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Discus Throw, Men

Date	21 – 23 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Stadio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants	39 from 26 countries

The defending champion was Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) and he was back in Athina, having also won the 2003 World Championship. At the 2002 European Championship he had finished second to Hungary’s Róbert Fazekas and these two were the favorites. Alekna opened in the final with 69.89 (229-3¾) which would be his best throw, with Fazekas recording 66.39 (217-9¾) in third place. But in round two, he recorded 70.93 (232-8½) to seemingly win the gold medal. But at doping control he provided an “inadequate“ urine sample and refused to produce any more. He was later found to have a bag with stored urine hidden on his body. He was disqualified and Alekna had his second consecutive gold medal.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	2441	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	67.79 (1)	69.89 (1)	Gold	OR
2	2077	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	61.91 (11)	67.04 (2)	Silver
3	1648	Aleksander Tammert	EST	65.70 (2)	66.66 (3)	Bronze
4	1176	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	63.04 (8)	65.10 (4)
5	2822	Frantz Kruger	RSA	62.32 (9)	64.34 (5)
6	3305	Casey Malone	USA	63.27 (7)	64.33 (6)
7	1923	Lars Riedel	GER	64.20 (3)	62.80 (7)
8	2819	Hannes Hopley	RSA	63.89 (4)	62.58 (8)
9	1929	Torsten Schmidt	GER	63.40 (6)	61.18 (9)
10	1503	Libor Malina	CZE	62.12 (10)	58.78 (10)
11	2080	Gábor Máté	HUN	63.41 (5)	57.84 (11)
DQ	2071	Róbert Fazekas	HUN	[68.10] (DQ)	[70.93] (DQ)
12 r1/2	1614	Mario Pestano	ESP	61.69 (12)	–
13 r1/2	3337	Jarred Rome	USA	61.55 (13)	–
14 r1/2	2116	Vikas Gowda	IND	61.39 (14)	–
15 r1/2	1326	Jason Tunks	CAN	61.21 (15)	–
16 r1/2	2576	Rutger Smith	NED	61.11 (16)	–
17 r1/2	1445	Frank Casañas	CUB	60.60 (17)	–
18 r1/2	1377	Wu Tao	CHN	60.60 (18)	–
19 r1/2	1639	Gerd Kanter	EST	60.05 (19)	–
20 r1/2	1913	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	59.79 (20)	–
21 r1/2	3358	Ian Waltz	USA	58.97 (21)	–
22 r1/2	1999	Savvas Panavoglou	GRE	58.47 (22)	–
23 r1/2	1183	Aliaksandr Malashevich	BLR	58.45 (23)	–
24 r1/2	1844	Emeka Udechuku	GBR	58.41 (24)	–
25 r1/2	2859	Aleksandr Borichevsky	RUS	58.19 (25)	–
26 r1/2	3151	Ercüment Olgundeniz	TUR	58.17 (26)	–
27 r1/2	1171	Leanid Charauko	BLR	57.98 (27)	–
28 r1/2	2125	Abbas Samimi	IRI	57.57 (28)	–
29 r1/2	1466	Lois Maikel Martínez	CUB	57.18 (29)	–
30 r1/2	3018	Igor Primc	SLO	56.33 (30)	–
31 r1/2	1042	Marcelo Pugliese	ARG	56.06 (31)	–
32 r1/2	2500	Vadim Hranovschi	MDA	55.64 (32)	–
33 r1/2	3409	Omar El-Ghazaly	EGY	55.53 (33)	–
34 r1/2	1435	Dragan Mustapić	CRO	54.66 (34)	–
35 r1/2	3068	Jaroslav Žitňanský	SVK	53.30 (35)	–
36 r1/2	2981	Shaka Sola	SAM	51.10 (36)	–
AC r1/2	2113	Anil Kumar Sangwan	IND	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	2937	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS	– (NM)	–

Qualifying Round (21 August 2004)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 64.50 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	2nd Best
1	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	67.79	–	Q
2	Aleksander Tammert	EST	65.70	–	Q
3	Lars Riedel	GER	64.20	–	q
4	Hannes Hopley	RSA	63.89	–	q
5	Gábor Máté	HUN	63.41	–	q
6	Torsten Schmidt	GER	63.40	–	q
7	Casey Malone	USA	63.27	–	q
8	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	63.04	–	q
9	Frantz Kruger	RSA	62.32	–	q
10	Libor Malina	CZE	62.12	–	q
11	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	61.91	–	q
12	Mario Pestano	ESP	61.69	–
13	Jarred Rome	USA	61.55	–
14	Vikas Gowda	IND	61.39	–
15	Jason Tunks	CAN	61.21	–
16	Rutger Smith	NED	61.11	–
17	Frank Casañas	CUB	60.60	60.15
18	Wu Tao	CHN	60.60	48.96
19	Gerd Kanter	EST	60.05	–
20	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	59.79	–
21	Ian Waltz	USA	58.97	–
22	Savvas Panavoglou	GRE	58.47	–
23	Aliaksandr Malashevich	BLR	58.45	–
24	Emeka Udechuku	GBR	58.41	–
25	Aleksandr Borichevsky	RUS	58.19	–
26	Ercüment Olgundeniz	TUR	58.17	–
27	Leanid Charauko	BLR	57.98	–
28	Abbas Samimi	IRI	57.57	–
29	Lois Maikel Martínez	CUB	57.18	–
30	Igor Primc	SLO	56.33	–
31	Marcelo Pugliese	ARG	56.06	–
32	Vadim Hranovschi	MDA	55.64	–
33	Omar El-Ghazaly	EGY	55.53	–
34	Dragan Mustapić	CRO	54.66	–
35	Jaroslav Žitňanský	SVK	53.30	–
36	Shaka Sola	SAM	51.10	–
NM	Anil Kumar Sangwan	IND	–	–
NM	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS	–	–
DQ	Róbert Fazekas	HUN	[68.10]	–	Q	1

Qualifying Round, Group A (21 August 2004 — 9:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group A Round One	Group A Round Two	Group A Round Three
1	17	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	67.79	×	63.80	67.79
2	15	Aleksander Tammert	EST	65.70	65.70	-	-
3	5	Hannes Hopley	RSA	63.89	62.71	62.50	63.89
4	19	Gábor Máté	HUN	63.41	57.40	62.43	63.41
5	12	Torsten Schmidt	GER	63.40	56.86	60.63	63.40
6	13	Libor Malina	CZE	62.12	60.54	×	62.12
7	18	Jarred Rome	USA	61.55	59.35	×	61.55
8	11	Jason Tunks	CAN	61.21	61.21	60.02	60.34
9	1	Frank Casañas	CUB	60.60	60.15	60.60	57.27
10	3	Gerd Kanter	EST	60.05	×	60.05	×
11	2	Ian Waltz	USA	58.97	58.97	58.55	57.52
12	4	Emeka Udechuku	GBR	58.41	×	58.41	55.79
13	6	Leanid Charauko	BLR	57.98	57.98	×	57.89
14	7	Marcelo Pugliese	ARG	56.06	×	56.06	54.45
15	16	Vadim Hranovschi	MDA	55.64	53.77	52.30	55.64
16	9	Dragan Mustapić	CRO	54.66	54.66	×	×
17	10	Jaroslav Žitňanský	SVK	53.30	53.30	×	51.87
NM	8	Anil Kumar Sangwan	IND	–	×	×	-
NM	14	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS	–	×	×	×

Qualifying Round, Group B (21 August 2004 — 10:45)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group B Round One	Group B Round Two	Group B Round Three
1	17	Lars Riedel	GER	64.20	64.20	-	-
2	2	Casey Malone	USA	63.27	59.99	63.27	61.83
3	18	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	63.04	63.04	×	62.93
4	12	Frantz Kruger	RSA	62.32	60.91	62.32	×
5	11	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	61.91	×	61.91	60.77
6	3	Mario Pestano	ESP	61.69	×	×	61.69
7	14	Vikas Gowda	IND	61.39	61.35	61.39	59.87
8	20	Rutger Smith	NED	61.11	×	61.11	×
9	4	Wu Tao	CHN	60.60	48.96	×	60.60
10	19	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	59.79	56.42	59.79	×
11	5	Savvas Panavoglou	GRE	58.47	57.26	58.47	57.62
12	10	Aliaksandr Malashevich	BLR	58.45	×	57.67	58.45
13	13	Aleksandr Borichevsky	RUS	58.19	58.12	58.19	57.86
14	6	Ercüment Olgundeniz	TUR	58.17	57.13	58.17	×
15	7	Abbas Samimi	IRI	57.57	57.57	×	56.24
16	8	Lois Maikel Martínez	CUB	57.18	57.18	57.10	×
17	15	Igor Primc	SLO	56.33	55.70	56.33	55.43
18	9	Omar El-Ghazaly	EGY	55.53	×	55.53	55.27
19	16	Shaka Sola	SAM	51.10	50.36	51.10	50.97
DQ	1	Róbert Fazekas	HUN	[68.10]	[63.88]	[68.10]	[-]	Q	2

Final Round (23 August 2004 — 20:20)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	12/7	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	69.89	69.89	×	×	×	69.49	×	OR
2	5/5	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	67.04	57.31	66.40	66.03	67.04	58.25	×
3	7/6	Aleksander Tammert	EST	66.66	66.66	×	64.28	63.95	64.04	×
4	2/4	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	65.10	65.10	59.82	62.88	63.44	64.89	63.63
5	9/3	Frantz Kruger	RSA	64.34	64.34	×	61.01	62.53	×	60.73
6	8/2	Casey Malone	USA	64.33	62.80	60.34	×	64.33	62.73	63.65
7	12/7	Lars Riedel	GER	62.80	×	62.80	×	-	-	-
8	10	Hannes Hopley	RSA	62.58	60.18	61.99	62.58	–	–	–
9	1	Torsten Schmidt	GER	61.18	×	61.18	61.10	–	–	–
10	4	Libor Malina	CZE	58.78	57.39	×	58.78	–	–	–
11	3	Gábor Máté	HUN	57.84	57.02	×	57.84	–	–	–
DQ	6/8	Róbert Fazekas	HUN	[70.93]	[66.39]	[70.93]	[69.35]	[68.92]	[67.64]	[-]		3