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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 Javelin Throw event at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium August 25 and August 27. Top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 61.00 metres advanced to the final.

The favorite was the 2000 bronze medalist, Cuba's Osleidys Menéndez, who was the world record holder, had won the 2001 World Championships, and had recorded the six longest throws of 2004. She settled matters in round one with 71.53 (234-8¼) metres, missing her world record by only a centimeter. German Steffi Nerius, bronze medalist at the 2003 Worlds, moved up from fourth place to a silver medal with her final throw.

The bronze medal went to the consistent Mirela Manjani of Greece, who had won the 1999 and 2003 World title, and won medals at the last four World Championships. Her final round throw secured the bronze to the delight of the Athinan crowd. In 2005, Menéndez would again win the world title. The sixth-place finisher, Laverne Eve of the Bahamas, had won the 1984 Pan American Junior title in the shot put, and was twice a silver medalist in the javelin at the Pan American Games (1995 and 2003).

Medalists

Gold	Osleidys Menéndez Cuba (CUB)
Silver	Steffi Nerius Germany (GER)
Bronze	Mirela Manjani Greece (GRE)

Schedule

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

Abbreviations

Records

Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics
World Record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.54 m	July 1, 2001	Rethymno, Greece
Olympic Record	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	68.91 m	September 30, 2000	Sydney, Australia
Broken records during the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.53 m	August 27, 2004	Athens, Greece

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	64.91	—	—	64.91 m
2	3	Tetyana Lyakhovych (UKR)	59.43	57.35	63.07	63.07 m	NR
3	4	Savva Lika (GRE)	58.29	62.22	—	62.22 m
4	5	Steffi Nerius (GER)	57.67	60.30	62.14	62.14 m
5	7	Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan (ROU)	52.10	59.06	62.05	62.05 m
6	9	Barbara Madejczyk (POL)	59.20	61.18	—	61.18 m
7	10	Taina Kolkkala (FIN)	61.16	—	—	61.16 m
8	11	Miréla Manjani (GRE)	56.92	X	61.04	61.04 m	SB
9	14	Claudia Coslovich (ITA)	60.58	X	X	60.58 m
10	15	Christina Obergföll (GER)	60.41	58.47	56.67	60.41 m
11	18	Ma Ning (CHN)	59.80	55.30	57.03	59.80 m	SB
12	22	Mercedes Chilla (ESP)	54.12	X	58.45	58.45 m
13	23	Barbora Špotáková (CZE)	55.39	58.20	X	58.20 m
14	25	Jarmila Klimešová (CZE)	55.89	55.62	57.70	57.70 m
15	27	Valeriya Zabruskova (RUS)	57.51	57.53	55.47	57.53 m
16	28	Paula Tarvainen (FIN)	56.88	X	X	56.88 m
17	34	Ilze Gribule (LAT)	54.82	54.92	51.95	54.92 m
18	36	Chang Jung-Yeon (KOR)	X	50.54	53.93	53.93 m
19	40	Dalila Rugama (NCA)	47.81	51.42	46.18	51.42 m
20	41	Natallia Shymchuk (BLR)	51.23	X	48.11	51.23 m
21	42	Leryn Franco (PAR)	49.17	48.20	50.37	50.37 m
22	43	Romina Maggi (ARG)	46.00	48.57	48.58	48.58 m
—	—	Yekaterina Ivakina (RUS)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Nikola Brejchová (CZE)	64.39	—	—	64.39 m
2	6	Laverne Eve (BAH)	62.11	—	—	62.11 m	SB
3	8	Sonia Bisset (CUB)	61.45	—	—	61.45 m
4	12	Noraida Bicet (CUB)	59.45	60.61	60.97	60.97 m
5	13	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	60.70	59.08	60.80	60.80 m
6	16	Nikolett Szabó (HUN)	60.20	59.06	54.60	60.20 m
7	17	Zuleima Araméndiz (COL)	58.77	58.99	59.94	59.94 m	PB
8	19	Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE)	56.21	57.88	59.64	59.64 m
9	20	Katherine Sayers (GBR)	59.11	53.64	X	59.11 m
10	21	Annika Suthe (GER)	58.70	56.81	55.62	58.70 m
11	24	Aïda Sellam (TUN)	57.76	52.77	53.22	57.76 m
12	26	Oksana Yarygina (RUS)	57.57	54.20	50.28	57.57 m
13	29	Christina Scherwin (DEN)	56.79	55.26	56.86	56.86 m
14	30	Elisabetta Marin (ITA)	54.43	X	56.34	56.34 m
15	31	Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU)	55.17	X	X	55.17 m
16	32	Khristina Georgieva (BUL)	49.69	54.65	55.13	55.13 m
17	33	Moonika Aava (EST)	X	53.41	54.96	54.96 m
18	35	Sunette Viljoen (RSA)	52.71	54.45	53.28	54.45 m
19	37	Xue Juan (CHN)	52.97	X	X	52.97 m
20	38	Liliya Dusmetova (UZB)	49.86	50.92	52.46	52.46 m
21	39	Kim Kreiner (USA)	52.18	X	51.46	52.18 m
22	44	Patsy Selafina Akeli (SAM)	45.93	45.64	43.84	45.93 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
1 	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.53	X	65.41	68.60	63.64	—	71.53 m	OR
2 	Steffi Nerius (GER)	63.02	60.58	X	X	63.60	65.82	65.82 m	PB
3 	Mirela Manjani (GRE)	62.29	63.61	X	62.20	X	64.29	64.29 m	SB
4	Nikola Brejchová (CZE)	62.46	63.77	64.23	X	63.77	62.55	64.23 m
5	Sonia Bisset (CUB)	61.93	59.58	60.39	60.32	60.20	63.54	63.54 m
6	Laverne Eve (BAH)	57.25	58.09	62.77	58.50	X	59.02	62.77 m	SB
7	Noraida Bicet (CUB)	62.36	60.64	60.70	62.51	60.41	61.61	62.51 m
8	Tetyana Lyakhovych (UKR)	59.52	57.26	61.75	X	57.39	55.70	61.75 m
9	Savva Lika (GRE)	58.58	60.91	60.53				60.91 m
10	Taina Kolkkala (FIN)	60.72	58.53	60.69				60.72 m
11	Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan (ROU)	58.04	57.42	59.72				59.72 m
12	Barbara Madejczyk (POL)	54.54	56.43	58.22				58.22 m

References

• Official Olympic Report
• 2004 Olympic Results