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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
10000 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.

Contents 1 Records 2 Medalists 3 Results 3.1 Qualifying 3.2 Final

World Record	23.12	Randy Barnes	USA	Los Angeles, USA	20 May 1990
Olympic Record	22.47	Ulf Timmermann	GDR	Seoul, Korea	23 September 1988

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Yuriy Bilonog, Ukraine	Adam Nelson, USA	Joachim Olsen, Denmark

q = qualified for final
medallists in bold August 18, 10:00
Group A

1. Adam Nelson, United States 21.15 q
2. Ralf Bartels, Germany 20.65 q
3. Yuriy Bilonog, Ukraine 20.61 q
4. Justin Anlezark, Australia 20.45 q
5. Andrey Mikhnevich, Belarus 20.11 q
6. Petr Stehlik, Czech Republic 20.06 q
7. Rutger Smith, Netherlands 19.69
8. Gheorghe Guset, Romania 19.68
9. Ivan Yushkov, Russia 19.67
10. Reese Hoffa, United States 19.40
11. Pavel Chumachenko, Russia 19.38
12. Ivan Emilianov, Republic of Moldova 19.25
13. Taavi Peetre, Estonia 19.14
14. Antonin Zalsky, Czech Republic 19.09
15. Nedzad Mulabegovic, Croatia 19.07
16. Detlef Bock, Germany 18.89
17. Roman Virastyuk, Ukraine 18.52
18. Galin Kostadinov, Bulgaria 17.75

NM Marco Antonio Verni, Chile
NM Bahadur Singh, India

Group B

1. Joachim Olsen, Denmark 20.78 q
2. John Godina, United States 20.53 q
3. Manuel Martinez, Spain 20.37 q
4. Mikulas Konopka, Slovakia 20.32 q
5. Yuriy Belov, Belarus 20.06 q
6. Miran Vodovnik, Slovenia 20.04 q
7. Tepa Reinikainen, Finland 19.74
8. Pavel Lyzhyn, Belarus 19.60
9. Tomasz Majewski, Poland 19.55
10. Ville Tiisanoja, Finland 19.50
11. Bradley Snyder, Canada 19.46
12. Janus Robberts, South Africa 19.41
13. Zsolt Biber, Hungary 19.31
14. Peter Sack, Germany 19.09
15. Khaled Habash M. Al Suwaidi, Qatar 19.04
16. Pavel Sofin, Russia 19.02
17. Dragan Peric, Serbia and Montenegro 18.91
18. Burger Lambrechts, South Africa 18.67
19. Edis Elkasevic, Croatia 18.44

DNQ = did not qualify for final 3 throws
17:30

Position	Name	Nation	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Rd. 5	Rd. 6	Best
1	Yuriy Bilonog	Ukraine	21.15	21.15	21.07	x	x	21.16	21.16
2	Adam Nelson	United States	21.16	x	x	x	x	x	21.16
3	Joachim Olsen	Denmark	20.47	20.48	21.07	20.78	x	x	21.07
4	Manuel Martinez	Spain	20.70	20.21	20.48	20.78	20.84	x	20.84
5	Andrey Mikhnevich	Belarus	19.41	20.51	x	x	20.60	x	20.60
6	Yuriy Belov	Belarus	20.34	20.33	x	x	x	19.88	20.34
7	Justin Anlezark	Australia	20.07	x	20.31	x	x	x	20.31
8	Ralf Bartels	Germany	20.26	x	x	20.07	x	20.00	20.26
9	John Godina	United States	x	x	20.19	DNQ			20.19
10	Mikulas Konopka	Slovakia	x	19.92	19.91	DNQ			19.92
11	Miran Vodovnik	Slovenia	19.34	18.93	x	DNQ			19.34
12	Petr Stehlik	Czech Republic	18.72	x	19.21	DNQ			19.21