Athletics
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueAthens Olympic Stadium (track and field)
Panathenaic Stadium (marathon)
Streets of Athens (walk)
Stadium at Olympia (shot put)
Dates18–29 August 2004
Competitors from 197 nations

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons (run from Marathonas to the Kallimarmaro Stadium), the race walks (on the streets of Athens), and the shot put (held at the Ancient Olympia Stadium). A total of 46 events were contested, of which 24 by male and 22 by female athletes.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)911525
2 Russia (RUS)67619
3 Great Britain (GBR)3014
4 Sweden (SWE)3003
5 Ethiopia (ETH)2327
6 Greece (GRE)2215
7 Cuba (CUB)2125
 Jamaica (JAM)2125
9 Morocco (MAR)2103
10 Italy (ITA)2013
11 China (CHN)2002
 Japan (JPN)2002
13 Kenya (KEN)1427
14 Lithuania (LTU)1102
15 Czech Republic (CZE)1023
16 Bahamas (BAH)1012
 Poland (POL)1012
18 Belarus (BLR)1001
 Cameroon (CMR)1001
 Dominican Republic (DOM)1001
 Norway (NOR)1001
22 Romania (ROU)0213
23 Germany (GER)0202
 South Africa (RSA)0202
25 Australia (AUS)0123
 Spain (ESP)0123
 Ukraine (UKR)0123
28 Denmark (DEN)0112
 Portugal (POR)0112
30 Hungary (HUN)0101
 Latvia (LAT)0101
 Mexico (MEX)0101
33 France (FRA)0022
 Nigeria (NGR)0022
35 Brazil (BRA)0011
 Eritrea (ERI)0011
 Estonia (EST)0011
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0011
 Slovenia (SLO)0011
Totals (39 entries)464544135

Medal winners

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
Justin Gatlin
 United States
9.85 Francis Obikwelu
 Portugal
9.86
(AR)
Maurice Greene
 United States
9.87
200 metres
Shawn Crawford
 United States
19.79 Bernard Williams
 United States
20.01 Justin Gatlin
 United States
20.03
400 metres
Jeremy Wariner
 United States
44.00 Otis Harris
 United States
44.16 Derrick Brew
 United States
44.42
800 metres
Yuriy Borzakovskiy
 Russia
1:44.45 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
 South Africa
1:44.61 Wilson Kipketer
 Denmark
1:44.65
1500 metres
Hicham El Guerrouj
 Morocco
3:34.18 Bernard Lagat
 Kenya
3:34.30 Rui Silva
 Portugal
3:34.68
5000 metres
Hicham El Guerrouj
 Morocco
13:14.39 Kenenisa Bekele
 Ethiopia
13:14.59 Eliud Kipchoge
 Kenya
13:15.10
10,000 metres
Kenenisa Bekele
 Ethiopia
27:05.10
(OR)
Sileshi Sihine
 Ethiopia
27:09.39 Zersenay Tadese
 Eritrea
27:22.57
110 metres hurdles
Liu Xiang
 China
12.91
(WR)
Terrence Trammell
 United States
13.18 Anier García
 Cuba
13.20
400 metres hurdles
Félix Sánchez
 Dominican Republic
47.63 Danny McFarlane
 Jamaica
48.11 Naman Keïta
 France
48.26
3000 metres steeplechase
Ezekiel Kemboi
 Kenya
8:05.81 Brimin Kipruto
 Kenya
8:06.11 Paul Kipsiele Koech
 Kenya
8:06.64
4 × 100 metres relay
 Great Britain
Jason Gardener
Darren Campbell
Marlon Devonish
Mark Lewis-Francis
38.07  United States
Shawn Crawford
Justin Gatlin
Coby Miller
Maurice Greene
Darvis Patton*
38.08  Nigeria
Olusoji Fasuba
Uchenna Emedolu
Aaron Egbele
Deji Aliu
38.23
4 × 400 metres relay
 United States
Otis Harris
Derrick Brew
Jeremy Wariner
Darold Williamson
Andrew Rock*
Kelly Willie*
2:55.91  Australia
John Steffensen
Mark Ormrod
Patrick Dwyer
Clinton Hill
3:00.60  Nigeria
James Godday
Musa Audu
Saul Weigopwa
Enefiok Udo-Obong
3:00.90
Marathon
Stefano Baldini
 Italy
2:10:55 Mebrahtom Keflezighi
 United States
2:11:29 Vanderlei de Lima
 Brazil
2:12:11
20 kilometres walk
Ivano Brugnetti
 Italy
1:19:40 Paquillo Fernández
 Spain
1:19:45 Nathan Deakes
 Australia
1:20:02
50 kilometres walk
Robert Korzeniowski
 Poland
3:38:46 Denis Nizhegorodov
 Russia
3:42:50 Aleksey Voyevodin
 Russia
3:43:34
High jump
Stefan Holm
 Sweden
2.36 m Matt Hemingway
 United States
2.34 m Jaroslav Bába
 Czech Republic
2.34 m
Pole vault
Timothy Mack
 United States
5.95 m
(OR)
Toby Stevenson
 United States
5.90 m Giuseppe Gibilisco
 Italy
5.85 m
Long jump
Dwight Phillips
 United States
8.59 m John Moffitt
 United States
8.47 m Joan Lino Martínez
 Spain
8.32 m
Triple jump
Christian Olsson
 Sweden
17.79 m Marian Oprea
 Romania
17.55 m Danil Burkenya
 Russia
17.48 m
Shot put
[a]
Adam Nelson
 United States
21.16 m Joachim Olsen
 Denmark
21.07 m Manuel Martínez
 Spain
20.84 m
Yuriy Bilonoh
 Ukraine
21.16 m
Discus throw
Virgilijus Alekna
 Lithuania
69.89 m
(OR)
Zoltán Kővágó
 Hungary
67.04 m Aleksander Tammert
 Estonia
66.66 m
Róbert Fazekas
 Hungary
70.93 m
(OR)
Hammer throw
[b]
Koji Murofushi
 Japan
82.91 m None Awarded [b] None Awarded [b]
Adrian Annus
 Hungary
83.19 m Ivan Tsikhan
 Belarus
79.81 m
Javelin throw
Andreas Thorkildsen
 Norway
86.50 m Vadims Vasiļevskis
 Latvia
84.95 m Sergey Makarov
 Russia
84.84 m
Decathlon
Roman Šebrle
 Czech Republic
8893 pts
(OR)
Bryan Clay
 United States
8820 pts Dmitriy Karpov
 Kazakhstan
8725 pts

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
Yulia Nesterenko
 Belarus
10.93 Lauryn Williams
 United States
10.96 Veronica Campbell
 Jamaica
10.97
200 metres
Veronica Campbell
 Jamaica
22.05 Allyson Felix
 United States
22.18 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie
 Bahamas
22.30
400 metres
Tonique Williams-Darling
 Bahamas
49.41 Ana Guevara
 Mexico
49.56 Natalya Antyukh
 Russia
49.89
800 metres
Kelly Holmes
 Great Britain
1:56.38 Hasna Benhassi
 Morocco
1:56.43 Jolanda Čeplak
 Slovenia
1:56.43
1500 metres
Kelly Holmes
 Great Britain
3:57.90 Tatyana Tomashova
 Russia
3:58.12 Maria Cioncan
 Romania
3:58.39
5000 metres
Meseret Defar
 Ethiopia
14:45.65 Isabella Ochichi
 Kenya
14:48.19 Tirunesh Dibaba
 Ethiopia
14:51.83
10,000 metres
Xing Huina
 China
30:24.36 Ejegayehu Dibaba
 Ethiopia
30:24.98 Derartu Tulu
 Ethiopia
30:26.42
100 metres hurdles
Joanna Hayes
 United States
12.37
(OR)
Olena Krasovska
 Ukraine
12.45 Melissa Morrison
 United States
12.56
400 metres hurdles
Fani Chalkia
 Greece
52.82 Ionela Târlea-Manolache
 Romania
53.38 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova
 Ukraine
53.44
4 × 100 metres relay
 Jamaica
Tayna Lawrence
Sherone Simpson
Aleen Bailey
Veronica Campbell
Beverly McDonald*
41.73  Russia
Olga Fyodorova
Yuliya Tabakova
Irina Khabarova
Larisa Kruglova
42.27  France
Véronique Mang
Muriel Hurtis
Sylviane Félix
Christine Arron
42.54
4 × 400 metres relay
[c]
 United States
DeeDee Trotter
Monique Henderson
Sanya Richards
Monique Hennagan
Moushaumi Robinson*
3:19.01 [c]  Russia
Olesya Krasnomovets
Natalya Nazarova
Olesya Zykina
Natalya Antyukh
Tatyana Firova*
Natalya Ivanova*
3:20.16  Jamaica
Novlene Williams
Michelle Burgher
Nadia Davy
Sandie Richards
Ronetta Smith*
3:22.00
Marathon
Mizuki Noguchi
 Japan
2:26:20 Catherine Ndereba
 Kenya
2:26:32 Deena Kastor
 United States
2:27:20
20 kilometres walk
Athanasia Tsoumeleka
 Greece
1:29:12 Olimpiada Ivanova
 Russia
1:29:16 Jane Saville
 Australia
1:29:25
High jump
Yelena Slesarenko
 Russia
2.06 m
(OR)
Hestrie Cloete
 South Africa
2.02 m Viktoriya Styopina
 Ukraine
2.02 m
Pole vault
Yelena Isinbayeva
 Russia
4.91 m
(WR)
Svetlana Feofanova
 Russia
4.75 m Anna Rogowska
 Poland
4.70 m
Long jump
Tatyana Lebedeva
 Russia
7.07 m Irina Simagina
 Russia
7.05 m Tatyana Kotova
 Russia
7.05 m
Triple jump
Françoise Mbango Etone
 Cameroon
15.30 m Hrysopiyi Devetzi
 Greece
15.25 m Tatyana Lebedeva
 Russia
15.14 m
Shot put
[d]
Yumileidi Cumbá
 Cuba
19.59 m Nadine Kleinert
 Germany
19.55 m None Awarded [d]
Irina Korzhanenko
 Russia
21.06 m
Discus throw
[e]
Natalya Sadova
 Russia
67.02 m Anastasia Kelesidou
 Greece
66.68 m Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová
 Czech Republic
66.08 m
Iryna Yatchenko
 Belarus
66.17 m
Hammer throw
Olga Kuzenkova
 Russia
75.02 m
(OR)
Yipsi Moreno
 Cuba
73.36 m Yunaika Crawford
 Cuba
73.16 m
Javelin throw
Osleidys Menéndez
 Cuba
71.53 m
(OR)
Steffi Nerius
 Germany
65.82 m Mirela Manjani
 Greece
64.29 m
Heptathlon
Carolina Klüft
 Sweden
6952 pts Austra Skujytė
 Lithuania
6435 pts Kelly Sotherton
 Great Britain
6424 pts

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Participating nations

A total of 197 nations participated in the different Athletics events at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Notes

a After the announcement of the disqualification for doping of the athlete Yuri Bilonog (UKR), who won the gold medal at the time, there was a new distribution of medals in March 2013. The IOC upgraded original silver medalist Adam Nelson (USA) to gold, bronze medalist Joachim Olsen (DEN) to silver, and fourth place finisher Manuel Martínez (ESP) to bronze.[1][2]
b Adrian Annus (HUN) and Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) were disqualified due to doping.[1] IOC decided to declare the silver and bronze medals vacant.[3]
c Crystal Cox (USA), who ran in the preliminary round of a relay team, admitted to using anabolic steroids from 2001 to 2004. The IOC decided to revoke the gold medal from Crystal Cox and asked the IAAF to make its decision about the US squad. The IOC and IAAF announced that the result would stand due to the fact that, according to the rules of the time, a team should not be disqualified because of a doping offense by an athlete who did not compete in finals.[4][5]
d Russian athlete Irina Korzhanenko lost her gold medal in women's shot put due to doping, with Cuban Yumileidi Cumbá Jay replacing her as the Olympic champion, German Nadine Kleinert receiving the silver medal, and Svetlana Krivelyova of Russia receiving the bronze medal,[6] however Krivelyova was later stripped of her bronze for the same reason. IOC decided to declare the bronze medal vacant.[7]
e Iryna Yatchenko (BLR), was disqualified due to doping. The IOC decided that the bronze medal was reallocated to the athlete Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová (CZE) during the IOC Executive Board on 30 May 2013.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "IOC disqualifies four medallists from Athens 2004 following further analysis of stored samples". IOC. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 Day 2 of IOC Executive Board meeting in St. Petersburg
  3. "Athens 2004 Athletics Hammer Throw Men Results". IOC. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  4. "IAAF to recommend US relay team be stripped of gold | Reuters.com". af.reuters.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. USA allowed to keep Athens 2004 4x400m relay gold medals
  6. "Ancient Olympia's First Female Winner Stripped of Medal". USA Today. Associated Press. 23 August 2004. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
  7. "Athens 2004 Athletics Shot Put Women Results". IOC. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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