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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
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 Hammer Throw event at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium August 23 and August 25. The qualification mark was set at 68.50 metres.

Russia's Olga Kuzenkova had a habit of placing second in major internationals – the 1998 Europeans and the 1999/2001/2003 World Championships, although she had won the 2002 European Championships. She was favored, having set nine world records with the hammer, but none since 1999. She led throughout, tossing 73.18 metres (240-1) in round one, and improving to 74.27 metres (243-8) in round two, and 75.02 metres (246-1) in round three – her best mark. Cubans Yipsi Moreno and Yunaika Crawford won the other medals, moving into these positions in rounds two and three.

Medalists

Gold	Olga Kuzenkova Russia (RUS)
Silver	Yipsi Moreno Cuba (CUB)
Bronze	Yunaika Crawford Cuba (CUB)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Abbreviations

Records

Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics
World Record	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	76.06 m	August 29, 1999	Rüdlingen, Switzerland
Olympic Record	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	71.16 m	September 29, 2000	Sydney, Australia
Seasons Best	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	75.18 m	April 23, 2004	Havana, Cuba
Broken records during the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Gu Yuan (CHN)	71.65 m	August 23, 2004	Athens, Greece
Olympic Record	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	73.71 m	August 23, 2004	Athens, Greece
Olympic Record	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	74.27 m	August 25, 2004	Athens, Greece
Olympic Record	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	75.02 m	August 25, 2004	Athens, Greece

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	3	Gu Yuan (CHN)	71.65	—	—	71.65 m	OR
2	4	Iryna Sekachova (UKR)	66.57	71.63	—	71.63 m
3	6	Andrea Bunjes (GER)	70.73	—	—	70.73 m
4	7	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	70.56	—	—	70.56 m
5	10	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	67.29	68.66	—	68.66 m
6	13	Ivana Brkljačić (CRO)	63.21	68.21	68.15	68.21 m
7	16	Yelena Konevtseva (RUS)	66.88	67.83	X	67.83 m
8	17	Katalin Divós (HUN)	67.39	67.64	X	67.64 m
9	18	Julianna Tudja (HUN)	62.80	65.94	66.85	66.85 m
10	20	Erin Gilreath (USA)	66.71	65.46	66.52	66.71 m
11	22	Berta Castells (ESP)	64.30	X	66.05	66.05 m
12	25	Mariya Smolyachkova (BLR)	65.68	65.31	X	65.68 m
13	26	Ester Balassini (ITA)	X	54.97	65.58	65.58 m
14	27	Yuka Murofushi (JPN)	65.33	X	63.42	65.33 m
15	28	Clarissa Claretti (ITA)	62.43	X	65.06	65.06 m
16	32	Bronwyn Eagles (AUS)	X	64.09	X	64.09 m
17	33	Brooke Krueger (AUS)	63.00	X	63.88	63.88 m
18	34	Vânia Silva (POR)	63.81	61.77	61.44	63.81 m
19	35	Evdokia Tsamoglou (GRE)	57.56	62.76	X	62.76 m
20	41	Shirley Webb (GBR)	61.60	X	X	61.60 m
21	42	Lucie Vrbenská (CZE)	X	60.14	60.29	60.29 m
22	43	Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG)	X	X	59.52	59.52 m
23	45	Sanja Gavrilović (CRO)	56.79	X	X	56.79 m
—	—	Elena Teloni (CYP)	X	—	—	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	73.71	—	—	73.71 m	OR
2	2	Yunaika Crawford (CUB)	71.74	—	—	71.74 m
3	5	Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)	71.56	—	—	71.56 m
4	8	Betty Heidler (GER)	66.20	69.81	—	69.81 m
5	9	Olga Tsander (BLR)	66.20	X	69.61	69.61 m
6	11	Alexandra Papayeoryiou (GRE)	64.59	68.58	—	68.58 m
7	12	Candice Scott (TRI)	X	66.97	68.27	68.27 m
8	14	Liu Yinghui (CHN)	66.67	66.30	68.12	68.12 m
9	15	Manuela Montebrun (FRA)	64.31	67.74	67.90	67.90 m
10	19	Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)	X	66.82	65.57	66.82 m
11	21	Susanne Keil (GER)	66.35	X	X	66.35 m
12	23	Sini Pöyry (FIN)	66.05	X	64.35	66.05 m
13	24	Éva Orbán (HUN)	65.76	63.68	63.31	65.76 m
14	29	Anna Mahon (USA)	64.11	64.99	61.65	64.99 m
15	30	Lorraine Shaw (GBR)	63.06	63.13	64.79	64.79 m
16	31	Svetlana Sudak (BLR)	X	X	64.42	64.42 m
17	36	Violeta Guzmán (MEX)	62.76	58.18	61.45	62.76 m
18	37	Aldenay Vasallo (CUB)	62.64	60.71	61.08	62.64 m
19	38	Marwa Hussein (EGY)	62.27	X	57.24	62.27 m
20	39	Jackie Jeschelnig (USA)	58.00	X	62.23	62.23 m
21	40	Stiliani Papadopoulou (GRE)	61.48	61.61	X	61.61 m
22	44	Deborah Sosimenko (AUS)	X	57.79	57.62	57.79 m
23	46	Marina Lapina (AZE)	55.34	50.60	X	55.34 m
—	—	Lisa Misipeka (ASA)	X	X	—	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Extra
		1	2	3	4	5	6
1 	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	73.18	74.27	75.02	X	72.60	74.92	75.02 m	OR
2 	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	X	72.68	X	X	73.36	X	73.36 m
3 	Yunaika Crawford (CUB)	70.98	71.43	73.16	X	X	70.06	73.16 m	PB
4	Betty Heidler (GER)	X	67.71	72.73	72.47	70.21	68.49	72.73 m	NR
5	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	69.91	68.50	72.57	X	X	67.06	72.57 m	SB
6	Olga Tsander (BLR)	66.17	70.15	72.27	65.01	X	68.63	72.27 m
7	Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)	X	72.03	X	68.03	X	X	72.03 m
8	Iryna Sekachova (UKR)	69.40	70.11	67.34	66.40	70.40	X	70.40 m
9	Candice Scott (TRI)	63.13	69.94	68.51				69.94 m	NR
10	Gu Yuan (CHN)	67.59	68.62	69.76				69.76 m
11	Andrea Bunjes (GER)	68.40	61.78	68.22				68.40 m
12	Alexandra Papayeoryiou (GRE)	X	63.26	66.83				66.83 m

See also

• 2004 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

References

• Official Olympic Report
• 2004 Olympic Results
• sports-reference