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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 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.

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

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

Abbreviations

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

Qualifying

q = qualified for final
medallists in bold August 18, 8:30
Group A

1. Irina Korzhanenko, Russia 19.43 q
2. Yumileidi Cumba, Cuba 19.10 q
3. Valerie Adams, New Zealand 18.79 q
4. Nadine Kleinert, Germany 18.65 q
5. Krystyna Zabawska, Poland 18.61 q
6. Natallia Kharaneka, Belarus 18.52 q
7. Misleydis Gonzalez, Cuba 18.33 q
8. Laurence Manfredi, France 17.78
9. Elisângela Adriano, Brazil 17.44
10. Zhang Xiaoyu, People's Republic of China 17.22
11. Li Fengfeng, China 16.90
12. Guirong Zhang, Singapore 16.58
13. Laura Gerraughty, United States of America 16.47
14. Kimberly Barrett, Jamaica 16.45
15. Lee Mi-Young, South Korea 16.35
16. Filiz Kadogan, Turkey 15.20
17. Mariam Kevkhishvili, Georgia 15.06
18. Iolanta Ulyeva, Kazakhstan 14.88

• Olga Shchukina of Uzbekistan was barred from competing after a pre-competition screening tested positive for clenbuterol.

Group B

1. Nadzeya Astapchuk, Belarus 19.69 q
2. Cleopatra Borel, Trinidad and Tobago 18.90 q
3. Svetlana Krivelyova, Russia 18.57 q
4. Lieja Tunks, Netherlands 18.38 q
5. Li Meiju, China 18.16 q
6. Kalliopi Ouzouni, Greece 18.03
7. Olga Ryabinkina, Russia 18.00
8. Fior Vásquez, Dominican Republic 17.99
9. Astrid Kumbernuss, Germany 17.89
10. Irini Terzoglou, Greece 17.34
11. Oksana Zakharchuk, Ukraine 17.28
12. Kristin Heaston, United States of America 17.17
13. Nadine Beckel, Germany 17.11
14. Juttaporn Krasaeyan, Thailand 16.49
15. Irache Quintanal, Spain 15.99
16. Aneliya Kumanova, Bulgaria 15.91
17. Chinatsu Mori, Japan 15.86
18. Ana Po'Uhila, Tonga 15.33
19. Eva Kurti, Hungary 14.60

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Extra
		1	2	3	4	5	6
1 	Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB)	X	18.39	18.74	X	X	19.59	19.59 m
2 	Nadine Kleinert (GER)	18.77	19.55	19.17	18.55	X	X	19.55 m
3 	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 (Drugs)

References

• Official Olympic Report
• 2004 Olympic Results