This page shows the main events during the 2004 year in athletics (track and field) throughout the world.

[edit] International Events

• Balkan Games
• Olympic Games
• Pan Arab Games

[edit] World Records

[edit] Awards

[edit] Men

2004 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	WINNER
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
European Athlete of the Year Award	Christian Olsson (SWE)
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award	Tom Pappas (USA)

[edit] Women

2004 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	WINNER
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)
European Athlete of the Year Award	Kelly Holmes (GBR)
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award	Gail Devers (USA)

[edit] Men's Best Year Performances

[edit] 400m Hurdles

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Felix Sánchez (DOM)	47.63
2.	James Carter (USA)	47.68
3.	Bershawn Jackson (USA)	47.86
4.	Danny McFarlane (JAM)	48.00
5.	Ockert Cilliers (RSA)	48.02

[edit] 3,000m Steeplechase

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Saif Saeed Shaheen (QAT)	7:53.63
2.	Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN)	7:59.65
3.	Brahim Boulami (MAR)	8:02.66
4.	Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN)	8:02.98
5.	Brimin Kipruto (KEN)	8:05.52

[edit] Pole Vault

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Timothy Mack (USA)	6.01 m
2.	Toby Stevenson (USA)	6.00 m
3.	Jeff Hartwig (USA)	5.86 m
4.	Giuseppe Gibilisco (ITA)	5.85 m
	Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR)

[edit] Decathlon

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	8893
2.	Bryan Clay (USA)	8820
3.	Tom Pappas (USA)	8732
4.	Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ)	8725
5.	Dean Macey (GBR)	8414

[edit] Women's Best Year Performances

[edit] 100 metres

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ivet Lalova (BUL)	10.77
2.	Veronica Campbell (JAM)	10.91
3.	Yuliya Nesterenko (BLR)	10.92
4.	Christine Arron (FRA)	10.95
5.	Lauryn Williams (USA)	10.96

[edit] 200 metres

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Veronica Campbell (JAM)	22.05
2.	Allyson Felix (USA)	22.18
3.	Debbie Ferguson (BAH)	22.30
4.	Aleen Bailey (JAM)	22.33
5.	Tonette Dyer (USA)	22.34
	Irina Khabarova (RUS)

[edit] Half Marathon

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Benita Johnson (AUS)	1:07:55

[edit] 100m Hurdles

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Joanna Hayes (USA)	12.37
2.	Yelena Krasovskaya (UKR)	12.45
3.	Perdita Felicien (CAN)	12.46
4.	Gail Devers (USA)	12.50
5.	Delloreen Ennis-London (JAM)	12.51

[edit] 400m Hurdles

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Faní Halkiá (GRE)	52.77
2.	Sheena Johnson (USA)	52.95
3.	Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)	53.31
4.	Ionela Târlea-Manolache (ROM)	53.32
5.	Brenda Taylor (USA)	53.36

[edit] 3,000m Steeplechase

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS)	9:01.59
2.	Lyubov Ivanova (RUS)	9:28.02
3.	Dorcus Inzikuru (UGA)	9:29.30
4.	Briana Shook (USA)	9:29.32
5.	Salome Chepchumba (KEN)	9:29.81

[edit] High Jump

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Yelena Slesarenko (RUS)	2.06 m
2.	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)	2.04 m
3.	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)	2.03 m
4.	Viktoriya Styopina (UKR)	2.02 m
5.	Irina Mikhalchenko (UKR)	2.01 m
	Venelina Veneva (BUL)

[edit] Pole Vault

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)	4.92 m
2.	Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)	4.88 m
3.	Stacy Dragila (USA)	4.83 m
4.	Tatyana Polnova (RUS)	4.78 m
5.	Monika Pyrek (POL)	4.72 m

[edit] Heptathlon

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Carolina Klüft (SWE)	6952
2.	Svetlana Sokolova (RUS)	6594
3.	Austra Skujyté (LTU)	6435
4.	Kelly Sotherton (GBR)	6424
5.	Nataliya Dobrynska (UKR)	6387

[edit] Marathon

[edit] Men's Best Year Performances

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME	EVENT
1.	Evans Rutto (KEN)	2:06:16	Chicago Marathon
2.	Evans Rutto (KEN)	2:06:18	London Marathon
3.	Robert Cheboror (KEN)	2:06:22	Amsterdam Marathon
4.	Felix Limo (KEN)	2:06:44	Berlin Marathon
5.	Sammy Korir (KEN)	2:06:48	London Marathon
6.	Joseph Riri (KEN)	2:06:49	Berlin Marathon
7.	Joshua Chelanga (KEN)	2:07:05	Berlin Marathon
8.	Gert Thys (RSA)	2:07:06	Seoul Marathon
9.	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)	2:07:12	London Marathon
10.	José Rios (ESP)	2:07:42	Otsu Marathon

[edit] Women's Best Year Performances

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME	EVENT
1.	Yoko Shibui (JPN)	2:19:41	Berlin Marathon
2.	Margaret Okayo (KEN)	2:22:35	London Marathon
3.	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	2:23:10	New York Marathon
4.	Susan Chepkemei (KEN)	2:23:13	New York Marathon
5.	Hiromi Ominami (JPN)	2:23:26	Berlin Marathon
6.	Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)	2:23:28	Xiamen Marathon
7.	Constantina Tomescu (ROM)	2:23:45	Chicago Marathon
8.	Reiko Tosa (JPN)	2:23:57	Nagoya Marathon
9.	Sun Yingjie (CHN)	2:24:11	Beijing Marathon
10.	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	2:24:27	Boston Marathon

[edit] Deaths

• December 4 – June Maston (76), Australian sprinter and athletics coach (b. 1928)

[edit] References

• ARRS

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