Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

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Women's discus throw
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates20–21 August
Competitors42 from 27 nations
Winning distance67.02
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Natalya Sadova
 Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anastasia Kelesidou
 Greece
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová
 Czech Republic
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The women's discus throw competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20–21 August. It was originally planned to hold the discus throw at the Ancient Olympia Stadium, 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 to move the discus throw and to hold the shot put at the ancient stadium, despite the fact that the shot put was not contested at the Ancient Olympic Games.

On December 5, 2012, Belarusian discus thrower Iryna Yatchenko was stripped of her bronze medal after drug re-testings of her samples on methandienone had been discovered positive. Following the announcement of Yatchenko's disqualification, the International Olympic Committee Executive Board had distributed and awarded the bronze to Czech Republic's Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, who originally finished fourth in the final.

Competition format

Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Friday, 20 August 2004 21:30 Qualification
Saturday, 21 August 2004 21:10 Final

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) 76.80 m Neubrandenburg, East Germany 9 July 1988
Olympic record  Martina Hellmann (GDR) 72.30 m Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988

No new records were set during the competition.

Results

Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 62.50 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová  Czech Republic 64.48 64.48 Q
2 A Natalya Sadova  Russia 64.33 64.33 Q
3 B Olena Antonova  Ukraine 62.15 64.20 64.20 Q
4 B Anastasia Kelesidou  Greece 64.13 64.13 Q
5 A Beatrice Faumuina  New Zealand 64.07 64.07 Q
6 A Ekaterini Voggoli  Greece 63.39 63.39 Q
7 B Iryna Yatchenko  Belarus 62.15 63.04 63.04 Q
8 A Nicoleta Grasu  Romania 59.87 60.89 61.91 61.91 q
9 B Styliani Tsikouna  Greece 61.72 60.17 60.67 61.72 q
10 B Yania Ferrales  Cuba x 56.46 61.54 61.54 q
11 A Joanna Wiśniewska  Poland 61.48 56.11 58.43 61.48 q
12 B Li Yanfeng  China 61.19 61.35 61.24 61.35 q
13 A Harwant Kaur  India 60.82 59.20 59.95 60.82
14 B Seema Antil  India 59.93 60.64 58.41 60.64
15 A Ellina Zvereva  Belarus 60.35 x 60.63 60.63
16 B Wioletta Potępa  Poland 60.50 x 57.99 60.50
17 B Neelam Jaswant Singh  India 60.26 57.25 60.10 60.26
18 A Philippa Roles  Great Britain 57.30 58.83 x 58.83
19 B Aretha Hill  United States 52.93 58.82 x 58.82
20 B Elizna Naudé  South Africa 58.74 58.26 58.32 58.74
21 A Olga Chernyavskaya  Russia 58.64 58.19 58.55 58.64
22 A Stephanie Brown  United States x 58.54 x 58.54
23 B Teresa Machado  Portugal 58.47 57.00 57.65 58.47
24 A Natalya Fokina  Ukraine 58.28 56.84 55.64 58.28
25 B Song Aimin  China 58.19 58.03 x 58.19
26 A Elisângela Adriano  Brazil x 58.13 x 58.13
27 A Franka Dietzsch  Germany x 57.57 58.12 58.12
28 B Dace Ruskule  Latvia 54.49 57.43 x 57.43
29 A Vera Begić  Croatia x 54.80 57.31 57.31
30 B Oksana Yesipchuk  Russia x 57.27 57.18 57.27
31 A Mélina Robert-Michon  France 56.70 x 56.53 56.70
32 A Huang Qun  China 56.53 x 55.06 56.53
33 B Shelley Newman  Great Britain x 54.04 56.04 56.04
34 B Vladimíra Racková  Czech Republic 55.82 x 55.36 55.82
35 A Anna Söderberg  Sweden 54.04 55.49 51.24 55.49
36 B Alice Matejková  Spain 54.15 x 55.37 55.37
37 B Eha Rünne  Estonia 54.28 x 54.82 54.82
38 B Dragana Tomašević  Serbia and Montenegro 51.71 x 54.44 54.44
39 A Éva Kürti  Hungary 52.52 50.85 x 52.52
40 A Tereapii Tapoki  Cook Islands 47.59 48.12 x 48.12
41 A Tsvetanka Khristova  Bulgaria 43.25 x x 43.25
B Seilala Sua  United States x x x NM

Final

Rank Name Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Natalya Sadova  Russia 64.78 64.81 x 65.33 67.02 66.68 67.02
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anastasia Kelesidou  Greece 62.77 x 66.68 63.71 66.09 61.59 66.68
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová  Czech Republic 63.02 66.08 x 62.81 63.21 64.84 66.08
4 Olena Antonova  Ukraine 59.88 64.11 x 63.61 60.37 65.75 65.75
5 Nicoleta Grasu  Romania 62.01 62.21 63.48 61.58 61.93 64.92 64.92 SB
6 Beatrice Faumuina  New Zealand x 62.45 x 63.45 62.99 x 63.45
7 Ekaterini Voggoli  Greece 60.66 61.44 x 62.37 62.32 61.84 62.37
8 Li Yanfeng  China 60.67 57.36 61.05 61.05
9 Joanna Wiśniewska  Poland 58.33 60.74 59.95 60.74
10 Styliani Tsikouna  Greece 59.48 57.76 x 59.48
Yania Ferrales  Cuba x x x NM
Iryna Yatchenko  Belarus 59.98 61.67 66.17 65.46 63.08 65.54 66.17 DSQ

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