The Discus throw at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program 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 at the ancient stadium, despite the fact that the shot put was not contested at the Ancient Olympic Games. [edit] Records | World Record | 76.80 | Gabriele Reinsch | GDR | Neubrandenburg(GDR) | 9 July 1988 | | Olympic Record | 72.30 | Martina Hellmann | GDR | Seoul(KOR) | 29 September 1988 | [edit] Results The competitors were split into two groups and given three attempts at reaching the automatic qualification distance of 62.50 metres. As twelve athletes did not achieve this the seven that did were joined in the final by the five throwers who achieved the longest non-qualifying throws. For the final, the qualifying distances were ignored and the competitors were given three throws. The top eight after these throws were then given a further three and the furthest distance thrown from their six throws gave us the winner.
[edit] Qualifying round All distances shown are in metres. Q denotes automatic qualification. q denotes lucky loser. DNS denotes did not start. DNF denotes did not finish. PB denotes personal best. NR denotes national record.
[edit] Heat 1 Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Czech Republic 64.48 m - Q Natalya Sadova, Russia 64.33 m - Q Beatrice Faumuina, New Zealand 64.07 m - Q Ekaterini Voggoli, Greece 63.39 m - Q Nicoleta Grasu, Romania 61.91 m - q Joanna Wisniewska, Poland 61.48 m - q Harwant Kaur, India 60.82 m Ellina Zvereva, Belarus 60.63 m Philippa Roles, Great Britain 58.83 m Olga Chernyavskaya, Russia 58.64 m Stephanie Brown, United States 58.54 m Natalya Fokina, Ukraine 58.28 m Elisângela Adriano, Brazil 58.13 m Franka Dietzsch, Germany 58.12 m Vera Begić, Croatia 57.31 m Melina Robert-Michon, France 56.70 m Huang Qun, China 56.53 m Anna Söderberg, Sweden 55.49 m Éva Kürti, Hungary 52.52 m Tereapii Tapoki, Cook Islands 48.12 m Tsvetanka Khristova, Bulgaria 43.25 m [edit] Heat 2 Olena Antonova, Ukraine 64.20 m - Q Anastasia Kelesidou, Greece 64.13 m - Q Iryna Yatchenko, Belarus 63.04 m - Q Styliani Tsikouna, Greece 61.72 m - q Yania Ferrales, Cuba 61.54 m - q Li Yanfeng, China 61.35 m - q Seema Antil, India 60.64 m Wioletta Potepa, Poland 60.50 m Neelam Jaswant Singh, India 60.26 m Aretha Hill, United States 58.82 m Elizna Naudé, South Africa 58.74 m Teresa Machado, Portugal 58.47 m Song Aimin, China 58.19 m Dace Ruskule, Latvia 57.43 m Oksana Yesipchuk, Russia 57.27 m Shelley Newman, Great Britain 56.04 m Vladimira Rackova, Czech Republic 55.82 m Alice Matejková, Spain 55.37 m Eha Rünne, Estonia 54.82 m Dragana Tomašević, Serbia 54.44 m Seilala Sua, United States NM |