time of the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang , the two countries had moved far apart politically, economically and militarily.

Competitions

For the first time in a long time, there were no changes to the athletics competition offering at these games. The range for women had almost reached the size of the men's competitions due to the expansion of previous years. In the area of ​​running, the only thing missing was the 3,000-meter obstacle course , which was to be added at the 2008 Olympic Games . In addition, there was and is only one distance for women when walking, as opposed to two distances for men. Further differences can be found in the hurdle height on the two hurdle distances and the length of the shorter hurdle route, which is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women, in order to take into account the different stride lengths of the sexes. As an all-around event, a heptathlon was and will be fought for women and a decathlon for men .

Stadium and sports facilities

The Athens Olympic Stadium was already there and was also used before, mainly for hosting football matches, but also for athletics. At 156 million euros, it was brought up to date for the Olympic Games. The sports facility is one of the few that is still in good condition after the games are over and continues to be used intensively. Almost all of the other sports facilities, some of which have been completely rebuilt or have been modernized for a lot of money, are now falling into disrepair. There are no more events there, maintenance does not take place and the far-reaching plans to integrate the facilities in amusement parks were never implemented.

The host Greece's financial crisis

Not only the decaying sports facilities brought difficulties and problems for the organizer. Hosting the Games did not, as hoped, lead to an upturn in the economy. On the contrary, around twelve billion euros in the resulting debts have to be paid off. These games put such a strain on the crisis-ridden Greek budget that only a few years later it almost went into national bankruptcy.

doping

There have been a number of cases of doping in athletics at these games. Some affected athletes were caught immediately after their competition, some were not allowed to compete in the first place because of positive doping tests, the result of which became official before the start of the games, and other athletes were only detected years later during follow-up checks on the preserved samples using new testing methods. For those concerned, this usually resulted in the withdrawal of their results and a demand for the return of any medals they might have received. In the medal table listed above, the correspondingly changed results in the individual disciplines are fully taken into account. Quite a swamp opened up here, into which athletics got more and more into, because the number of doping fraudsters did not decrease even at numerous later major championships at continental and world level.

• The two Greek medal candidates Konstantinos Kenteris , u. a. 2001 world champion over 200 meters , and Ekaterini Thanou , u. a. European champion over 100 meters , were warned by a Greek official of an unannounced doping control the evening before the opening ceremony. Both went underground - to pick up personal belongings, it was said. It was also not possible to make up for the inspection two hours later; the excuse was that there had been a motorcycle accident, which turned out to be untrue. Before the doping test could possibly be put into practice, both Kenteris and Thanou returned their accreditation for the games. This was immediately followed by a ban for two years. But seven months later, a five-member committee of the Greek Athletics Association acquitted both athletes. The culprit was coach Christos Tzekos. He had failed to ensure that his two protégés appear for doping control. The motorcycle accident was not mentioned. During a raid on Tzekos' business premises, around 1,500 ampoules containing prohibited substances were found. But the World Athletics Federation IAAF did not accept the athletes' acquittal, and the ban remained in force. Kenteris resigned as a competitive athlete, while Thanou wanted to compete in the 2008 Olympics . But the IAAF refused its accreditation. In May 2011, Thanou and Kenteris were sentenced to 31 months in prison with probation for perjury, but were acquitted by an appeals court.
• Anton Galkin , Russia - 400-meter run (initially fourth in his semi-final run). He was subsequently disqualified for doping abuse. Stanozolol was detected in his doping test .
• Duane Ross , USA - 110-meter hurdles (initially fifth in his semi-final run). He was banned from the US Anti-Doping Commission for two years based on the results of the investigation into the BALCO affair . His results were retroactively canceled for all competitions with retroactive effect from November 2, 2001.
• Aleksej Lesnitschij , Belarus - high jump (eliminated without a valid attempt in the preliminary fight). Lesnitschij had not made a valid attempt and was therefore not even counted, but the substance clenbuterol was detected during the doping control . He was then banned from the games and banned for two years.
• Jurij Bilonoh , Ukraine - Shot put (first first). He was proven to have taken the banned drug nandrolone , which resulted in his disqualification.
• Róbert Fazekas , Hungary - discus throw (initially first). He spent many hours doing his post-competition doping test and was unable to get the urine test despite the large amounts of fluids he consumed. The inspectors in charge prevented Fazekas from starting a carefully prepared scam using a plastic bag with foreign urine attached to his genital area.
• Adrián Annus , Hungary - hammer throw (first first). The athlete did not appear for a regular doping control on his return to Hungary, so his Olympic victory was revoked.
• Iwan Zichan , Belarus - hammer throw (initially third). He was stripped of his bronze medal on December 5, 2012 after it was subsequently proven that he had committed doping abuse.
• Schanna Block , Ukraine - 100-meter run (initially sixth of her semi-final run). She was subsequently disqualified in October 2011 for violating the doping regulations.
• Marion Jones , USA - long jump (initially fifth). She was subsequently disqualified for doping in the wake of the BALCO affair .
• Svetlana Kriweljowa , Russia - Shot put (initially third). On December 5, 2012, she was subsequently disqualified for a proven doping offense and had to surrender her bronze medal.
• Irina Korschanenko , Russia - Shot Put (First First). Following her competition, she was shown to have taken the prohibited substance stanozolol , which resulted in her being disqualified.
• Olga Shchukina , Uzbekistan - Shot put (did not get past qualifying). She had tested positive for Clenbuterol during a training check shortly before the Games , but this only became official after the Athens Games. Her result was canceled and she was banned from the IAAF for two years.
• Iryna Jatchanka , Belarus - discus throw (third at first). She was also deprived of the bronze medal in 2012 because of proven doping offenses.

In addition, there were two athletes in the run-up to these games who were not allowed to compete in the first place because of proven doping abuse.

• Jerome Young , USA - 400 meter run . The use of EPO was proven to him on July 23, 2004 at the Golden League meeting in Paris , which initially resulted in a two-year ban.
• Torri Edwards , USA - 100 meter world champion . She was convicted on April 24, 2004 on the Caribbean island of Martinique during a training control of the intake of the stimulant nikethamide and was excluded from participation in the 2004 Olympic Games.
• There were other inconsistencies with the 100 meter winner Julija Neszjarenka from Belarus. According to the Polish Athletics Association, she was convicted of doping abuse using clenbuterol two years before the games . However, since the responsible laboratory had no accreditation for the IAAF or the IOC , this result was forever without consequences.

Sporting successes

The level of performance at these Olympic Games was, as is almost always the case at such high points, for the athletes. However, as in 1996 in Atlanta and 2000 in Sydney , there was no record flood, as seen again and again in the past at such events . Two world records were set:

> 110-meter hurdles : Liu Xiang ( People's Republic of China ) - 12.91 s ( WR discontinued)

> Pole vault : Jelena Isinbayeva ( Russia ) - 4.91 m

In addition, the Olympic record was improved nine times in nine disciplines, four times each for men and women.

The most successful nation was once again the United States . They produced nine Olympic champions and won a total of 25 medals - an increase compared to the result four years ago. In second place came again Russia , which was able to increase its last result considerably and thus came back a little closer to the level of the former Soviet Union . Even Britain had something better record than in Sydney . There were three Olympic victories and another bronze medal. Sweden also had three winners without any further medals. Seven nations won two gold medals each, these were Ethiopia - three additional silver and two bronze medals, hosts Greece - two additional silver and one bronze, Jamaica - one additional silver and two bronze medals, Cuba - one additional silver and two bronze medals, Morocco - one additional one Silver, Italy - additionally bronze, China - without further medals and Japan - without further medals. For all other nations there was at most one gold medal in athletics.

For the individual athletes, the following services are particularly worth mentioning.

• Four athletes won two gold medals each at these games:
  • Veronica Campbell ( Jamaica ) - 200 meters and 4 x 100 meters relay , also bronze over 100 meters .
  • Hicham El Guerrouj ( Morocco ) - 1500 and 5000 meters He had already won silver over 1500 meters in 2000 .
  • Jeremy Wariner ( USA ) - 400 meters and 4 by 400 meters relay .
  • Kelly Holmes ( Great Britain ) - 800 and 1500 meters.
• The following special achievement was also remarkable:
  • Robert Korzeniowski ( Poland ) became the first walker to win gold in the 50 km walk for the third time in a row . He was also Olympic champion over the 20 km distance in Sydney in 2000 .

Results men

100 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Justin Gatlin	United States	09.85
2	Francis Obikwelu	POR	09.86 ER
3	Maurice Greene	United States	09.87
4th	Shawn Crawford	United States	09.89
5	Asafa Powell	JAM	09.94
6th	Kim Collins	SKN	10.00
7th	Obadele Thompson	BAR	10.10
DNF	Aziz Zakari	GHA

Date: August 22, 2004, 11:10 pm

Wind: −0.6 m / s

The American Justin Gatlin won the supreme discipline of athletics with a relatively surprising new world record for the year of 9.85 s. Francis Obikwelu, a born Nigerian who started for Portugal , improved Linford Christie's old European record to 9.86 s with his second place .

Maurice Greene (USA), who had started to repeat his Olympic victory in 2000 , could not completely convince in the semi-finals. He won bronze in the final. Carl Lewis remained the only 100-meter sprinter who could repeat his Olympic victory. Only Usain Bolt managed to do that again later.

200 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Shawn Crawford	United States	19.79 PB
2	Bernard Williams	United States	20.01 PB
3	Justin Gatlin	United States	20.03
4th	Frank Fredericks	NAM	20.14
5	Francis Obikwelu	POR	20.14
6th	Stéphan Buckland	MRI	20.24
7th	Tobias Unger	GER	20.64
DNS	Asafa Powell	JAM

Date: August 26, 2004, 10:50 p.m.

Wind: +1.2 m / s

After twenty years - since Ralf Lübke in Los Angeles in 1984 - another German runner, Tobias Unger from Kornwestheim, reached the final. He finished seventh in 20.64 s and thus the second best European. Asafa Powell from Jamaica did not take part in this final.

The race was one of the exceptional competitions of the Athens Games. The start was delayed because the audience did not allow the competition to proceed properly due to loud statements. The audience wanted to protest against the turbulence surrounding the sprint star Konstantinos Kenteris , who was not allowed to start after refusing doping tests and therefore did not get a second chance for a gold medal after his Olympic victory in Sydney . Frank Fredericks from Namibia, the oldest participant in the starting field at 36, tried to calm the audience with soothing gestures.

400 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Jeremy Wariner	United States	44.00
2	Otis Harris	United States	44.16
3	Derrick Brew	United States	44.42
4th	Alleyne Francique	GRN	44.66
5	Brandon Simpson	JAM	44.76
6th	Davian Clarke	JAM	44.83
7th	Leslie Djhone	FRA	44.94
8th	Michael Blackwood	JAM	45.55

Date: August 23, 2004, 9:05 pm

Anton Galkin from Russia , who came fourth in his quarter-finals , was subsequently disqualified for doping abuse. Stanozolol was detected in his doping test .

800 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Yuri Borsakovsky	RUS	1: 44.45
2	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	1: 44.61
3	Wilson Kipketer	THE	1: 44.65
4th	Mouhssin Chehibi	MAR	1: 45.16
5	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	1: 45.31
6th	Hezekiél Sepeng	RSA	1: 45.53
7th	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	ALG	1: 45.61
8th	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	SOUTH	1: 52.49

Date: August 28, 2004, 8:50 p.m.

1500 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	3: 34.18
2	Bernard Lagat	KEN	3: 34.30
3	Rui Silva	POR	3: 34.68
4th	Timothy Too Kiptanui	KEN	3: 35.61
5	Ivan Heschko	UKR	3: 35.82
6th	Michael East	GBR	3: 36.33
7th	Reyes Estévez	ESP	3: 36.63
8th	Gert-Jan Liefers	NED	3: 37.17

Date: August 24, 2004, 11:40 pm

5000 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	13: 14.39
2	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	13: 14.59
3	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	13: 15.10
4th	Gebregziabher Gebremariam	ETH	13: 15.35
5	Dejene Berhanu	ETH	13: 16.92
6th	John Kemboi Kibowen	KEN	13: 18.24
7th	Zersenay Tadese	ERI	13: 24.31
8th	Craig Mottram	OUT	13: 25.70

Date: August 28, 2004, 9:05 pm

10,000 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	27: 05.10
2	Sileshi Sihine	ETH	27: 09.39
3	Zersenay Tadese	ERI	27: 22.57 NO
4th	Boniface Toroitich Kiprop	UGA	27: 25.48
5	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	27: 27.70
6th	John Cheruiyot Korir	KEN	27: 41.91
7th	Moses Cheruiyot Mosop	KEN	27: 46.61
8th	Ismaïl Sghyr	FRA	27: 57.09

Start of the 10,000 meter final race

Date: August 20, 10:35 p.m.

The Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie, the dominant long-distance runner of the 1990s, took fifth place. Gebrselassie then turned to the marathon distance , but competed again at the 2008 Olympic Games on the 10,000-meter course .

marathon

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space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Stefano Baldini	ITA	2:10:55
2	Mebrahtom Keflezighi	United States	2:11:29
3	Vanderlei de Lima	BRA	2:12:11
4th	Jon Brown	GBR	2:12:26
5	Shigeru Aburaya	JPN	2:13:11
6th	Toshinari Suwa	JPN	2:13:24
7th	Erick Wainaina	KEN	2:13:30
8th	Alberto Chaíça	POR	2:14:17
...
29	Michael Buchleitner	AUT	2:19:19
DNF	Viktor Röthlin	SUI

Date: August 29, 6:00 p.m.

The Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima led the race until he was attacked by a spectator eight kilometers from the finish and pushed off the road. He was wearing a kilt costume and had a poster on his back that read “The Grand Prix Priest. Israel Fulfillment of Prophecy Says The Bible. The Second Coming Is Near ". The man, who was heavily drunk according to the police, was immediately arrested and taken away. De Lima, who was already quite exhausted, lost over ten seconds in the scramble and was overtaken by Baldini and Keflezighi five kilometers from the finish. The South American then complained that he had lost his rhythm and thus possibly his victory as a result of the attack in the last quarter of the run.

The attacker was the 56-year-old Irishman Cornelius Horan , who took to the track at the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Great Britain in Silverstone last year . He was subsequently sentenced by an Athens court to a suspended sentence of twelve months and a fine of 3,000 euros.

The big favorite and world record holder Paul Tergat from Kenya landed on a disappointing tenth place.

110 m hurdles

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Liu Xiang	CHN	12.91 e /
2	Terrence Trammell	United States	13.18
3	Anier García	CUB	13.20
4th	Maurice Wignall	JAM	13.21
5	Staņislavs Olijars	LAT	13.21
6th	Charles Allen	CAN	13.48
7th	Matheus Facho Inocêncio	BRA	13.49
8th	Ladji Doucouré	FRA	13.76

Date: August 27, 2004, 9:30 p.m.

Wind: +0.3 m / s

Liu Xiang equalized the eleven-year-old world record set by British Colin Jackson .

The US American Duane Ross , who crossed the finish line in second place in the semifinals , was banned from the US Anti-Doping Commission for two years due to the results of the investigation into the BALCO affair . His results were retroactively canceled for all competitions with retroactive effect from November 2, 2001.

400 m hurdles

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Félix Sánchez	DOM	47.63
2	Danny McFarlane	JAM	48.11
3	Naman Keïta	FRA	48.26
4th	James Carter	United States	48.58
5	Bayano Kamani	PAN	48.74
6th	Marek Plawgo	POLE	49.00
7th	Alwyn Myburgh	RSA	49.07
8th	Bennie Brazell	United States	49.51

Date: August 26, 2004, 10:30 p.m.

Video: Final
400 m hurdles

3000 m obstacle

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ezekiel Kemboi	KEN	8: 05.81
2	Brimin Kiprop Kipruto	KEN	8: 06.11
3	Paul Kipsiele Koech	KEN	8: 06.64
4th	Musa Amer Obaid	QAT	8: 07.18 PB
5	Luis Miguel Martín	ESP	8: 11.64
6th	Simon Vroemen	NED	8: 13.25
7th	Bouabdellah Tahri	FRA	8: 14.26
8th	Ali Ezzine	MAR	8: 15.58

Date: August 24, 2004, 9:40 pm

4 × 100 m relay

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space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Great Britain	Jason Gardener Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Mark Lewis-Francis	38.07
2	United States	Shawn Crawford Justin Gatlin Coby Miller Maurice Greene in the lead also: Darvis Patton	38.08
3	Nigeria	Olusoji Fasuba Uchenna Emedolu Aaron Egbele Deji Aliu	38.23
4th	Japan	Hiroyasu Tsuchie Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Nobuharu Asahara	38.49
5	Poland	Zbigniew Tulin Łukasz Chyła Marcin Jędrusiński Marcin Urbaś	38.54
6th	Australia	Adam Basil Paul Di Bella Patrick Johnson Joshua Ross	38.56
7th	Trinidad and Tobago	Nicconnor Alexander Marc Burns Ato Boldon Darrel Brown	38.60
8th	Brazil	Cláudio Roberto Souza Édson Ribeiro André da Silva Vicente de Lima	38.67

Date: August 28, 9:45 p.m.

The favored US team failed a change of baton at the same point as the US women's team the day before. The Americans were able to catch up with the British again, but missed the victory by a hundredth of a second.

4 × 400 m relay

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space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Otis Harris Derrick Brew Jeremy Wariner Darold Williamson	2: 55.91
2	Australia	John Steffensen Mark Ormrod Patrick Dwyer Clinton Hill in advance also: Kelly Willie Andrew Rock	3: 00.60
3	Nigeria	James Godday Musa Audu Saul Weigopwa Enefiok Udo-Obong	3: 00.90
4th	Japan	Yuki Yamaguchi Jun Osakada Tomohiro Itō Mitsuhiro Satō	3: 00.99
5	Great Britain	Timothy Benjamin Sean Baldock Malachi Davis Matthew Elias	3: 01.07
6th	Bahamas	Nathaniel McKinney Aaron Cleare Andrae Williams Chris Brown in advance also: Dennis Darling	3: 01.88
7th	Germany	Ingo Schultz Kamghe Gaba Ruwen Faller Bastian Swillims	3: 02.22
8th	Botswana	Johnson Kubisa California Molefe Gaolesiela Salang Kagiso Kilego in the run-up also: Oganeditse Moseki	3: 02.49

Date: August 28, 2004, 10:25 p.m.

20 km walking

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space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Ivano Brugnetti	ITA	1:19:40
2	Francisco Javier Fernández	ESP	1:19:45
3	Nathan Deakes	OUT	1:20:02
4th	Jefferson Perez	ECU	1:20:38
5	Juan Manuel Molina	ESP	1:20:55
6th	Zhu Hongjun	CHN	1:21:40
7th	Vladimir Andreyev	RUS	1:21:53
8th	André Höhne	GER	1:21:56

Date: August 20, 2004, 9:00 a.m.

50 km of walking

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space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Robert Korzeniowski	POLE	3:38:46
2	Denis Nischegorodov	RUS	3:42:50
3	Alexei Voivodin	RUS	3:43:34
4th	Yu Chaohong	CHN	3:43:45
5	Jesús Ángel García	ESP	3:44:42
6th	Roman Magdziarczyk	POLE	3:48:11
7th	Grzegorz Sudoł	POLE	3:49:09 PB
8th	Santiago Perez	ESP	3:49:48

Date: August 27, 2004, 7:00 a.m.

high jump

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space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Stefan Holm	SWE	2.36
2	Matt Hemingway	United States	2.34
3	Jaroslav Bába	CZE	2.34 PB
4th	Jamie Nieto	United States	2.34 PB
5	Andrij Sokolowskyj	UKR	2.32
6th	Yaroslav Rybakov	RUS	2.32
7th	Mark Boswell	CAN	2.29
8th	Svatoslav tone	CZE	2.29
...
25th	Roman Fricke	GER	2.20

Date: August 22, 2004, 7:30 p.m.

The Belarusian Aleksej Lesnitschij was subsequently disqualified for doping abuse . Lesnitschij had not made a valid attempt in the preliminary fight and was therefore not even counted, but the substance clenbuterol was detected during the doping control . He was then banned from the games and banned for two years.

Pole vault

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space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Timothy Mack	United States	5.95
2	Toby Stevenson	United States	5.90
3	Giuseppe Gibilisco	ITA	5.85
4th	Igor Pavlov	RUS	5.75 PB
5	Danny Ecker	GER	5.75
6th	Lars Börgeling	GER	5.75
7th	Derek Miles	United States	5.75
8th	Alexander Awerbuch	ISR	5.65
...
11	Tim Lobinger	GER	5.55

Date: August 27, 2004, 8:00 p.m.

Long jump

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Dwight Phillips	United States	8.59
2	John Moffitt	United States	8.47 PB
3	Joan Lino Martínez	ESP	8.32 PB
4th	James Beckford	JAM	8.31
5	Christopher Tomlinson	GBR	8.25
6th	Ignisious Gaisah	GHA	8.24
7th	Iván Pedroso	CUB	8.23
8th	Bogdan Țăruş	ROME	8.21

Date: August 26, 2004, 8:20 pm

Triple jump

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Christian Olsson	SWE	17.79 NO
2	Marian Oprea	ROME	17.55
3	Daniil Burkenja	RUS	17.48
4th	Yoandri Betanzos	CUB	17.47
5	Jadel Gregório	BRA	17.31
6th	Christos Meletoglou	GRE	17.13
7th	Viktor Gushchinsky	RUS	17.11
8th	Yoelbi Quesada	CUB	16.96

Date: August 22, 8:10 p.m.

Shot put

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Adam Nelson	United States	21.16
2	Joachim Olsen	THE	21.07
3	Manuel Martínez	ESP	20.84
4th	Andrei Michnewitsch	BLR	20.60
5	Jury Bjalou	BLR	20.34
6th	Justin Anlezark	OUT	20.31
7th	Ralf Bartels	GER	20.26
8th	John Godina	United States	20.19

Date: August 18, 2004, 5:30 p.m.

The competition took place in the ancient stadium of Olympia . The originally first placed Ukrainian Jurij Bilonoh was officially stripped of his medal for doping on December 5, 2012 .

Discus throw

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	69.89
2	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	67.04
3	Aleksander Tammert	EST	66.66
4th	Wassil Kapzjuch	BLR	65.10
5	Frantz Kruger	RSA	64.34
6th	Casey Malone	United States	64.33
7th	Lars Riedel	GER	62.80
8th	Hannes Hopley	RSA	62.58

Date: August 23, 8:20 p.m.

Originally the Hungarian Róbert Fazekas won . After the competition, he initially refused the doping control and was then caught trying to swap his urine sample with someone else's urine. Thereupon the gold medal was stripped from him.

Lars Riedel had to end the competition after three attempts - only one was valid with 62.80 m. The five-time world champion and Olympic champion from Atlanta broke an old injury, but he finished seventh. As the second best German, Torsten Schmidt was ninth in his first Olympic appearance, after the third German participant Michael Möllenbeck was eliminated in the qualification.

Hammer throw

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Kōji Murofushi	JPN	82.91
2	Silver medal not awarded
3	Eşref Apak	DOOR	79.81
4th	Vadsim Dsevyatousky	BLR	78.82
5	Krisztián Pars	HUN	78.73
6th	Primož Kozmus	SLO	78.56
7th	Libor Good Friday	SLK	77.54
8th	Karsten Kobs	GER	76.30
...
11	Markus Esser	GER	72.51

Date: August 22, 2004, 9:15 pm

Originally the Hungarian Adrián Annus took first place with a width of 83.19 m. After Annus did not show up for a target check scheduled by the International Olympic Committee in Hungary, the gold medal was revoked. On December 5, 2012, the Belarusian bronze medalist Iwan Zichan , who had moved up to second place after Annus' disqualification, was stripped of the medal because of doping. The IOC did not reassign the silver medal afterwards.

Javelin throw

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Andreas Thorkildsen	NOR	86.50 PB
2	Vadim's Vasiļevskis	LAT	84.95 PB
3	Sergei Makarov	RUS	84.74
4th	Steve Backley	GBR	84.13
5	Alexander Ivanov	RUS	83.31
6th	Andrus Värnik	EST	83.25
7th	Ēriks Rags	LAT	83.14
8th	Tero Pitkämäki	FIN	83.01

Date: August 28, 2004, 8:40 p.m.

Decathlon

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space	athlete	country	Points
1	Roman Šebrle	CZE	8893
2	Bryan Clay	United States	8820
3	Dmitry Karpov	KAZ	8725 AS
4th	Dean Macey	GBR	8414
5	Chiel Warners	NED	8343
6th	Attila Zsivóczky	HUN	8287
7th	Laurent Hernu	FRA	8237
8th	Erki Nool	EST	8235

Date: 23./24. August 2004

The Austrian Roland Schwarzl was tenth with 8102 points. Florian Schönbeck from Germany was twelfth with 8077 points and his compatriot Stefan Drews was nineteen with 7926 points. Dennis Leyckes, also from Germany, was unable to complete the 400-meter run due to an injury . World champion Tom Pappas (USA) had problems with his foot at the first attempt in the pole vault and was then unable to continue the competition.

Results women

100 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Julia Neszjarenka	BLR	10.93
2	Lauryn Williams	United States	10.96
3	Veronica Campbell	JAM	10.97
4th	Ivet Lalowa	BUL	11.00
5	Aleen Bailey	JAM	11.05
6th	Sherone Simpson	JAM	11.07
7th	Debbie Ferguson	BAH	11.16
8th	LaTasha Colander	United States	11.18

Date: August 21, 2004, 10:55 pm

Wind: −0.1 m / s

The Ukrainian Schanna Block reached the semi-finals and was eliminated there in sixth of her run. In October 2011 she was subsequently disqualified for violating the doping regulations.

There were inconsistencies with the 100 meter winner Julija Neszjarenka from Belarus. According to the Polish Athletics Association, she was convicted of doping abuse using clenbuterol two years before the games . However, since the responsible laboratory had no accreditation for the IAAF or the IOC , this result was forever without consequences.

200 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Veronica Campbell	JAM	22.05 PB
2	Allyson Felix	United States	22.18 JWR
3	Debbie Ferguson	BAH	22.30
4th	Aleen Bailey	JAM	22.42
5	Ivet Lalowa	BUL	22.57
6th	Kim Gevaert	BEL	22.42
7th	Abiodun Oyepitan	GBR	22.87
7th	Muna Lee	United States	22.87

Date: August 25, 2004, 11:20 pm

Wind: +0.8 m / s

400 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Tonique Williams-Darling	BAH	49.41
2	Ana Guevara	MEX	49.56
3	Natalja Antjuch	RUS	49.89
4th	Monique Hennagan	United States	49.97
5	DeeDee Trotter	United States	50.00 PB
6th	Sanya Richards	United States	50.19
7th	Christine Amertil	BAH	50.37
8th	Natalia Nazarova	RUS	50.65

Date: August 24, 2004, 10:50 p.m.

800 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kelly Holmes	GBR	1: 56.38
2	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	1: 56.43 NO
3	Jolanda Čeplak	SLO	1: 56.43
4th	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	MOZ	1: 56.51
5	Tatiana Andrianova	RUS	1: 56.88
6th	Jearl Miles Clark	United States	1: 57.27
7th	Maria Cioncan	ROME	1: 59.62
8th	Zulia Calatayud	CUB	2: 00.95

Date: August 23, 2004, 8:55 pm

1500 m

Kelly Holmes after her 1500 meter victory

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space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kelly Holmes	GBR	3: 57.90 NO
2	Tatiana Tomaschowa	RUS	3: 58.12 PB
3	Maria Cioncan	ROME	3: 58.39 PB
4th	Natalia Evdokimova	RUS	3: 59.05 PB
5	Daniela Jordanova	BUL	3: 59.10 PB
6th	Lidia Chojecka	POLE	3: 59.27
7th	Anna Jakubczak	POLE	4: 00.15 PB
8th	Elvan Abeylegesse	DOOR	4: 00.67

Date: August 28, 8:30 p.m.

5000 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Meseret Defar	ETH	14: 45.65
2	Isabella Ochichi	KEN	14: 48.19
3	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	14: 51.83
4th	Jelena Sadorozhnaya	RUS	14: 55.52
5	Joanne Pavey	GBR	14: 57.87
6th	Gulnara Samitova	RUS	15: 02.30
7th	Irina Mikitenko	GER	15: 03.36
8th	Sun Yingjie	CHN	15: 07.23

Date: August 23, 2004, 10:00 p.m.

10,000 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Xing Huina	CHN	30: 24.36 PB
2	Ejegayehu Dibaba	ETH	30: 24.98 PB
3	Derartu Tulu	ETH	30: 26.42
4th	Werknesh Kidane	ETH	30: 28.30
5	Lornah Kiplagat	NED	30: 31.92
6th	Sun Yingjie	CHN	30: 54.37
7th	Jeļena Prokopčuka	LAT	31: 04,10 NO
8th	Lidija Grigoryeva	RUS	31: 04.62

Date: August 27, 2004, 9:50 pm

marathon

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space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Mizuki Noguchi	JPN	2:26:20
2	Catherine Ndereba	KEN	2:26:32
3	Deena Kastor	United States	2:27:20
4th	Elfenesh Alemu	ETH	2:28:15
5	Reiko Tosa	JPN	2:28:44
6th	Olivera Jevtić	SCG	2:31:15
7th	Naoko Sakamoto	JPN	2:31:43
8th	Lyudmila Petrova	RUS	2:31:56
...
18th	Luminita Zaituc	GER	2:36:45
DNF	Ulrike Maisch	GER

Date: August 22, 2004, 6 p.m.

100 m hurdles

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Joanna Hayes	United States	12.37
2	Olena Krassowska	UKR	12.45 PB
3	Melissa Morrison-Howard	United States	12.56
4th	Maria Koroteeva	RUS	12.72
5	Lacena Golding-Clarke	JAM	12.73
6th	Angela Whyte	CAN	12.81
DNF	Perdita Felicien	CAN
	Irina Shevchenko	RUS

Date: August 24, 2004, 10:30 p.m.

Wind: +1.5 m / s

400 m hurdles

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Fani Chalkia	GRE	52.82
2	Ionela Târlea-Manolache	ROME	53.38
3	Tetiana Tereshchuk-Antipova	UKR	53.44
4th	Sheena Johnson	United States	53.83
5	Jana Pittman	OUT	53.92
6th	Ekaterina Bikert	RUS	54.18
7th	Brenda Taylor	United States	54.97
8th	Julia Pechonkina	RUS	55.79

Date: August 25, 2004, 9:55 pm

Fani Chalkia ran an Olympic record in 52.77 s in the second semifinals .

4 × 100 m relay

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space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Jamaica	Tayna Lawrence Sherone Simpson Aleen Bailey Veronica Campbell in advance also: Beverly McDonald	41.73 NO
2	Russia	Olga Fjodorowa Julija Tabakowa Irina Kabarowa Larissa Kruglowa	42.27
3	France	Véronique Mang Muriel Hurtis Sylviane Félix Christine Arron	42.54
4th	Bahamas	Tamicka Clarke Chandra Sturrup Shandria Brown Debbie Ferguson	42.69
5	Belarus	Julija Neszjarenka Natallja Safronnikawa Alena Neumjarschyzkaja Aksana Drahun	42.94 NO
6th	Belgium	Katleen De Caluwe Lien Huyghebaert Élodie Ouédraogo Kim Gevaert	43.11
7th	Nigeria	Gloria Kemasuode Mercy Nku Oludamola Osayomi Endurance Ojokolo	43.42
DNF	United States	Angela Williams Marion Jones Lauryn Williams LaTasha Colander

Date: August 27, 2004, 10:45 p.m.

4 × 400 m relay

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space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	DeeDee Trotter Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Monique Hennagan in the lead also: Crystal Cox Moushaumi Robinson	3: 19.01
2	Russia	Olesja Krasnomowez Natalja Nazarowa Olesja Sykina Natalja Antjuch in the preliminary run also: Natalja Ivanova Tatiana Firowa	3: 20.16
3	Jamaica	Novlene Williams Michelle Burgher Nadia Davy Sandie Richards in advance also: Ronetta Smith	3: 22.00
4th	Great Britain	Donna Fraser Catherine Murphy Christine Ohuruogu Lee McConnell in advance also: Helen Karagounis	3: 25.12
5	Poland	Zuzanna Radecka Monika Bejnar Małgorzata Pskit Grażyna Prokopek	3: 25.22
6th	Romania	Angela Moroșanu Alina Râpanu Maria Rus Ionela Târlea-Manolache	3: 26.81
7th	India	Satti Geetha K. Matthews Beenamol Chitra K. Soman Rajwinder Kaur in the preliminary also: Manjeet Kaur	3: 28.51
8th	Greece	Chariklia Bounda Chrysoula Ngoundenoudi Dimitra Dova Fani Chalkia	3: 45.70

Date: August 28, 10:00 p.m.

20 km walking

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space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Athanasia Tsoumeleka	GRE	1:29:12 PB
2	Olimpiada Ivanova	RUS	1:29:16
3	Jane Saville	OUT	1:29:25
4th	Ryta Turawa	BLR	1:29:39
5	Melanie Seeger	GER	1:29:52
6th	Elisa Rigaudo	ITA	1:29:57
7th	Maria Vasco	ESP	1:30:06
8th	Wang Liping	CHN	1:30:16

Date: August 23, 2004, 9:00 a.m.

high jump

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space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Jelena Slessarenko	RUS	2.06
2	Hestrie Cloete	RSA	2.02
3	Wita Stjopina	UKR	2.02 PB
4th	Amy Acuff	United States	1.99
5	Iryna Mychaltchenko	UKR	1.96
6th	Anna Chicherova	RUS	1.96
7th	Oana Pantelimon	ROME	1.93
8th	Monica Iagăr	ROME	1.93
...
23	Corinne Mueller	SUI	1.89

Date: August 28th, 8:00 p.m.

Pole vault

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space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Elena Isinbayeva	RUS	4.91
2	Svetlana Feofanova	RUS	4.75
3	Anna Rogowska	POLE	4.70
4th	Monika Pyrek	POLE	4.55
5	Thorey Edda Elisdottir	ISL	4.55
6th	Naroa Agirre	ESP	4.40
	Anshela Balachonova	UKR
	Vanessa Boslak	FRA
	Dana Ellis	CAN

Date: August 24, 2004, 8:55 pm

Long jump

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tatiana Lebedeva	RUS	7.07
2	Irina Simagina	RUS	7.05
3	Tatiana Kotova	RUS	7.05
4th	Bronwyn Thompson	OUT	6.96
5	Anju Bobby George	IND	6.83 NO
6th	Jade Johnson	GBR	6.80 PB
7th	Do Vaszi	HUN	6.73
8th	Bianca Kappler	GER	6.66

Date: August 27, 2004, 8:05 pm

Marion Jones ( USA ), who finished fifth with a width of 6.85 m, was subsequently disqualified for doping in the wake of the BALCO affair .

Triple jump

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Françoise Mbango Etone	CMR	15.30 AF
2	Chrysopigi Devetzi	GRE	15.25
3	Tatiana Lebedeva	RUS	15.14
4th	Trecia Smith	JAM	15.02
5	Yamilé Aldama	SOUTH	14.99
6th	Baya Rahouli	ALG	14.86
7th	Magdelín Martínez	ITA	14.85
8th	Anna Pyatych	RUS	14.79

Date: August 23, 2004, 6:45 p.m.

Shot put

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Yumileidi Cumbá	CUB	19.59
2	Nadine Kleinert	GER	19.55
3	Bronze medal not awarded
4th	Nadsey Astaptchuk	BLR	19.01
5	Natallja Charaneka	BLR	18.96
6th	Krystyna Zabawka	POLE	18.64
7th	Misleydis González	CUB	18.59
8th	Valerie Adams	NZL	18.56

Date: August 18, 2004, 5:30 p.m.

The women's shot put was overshadowed by three doping cases.

• The Russian Irina Korschanenko was stripped of the gold medal that she had received for her distance of 21.06 m because of doping. The athletes placed behind each moved up one place.
• The Uzbek Olga Shchukina - here in Athens did not get beyond the qualification - had tested positive for Clenbuterol during a training control shortly before the games , but this only became official after the Athens games. Her result was canceled and she was banned from the IAAF for two years.
• On December 5, 2012, the now new Russian bronze medalist Svetlana Kriweljowa (19.49 m) was also stripped of the medal because of doping. The bronze medal has not been awarded again by the IOC.

The competition took place in the ancient stadium of Olympia .

Discus throw

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Natalia Sadova	RUS	67.02
2	Anastasia Kelesidou	GRE	66.68
3	Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová	CZE	66.08
4th	Olena Antonova	UKR	65.75
5	Nicoleta Grasu	ROME	64.92
6th	Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	63.45
7th	Ekaterini Vongoli	GRE	62.37
8th	Li Yanfeng	CHN	61.05

Date: August 21, 2004, 9:10 p.m.

The Belarusian Iryna Jatchanka was stripped of the bronze medal in 2012 because of doping.

Hammer throw

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Olga Kusenkova	RUS	75.02
2	Yipsi Moreno	CUB	73.36
3	Yunaika Crawford	CUB	73.16 PB
4th	Betty Heidler	GER	72.73 DR
5	Kamila Skolimowska	POLE	72.57
6th	Wolha Zander	BLR	72.27
7th	Zhang Wenxiu	CHN	72.03
8th	Iryna Sekacheva	UKR	70.40

Date: August 25, 2004, 10:10 p.m.

Javelin throw

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	71.53
2	Steffi Nerius	GER	65.82
3	Mirela Maniani	GRE	64.29
4th	Nikola Brejchová	CZE	64.23
5	Sonia Bisset	CUB	63.54
6th	Laverne Eve	BAH	62.77
7th	Noraida Bicet	CUB	62.51
8th	Tetjana Lyachowytsch	UKR	61.75

Date: August 27, 8:55 p.m.

Heptathlon

→ Main article : 2004 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Heptathlon (women)

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Carolina Klüft	SWE	6952
2	Austra Skujytė	LTU	6435
3	Kelly Sotherton	GBR	6424
4th	Shelia Burrell	United States	6296
5	Elena Prokhorova	RUS	6289
6th	Sonja Kesselschläger	GER	6287
7th	Marie Collonvillé	FRA	6279
8th	Natalia Dobrynska	UKR	6255

Date: 20./21. August 2004

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