Athletics 2004

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held from 18 to 29 August 2004 at the Athens Olympic Stadium.

Medal Table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	9	11	5	25
2	Russia	6	7	6	19
3	Great Britain	3	0	1	4
4	Sweden	3	0	0	3
5	Ethiopia	2	3	2	7
6	Greece	2	2	1	5
7	Cuba	2	1	2	5
	Jamaica	2	1	2	5
9	Morocco	2	1	0	3
10	Italy	2	0	1	3
11	China	2	0	0	2
	Japan	2	0	0	2
13	Kenya	1	4	2	7
14	Lithuania	1	1	0	2
15	Czech Republic	1	0	2	3
16	Belarus	1	0	1	2
	Bahamas	1	0	1	2
	Poland	1	0	1	2
19	Cameroon	1	0	0	1
	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1
	Norway	1	0	0	1
22	Romania	0	2	1	3
23	Germany	0	2	0	2
	South Africa	0	2	0	2
25	Australia	0	1	2	3
	Spain	0	1	2	3
	Ukraine	0	1	2	3
28	Denmark	0	1	1	2
	Portugal	0	1	1	2
30	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Latvia	0	1	0	1
	Mexico	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
34	France	0	0	2	2
	Nigeria	0	0	2	2
36	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Eritrea	0	0	1	1
	Estonia	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia	0	0	1	1

Medalists

Men

Event
100 m	Justin Gatlin	Francis Obikwelu	Maurice Greene
200 m	Shawnn Crawford	Bernard Williams	Justin Gatlin
400 m	Jeremy Wariner	Otis Harris	Derrick Brew
800 m	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	Wilson Kipketer
1500 m	Hicham El Guerrouj	Bernard Lagat	Rui Silva
5000 m	Hicham El Guerrouj	Kenenisa Bekele	Eliud Kipchoge
10000 m	Kenenisa Bekele	Sileshi Sihine	Zersenay Tadesse
Marathon	Stefano Baldini	Mebrahtom Keflezighi	Vanderlei Lima
110 m hurdles	Liu Xiang	Terrence Trammell	Anier Garcia
400 m hurdles	Felix Sanchez	Danny McFarlane	Naman Keita
3000 m steeplechase	Ezekiel Kemboi	Brimin Kipruto	Paul Kipsiele Koech
4x100 m	Great Britain Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Jason Gardener Mark Lewis-Francis	United States Shawn Crawford Justin Gatlin Maurice Greene Coby Miller Darvis Patton	Nigeria Deji Aliu Aaron Egbele Uchenna Emedolu Olusoji Fasuba
4x400 m	United States Derrick Brew Otis Harris Andrew Rock Jeremy Wariner Darold Williamson Kelly Willie	Australia Patrick Dwyer Clinton Hill Mark Ormrod John Steffensen	Nigeria Musa Audu James Godday Enefiok Udo Obong Saul Weigopwa
20 km walk	Ivano Brugnetti	Francisco Javier Fernandez	Nathan Deakes
50 km walk	Robert Korzeniowski	Denis Nizhegorodov	Aleksey Voyevodin
High jump	Stefan Holm	Matt Hemingway	Jaroslav Baba
Pole vault	Timothy Mack	Toby Stevenson	Giuseppe Gibilisco
Long jump	Dwight Phillips	John Moffitt	Joan Lino Martinez
Triple jump	Christian Olsson	Marian Oprea	Danila Burkenya
Shot put	Adam Nelson	Joachim Olsen	Manuel Martinez
Discus throw	Virgilijus Alekna	Zoltan Kovago	Aleksander Tammert
Hammer throw	Koji Murofushi	Esref Apak	Vadim Devyatovskiy
Javelin throw	Andreas Thorkildsen	Vadims Vasilevskis	Sergey Makarov
Decathlon	Roman Sebrle	Bryan Clay	Dmitriy Karpov
1500 m wheelchair	Robert Figl	Saul Mendoza	Rawat Tana

Women

Event
100 m	Yuliya Nesterenko	Lauryn Williams	Veronica Campbell
200 m	Veronica Campbell	Allyson Felix	Debbie Ferguson
400 m	Tonique Williams-Darling	Ana Guevara	Natalya Antyukh
800 m	Kelly Holmes	Hasna Benhassi	Jolanda Ceplak
1500 m	Kelly Holmes	Tatyana Tomashova	Maria Cioncan
5000 m	Meseret Defar	Isabella Ochichi	Tirunesh Dibaba
10000 m	Xing Huina	Ejegayehu Dibaba	Derartu Tulu
Marathon	Mizuki Noguchi	Catherine Ndereba	Deena Kastor
100 m hurdles	Joanna Hayes	Olena Krasovska	Melissa Morrison
400 m hurdles	Fani Halkia	Ionela Tirlea-Manolache	Tetiana Tereshchuk-Antipova
4x100 m	Jamaica Aleen Bailey Veronica Campbell Tayna Lawrence Beverly McDonald Sherone Simpson	Russia Olga Fyodorova Irina Khabarova Larisa Kruglova Yuliya Tabakova	France Christine Arron Sylviane Felix Muriel Hurtis Veronique Mang
4x400 m	United States Crystal Cox Monique Henderson Monique Hennagan Sanya Richards Moushaumi Robinson DeeDee Trotter	Russia Natalya Antyukh Tatyana Firova Natalya Ivanova Olesya Krasnomovets Natalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina	Jamaica Michelle Burgher Nadia Davy Sandie Richards Ronetta Smith Novlene Williams
20 km walk	Athanasia Tsoumeleka	Olimpiada Ivanova	Jane Saville
High jump	Yelena Slesarenko	Hestrie Cloete	Viktoriya Styopina
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbayeva	Svetlana Feofanova	Anna Rogowska
Long jump	Tatyana Lebedeva	Irina Simagina	Tatyana Kotova
Triple jump	Francoise Mbango Etone	Hrysopiyi Devetzi	Tatyana Lebedeva
Shot put	Yumileidi Cumba	Nadine Kleinert	—
Discus throw	Natalya Sadova	Anastasia Kelesidou	Vera Pospisilova-Cechlova
Hammer throw	Olga Kuzenkova	Yipsi Moreno	Yunaika Crawford
Javelin throw	Osleidys Menendez	Steffi Nerius	Mirela Manjani
Heptathlon	Carolina Kluft	Austra Skujyte	Kelly Sotherton
800 m wheelchair	Chantal Petitclerc	Eliza Stankovich	Louise Sauvage

Statistics

• There were 1995 total athletes from 196 countries.
• Katura Marae was the youngest participant with 14 years and 260 days.
• Merlene Ottey-Page was the oldest participant with 44 years and 105 days.
• 70 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony, the highest number out of all sports.
• 40 nations won a medal in athletics, more than any other sport.
• Russia won 19 medals, more than in any other sport.
• Greece won 5 medals, more than in any other sport.
• Czech Republic and Sweden won 3 medals, more than in any other sport.
• Lithuania and Portugal won 2 medals, more than in any other sport.
• Ethiopia and Kenya won their only 7 medals of Athens 2004.
• Jamaica won its only 5 medals of Athens 2004.
• Morocco won its only 3 medals of Athens 2004.
• Bahamas and Nigeria won their only 2 medals of Athens 2004.
• Cameroon, Dominican Republic, and Eritrea won their only medals of Athens 2004.
• Morocco won its first 2 gold medals in the sport since Barcelona 1992.
• Jamaica won its first 2 gold medals in the sport since Atlanta 1996.
• Eritrea won its first-ever medal in the sport.
• Cameroon won its first-ever gold medal in the sport.
• Dominican Republic won its first-ever Olympic gold medal and its first medal of the Games since Los Angeles 1984.

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