Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

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2004 Summer Olympics
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The Shot Put events at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held on 18 August 2004 at the Ancient Olympia Stadium. It was originally planned to hold the discus throw at this venue, 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 instead to hold the shot put at the site, despite the fact that the shot put was not contested at the Ancient Olympic Games. All distances are given in metres.

From the qualifying rounds the top twelve competitors progressed to the final where the previous rounds distances were ignored and they were given a further three throws. After that the top eight went on to have a further three attempts to decide the gold medallist. This had the result that the person with the longest distance throw - Nadzeya Astapchuk at 19.69 m - was not beaten by the eventual medal winners and was not one herself.

American Kristin Heaston opened the competition, the first athlete to compete in the Olympic Games at the original site in 1,635 years. The favorite was Irina Korzhanenko (RUS), who had won the Russian indoor and outdoor championships in 2004, defeating 1992 Olympic champion Svetlana Krivelyova. And Korzhanenko ruled the event. Her first throw of 20.41 metres (66-11½) was good enough to win, but she bettered it in rounds two and three to seemingly win the gold medal with 21.06 metres (69-1¼).

However a few days later she was disqualified for a doping positive for stanozolol, an anabolic steroid. The gold medal then reverted to Cuba’s Yumileidi Cumbá, who had only made the final three throws with her third round mark of 18.74 metres (61-5¾), and was in sixth place until her final throw. Cumbá had been 2003 Pan American Games champion, after winning a silver medal in that event in 1999 and a bronze in 1995.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Yumileidi Cumbá
Cuba (CUB)*
Silver  Nadine Kleinert
Germany (GER)
Bronze  Svetlana Krivelyova
Russia (RUS)

* Irina Korzhanenko (RUS) was stripped of her gold medal after she tested positive for stanozolol.

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
18.08.2004 – 08:30h 18.08.2004 – 08:30h
Final Round
18.08.2004 – 16:00h

Abbreviations

Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
OR olympic record
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics
World Record  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 22.63 m June 7, 1987 Moscow, Soviet Union
Olympic Record  Ilona Slupianek (GDR) 22.41 m July 24, 1980 Moscow, Soviet Union

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 2  Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB) 19.10 — — 19.10 m
2 4  Valerie Adams (NZL) 18.79 — — 18.79 m
3 5  Nadine Kleinert (GER) 18.65 — — 18.65 m
4 6  Krystyna Zabawska (POL) 18.05 18.61 — 18.61 m
5 8  Natallia Kharaneka (BLR) 17.70 18.52 — 18.52 m
6 10  Misleydis González (CUB) 18.33 X 18.15 18.33 m
7 16  Laurence Manfredi (FRA) 17.78 17.05 17.20 17.78 m
8 17  Elisângela Adriano (BRA) 17.31 17.07 17.44 17.44 m
9 20  Zhang Xiaoyu (CHN) 17.03 17.22 16.21 17.22 m
10 23  Li Fengfeng (CHN) 16.80 16.36 16.90 16.90 m
11 24  Zhang Guirong (SIN) 16.58 16.51 X 16.58 m
12 26  Laura Gerraughty (USA) 15.94 X 16.47 16.47 m
13 27  Kimberly Barrett (JAM) 15.80 16.45 16.09 16.45 m
14 28  Lee Mi-Young (KOR) 15.76 16.35 X 16.35 m
15 33  Filiz Kadoğan (TUR) 15.20 14.73 X 15.20 m
16 34  Mariam Kevkhishvili (GEO) 14.10 15.02 15.06 15.06 m
17 35  Iolanta Ulyeva (KAZ) 14.48 14.55 14.88 14.88 m
— —  Irina Korzhanenko (RUS) 19.43 — — 19.43 m DSQ [1]
— —  Olga Shchukina (UZB) — — — 14.44 m DSQ [2]
  1. ^ Irina Korzhanenko advanced to the final, but was later disqualified due to a doping offence.
  2. ^ Olga Shchukina of Uzbekistan was barred from competing after a pre-competition screening tested positive for clenbuterol.

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 1  Nadezhda Ostapchuk (BLR) 19.69 — — 19.69 m
1 3  Cleopatra Borel (TRI) 18.90 — — 18.90 m NR
1 7  Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) 18.45 17.89 18.57 18.57 m
4 9  Lieja Tunks (NED) 18.38 X 18.33 18.38 m
5 11  Li Meiju (CHN) 18.16 18.01 18.13 18.16 m
6 12  Kalliopi Ouzouni (GRE) 18.03 17.87 X 18.03 m
7 13  Olga Ryabinkina (RUS) 18.00 X 17.99 18.00 m
8 14  Fior Vásquez (DOM) 16.00 17.99 17.08 17.99 m SB
9 15  Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) 17.89 17.52 17.86 17.89 m
10 18  Irini Terzoglou (GRE) 17.34 X — 17.34 m
11 19  Oksana Zakharchuk (UKR) 17.19 17.28 X 17.28 m
12 21  Kristin Heaston (USA) 16.41 X 17.17 17.17 m
13 22  Nadine Beckel (GER) 17.11 17.03 X 17.11 m
14 25  Juttaporn Krasaeyan (THA) 16.45 16.49 16.22 16.49 m
15 29  Irache Quintanal (ESP) 15.27 15.99 15.52 15.99 m
16 30  Aneliya Kumanova (BUL) 15.49 15.91 15.50 15.91 m
17 31  Chinatsu Mori (JPN) 15.86 14.59 X 15.86 m
18 32  Ana Po'uhila (TGA) 14.16 15.33 15.08 15.33 m
19 36  Éva Kürti (HUN) 14.60 X X 14.60 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB) X 18.39 18.74 X X 19.59 19.59 m
 Nadine Kleinert (GER) 18.77 19.55 19.17 18.55 X X 19.55 m SB
 Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) 18.55 19.49 19.29 19.15 19.20 18.44 19.49 m
4  Nadzeya Astapchuk (BLR) 18.25 X 19.01 X X X 19.01 m
5  Natalia Khoroneko (BLR) 18.82 18.09 18.87 17.80 18.59 18.96 18.96 m
6  Krystyna Zabawska (POL) X 17.97 18.64 X 18.60 X 18.64 m
7  Misleydis González (CUB) 17.33 18.25 18.59 18.52 X X 18.59 m
8  Valerie Adams (NZL) 18.56 X 17.93 18.56 m
9  Li Meiju (CHN) 17.82 17.61 18.37 18.37 m
10  Cleopatra Borel (TRI) 17.37 18.28 18.35 18.35 m
11  Lieja Tunks (NED) X 18.13 18.14 18.14 m
—  Irina Korzhanenko (RUS) 20.41 20.70 21.06 20.04 X X 21.06 DSQ

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