Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put
Men's shot put at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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![]() Adam Nelson (2011) | |||||||||||||
Venue | Ancient Olympia Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 18 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 39 from 26 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning distance | 21.16 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 | |
Wheelchair races | ||
The men's shot put at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was 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.[1][2] Thirty-nine athletes from 26 nations competed.[3]
The original gold medalist, Ukrainian Yuriy Bilonoh, was disqualified on 5 December 2012 after a positive re-test of his doping samples.[4][5]
After the announcement of the disqualification, there was a new distribution of medals on 5 March 2013: according to a statement from the IOC sent to the Spanish Olympic Committee, the gold medal went to original silver medalist Adam Nelson of the United States, the silver to Joachim Olsen of Denmark, and the bronze to Manuel Martínez of Spain.[6][7]
This gave the United States its 17th victory in the men's shot put, and Denmark and Spain their first medals in the event. Nelson was also the 13th man to win a second shot put medal, with his retrospective gold following his 2000 silver.
Background
This was the 25th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 2000 Games were silver medalist Adam Nelson and bronze medalist John Godina of the United States, fifth-place finisher Yuriy Bilonoh of Ukraine, sixth-place finisher Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez of Spain, seventh-place finisher Janus Robberts of South Africa, and ninth-place finisher Andrey Mikhnevich of Belarus. Mikhnevich, Nelson, and Bilonoh (in that order) had medaled at the 2003 world championships. Nelson had also finished second at the 2001 worlds.[3]
Serbia and Montenegro and Slovenia both made their debut in the men's shot put. The United States made its 24th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.
Qualification
The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's shot put, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had thrown 20.30 metres or further during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had thrown 20.00 metres or further could be entered.[8]
Competition format
Each athlete received three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieved the qualifying distance of 20.40 metres progressed to the final. If fewer than twelve athletes achieved this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reached the final. Each finalist was allowed three throws in the last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.[9]
Records
Prior to the competition[update], the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
23.12 | Los Angeles, United States | 20 May 1990 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
22.47 | Seoul, South Korea | 23 September 1988 |
No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.
Schedule
All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)
Date | Time | Round |
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Wednesday, 18 August 2004 | 10:00 17:30 |
Qualification Final |
Results
Qualifying round
Rule: Qualifying standard 20.40 (Q) or at least 12 best qualified (q).
Rank | Group | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Notes |
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1 | A | Adam Nelson | ![]() |
X | 21.15 | — | 21.15 | Q |
2 | B | Joachim Olsen | ![]() |
20.78 | — | — | 20.78 | Q |
3 | A | Ralf Bartels | ![]() |
20.65 | — | — | 20.65 | Q |
A | Yuriy Bilonoh | ![]() |
— | — | Q, DPG | |||
5 | B | John Godina | ![]() |
19.73 | 20.53 | — | 20.53 | Q |
6 | A | Justin Anlezark | ![]() |
18.53 | 20.45 | — | 20.45 | Q |
7 | B | Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez | ![]() |
19.15 | 19.54 | 20.37 | 20.37 | q |
8 | B | Mikuláš Konopka | ![]() |
20.32 | 20.20 | X | 20.32 | q |
9 | A | Andrei Mikhnevich | ![]() |
20.10 | 20.11 | 20.09 | 20.11 | q |
10 | A | Petr Stehlík | ![]() |
X | 19.74 | 20.06 | 20.06 | q |
11 | B | Yury Bialou | ![]() |
X | X | 20.06 | 20.06 | q |
12 | B | Miran Vodovnik | ![]() |
18.83 | 20.04 | X | 20.04 | q |
13 | B | Tepa Reinikainen | ![]() |
18.27 | 19.71 | 19.74 | 19.74 | |
14 | A | Rutger Smith | ![]() |
19.02 | 19.28 | 19.69 | 19.69 | |
15 | A | Gheorghe Guşet | ![]() |
19.42 | 19.26 | 19.68 | 19.68 | |
16 | A | Ivan Yushkov | ![]() |
19.15 | 19.42 | 19.67 | 19.67 | |
17 | B | Pavel Lyzhyn | ![]() |
x | x | 19.60 | 19.60 | |
18 | B | Tomasz Majewski | ![]() |
19.55 | 19.07 | X | 19.55 | |
19 | B | Ville Tiisanoja | ![]() |
19.28 | 19.50 | X | 19.50 | |
20 | B | Bradley Snyder | ![]() |
19.36 | 19.46 | X | 19.46 | |
21 | B | Janus Robberts | ![]() |
19.41 | X | X | 19.41 | |
22 | A | Reese Hoffa | ![]() |
18.88 | X | 19.40 | 19.40 | |
23 | A | Pavel Chumachenko | ![]() |
19.17 | 19.38 | X | 19.38 | |
24 | B | Zsolt Bíber | ![]() |
19.31 | X | X | 19.31 | |
25 | A | Ivan Emilianov | ![]() |
18.83 | 18.92 | 19.25 | 19.25 | |
26 | A | Taavi Peetre | ![]() |
19.14 | 18.97 | X | 19.14 | |
27 | A | Antonín Žalský | ![]() |
18.93 | 19.09 | X | 19.09 | |
28 | B | Peter Sack | ![]() |
19.09 | 17.91 | X | 19.09 | |
29 | A | Nedžad Mulabegović | ![]() |
X | 18.86 | 19.07 | 19.07 | |
30 | B | Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi | ![]() |
X | X | 19.04 | 19.04 | |
31 | B | Pavel Sofin | ![]() |
18.78 | 19.02 | X | 19.02 | |
32 | B | Dragan Perić | ![]() |
18.91 | 18.79 | 18.74 | 18.91 | |
33 | A | Detlef Bock | ![]() |
18.40 | 18.89 | X | 18.89 | |
34 | B | Burger Lambrechts | ![]() |
18.67 | 18.63 | X | 18.67 | |
35 | A | Roman Virastyuk | ![]() |
18.12 | 18.40 | 18.52 | 18.52 | |
36 | B | Edis Elkasević | ![]() |
17.54 | 18.44 | X | 18.44 | |
37 | A | Galin Kostadinov | ![]() |
17.75 | 17.51 | 17.47 | 17.75 | |
— | A | Marco Antonio Verni | ![]() |
X | X | X | No mark | |
A | Bahadur Singh Sagoo | ![]() |
X | X | X | No mark |
Final
Nelson put the shot 21.16 metres on his first throw of the final, but that would be his only legal mark.
He led until the very end, while Bilonoh had thrown 21.15 on both of his first two throws. The two were the last to throw in the sixth and final set, with Bilonoh before Nelson. Bilonoh's last throw was 21.16 metres, tying with Nelson, but giving the Ukrainian the lead on the tie-breaker of second-best throw (all four of Nelson's other attempts were fouls).
Nelson had one final chance to throw another 21.16 or better; he threw a 21.30, but this was ruled a foul. It was, at the time, the fourth consecutive major championship that Nelson had finished second (after the 2000 Olympics, and the 2001 and 2003 world championships).
In December 2012, Bilonoh was disqualified for doping following re-testing procedures, and Nelson was subsequently declared the 2004 Olympic champion.
Rank | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Notes |
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Adam Nelson | ![]() |
21.16 | X | X | X | X | X | 21.16 | |
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Joachim Olsen | ![]() |
20.47 | 20.48 | 21.07 | 20.78 | X | X | 21.07 | |
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Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez | ![]() |
20.70 | 20.21 | 20.48 | 20.78 | 20.84 | X | 20.84 | |
4 | Andrei Mikhnevich | ![]() |
19.41 | 20.51 | X | X | 20.60 | X | 20.60 | |
5 | Yury Bialou | ![]() |
20.34 | 20.33 | X | X | X | 19.88 | 20.34 | |
6 | Justin Anlezark | ![]() |
20.07 | X | 20.31 | X | X | X | 20.31 | |
7 | Ralf Bartels | ![]() |
20.26 | X | X | 20.07 | X | 20.00 | 20.26 | |
8 | John Godina | ![]() |
X | X | 20.19 | Did not advance | 20.19 | |||
9 | Mikuláš Konopka | ![]() |
x | 19.92 | 19.91 | Did not advance | 19.92 | |||
10 | Miran Vodovnik | ![]() |
19.34 | 18.93 | X | Did not advance | 19.34 | |||
11 | Petr Stehlík | ![]() |
18.72 | X | 19.21 | Did not advance | 19.21 | |||
DSQ | Yuriy Bilonoh | ![]() |
DPG[4] |
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Athens 2004 shot put men Results - Olympic athletics".
- ^ a b "Shot Put, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ a b "IOC disqualifies four medallists from Athens 2004 following further analysis of stored samples". IOC. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "Olympic drug tests: Four athletes stripped of 2004 Athens medals". BBC Sport. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "El COI concede a Manolo Martínez la medalla de bronce de peso de Atenas". Marca.com. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "Manolo Martínez, bronce olímpico" [Manolo Martínez, Olympic bronze medalist] (in Spanish). Spanish Olympic Committee. 5 March 2013. Archived from the original on 12 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "2004 OLYMPIC GAMES - ATHLETICS QUALIFYING STANDARDS". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ "Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Shot Put". Athens 2004. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2015.