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

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Men's shot put
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Ancient Olympia Stadium
Dates18 August
Competitors39 from 26 nations
Winning distance21.16
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Adam Nelson  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Joachim Olsen
  Denmark
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Manuel Martínez
  Spain
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The men's

Ancient Olympia Stadium in Olympia, Greece. It was originally planned to hold the discus throw at this venue, but it was discovered that the field was insufficiently large 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]

Ukrainian shot putter

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 the 13th man to win a second shot put medal, adding to 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

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

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 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, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Randy Barnes (USA) 23.12 Los Angeles, United States 20 May 1990
Olympic record  Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 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
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
1 A Adam Nelson  United States X 21.15 — 21.15 Q
2 B
Joachim Olsen
  Denmark 20.78 — — 20.78 Q
3 A Ralf Bartels  Germany 20.65 — — 20.65 Q
4 A Yuriy Bilonoh  Ukraine 20.61 — — 20.61 Q, DPG
5 B John Godina  United States 19.73 20.53 — 20.53 Q
6 A Justin Anlezark  Australia 18.53 20.45 — 20.45 Q
7 B
Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez
  Spain 19.15 19.54 20.37 20.37 q
8 B Mikuláš Konopka  Slovakia 20.32 20.20 X 20.32 q
9 A Andrei Mikhnevich  Belarus 20.10 20.11 20.09 20.11 q
10 A Petr Stehlík  Czech Republic X 19.74 20.06 20.06 q
11 B Yury Bialou  Belarus X X 20.06 20.06 q
12 B
Miran Vodovnik
  Slovenia 18.83 20.04 X 20.04 q
13 B Tepa Reinikainen  Finland 18.27 19.71 19.74 19.74
14 A Rutger Smith  Netherlands 19.02 19.28 19.69 19.69
15 A
Gheorghe Guşet
  Romania 19.42 19.26 19.68 19.68
16 A Ivan Yushkov  Russia 19.15 19.42 19.67 19.67
17 B Pavel Lyzhyn  Belarus x x 19.60 19.60
18 B Tomasz Majewski  Poland 19.55 19.07 X 19.55
19 B Ville Tiisanoja  Finland 19.28 19.50 X 19.50
20 B
Bradley Snyder
  Canada 19.36 19.46 X 19.46
21 B Janus Robberts  South Africa 19.41 X X 19.41
22 A Reese Hoffa  United States 18.88 X 19.40 19.40
23 A Pavel Chumachenko  Russia 19.17 19.38 X 19.38
24 B Zsolt Bíber  Hungary 19.31 X X 19.31
25 A Ivan Emilianov  Moldova 18.83 18.92 19.25 19.25
26 A Taavi Peetre  Estonia 19.14 18.97 X 19.14
27 A Antonín Žalský  Czech Republic 18.93 19.09 X 19.09
28 B Peter Sack  Germany 19.09 17.91 X 19.09
29 A Nedžad Mulabegović  Croatia X 18.86 19.07 19.07
30 B Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi  Qatar X X 19.04 19.04
31 B Pavel Sofin  Russia 18.78 19.02 X 19.02
32 B Dragan Perić  Serbia and Montenegro 18.91 18.79 18.74 18.91
33 A Detlef Bock  Germany 18.40 18.89 X 18.89
34 B Burger Lambrechts  South Africa 18.67 18.63 X 18.67
35 A Roman Virastyuk  Ukraine 18.12 18.40 18.52 18.52
36 B Edis Elkasević  Croatia 17.54 18.44 X 18.44
37 A Galin Kostadinov  Bulgaria 17.75 17.51 17.47 17.75
— A Marco Antonio Verni  Chile X X X No mark
A Bahadur Singh Sagoo  India 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; 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—matching Nelson, but giving the Ukrainian the lead because the tie-breaker was second-best throw (and the American had no legal second-best). Nelson had one final chance to throw another 21.16 or better, but again fouled as he threw a 21.30 that did not count. It was the fourth consecutive major championship that Nelson finished second (2000 Olympics, 2001 and 2003 world championships).

Bilonoh would be later stripped of his medal for doping and Nelson promoted to gold medalist.

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Adam Nelson  United States 21.16 X X X X X 21.16
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Joachim Olsen
  Denmark 20.47 20.48 21.07 20.78 X X 21.07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez
  Spain 20.70 20.21 20.48 20.78 20.84 X 20.84
4 Andrei Mikhnevich  Belarus 19.41 20.51 X X 20.60 X 20.60
5 Yury Bialou  Belarus 20.34 20.33 X X X 19.88 20.34
6 Justin Anlezark  Australia 20.07 X 20.31 X X X 20.31
7 Ralf Bartels  Germany 20.26 X X 20.07 X 20.00 20.26
8 John Godina  United States X X 20.19 Did not advance 20.19
9 Mikuláš Konopka  Slovakia x 19.92 19.91 Did not advance 19.92
10
Miran Vodovnik
  Slovenia 19.34 18.93 X Did not advance 19.34
11 Petr Stehlík  Czech Republic 18.72 X 19.21 Did not advance 19.21
— Yuriy Bilonoh  Ukraine 21.15 21.15 21.07 X X 21.16 21.16 DPG[4]

References

  1. IAAF
    . Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Athens 2004 shot put men Results - Olympic athletics".
  3. ^ a b "Shot Put, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  4. ^
    IOC
    . 5 December 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Olympic drug tests: Four athletes stripped of 2004 Athens medals". BBC Sport. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  6. ^ "El COI concede a Manolo Martínez la medalla de bronce de peso de Atenas". Marca.com. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "2004 OLYMPIC GAMES - ATHLETICS QUALIFYING STANDARDS". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  9. Athens 2004. Sports Reference. Archived from the original
    on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2015.

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