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
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Adam Nelson (2011)
Venue Ancient Olympia Stadium
Dates18 August
Competitors39 from 26 nations
Winning distance21.16
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Adam Nelson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Joachim Olsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Bronze medal icon.svg Manuel Martínez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
  2000
2008  

The men's shot put at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 18, 2004, at the 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 Yuriy Bilonoh was stripped of his gold medal on 5 December 2012 after drug re-testings of his samples were found positive. [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 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 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, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Randy Barnes  (USA)23.12 Los Angeles, United States 20 May 1990
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  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)

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 18 August 200410:00
17:30
Qualification
Final

Results

Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 20.40 (Q) or at least 12 best qualified (q).

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1A Adam Nelson Flag of the United States.svg  United States X21.1521.15Q
2B Joachim Olsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 20.7820.78Q
3A Ralf Bartels Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 20.6520.65Q
4A Yuriy Bilonoh Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 20.6120.61Q, DPG
5B John Godina Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19.7320.5320.53Q
6A Justin Anlezark Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 18.5320.4520.45Q
7B Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 19.1519.5420.3720.37q
8B Mikuláš Konopka Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 20.3220.20X20.32q
9A Andrei Mikhnevich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 20.1020.1120.0920.11q
10A Petr Stehlík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic X19.7420.0620.06q
11B Yury Bialou Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus XX20.0620.06q
12B Miran Vodovnik Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 18.8320.04X20.04q
13B Tepa Reinikainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 18.2719.7119.7419.74
14A Rutger Smith Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 19.0219.2819.6919.69
15A Gheorghe Guşet Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 19.4219.2619.6819.68
16A Ivan Yushkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 19.1519.4219.6719.67
17B Pavel Lyzhyn Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus xx19.6019.60
18B Tomasz Majewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 19.5519.07X19.55
19B Ville Tiisanoja Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 19.2819.50X19.50
20B Bradley Snyder Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 19.3619.46X19.46
21B Janus Robberts Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 19.41XX19.41
22A Reese Hoffa Flag of the United States.svg  United States 18.88X19.4019.40
23A Pavel Chumachenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 19.1719.38X19.38
24B Zsolt Bíber Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 19.31XX19.31
25A Ivan Emilianov Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 18.8318.9219.2519.25
26A Taavi Peetre Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 19.1418.97X19.14
27A Antonín Žalský Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 18.9319.09X19.09
28B Peter Sack Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 19.0917.91X19.09
29A Nedžad Mulabegović Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia X18.8619.0719.07
30B Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg  Qatar XX19.0419.04
31B Pavel Sofin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 18.7819.02X19.02
32B Dragan Perić Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg  Serbia and Montenegro 18.9118.7918.7418.91
33A Detlef Bock Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 18.4018.89X18.89
34B Burger Lambrechts Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 18.6718.63X18.67
35A Roman Virastyuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 18.1218.4018.5218.52
36B Edis Elkasević Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 17.5418.44X18.44
37A Galin Kostadinov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 17.7517.5117.4717.75
A Marco Antonio Verni Flag of Chile.svg  Chile XXXNo mark
A Bahadur Singh Sagoo Flag of India.svg  India XXXNo 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.

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Adam Nelson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.16XXXXX21.16
Silver medal icon.svg Joachim Olsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 20.4720.4821.0720.78XX21.07
Bronze medal icon.svg Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 20.7020.2120.4820.7820.84X20.84
4 Andrei Mikhnevich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 19.4120.51XX20.60X20.60
5 Yury Bialou Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 20.3420.33XXX19.8820.34
6 Justin Anlezark Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 20.07X20.31XXX20.31
7 Ralf Bartels Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 20.26XX20.07X20.0020.26
8 John Godina Flag of the United States.svg  United States XX20.19Did not advance20.19
9 Mikuláš Konopka Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia x19.9219.91Did not advance19.92
10 Miran Vodovnik Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 19.3418.93XDid not advance19.34
11 Petr Stehlík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 18.72X19.21Did not advance19.21
Yuriy Bilonoh Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 21.1521.1521.07XX21.1621.16DPG [4]

References

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