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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 (run from Marathonas to the Kallimarmaro Stadium), the race walks (on the streets of Athens), and the shot put (held at the Ancient Olympia Stadium). A total of 46 events were contested, of which 24 by male and 22 by female athletes.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Justin Gatlin United States (USA)	9.85	Francis Obikwelu Portugal (POR)	9.86AR	Maurice Greene United States (USA)	9.87
200 metres details	Shawn Crawford United States (USA)	19.79	Bernard Williams United States (USA)	20.01	Justin Gatlin United States (USA)	20.03
400 metres details	Jeremy Wariner United States (USA)	44.00	Otis Harris United States (USA)	44.16	Derrick Brew United States (USA)	44.42
800 metres details	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia (RUS)	1:44.45	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa (RSA)	1:44.61	Wilson Kipketer Denmark (DEN)	1:44.65
1500 metres details	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco (MAR)	3:34.18	Bernard Lagat Kenya (KEN)	3:34.30	Rui Silva Portugal (POR)	3:34.68
5000 metres details	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco (MAR)	13:14.39	Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia (ETH)	13:14.59	Eliud Kipchoge Kenya (KEN)	13:15.10
10000 metres details	Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia (ETH)	27:05.10 (OR)	Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia (ETH)	27:09.39	Zersenay Tadese Eritrea (ERI)	27:22.57
110 metre hurdles details	Liu Xiang China (CHN)	12.91 =WR	Terrence Trammell United States (USA)	13.18	Anier García Cuba (CUB)	13.20
400 metre hurdles details	Felix Sanchez Dominican Republic (DOM)	47.63	Danny McFarlane Jamaica (JAM)	48.11	Naman Keita France (FRA)	48.26
3000 metre steeplechase details	Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya (KEN)	8:05.81	Brimin Kipruto Kenya (KEN)	8:06.11	Paul Kipsiele Koech Kenya (KEN)	8:06.64
4×100 metre relay details	Great Britain (GBR) Jason Gardener Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Mark Lewis-Francis	38.07	United States (USA) Shawn Crawford Justin Gatlin Coby Miller Maurice Greene Darvis Patton*	38.08	Nigeria (NGR) Olusoji Fasuba Uchenna Emedolu Aaron Egbele Deji Aliu	38.23
4×400 metre relay details	United States (USA) Otis Harris Derrick Brew Jeremy Wariner Darold Williamson Andrew Rock* Kelly Willie*	2:55.91	Australia (AUS) John Steffensen Mark Ormrod Patrick Dwyer Clinton Hill	3:00.60	Nigeria (NGR) James Godday Musa Audu Saul Weigopwa Enefiok Udo-Obong	3:00.90
Marathon details	Stefano Baldini Italy (ITA)	2:10.55	Mebrahtom Keflezighi United States (USA)	2:11.29	Vanderlei de Lima Brazil (BRA)	2:12.11
20 km walk details	Ivano Brugnetti Italy (ITA)	1:19.40	Francisco Javier Fernández Spain (ESP)	1:19.45	Nathan Deakes Australia (AUS)	1:20.02
50 km walk details	Robert Korzeniowski Poland (POL)	3:38.46	Denis Nizhegorodov Russia (RUS)	3:42:50	Aleksey Voyevodin Russia (RUS)	3:43:34
High jump details	Stefan Holm Sweden (SWE)	2.36 m	Matt Hemingway United States (USA)	2.34 m	Jaroslav Bába Czech Republic (CZE)	2.34 m
Pole vault details	Timothy Mack United States (USA)	5.95 m (OR)	Toby Stevenson United States (USA)	5.90 m	Giuseppe Gibilisco Italy (ITA)	5.85 m
Long jump details	Dwight Phillips United States (USA)	8.59 m	John Moffitt United States (USA)	8.47 m	Joan Lino Martínez Spain (ESP)	8.32 m
Triple jump details	Christian Olsson Sweden (SWE)	17.79 m	Marian Oprea Romania (ROU)	17.55 m	Danil Burkenya Russia (RUS)	17.48 m
Shot put details	Yuriy Bilonog Ukraine (UKR)	21.16 m	Adam Nelson United States (USA)	21.16 m	Joachim Olsen Denmark (DEN)	21.07 m
Discus throw details	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU)	69.89 m (OR)	Zoltán Kővágó Hungary (HUN)	67.04 m	Aleksander Tammert Estonia (EST)	66.66 m
Hammer throw details	Koji Murofushi Japan (JPN)	82.91 m	Ivan Tsikhan Belarus (BLR)	79.81 m	Eşref Apak Turkey (TUR)	79.51 m
Javelin throw details	Andreas Thorkildsen Norway (NOR)	86.50 m	Vadims Vasiļevskis Latvia (LAT)	84.95 m	Sergey Makarov Russia (RUS)	84.84 m
Decathlon details	Roman Šebrle Czech Republic (CZE)	8893 (OR)	Bryan Clay United States (USA)	8820	Dmitriy Karpov Kazakhstan (KAZ)	8725

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Yulia Nesterenko Belarus (BLR)	10.93	Lauryn Williams United States (USA)	10.96	Veronica Campbell Jamaica (JAM)	10.97
200 metres details	Veronica Campbell Jamaica (JAM)	22.05	Allyson Felix United States (USA)	22.18	Debbie Ferguson Bahamas (BAH)	22.30
400 metres details	Tonique Williams-Darling Bahamas (BAH)	49.41	Ana Guevara Mexico (MEX)	49.56	Natalya Antyukh Russia (RUS)	49.89
800 metres details	Kelly Holmes Great Britain (GBR)	1:56.38	Hasna Benhassi Morocco (MAR)	1:56.43	Jolanda Čeplak Slovenia (SLO)	1:56.43
1500 metres details	Kelly Holmes Great Britain (GBR)	3:57.90	Tatyana Tomashova Russia (RUS)	3:58.12	Maria Cioncan Romania (ROU)	3:58.39
5000 metres details	Meseret Defar Ethiopia (ETH)	14:45.65	Isabella Ochichi Kenya (KEN)	14:48.19	Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia (ETH)	14:51.83
10000 metres details	Xing Huina China (CHN)	30:24.36	Ejagayehu Dibaba Ethiopia (ETH)	30:24.98	Derartu Tulu Ethiopia (ETH)	30:26.42
100 metre hurdles details	Joanna Hayes United States (USA)	12.37 (OR)	Olena Krasovska Ukraine (UKR)	12.45	Melissa Morrison United States (USA)	12.56
400 metre hurdles details	Fani Halkia Greece (GRE)	52.82	Ionela Târlea-Manolache Romania (ROU)	53.38	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova Ukraine (UKR)	53.44
4×100 metre relay details	Jamaica (JAM) Tayna Lawrence Sherone Simpson Aleen Bailey Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald*	41.73	Russia (RUS) Olga Fyodorova Yuliya Tabakova Irina Khabarova Larisa Kruglova	42.27	France (FRA) Véronique Mang Muriel Hurtis Sylviane Félix Christine Arron	42.54
4×400 metre relay details	United States (USA) DeeDee Trotter Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Monique Hennagan Crystal Cox* Moushaumi Robinson*	3:19.01	Russia (RUS) Olesya Krasnomovets Natalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina Natalya Antyukh Tatyana Firova* Natalya Ivanova*	3:20.16	Jamaica (JAM) Novlene Williams Michelle Burgher Nadia Davy Sandie Richards Ronetta Smith*	3:22.00
Marathon details	Mizuki Noguchi Japan (JPN)	2:26:20	Catherine Ndereba Kenya (KEN)	2:26:32	Deena Kastor United States (USA)	2:27:20
20 km walk details	Athanasia Tsoumeleka Greece (GRE)	1:29:12	Olimpiada Ivanova Russia (RUS)	1:29:16	Jane Saville Australia (AUS)	1:29:25
High jump details	Yelena Slesarenko Russia (RUS)	2.06 m (OR)	Hestrie Cloete South Africa (RSA)	2.02 m	Viktoriya Styopina Ukraine (UKR)	2.02 m
Pole vault details	Yelena Isinbayeva Russia (RUS)	4.91 m (WR)	Svetlana Feofanova Russia (RUS)	4.75 m	Anna Rogowska Poland (POL)	4.70 m
Long jump details	Tatyana Lebedeva Russia (RUS)	7.07 m	Irina Simagina Russia (RUS)	7.05 m	Tatyana Kotova Russia (RUS)	7.05 m
Triple jump details	Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon (CMR)	15.30 m	Hrysopiyi Devetzi Greece (GRE)	15.25 m	Tatyana Lebedeva Russia (RUS)	15.14 m
Shot put details	Yumileidi Cumbá Cuba (CUB)	19.59 m	Nadine Kleinert Germany (GER)	19.55 m	Svetlana Krivelyova Russia (RUS)	19.49 m
Discus throw details	Natalya Sadova Russia (RUS)	67.02 m	Anastasia Kelesidou Greece (GRE)	66.68 m	Iryna Yatchenko Belarus (BLR)	66.17 m
Hammer throw details	Olga Kuzenkova Russia (RUS)	75.02 m (OR)	Yipsi Moreno Cuba (CUB)	73.36 m	Yunaika Crawford Cuba (CUB)	73.16 m
Javelin throw details	Osleidys Menéndez Cuba (CUB)	71.53 m (OR)	Steffi Nerius Germany (GER)	65.82 m	Mirela Manjani Greece (GRE)	64.29 m
Heptathlon details	Carolina Klüft Sweden (SWE)	6952	Austra Skujytė Lithuania (LTU)	6435	Kelly Sotherton Great Britain (GBR)	6424

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Medal table

The number of top eight placements (finalist positions) are also shown.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Medals	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	Total
1	United States (USA)	8	12	5	25	7	2	3	3	3	43
2	Russia (RUS)	6	7	7	20	4	3	4	3	5	39
3	Great Britain (GBR)	3	0	1	4	4	3	1	2	0	14
4	Sweden (SWE)	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
5	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	3	2	7	3	2	0	0	0	12
6	Greece (GRE)	2	2	1	5	0	0	1	0	2	8
7	Jamaica (JAM)	2	1	2	5	4	4	2	0	1	16
8	Cuba (CUB)	2	1	2	5	1	1	0	3	2	12
9	Morocco (MAR)	2	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	5
10	Italy (ITA)	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	5
11	Japan (JPN)	2	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	8
12	China (CHN)	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	2	8
13	Kenya (KEN)	1	4	2	7	1	1	2	2	0	13
14	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	2	4	0	4	1	0	3	12
15	Belarus (BLR)	1	1	1	3	4	3	2	0	0	12
16	Lithuania (LTU)	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
17	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	5
18	Poland (POL)	1	0	1	2	1	3	4	2	0	12
19	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	2	0	7
20	Cameroon (CMR)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
23	Romania (ROU)	0	2	1	3	0	0	2	2	2	9
24	Germany (GER)	0	2	0	2	1	2	2	4	3	14
25	South Africa (RSA)	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	6
26	Australia (AUS)	0	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	8
27	Spain (ESP)	0	1	1	2	1	3	1	2	1	10
28	Portugal (POR)	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	4
29	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	4
30	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	4
31	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
32	France (FRA)	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	4	2	9
33	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	3
34	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
35	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	4
36	Estonia (EST)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
37	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
38	Eritrea (ERI)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
39	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
40	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
41	Bulgaria (BUL)					1	2	0	0	0	3
42	Ecuador (ECU)					1	0	0	0	0	1
	Grenada (GRN)					1	0	0	0	0	1
	Mozambique (MOZ)					1	0	0	0	0	1
	Namibia (NAM)					1	0	0	0	0	1
	Qatar (QAT)					1	0	0	0	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)					1	0	0	0	0	1
48	Netherlands (NED)					0	2	1	0	1	4
49	Sudan (SUD)					0	1	0	0	1	2
50	Iceland (ISL)					0	1	0	0	0	1
	Panama (PAN)					0	1	0	0	0	1
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