| Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics |
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| 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 | |||
The Women's Discus Throw event at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium. 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.
The competitors were split into two groups and given three attempts at reaching the automatic qualification distance of 62.50 metres. As twelve athletes did not achieve this the seven that did were joined in the final by the five throwers who achieved the longest non-qualifying throws.
For the final, the qualifying distances were ignored and the competitors were given three throws. The top eight after these throws were then given a further three and the furthest distance thrown from their six throws gave us the winner.
Russian Natalya Sadova was in her third Olympics, having won a silver medal in 1996 and placed fourth in 2000. In both 1998 and 2002 she had placed second at the European Championships. The home crowd favorite was Greek Anastasia Kelesidou, silver medalist from 2000 in Sydney and runner-up at the 1999 and 2003 World Championships.
Sadova opened with 64.78 metres in the first round to take the lead, only to be surpassed in round two by Czech Věra Cechlová. Kelesidou then moved ahead with 66.68 metres (218-9¼) in the third round. With her penultimate attempt, Sadova recorded 67.02 metres (219-10¾) to cement the gold medal, Kelesidou’s third round mark holding up for another silver medal. Belarussian Iryna Yatchenko won bronze, as she had in 2000. In 2006, Sadova was banned from competition for two years after testing positive for methandienone, an anabolic steroid.
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| Gold | Natalya Sadova Russia (RUS) |
| Silver | Anastasia Kelesidou Greece (GRE) |
| Bronze | Iryna Yatchenko Belarus (BLR) |
| Qualification Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 20.08.2004 – 21:30h | 20.08.2004 – 23:15h |
| Final Round | |
| 21.08.2004 – 21:10h | |
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
| Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) | 76.80 m | July 9, 1988 | Neubrandenburg, East Germany |
| Olympic Record | Martina Hellmann (GDR) | 72.30 m | September 29, 1988 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová (CZE) | 64.48 | — | — | 64.48 m | |
| 2 | 2 | Natalya Sadova (RUS) | 64.33 | — | — | 64.33 m | |
| 3 | 5 | Beatrice Faumuina (NZL) | 64.07 | — | — | 64.07 m | |
| 4 | 6 | Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE) | 63.39 | — | — | 63.39 m | |
| 5 | 8 | Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) | 59.87 | 60.89 | 61.91 | 61.91 m | |
| 6 | 11 | Joanna Wisniewska (POL) | 61.48 | 56.11 | 58.43 | 61.48 m | |
| 7 | 13 | Harwant Kaur (IND) | 60.82 | 59.20 | 59.95 | 60.82 m | |
| 8 | 15 | Ellina Zvereva (BLR) | 60.35 | X | 60.63 | 60.63 m | |
| 9 | 18 | Philippa Roles (GBR) | 57.30 | 58.83 | X | 58.83 m | |
| 10 | 21 | Olga Chernyavskaya (RUS) | 58.64 | 58.19 | 58.55 | 58.64 m | |
| 11 | 22 | Stephanie Brown (USA) | X | 58.54 | X | 58.54 m | |
| 12 | 24 | Natalya Fokina (UKR) | 58.28 | 56.84 | 55.64 | 58.28 m | |
| 13 | 26 | Elisângela Adriano (BRA) | X | 58.13 | X | 58.13 m | |
| 14 | 27 | Franka Dietzsch (GER) | X | 57.57 | 58.12 | 58.12 m | |
| 15 | 29 | Vera Begić (CRO) | X | 54.80 | 57.31 | 57.31 m | |
| 16 | 31 | Melina Robert-Michon (FRA) | 56.70 | X | 56.53 | 56.70 m | |
| 17 | 32 | Huang Qun (CHN) | 56.53 | X | 55.06 | 56.53 m | |
| 18 | 35 | Anna Söderberg (SWE) | 54.04 | 55.49 | 51.24 | 55.49 m | |
| 19 | 39 | Éva Kürti (HUN) | 52.52 | 50.85 | X | 52.52 m | |
| 20 | 40 | Tereapii Tapoki (COK) | 47.59 | 48.12 | X | 48.12 m | |
| 21 | 41 | Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) | 43.25 | X | X | 43.25 m | |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 3 | Olena Antonova (UKR) | 62.15 | 64.20 | — | 64.20 m | |
| 2 | 4 | Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE) | 64.13 | — | — | 64.13 m | |
| 3 | 7 | Iryna Yatchenko (BLR) | 62.15 | 63.04 | — | 63.04 m | |
| 4 | 9 | Styliani Tsikouna (GRE) | 61.72 | 60.17 | 60.67 | 61.72 m | |
| 5 | 10 | Yania Ferrales (CUB) | X | 56.46 | 61.54 | 61.54 m | |
| 6 | 12 | Li Yanfeng (CHN) | 61.19 | 61.35 | 61.24 | 61.35 m | |
| 7 | 14 | Seema Antil (IND) | 59.93 | 60.64 | 58.41 | 60.64 m | |
| 8 | 16 | Wioletta Potępa (POL) | 60.50 | X | 57.99 | 60.50 m | |
| 9 | 17 | Neelam Jaswant Singh (IND) | 60.26 | 57.25 | 60.10 | 60.26 m | |
| 10 | 19 | Aretha Hill (USA) | 52.93 | 58.82 | X | 58.82 m | |
| 11 | 20 | Elizna Naudé (RSA) | 58.74 | 58.26 | 58.32 | 58.74 m | |
| 12 | 23 | Teresa Machado (POR) | 58.47 | 57.00 | 57.65 | 58.47 m | |
| 13 | 25 | Song Aimin (CHN) | 58.19 | 58.03 | X | 58.19 m | |
| 14 | 28 | Dace Ruskule (LAT) | 54.49 | 57.43 | X | 57.43 m | |
| 15 | 30 | Oksana Yesipchuk (RUS) | X | 57.27 | 57.18 | 57.27 m | |
| 16 | 33 | Shelley Newman (GBR) | X | 54.04 | 56.04 | 56.04 m | |
| 17 | 34 | Vladimíra Racková (CZE) | 55.82 | X | 55.36 | 55.82 m | |
| 18 | 36 | Alice Matejková (ESP) | 54.15 | X | 55.37 | 55.37 m | |
| 19 | 37 | Eha Rünne (EST) | 54.28 | X | 54.82 | 54.82 m | |
| 20 | 38 | Dragana Tomašević (SCG) | 51.71 | X | 54.44 | 54.44 m | |
| — | — | Seilala Sua (USA) | X | X | X | NM | |
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Extra | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Natalya Sadova (RUS) | 64.78 | 64.81 | X | 65.33 | 67.02 | 66.68 | 67.02 m | ||
| Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE) | 62.77 | X | 66.68 | 63.71 | 66.09 | 61.59 | 66.68 m | ||
| Iryna Yatchenko (BLR) | 59.98 | 61.67 | 66.17 | 65.46 | 63.08 | 65.54 | 66.17 m | ||
| 4 | Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová (CZE) | 63.02 | 66.08 | X | 62.81 | 63.21 | 64.84 | 66.08 m | |
| 5 | Olena Antonova (UKR) | 59.88 | 64.11 | X | 63.61 | 60.37 | 65.75 | 65.75 m | |
| 6 | Nicoleta Grasu (ROU) | 62.01 | 62.21 | 63.48 | 61.58 | 61.93 | 64.92 | 64.92 m | SB |
| 7 | Beatrice Faumuina (NZL) | X | 62.45 | X | 63.45 | 62.99 | X | 63.45 m | |
| 8 | Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE) | 60.66 | 61.44 | X | 62.37 | 62.32 | 61.84 | 62.37 m | |
| 9 | Li Yanfeng (CHN) | 60.67 | 57.36 | 61.05 | 61.05 m | ||||
| 10 | Joanna Wisniewska (POL) | 58.33 | 60.74 | 59.95 | 60.74 m | ||||
| 11 | Styliani Tsikouna (GRE) | 59.48 | 57.76 | X | 59.48 m | ||||
| — | Yania Ferrales (CUB) | X | X | X | NM | ||||
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