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Discus Throw, Women

Date	20 – 21 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Stadio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants	42 from 27 countries

Russian Nataliya Sadova was in her third Olympics, having won a silver medal in 1996 and placed fourth in 2000. In both 1998 and 2002 she had placed second at the European Championships. The home crowd favorite was Greek Anastasia Kelesidou, silver medalist from 2000 in Sydney and runner-up at the 1999 and 2003 World Championships. Sadova opened with 64.78 in the first round to take the lead, only to be surpassed in round two by Czech Věra Cechlová. Kelesidou then moved ahead with 66.68 (218-9¼) in the third round. With her penultimate attempt, Sadova recorded 67.02 (219-10¾) to cement the gold medal, Kelesidou’s third round mark holding up for another silver medal.

Belarussian Irina Yatchenko initially won the bronze, as she had in 2000. But in 2012, the IOC re-tested drug samples from the 2004 Olympics and Yatchenko was disqualified for the presence of a methandienone metabolite. In 2006, Sadova was banned from competition for two years, also after testing positive for methandienone, an anabolic steroid.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	2934	Nataliya Sadova	RUS	64.33 (2)	67.02 (1)	Gold
2	1989	Anastasia Kelesidou	GRE	64.13 (4)	66.68 (2)	Silver
3	1509	Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová	CZE	64.48 (1)	66.08 (3)	Bronze
4	3161	Olena Antonova	UKR	64.20 (3)	65.75 (4)
5	2784	Nicoleta Grasu	ROU	61.91 (7)	64.92 (5)
6	2634	Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	64.07 (5)	63.45 (6)
7	2030	Aikaterini Vongoli	GRE	63.39 (6)	62.37 (7)
8	1358	Li Yanfeng	CHN	61.35 (11)	61.05 (8)
9	2710	Joanna Wiśniewska	POL	61.48 (10)	60.74 (9)
10	2024	Stella Tsikouna	GRE	61.72 (8)	59.48 (10)
AC r2/2	1452	Yania Ferrales	CUB	61.54 (9)	– (NM)
12 r1/2	2109	Harwant Kaur	IND	60.82 (12)	–
13 r1/2	2104	Seema Antil	IND	60.64 (13)	–
14 r1/2	1211	Elina Zverava	BLR	60.63 (14)	–
15 r1/2	2690	Wioletta Potępa	POL	60.50 (15)	–
16 r1/2	2120	Neelam Jaswant Singh Dogra	IND	60.26 (16)	–
17 r1/2	1834	Philippa Roles	GBR	58.83 (17)	–
18 r1/2	3280	Aretha Hill	USA	58.82 (18)	–
19 r1/2	2831	Elizna Naudé	RSA	58.74 (19)	–
20 r1/2	2868	Olga Burova-Chernyavskaya	RUS	58.64 (20)	–
21 r1/2	3234	Stephanie Brown-Trafton	USA	58.54 (21)	–
22 r1/2	2735	Teresa Machado	POR	58.47 (22)	–
23 r1/2	3171	Nataliya Fokina	UKR	58.28 (23)	–
24 r1/2	1371	Song Aimin	CHN	58.19 (24)	–
25 r1/2	1226	Elisângela Adriano	BRA	58.13 (25)	–
26 r1/2	1870	Franka Dietzsch	GER	58.12 (26)	–
27 r1/2	2428	Dace Ruskule	LAT	57.43 (27)	–
28 r1/2	1427	Vera Begić	CRO	57.31 (28)	–
29 r1/2	2959	Oksana Yesipchuk	RUS	57.27 (29)	–
30 r1/2	1769	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	56.70 (30)	–
31 r1/2	1348	Huang Qun	CHN	56.53 (31)	–
32 r1/2	1824	Shelley Newman	GBR	56.04 (32)	–
33 r1/2	1511	Vladimíra Racková	CZE	55.82 (33)	–
34 r1/2	3080	Anna Söderberg	SWE	55.49 (34)	–
35 r1/2	1604	Alice Matějková	ESP	55.37 (35)	–
36 r1/2	1646	Eha Rünne	EST	54.82 (36)	–
37 r1/2	2987	Dragana Tomašević	SCG	54.44 (37)	–
38 r1/2	2078	Éva Kürti	HUN	52.52 (38)	–
39 r1/2	1409	Tereapii Tapoki	COK	48.12 (39)	–
40 r1/2	1282	Tsvetanka Hristova	BUL	43.25 (40)	–
AC r1/2	3345	Seilala Sua	USA	– (NM)	–
DQ	1210	Iryna Yatchanka	BLR	[63.04] (DQ)	[66.17] (DQ)		1

Qualifying Round (20 August 2004 — 21:30)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 63.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová	CZE	64.48	Q
2	Nataliya Sadova	RUS	64.33	Q
3	Olena Antonova	UKR	64.20	Q
4	Anastasia Kelesidou	GRE	64.13	Q
5	Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	64.07	Q
6	Aikaterini Vongoli	GRE	63.39	Q
7	Nicoleta Grasu	ROU	61.91	q
8	Stella Tsikouna	GRE	61.72	q
9	Yania Ferrales	CUB	61.54	q
10	Joanna Wiśniewska	POL	61.48	q
11	Li Yanfeng	CHN	61.35	q
12	Harwant Kaur	IND	60.82
13	Seema Antil	IND	60.64
14	Elina Zverava	BLR	60.63
15	Wioletta Potępa	POL	60.50
16	Neelam Jaswant Singh Dogra	IND	60.26
17	Philippa Roles	GBR	58.83
18	Aretha Hill	USA	58.82
19	Elizna Naudé	RSA	58.74
20	Olga Burova-Chernyavskaya	RUS	58.64
21	Stephanie Brown-Trafton	USA	58.54
22	Teresa Machado	POR	58.47
23	Nataliya Fokina	UKR	58.28
24	Song Aimin	CHN	58.19
25	Elisângela Adriano	BRA	58.13
26	Franka Dietzsch	GER	58.12
27	Dace Ruskule	LAT	57.43
28	Vera Begić	CRO	57.31
29	Oksana Yesipchuk	RUS	57.27
30	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	56.70
31	Huang Qun	CHN	56.53
32	Shelley Newman	GBR	56.04
33	Vladimíra Racková	CZE	55.82
34	Anna Söderberg	SWE	55.49
35	Alice Matějková	ESP	55.37
36	Eha Rünne	EST	54.82
37	Dragana Tomašević	SCG	54.44
38	Éva Kürti	HUN	52.52
39	Tereapii Tapoki	COK	48.12
40	Tsvetanka Hristova	BUL	43.25
NM	Seilala Sua	USA	–
DQ	Iryna Yatchanka	BLR	[63.04]	Q	2

Qualifying Round, Group A (20 August 2004 — 21:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group A Round One	Group A Round Two	Group A Round Three
1	11	Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová	CZE	64.48	64.48	-	-
2	3	Nataliya Sadova	RUS	64.33	64.33	-	-
3	16	Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	64.07	64.07	-	-
4	18	Aikaterini Vongoli	GRE	63.39	63.39	-	-
5	20	Nicoleta Grasu	ROU	61.91	59.87	60.89	61.91
6	13	Joanna Wiśniewska	POL	61.48	61.48	56.11	58.43
7	5	Harwant Kaur	IND	60.82	60.82	59.20	59.95
8	9	Elina Zverava	BLR	60.63	60.35	×	60.63
9	21	Philippa Roles	GBR	58.83	57.30	58.83	×
10	19	Olga Burova-Chernyavskaya	RUS	58.64	58.64	58.19	58.55
11	6	Stephanie Brown-Trafton	USA	58.54	×	58.54	×
12	1	Nataliya Fokina	UKR	58.28	58.28	56.84	55.64
13	17	Elisângela Adriano	BRA	58.13	×	58.13	×
14	4	Franka Dietzsch	GER	58.12	×	57.57	58.12
15	8	Vera Begić	CRO	57.31	×	54.80	57.31
16	12	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	56.70	56.70	×	56.53
17	15	Huang Qun	CHN	56.53	56.53	×	55.06
18	10	Anna Söderberg	SWE	55.49	54.04	55.49	51.24
19	7	Éva Kürti	HUN	52.52	52.52	50.85	×
20	14	Tereapii Tapoki	COK	48.12	47.59	48.12	×
21	2	Tsvetanka Hristova	BUL	43.25	43.25	×	×

Qualifying Round, Group B (20 August 2004 — 23:15)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group B Round One	Group B Round Two	Group B Round Three
1	8	Olena Antonova	UKR	64.20	62.15	64.20	-
2	9	Anastasia Kelesidou	GRE	64.13	64.13	-	-
3	21	Stella Tsikouna	GRE	61.72	61.72	60.17	60.67
4	18	Yania Ferrales	CUB	61.54	×	56.46	61.54
5	6	Li Yanfeng	CHN	61.35	61.19	61.35	61.24
6	4	Seema Antil	IND	60.64	59.93	60.64	58.41
7	2	Wioletta Potępa	POL	60.50	60.50	×	57.99
8	5	Neelam Jaswant Singh Dogra	IND	60.26	60.26	57.25	60.10
9	13	Aretha Hill	USA	58.82	52.93	58.82	×
10	1	Elizna Naudé	RSA	58.74	58.74	58.26	58.32
11	10	Teresa Machado	POR	58.47	58.47	57.00	57.65
12	17	Song Aimin	CHN	58.19	58.19	58.03	×
13	3	Dace Ruskule	LAT	57.43	54.49	57.43	×
14	12	Oksana Yesipchuk	RUS	57.27	×	57.27	57.18
15	14	Shelley Newman	GBR	56.04	×	54.04	56.04
16	19	Vladimíra Racková	CZE	55.82	55.82	×	55.36
17	20	Alice Matějková	ESP	55.37	54.15	×	55.37
18	11	Eha Rünne	EST	54.82	54.28	×	54.82
19	7	Dragana Tomašević	SCG	54.44	51.71	×	54.44
NM	15	Seilala Sua	USA	–	×	×	×
DQ	16	Iryna Yatchanka	BLR	[63.04]	[62.15]	[63.04]	[-]	3

Final Round (21 August 2004)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	7/5	Nataliya Sadova	RUS	67.02	64.78	64.81	×	65.33	67.02	66.68
2	10/8	Anastasia Kelesidou	GRE	66.68	62.77	×	66.68	63.71	66.09	61.59
3	2/6	Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová	CZE	66.08	63.02	66.08	×	62.81	63.21	64.84
4	4/4	Olena Antonova	UKR	65.75	59.88	64.11	×	63.61	60.37	65.75
5	1/3	Nicoleta Grasu	ROU	64.92	62.01	62.21	63.48	61.58	61.93	64.92
6	5/2	Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	63.45	×	62.45	×	63.45	62.99	×
7	9/1	Aikaterini Vongoli	GRE	62.37	60.66	61.44	×	62.37	62.32	61.84
8	12	Li Yanfeng	CHN	61.05	60.67	57.36	61.05	–	–	–
9	8	Joanna Wiśniewska	POL	60.74	58.33	60.74	59.95	–	–	–
10	11	Stella Tsikouna	GRE	59.48	59.48	57.76	×	–	–	–
NM	3	Yania Ferrales	CUB	–	×	×	×	–	–	–
DQ	6/7	Iryna Yatchanka	BLR	[66.17]	[59.98]	[61.67]	[66.17]	[65.46]	[63.08]	[65.54]	4