Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, except for the marathons (which were run from Marathonas to the Kallimarmaro Stadium), the road walk (through the streets of Athens), and the shot put, which was held at the Ancient Olympia Stadium. There were 46 events, 24 for men and 22 for women.

1 Medal summary
- 1.1 Men's events
- 1.2 Women's events
2 Medal table
3 Schedule

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Justin Gatlin United States (USA)	9.85	Francis Obikwelu Portugal (POR)	9.86	Maurice Greene United States (USA)	9.87
200 metres details	Shawn Crawford United States (USA)	19.79	Bernard Williams United States (USA)	20.01	Justin Gatlin United States (USA)	20.03
400 metres details	Jeremy Wariner United States (USA)	44.00	Otis Harris United States (USA)	44.16	Derrick Brew United States (USA)	44.42
800 metres details	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia (RUS)	1:44.45	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa (RSA)	1:44.61	Wilson Kipketer Denmark (DEN)	1:44.65
1500 metres details	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco (MAR)	3:34.18	Bernard Lagat Kenya (KEN)	3:34.30	Rui Silva Portugal (POR)	3:34.68
5000 metres details	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco (MAR)	13:14.39	Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia (ETH)	13:14.59	Eliud Kipchoge Kenya (KEN)	13:15.10
10000 metres details	Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia (ETH)	27:05.10 (OR)	Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia (ETH)	27:09.39	Zersenay Tadesse Eritrea (ERI)	27:22.57
110 metre hurdles details	Liu Xiang China (CHN)	12.91 =WR	Terrence Trammell United States (USA)	13.18	Anier García Cuba (CUB)	13.20
400 metre hurdles details	Felix Sanchez Dominican Republic (DOM)	47.63	Danny McFarlane Jamaica (JAM)	48.11	Naman Keita France (FRA)	48.26
3000 metre steeplechase details	Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya (KEN)	8:05.81	Brimin Kipruto Kenya (KEN)	8:06.11	Paul Kipsiele Koech Kenya (KEN)	8:06.64
4×100 metre relay details	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	38.08	Nigeria (NGR) Olusoji Fasuba Uchenna Emedolu Aaron Egbele Deji Aliu	38.23
4×400 metre relay details	United States (USA) Otis Harris Derrick Brew Jeremy Wariner Darold Williamson	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 details	Stefano Baldini Italy (ITA)	2:10.55	Mebrahtom Keflezighi United States (USA)	2:11.29	Vanderlei de Lima Brazil (BRA)	2:12.11
20 km walk details	Ivano Brugnetti Italy (ITA)	1:19.40	Francisco Javier Fernández Spain (ESP)	1:19.45	Nathan Deakes Australia (AUS)	1:20.02
50 km walk details	Robert Korzeniowski Poland (POL)	3:38.46	Denis Nizhegorodov Russia (RUS)	3:42:50	Aleksey Voyevodin Russia (RUS)	3:43:34
High jump details	Stefan Holm Sweden (SWE)	2.36 m	Matt Hemingway United States (USA)	2.34 m	Jaroslav Bába Czech Republic (CZE)	2.34 m
Pole vault details	Tim Mack United States (USA)	5.95 m (OR)	Toby Stevenson United States (USA)	5.90 m	Giuseppe Gibilisco Italy (ITA)	5.85 m
Long jump details	Dwight Phillips United States (USA)	8.59 m	John Moffitt United States (USA)	8.47 m	Joan Lino Martínez Spain (ESP)	8.32 m
Triple jump details	Christian Olsson Sweden (SWE)	17.79 m	Marian Oprea Romania (ROM)	17.55 m	Danila Burkenya Russia (RUS)	17.48 m
Shot put details	Yuriy Bilonog Ukraine (UKR)	21.16 m	Adam Nelson United States (USA)	21.16 m	Joachim Olsen Denmark (DEN)	21.07 m
Discus throw details	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU)	69.89 m (OR)	Zoltán Kővágó Hungary (HUN)	67.04 m	Aleksander Tammert Estonia (EST)	66.66 m
Hammer throw details	Koji Murofushi Japan (JPN)	82.91 m	Ivan Tikhon Belarus (BLR)	79.81 m	Eşref Apak Turkey (TUR)	79.51 m
Javelin throw details	Andreas Thorkildsen Norway (NOR)	86.50 m	Vadims Vasiļevskis Latvia (LAT)	84.95 m	Sergey Makarov Russia (RUS)	84.84 m
Decathlon details	Roman Šebrle Czech Republic (CZE)	8893 (OR)	Bryan Clay United States (USA)	8820	Dmitriy Karpov Kazakhstan (KAZ)	8725

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Yulia Nesterenko Belarus (BLR)	10.93	Lauryn Williams United States (USA)	10.96	Veronica Campbell Jamaica (JAM)	10.97
200 metres details	Veronica Campbell Jamaica (JAM)	22.05	Allyson Felix United States (USA)	22.18	Debbie Ferguson Bahamas (BAH)	22.30
400 metres details	Tonique Williams-Darling Bahamas (BAH)	49.41	Ana Guevara Mexico (MEX)	49.56	Natalya Antyukh Russia (RUS)	49.89
800 metres details	Kelly Holmes Great Britain (GBR)	1:56.38	Hasna Benhassi Morocco (MAR)	1:56.43	Jolanda Čeplak Slovenia (SLO)	1:56.43
1500 metres details	Kelly Holmes Great Britain (GBR)	3:57.90	Tatyana Tomashova Russia (RUS)	3:58.12	Maria Cioncan Romania (ROM)	3:58.39
5000 metres details	Meseret Defar Ethiopia (ETH)	14:45.65	Isabella Ochichi Kenya (KEN)	14:48.19	Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia (ETH)	14:51.83
10000 metres details	Xing Huina China (CHN)	30:24.36	Ejagayehu Dibaba Ethiopia (ETH)	30:24.98	Derartu Tulu Ethiopia (ETH)	30:26.42
100 metre hurdles details	Joanna Hayes United States (USA)	12.37 (OR)	Olena Krasovska Ukraine (UKR)	12.45	Melissa Morrison United States (USA)	12.56
400 metre hurdles details	Fani Halkia Greece (GRE)	52.82	Ionela Ţîrlea-Manolache Romania (ROM)	53.38	Tatyana Tereshchuk Ukraine (UKR)	53.44
4×100 metre relay details	Jamaica (JAM) Tayna Lawrence Sherone Simpson Aleen Bailey Veronica Campbell	41.73	Russia (RUS) Olga Fyodorova Yuliya Tabakova Irina Khabarova Larisa Kruglova	42.27	France (FRA) Veronique Mang Muriel Hurtis Sylviane Felix Christine Arron	42.54
4×400 metre relay details	United States (USA) DeeDee Trotter Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Monique Hennagan	3:19.01	Russia (RUS) Olesya Krasnomovets Natalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina Natalya Antyukh	3:20.16	Jamaica (JAM) Novlene Williams Michelle Burgher Nadia Davy Sandie Richards	3:22.00
Marathon details	Mizuki Noguchi Japan (JPN)	2:26:20	Catherine Ndereba Kenya (KEN)	2:26:32	Deena Kastor United States (USA)	2:26:32
20 km walk details	Athanasia Tsoumeleka Greece (GRE)	1:29:12	Olimpiada Ivanova Russia (RUS)	1:29:16	Jane Saville Australia (AUS)	1:29:25
High jump details	Yelena Slesarenko Russia (RUS)	2.06 m (OR)	Hestrie Cloete South Africa (RSA)	2.02 m	Viktoriya Styopina Ukraine (UKR)	2.02 m
Pole vault details	Yelena Isinbayeva Russia (RUS)	4.91 m <(OR)	Svetlana Feofanova Russia (RUS)	4.75 m	Anna Rogowska Poland (POL)	4.70 m
Long jump details	Tatyana Lebedeva Russia (RUS)	7.07 m	Irina Simagina Russia (RUS)	7.05 m	Tatyana Kotova Russia (RUS)	7.05 m
Triple jump details	Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon (CMR)	15.30 m	Hrysopiyi Devetzi Greece (GRE)	15.25 m	Tatyana Lebedeva Russia (RUS)	15.14 m
Shot put details	Yumileidi Cumbá Cuba (CUB)	19.59 m	Nadine Kleinert Germany (GER)	19.55 m	Svetlana Krivelyova Russia (RUS)	19.49 m
Discus throw details	Natalya Sadova Russia (RUS)	67.02 m	Anastasia Kelesidou Greece (GRE)	66.68 m	Irina Yatchenko Belarus (BLR)	66.17 m
Hammer throw details	Olga Kuzenkova Russia (RUS)	75.02 m (OR)	Yipsi Moreno Cuba (CUB)	73.36 m	Yunaika Crawford Cuba (CUB)	73.16 m
Javelin throw details	Osleidys Menéndez Cuba (CUB)	71.53 m (OR)	Steffi Nerius Germany (GER)	65.82 m	Mirela Manjani Greece (GRE)	64.29 m
Heptathlon details	Carolina Klüft Sweden (SWE)	6952	Austra Skujytė Lithuania (LTU)	6435	Kelly Sotherton Great Britain (GBR)	6424

[edit] Medal table

Top eight placements are also shown on this medal table.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Medals	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	Total
1	United States (USA)	8	12	5	25	7	2	3	3	3	43
2	Russia (RUS)	6	7	7	20	4	3	4	3	5	39
3	Great Britain (GBR)	3	0	1	4	4	3	1	2	0	14
4	Sweden (SWE)	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
5	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	3	2	7	3	2	0	0	0	12
6	Greece (GRE)	2	2	1	5	0	0	1	0	2	8
7	Jamaica (JAM)	2	1	2	5	4	4	2	0	1	16
8	Cuba (CUB)	2	1	2	5	1	1	0	3	2	12
9	Morocco (MAR)	2	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	5
10	Italy (ITA)	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	5
11	Japan (JPN)	2	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	8
12	China (CHN)	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	2	8
13	Kenya (KEN)	1	4	2	7	1	1	2	2	0	13
14	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	2	4	0	4	1	0	3	12
15	Belarus (BLR)	1	1	1	3	4	3	2	0	0	12
16	Lithuania (LTU)	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
17	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	5
18	Poland (POL)	1	0	1	2	1	3	4	2	0	12
19	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	2	0	7
20	Cameroon (CMR)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
23	Romania (ROM)	0	2	1	3	0	0	2	2	2	9
24	Germany (GER)	0	2	0	2	1	2	2	4	3	14
25	South Africa (RSA)	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	6
26	Australia (AUS)	0	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	8
27	Spain (ESP)	0	1	1	2	1	3	1	2	1	10
28	Portugal (POR)	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	4
29	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	4
30	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	4
31	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
32	France (FRA)	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	4	2	9
33	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	3
34	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
35	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	4
36	Estonia (EST)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
37	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
38	Eritrea (ERI)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
39	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
40	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

41	Bulgaria (BUL)					1	2	0	0	0	3
42	Ecuador (ECU)					1	0	0	0	0	1
	Grenada (GRN)					1	0	0	0	0	1
	Mozambique (MOZ)					1	0	0	0	0	1
	Namibia (NAM)					1	0	0	0	0	1
	Qatar (QAT)					1	0	0	0	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)					1	0	0	0	0	1
48	Netherlands (NED)					0	2	1	0	1	4
49	Sudan (SUD)					0	1	0	0	1	2
50	Iceland (ISL)					0	1	0	0	0	1
50	Panama (PAN)					0	1	0	0	0	1
52	Canada (CAN)					0	0	3	2	0	5
53	Belgium (BEL)					0	0	2	0	0	2
54	Algeria (ALG)					0	0	1	1	0	2
54	India (IND)					0	0	1	1	0	2
56	Ghana (GHA)					0	0	1	0	0	1
	Mauritius (MRI)					0	0	1	0	0	1
	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)					0	0	1	0	0	1
	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)					0	0	1	0	0	1
60	New Zealand (NZL)					0	0	0	1	1	2
61	Barbados (BAR)					0	0	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia (SVK)					0	0	0	1	0	1
	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)					0	0	0	1	0	1
64	Botswana (BOT)					0	0	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)					0	0	0	0	1	1
	Israel (ISR)					0	0	0	0	1	1

Note: Men's hammer throw gold medalist Adrián Annus, Hungary and men's discus gold medalist Robert Fazekas, Hungary were stripped of their medals due to positive drug tests.

[edit] Schedule

August 18
- Women's shot put qualifying rounds and final
- Men's shot put qualifying rounds and final
August 20
- Men's 20 km road walk and medal ceremony
- Men's hammer throw qualifying rounds
- Women's heptathlon: 100 m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200 m
- Men's triple jump qualifying rounds
- Women's 100 m round 1, round 2
- Men's 1500 m round 1
- Men's high jump qualifying rounds
- Women's shot put medal ceremony
- Men's 400 m round 1
- Women's discus throw qualifying rounds (2 events)
- Men's shot put medal ceremony
- Women's 800 m round 1
- Men's 10000 m final
- Women's 5000 m round 1
August 21
- Men's discus throw qualifying rounds
- Women's 400 m hurdles round 1
- Women's 400 m round 1
- Women's heptathlon: long jump, javelin throw, 800 m
- Men's 100 m round 1, round 2
- Women's pole vault qualifying rounds
- Women's 100 m semifinals, final
- Women's triple jump qualifying rounds
- Women's 800 m semifinals
- Women's discus throw final
- Men's 400 m semifinals
- Men's 3000 m steeplechase round 1
August 22
- Women's marathon
- Men's high jump final
- Women's 100 m hurdles round 1, round 2
- Men's triple jump final
- Men's 1,500 m T53 & T54 wheelchair (Paralympic Exhibition Event)
- Women's 800 m T53 & T54 wheelchair (Paralympic Exhibition Event)
- Men's 100 m semifinal, final
- Men's hammer throw final
- Women's 400 m hurdles semifinal
- Men's 1,500 m semifinal
- Women's 400 m semifinal
August 23
- Women's 20 km race walk final
- Women's hammer throw qualification
- Men's decathlon: 100 m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400 m
- Women's 200 m round 1, round 2
- Women's triple jump final
- Women's 100 m hurdles semifinal
- Men's 400 m hurdles round 1
- Men's discus throw final
- Women's 800 m final
- Men's 400 m final
- Women's 5,000 m final
August 24
- Men's decathlon: 110 m hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw, 1,500 m
- Men's 110 m hurdles round 1
- Men's 200 m round 1, round 2
- Men's long jump qualification
- Women's 1,500 m round 1
- Women's pole vault final
- Men's 400 m hurdles semifinal
- Men's 3,000 m steeplechase final
- Women's 200 m semifinal
- Women's 100 m hurdles final
- Women's 400 m final
- Men's 1,500 m final
August 25
- Women's javelin throw qualification
- Men's pole vault qualification
- Men's 5,000 m round 1
- Men's 800 m round 1
- Women's long jump qualification
- Women's 400 m hurdles final
- Women's hammer throw final
- Men's 110 m hurdles round 2
- Men's 200 m semifinal
- Women's 200 m final
August 26
- Women's high jump qualification
- Men's long jump final
- Men's javelin throw qualification
- Women's 1,500 m semifinal
- Men's 110 m hurdles semifinal
- Men's 800 m semifinal
- Women's 4 x 100 m relay round 1
- Men's 400 m hurdles final
- Men's 200 m final
August 27
- Men's 50 km race walk final
- Men's pole vault final
- Women's long jump final
- Men's 4 x 100 m relay round 1
- Women's 4 x 400 m relay round 1
- Women's javelin throw final
- Men's 4 x 400 m relay round 1
- Men's 110 m hurdles final
- Women's 10,000 m final
- Women's 4 x 100 m relay final
August 28
- Women's high jump final
- Women's 1,500 m final
- Men's javelin throw final
- Men's 800 m final
- Men's 5,000 m final
- Men's 4 x 100 m relay final
- Women's 4 x 400 m relay final
- Men's 4 x 400 m relay final
August 29
- Men's marathon

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
10000 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

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