Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

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.

Medalists

Gold	Yumileidi Cumba  Cuba*
Silver	Nadine Kleinert  Germany
Bronze	Svetlana Krivelyova  Russia

* Irina Korzhanenko (RUS) was stripped of her gold medal after she tested positive for stanozolol.

Results

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. Flor Vasquez, 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

DNQ denotes did not qualify for final 3 throws
DISQ denotes disqualified

Position	Name	Nation	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Rd. 5	Rd. 6	Best
DISQ (Drugs)	Irina Korzhanenko	Russia	20.41	20.70	21.06	20.04	x	x	21.06
1	Yumileidi Cumba	Cuba	x	18.39	18.74	x	x	19.59	19.59
2	Nadine Kleinert	Germany	18.77	19.55	19.17	18.55	x	x	19.55
3	Svetlana Krivelyova	Russia	18.55	19.49	19.29	19.15	19.20	18.44	19.49
4	Nadezhda Ostapchuk	Belarus	18.25	x	19.01	x	x	x	19.01
5	Natalia Khoroneko	Belarus	18.82	18.09	18.87	17.80	18.59	18.96	18.96
6	Krystyna Zabawska	Poland	x	17.97	18.64	x	18.60	x	18.64
7	Misleydis Gonzalez	Cuba	17.33	18.25	18.59	18.52	x	x	18.59
8	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	18.56	x	17.93	DNQ			18.56
9	Meiju Li	China	17.82	17.61	18.37	DNQ			18.37
10	Cleopatra Borel	Trinidad and Tobago	17.37	18.28	18.35	DNQ			18.35
11	Lieja Tunks	Netherlands	x	18.13	18.14	DNQ			18.14