| 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 Decathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 23 and August 24.
The reigning world champion was American Tom Pappas, while the world record holder was the Czech Roman Šebrle, who had won the 2002 European Championships, and in 2001 at Götzis, had broken the 9,000-point barrier with a world record of 9026. But Pappas was injured going into the Olympics and he would eventually withdraw after a no-height in the pole vault. This left the favorite’s role to Šebrle. American Bryan Clay started strong with 10.44 and 7.96 and after two events led by 52 points ahead of the Kazakh, Dmitriy Karpov.
Karpov led after the first day with Šebrle second and Clay third. They held those positions through out the pole vault competition, but Šebrle won the javelin event with 70.52 metres, with Clay second in that event with 69.71. Karpov finished only 21st in the javelin and fell back to third place entering the 1,500. The medals were sorted out with Karpov almost 400 points ahead of the Netherlands’ Chiel Warners. Šebrle held a 63 point lead over Clay going into the 1,500, but outran him by about one second to secure the gold medal.
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| Gold | Czech Republic (CZE) |
| Silver | United States (USA) |
| Bronze | Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
| Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | 9026 | May 27, 2001 | ||
| Olympic Record | 8847 | August 9, 1984 | ||
August 23
| Place | Athlete | Time | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.85 s | 894 | PB | |
| 2 | 10.98 s | 865 | PB | |
| 3 | 10.99 s | 863 | PB | |
| 4 | 11.05 s | 850 | SB | |
| 5 | 11.08 s | 843 | ||
| 6 | 11.23 s | 810 | ||
| 7 | 11.36 s | 782 | ||
| 8 | 11.53 s | 746 |
| Place | Athlete | Time | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.68 s | 933 | ||
| 2 | 10.79 s | 908 | ||
| 3 | 10.86 s | 892 | ||
| 4 | 10.89 s | 885 | ||
| 5 | 11.08 s | 843 | ||
| 6 | 11.14 s | 830 | ||
| 7 | 11.29 s | 797 |
| Place | Athlete | Time | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.44 s | 989 | ||
| 2 | 10.50 s | 975 | ||
| 3 | 10.55 s | 963 | ||
| 4 | 10.62 s | 947 | ||
| 5 | 10.77 s | 912 | ||
| 6 | 10.80 s | 906 | ||
| 7 | 10.80 s | 906 | ||
| 8 | 10.89 s | 885 |
| Place | Athlete | Time | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.90 s | 883 | ||
| 2 | 10.91 s | 881 | ||
| 3 | 10.95 s | 872 | ||
| 4 | 10.97 s | 867 | ||
| 5 | 11.10 s | 838 | ||
| 6 | 11.14 s | 830 | ||
| 7 | 11.28 s | 799 | ||
| 8 | 11.33 s | 789 |
| Place | Athlete | Time | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.69 s | 931 | PB | |
| 2 | 10.85 s | 894 | SB | |
| 3 | 10.87 s | 890 | SB | |
| 4 | 10.92 s | 878 | SB | |
| 5 | 10.94 s | 874 | SB | |
| 6 | 11.05 s | 850 | ||
| 7 | 11.05 s | 850 | ||
| 8 | 11.06 s | 847 | PB |
| Place | Athlete | Distance | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7.96 m | 1050 | PB | |
| 2 | 7.74 m | 995 | ||
| 3 | 7.49 m | 932 | ||
| 4 | 7.38 m | 905 | ||
| 5 | 7.34 m | 896 | ||
| 6 | 7.30 m | 886 | SB | |
| 7 | 7.26 m | 876 | ||
| 8 | 7.20 m | 862 | ||
| 9 | 7.14 m | 847 | SB | |
| 10 | 7.07 m | 830 | ||
| 11 | 7.07 m | 830 | ||
| 12 | 7.05 m | 826 | ||
| 13 | 7.04 m | 823 | ||
| 14 | 6.94 m | 799 | ||
| 15 | 7.03 m | 821 | ||
| 16 | 6.91 m | 792 | ||
| 17 | 6.68 m | 739 | ||
| 18 | 6.61 m | 723 | ||
| 19 | NM | |||
| 20 | NM |
| Place | Athlete | Distance | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7.84 m | 1020 | ||
| 2 | 7.81 m | 1012 | SB | |
| 3 | 7.53 m | 942 | ||
| 4 | 7.50 m | 935 | ||
| 5 | 7.48 m | 930 | PB | |
| 6 | 7.47 m | 927 | SB | |
| 7 | 7.43 m | 918 | ||
| 8 | 7.38 m | 905 | PB | |
| 9 | 7.34 m | 896 | ||
| 10 | 7.31 m | 888 | ||
| 11 | 7.26 m | 876 | ||
| 12 | 7.19 m | 859 | ||
| 13 | 7.12 m | 842 | ||
| 14 | 6.99 m | 811 | SB | |
| 15 | 6.99 m | 811 | ||
| 16 | 6.86 m | 781 | ||
| 17 | 6.84 m | 776 | ||
| 18 | 6.81 m | 769 | ||
| 19 | DNS |
| Rank | Athlete | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4689 | |
| 2 | 4594 | |
| 3 | 4554 | |
| 4 | 4454 | |
| 5 | 4415 | |
| 6 | 4408 | |
| 7 | 4387 | |
| 8 | 4294 | |
| 9 | 4261 | |
| 10 | 4199 | |
| 11 | 4194 | |
| 12 | 4191 | |
| 13 | 4158 | |
| 14 | 4101 | |
| 15 | 4077 | |
| 16 | 4060 | |
| 17 | 4051 | |
| 18 | 4048 | |
| 19 | 4042 | |
| 20 | 4041 | |
| 21 | 4039 | |
| 22 | 4032 | |
| 23 | 4016 | |
| 24 | 4011 | |
| 25 | 3983 | |
| 26 | 3936 | |
| 27 | 3917 | |
| 28 | 3910 | |
| 29 | 3855 | |
| 30 | 3762 | |
| 31 | 3734 | |
| 32 | 3728 | |
| 33 | 3299 | |
| 34 | 3088 |
August 24
| Rank | Athlete | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5667 | |
| 2 | 5562 | |
| 3 | 5512 | |
| 4 | 5357 | |
| 5 | 5366 | |
| 6 | 5361 | |
| 7 | 5360 | |
| 8 | 5150 | |
| 9 | 5142 | |
| 10 | 5141 | |
| 11 | 5116 | |
| 12 | 5109 | |
| 13 | 5043 | |
| 14 | 5035 | |
| 15 | 5032 | |
| 16 | 5021 | |
| 17 | 5012 | |
| 18 | 4973 | |
| 19 | 4954 | |
| 20 | 4943 | |
| 21 | 4927 | |
| 22 | 4919 | |
| 23 | 4895 | |
| 24 | 4865 | |
| 25 | 4851 | |
| 26 | 4847 | |
| 27 | 4769 | |
| 28 | 4659 | |
| 29 | 4601 | |
| 30 | 4531 | |
| 31 | 4489 | |
| 32 | 4146 | |
| 33 | 3873 |
| Rank | Athlete | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6572 | |
| 2 | 6406 | |
| 3 | 6385 | |
| 4 | 6193 | |
| 5 | 6182 | |
| 6 | 6123 | |
| 7 | 6101 | |
| 8 | 5930 | |
| 9 | 5902 | |
| 10 | 5901 | |
| 11 | 5862 | |
| 12 | 5781 | |
| 13 | 5778 | |
| 14 | 5757 | |
| 15 | 5738 | |
| 16 | 5737 | |
| 17 | 5728 | |
| 18 | 5706 | |
| 19 | 5697 | |
| 20 | 5688 | |
| 21 | 5675 | |
| 22 | 5654 | |
| 23 | 5638 | |
| 24 | 5634 | |
| 25 | 5550 | |
| 26 | 5512 | |
| 27 | 5502 | |
| 28 | 5374 | |
| 29 | 5328 | |
| 30 | 5327 | |
| 31 | 5117 | |
| 32 | 4811 | |
| 33 | 4576 |
| Rank | Athlete | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7362 | |
| 2 | 7316 | |
| 3 | 7265 | |
| 4 | 6981 | |
| 5 | 6924 | |
| 6 | 6854 | |
| 7 | 6811 | |
| 8 | 6773 | |
| 9 | 6751 | |
| 10 | 6749 | |
| 11 | 6698 | |
| 12 | 6679 | |
| 13 | 6638 | |
| 14 | 6627 | |
| 15 | 6598 | |
| 16 | 6571 | |
| 17 | 6535 | |
| 18 | 6496 | |
| 19 | 6473 | |
| 20 | 6457 | |
| 21 | 6453 | |
| 22 | 6399 | |
| 23 | 6369 | |
| 24 | 6361 | |
| 25 | 6262 | |
| 26 | 6105 | |
| 27 | 6088 | |
| 28 | 6087 | |
| 29 | 5660 | |
| 30 | 5456 | |
| 31 | 5117 |
| Rank | Athlete | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8213 | |
| 2 | 8150 | |
| 3 | 8033 | |
| 4 | 7639 | |
| 5 | 7650 | |
| 6 | 7539 | |
| 7 | 7531 | |
| 8 | 7521 | |
| 9 | 7455 | |
| 10 | 7451 | |
| 11 | 7389 | |
| 12 | 7381 | |
| 13 | 7303 | |
| 14 | 7298 | |
| 15 | 7296 | |
| 16 | 7283 | |
| 17 | 7277 | |
| 18 | 7225 | |
| 19 | 7209 | |
| 20 | 7207 | |
| 21 | 7204 | |
| 22 | 7118 | |
| 23 | 7107 | |
| 24 | 7089 | |
| 25 | 6894 | |
| 26 | 6825 | |
| 27 | 6822 | |
| 28 | 6801 | |
| 29 | 6452 | |
| 30 | 5757 |
| Rank | Athlete | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8893 OR | |
| 2 | 8820 PB | |
| 3 | 8725 AR | |
| 4 | 8414 SB | |
| 5 | 8343 SB | |
| 6 | 8287 SB | |
| 7 | 8237 SB | |
| 8 | 8235 | |
| 9 | 8225 NR | |
| 10 | 8102 PB | |
| 11 | 8084 SB | |
| 12 | 8077 | |
| 13 | 8067 SB | |
| 14 | 8023 | |
| 15 | 8021 | |
| 16 | 8006 SB | |
| 17 | 7993 | |
| 18 | 7934 | |
| 19 | 7926 | |
| 20 | 7918 SB | |
| 21 | 7893 | |
| 22 | 7865 | |
| 23 | 7708 | |
| 24 | 7592 | |
| 25 | 7583 | |
| 26 | 7573 | |
| 27 | 7495 | |
| 28 | 7404 | |
| 29 | 7185 | |
| 30 | 6543 |
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