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

Event:	Women's shot put
Games:	2004 Summer
Venue:	Ancient Olympia Stadium
Dates:	18 August
Competitors:	38
Nations:	29
Gold:	Yumileidi Cumbá
Goldnoc:	CUB
Silver:	Nadine Kleinert
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	vacated
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	19.59
Prev:	2000
Next:	2008

The women's shot put at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held on 18 August 2004 at the Ancient Olympia Stadium.^[1] 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. There were 38 competitors from 28 nations.^[2] After a series of doping-related disqualifications, the event was won by Yumileidi Cumba of Cuba, the nation's first medal in the event.^[3] All distances are given in metres.

Disqualifications

On 23 August 2004, Irina Korzhanenko of Russia was stripped of her gold medal and received a lifetime ban by the International Olympic Committee (as it was her second doping offense after 1999) after she tested positive for the steroid stanozolol.^[4] Accordingly, Cuba's Yumileidi Cumbá, Germany's Nadine Kleinert, and Korzhanenko's teammate Svetlana Krivelyova were upgraded to the medal positions.^[5]

On 5 December 2012, eight years after the official medal ceremony, Krivelyova was disqualified and stripped of her bronze medal after a re-analysis of her 2004 sample tested positive for oxandrolone.^{[6] [7]} The bronze medal was not re-awarded. Аs the next two finishers Nadzeya Astapchuk and Natallia Kharaneka had both been banned for doping offenses since 2004, the IOC decided to declare the bronze medal vacant (in the official publication of the results, Nadzeya Astapchuk is listed third, but without getting a bronze medal).^{[3] [2] [8]}

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.^{[1] [8]}

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Records

, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

No new records were set during the competition.

Results

Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 18.50 (Q) or at least 12 best qualified (q).

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	B			19.69			19.69	Q
2	A			19.43			19.43	Q
3	A			19.10			19.10	Q
4	B			18.90			18.90	Q, NR
5	A			18.79			18.79	Q
6	A			18.65			18.65	Q
7	A			18.05	18.61		18.61	Q
8	B			18.45	17.89	18.57	18.57	Q
9	A			17.70	18.52		18.52	Q
10	B			18.38		18.33	18.38	q
11	A			18.33		18.15	18.33	q
12	B			18.16	18.01	18.13	18.16	q
13	B			18.03	17.87		18.03
14	B			18.00		17.99	18.00
15	B			16.00	17.99	17.08	17.99	SB
16	B			17.89	17.52	17.86	17.89
17	A			17.78	17.05	17.20	17.78
18	A			17.31	17.07	17.44	17.44
19	B			17.34			17.34
20	B			17.19	17.28		17.28
21	A			17.03	17.22	16.21	17.22
22	B			16.41		17.17	17.17
23	B			17.11	17.03		17.11
24	A			16.80	16.36	16.90	16.90
25	A			16.58	16.51		16.58
26	B			16.45	16.49	16.22	16.49
27	A			15.94		16.47	16.47
28	A			15.80	16.45	16.09	16.45
29	A			15.76	16.35		16.35
30	B			15.27	15.99	15.52	15.99
31	B			15.49	15.91	15.50	15.91
32	B			15.86	14.59		15.86
33	B			14.16	15.33	15.08	15.33
34	A			15.20	14.73		15.20
35	A			14.10	15.02	15.06	15.06
36	A			14.48	14.55	14.88	14.88
37	B			14.60			14.60
	A			14.19	14.13	14.44	14.44

• Olga Shchukina of Uzbekistan was disqualified after she tested positive for clenbuterol during the pre-competition screening process.

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
				18.39	18.74			19.59	19.59
			18.77	19.55	19.17	18.55			19.55	SB
	not awarded
3			18.25		19.01				19.01
4			18.82	18.09	18.87	17.80	18.59	18.96	18.96
5				17.97	18.64		18.60		18.64
6			17.33	18.25	18.59	18.52			18.59
7			18.56		17.93				18.56
8			17.82	17.61	18.37				18.37
9			17.37	18.28	18.35				18.35
10				18.13	18.14				18.14
—			20.41	20.70	21.06	20.04			21.06
—			18.55	19.49	19.29	19.15	19.20	18.44	19.49

IOC decided to declare the bronze medal vacant (in the official publication of the results, Nadzeya Astapchuk is listed third, but without getting a bronze medal).^{[3] [2]}

External links

• Official Olympic Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. IAAF. 18 August 2004. 1 May 2023.
2. News: Shot Put, Women, 18 August 2004. Olympedia.org. 18 August 2004. 1 May 2023.
3. News: Athens 2004 Athletics Shot Put Women Results. IOC. 18 August 2004. 1 May 2023.
4. News: Korzhanenko faces lifetime ban from sport. ESPN. 23 August 2004. 7 May 2014.
5. News: Shot champ stripped of gold. ESPN. 23 August 2004. 7 May 2014.
6. News: IOC disqualifies four medallists from Athens 2004 following further analysis of stored samples. IOC. 5 December 2012. 1 May 2023.
7. News: Olympic drug tests: Four athletes stripped of 2004 Athens medals. BBC Sport. 5 December 2012. 7 May 2014.
8. Web site: Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Women's Shot Put. Sports Reference. 14 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175401/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/ATH/womens-shot-put.html. 17 April 2020. dead.