The Men's Discus Throw

Discus throw

The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

 as part of the athletics program

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium. 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

Shot put

The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

 at the ancient stadium, despite the fact that the shot put was not contested at the Ancient Olympic Games.

Medalists

Schedule

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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  21.08.2004 – 09:00h	21.08.2004 – 10:45h
  Final Round
  23.08.2004 – 20:20h

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics
World Record		74.08 m	June 6, 1986	Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg is a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located in the southeastern part of the state, on the shore of a lake called the Tollensesee .... , East Germany
Olympic Record		69.40 m	July 31, 1996	Atlanta, United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Broken records during the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record		69.89 m	August 23, 2004	Athens, Greece

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		X	63.80	67.79	67.79 m
2	2		65.70	—	—	65.70 m
3	4		62.71	62.50	63.89	63.89 m
4	5		57.40	62.43	63.41	63.41 m
5	6		56.86	60.63	63.40	63.40 m
6	10		60.54	X	62.12	62.12 m
7	13		59.35	X	61.55	61.55 m
8	15		61.21	60.02	60.34	61.21 m
9	17		60.15	60.60	57.27	60.60 m
10	19		X	60.05	X	60.05 m
11	21		58.97	58.55	57.52	58.97 m
12	24		X	58.41	55.79	58.41 m
13	27		57.98	X	57.89	57.89 m
14	31		X	56.06	54.45	56.06 m
15	32		53.77	52.30	55.64	55.64 m
16	34		54.66	X	X	54.66 m
17	35		53.30	X	51.87	53.30 m
—	—		X	X	X	NM
—	—		X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	—		63.88	68.10	—	68.10 m
2	3		64.20	—	—	64.20 m
3	7		59.99	63.27	61.83	63.27 m
4	8		63.04	X	62.93	63.04 m
5	9		60.91	62.32	X	62.32 m
6	11		X	61.91	60.77	61.91 m
7	12		X	X	61.69	61.89 m
8	14		61.35	61.39	59.87	61.39 m
9	16		X	61.11	X	61.11 m
10	18		48.96	X	60.60	60.60 m
11	20		56.42	59.79	X	59.79 m
12	22		57.26	58.47	57.62	58.47 m
13	23		X	57.67	58.45	58.45 m
14	25		58.12	58.19	57.86	58.19 m
15	26		57.13	58.17	X	58.17 m
16	28		57.57	X	56.24	57.57 m
17	29		57.18	57.10	X	57.18 m
18	30		55.70	56.33	55.43	56.33 m
19	33		X	55.53	55.27	55.53 m
20	36		50.36	51.10	50.97	51.10 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		69.89	X	X	X	69.49	X	69.89 m	OR
		57.31	66.40	66.03	67.04	58.25	X	67.04 m
		66.66	X	64.28	63.95	64.04	X	66.66 m
4		65.10	59.82	62.88	63.44	64.89	63.63	65.10 m
5		64.34	X	61.01	62.53	X	60.73	64.34 m
6		62.80	60.34	X	64.33	62.73	63.65	64.33 m
7		X	62.80	X	—	—	—	62.80 m
8		60.18	61.99	62.58				62.58 m
9		X	61.18	61.10				61.18 m
10		57.39	X	58.78				58.78 m
11		57.02	X	57.84				57.84 m
—		66.39	70.93	69.35	68.92	67.64	—	70.93 m	DSQ