Previous Event 28th Olympic Games Athína (Olympic Stadium), GREECE 20 AUG 2004 - 29 AUG 2004

22 JUN 2013

Nelson to be honoured as Olympic champion in Des Moines

Adam Nelson will stand atop the podium on Sunday afternoon at the US Championships to be recognised as the 2004 Olympic champion in the men’s Shot Put.

Adam Nelson of the USA in the men's Shot Put in Olympia (Getty Images)

Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco takes the 5000m gold (Getty Images)

29 AUG 2004

El Guerrouj's patience pays off

Hicham El Guerrouj had to wait eight years to win his first Olympic gold medal. Athletics had to wait eighty for him to equal one of the greatest achievements in the history of the sport.

Timetable
Media
Winners

Morning Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
08:30	W	Shot Put	Qualification	Startlist	Result	Summary
10:00	M	Shot Put	Qualification	Startlist	Result	Summary

Afternoon Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
16:00	W	Shot Put	Final	Startlist	Result
17:30	M	Shot Put	Final	Startlist	Result

Morning Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
09:00	M	20 Kilometres Race Walk	Final	Startlist	Result
09:15	M	Hammer Throw	Qualification Group A	Startlist	Result	Summary
09:30	W	100 Metres Hurdles	Heptathlon	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points
09:55	M	Triple Jump	Qualification	Startlist	Result	Summary
10:40	W	High Jump	Heptathlon	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points
10:50	W	100 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
11:00	M	Hammer Throw	Qualification Group B	Startlist	Result	Summary

Afternoon Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
19:30	W	Shot Put	Heptathlon	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points
19:40	M	1500 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
20:10	W	100 Metres	Quarter Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
20:20	M	High Jump	Qualification	Startlist	Result	Summary
20:40	W	200 Metres	Heptathlon	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points
21:10	M	400 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
21:30	W	Discus Throw	Qualification Group A	Startlist	Result	Summary
22:00	W	800 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
22:35	M	10,000 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result
23:15	W	Discus Throw	Qualification Group B	Startlist	Result	Summary
23:20	W	5000 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary

Morning Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
09:00	M	Discus Throw	Qualification Group A	Startlist	Result	Summary
09:05	W	400 Metres Hurdles	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
09:50	W	400 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
10:00	W	Long Jump	Heptathlon	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points
10:35	M	100 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
10:45	M	Discus Throw	Qualification Group B	Startlist	Result	Summary

Afternoon Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
18:30	W	Javelin Throw	Heptathlon Group A	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points
19:00	W	Pole Vault	Qualification	Startlist	Result	Summary
19:40	M	100 Metres	Quarter Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
19:45	W	Javelin Throw	Heptathlon Group B	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points
20:20	W	100 Metres	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
20:35	W	Triple Jump	Qualification	Startlist	Result	Summary
20:40	W	800 Metres	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
21:10	W	Discus Throw	Final	Startlist	Result
21:15	M	400 Metres	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
21:40	W	800 Metres	Heptathlon	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points
22:05	M	3000 Metres Steeplechase	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
22:55	W	100 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result

Afternoon Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
18:00	W	Marathon	Final	Startlist	Result
19:30	M	High Jump	Final	Startlist	Result
19:35	W	100 Metres Hurdles	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
20:10	M	Triple Jump	Final	Startlist	Result
20:35	M	1500m Wheelchair	Final	Startlist	Result
20:45	W	800m Wheelchair	Final	Startlist	Result
20:55	M	100 Metres	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
21:15	M	Hammer Throw	Final	Startlist	Result
21:20	W	400 Metres Hurdles	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
21:50	M	1500 Metres	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
22:20	W	400 Metres	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
23:10	M	100 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result

Morning Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
09:00	W	20 Kilometres Race Walk	Final	Startlist	Result
09:05	W	Hammer Throw	Qualification Group A	Startlist	Result	Summary
09:15	M	100 Metres	Decathlon	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points
10:15	M	Long Jump	Decathlon	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points
10:50	W	Hammer Throw	Qualification Group B	Startlist	Result	Summary
11:00	W	200 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
13:15	M	Shot Put	Decathlon	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points

Afternoon Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
18:30	M	High Jump	Decathlon	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points
18:45	W	Triple Jump	Final	Startlist	Result
19:00	W	100 Metres Hurdles	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
19:30	M	400 Metres Hurdles	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
20:20	M	Discus Throw	Final	Startlist	Result
20:25	W	200 Metres	Quarter Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
20:55	W	800 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result
21:05	M	400 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result
21:20	M	400 Metres	Decathlon	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points
22:00	W	5000 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result

Morning Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
09:00	M	110 Metres Hurdles	Decathlon	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points
09:35	M	110 Metres Hurdles	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
10:05	M	Discus Throw	Decathlon Group A	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points
10:35	M	200 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
11:30	M	Discus Throw	Decathlon Group B	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points
13:45	M	Pole Vault	Decathlon	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points

Afternoon Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
19:30	M	Javelin Throw	Decathlon Group A	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points
19:45	M	Long Jump	Qualification	Startlist	Result	Summary
20:00	M	200 Metres	Quarter Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
20:30	W	1500 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
20:55	W	Pole Vault	Final	Startlist	Result
21:00	M	Javelin Throw	Decathlon Group B	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points
21:05	M	400 Metres Hurdles	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
21:40	M	3000 Metres Steeplechase	Final	Startlist	Result
22:05	W	200 Metres	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
22:30	W	100 Metres Hurdles	Final	Startlist	Result
22:50	W	400 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result
23:05	M	1500 Metres	Decathlon	Startlist	Result	Summary	Points
23:40	M	1500 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result

Afternoon Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
19:00	W	Javelin Throw	Qualification Group A	Startlist	Result	Summary
19:15	M	Pole Vault	Qualification	Startlist	Result	Summary
19:50	M	5000 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
20:35	W	Javelin Throw	Qualification Group B	Startlist	Result	Summary
20:40	M	800 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
21:20	W	Long Jump	Qualification	Startlist	Result	Summary
21:55	W	400 Metres Hurdles	Final	Startlist	Result
22:10	W	Hammer Throw	Final	Startlist	Result
22:15	M	110 Metres Hurdles	Quarter Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
22:50	M	200 Metres	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
23:20	W	200 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result

Afternoon Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
20:00	W	High Jump	Qualification	Startlist	Result	Summary
20:05	M	Javelin Throw	Qualification Group A	Startlist	Result	Summary
20:20	M	Long Jump	Final	Startlist	Result
20:30	W	1500 Metres	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
21:00	M	110 Metres Hurdles	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
21:25	M	800 Metres	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
21:50	M	Javelin Throw	Qualification Group B	Startlist	Result	Summary
22:00	W	4x100 Metres Relay	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
22:30	M	400 Metres Hurdles	Final	Startlist	Result
22:50	M	200 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result

Morning Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
07:00	M	50 Kilometres Race Walk	Final	Startlist	Result

Afternoon Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
20:00	M	Pole Vault	Final	Startlist	Result
20:05	W	Long Jump	Final	Startlist	Result
20:10	M	4x100 Metres Relay	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
20:35	W	4x400 Metres Relay	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
20:55	W	Javelin Throw	Final	Startlist	Result
21:00	M	4x400 Metres Relay	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
21:30	M	110 Metres Hurdles	Final	Startlist	Result
21:50	W	10,000 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result
22:45	W	4x100 Metres Relay	Final	Startlist	Result

Afternoon Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
20:00	W	High Jump	Final	Startlist	Result
20:30	W	1500 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result
20:40	M	Javelin Throw	Final	Startlist	Result
20:50	M	800 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result
21:05	M	5000 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result
21:45	M	4x100 Metres Relay	Final	Startlist	Result
22:00	W	4x400 Metres Relay	Final	Startlist	Result
22:25	M	4x400 Metres Relay	Final	Startlist	Result

Afternoon Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
18:00	M	Marathon	Final	Startlist	Result

Images

Winners in Athína (Olympic Stadium) 2004

Men

DISCIPLINE	ATHLETE	COUNTRY
100 Metres	Justin Gatlin	USA	Results
200 Metres	Shawn Crawford	USA	Results
400 Metres	Jeremy Wariner	USA	Results
800 Metres	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	RUS	Results
1500 Metres	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	Results
5000 Metres	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	Results
10,000 Metres	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	Results
Marathon	Stefano Baldini	ITA	Results
3000 Metres Steeplechase	Ezekiel Kemboi	KEN	Results
110 Metres Hurdles	Xiang Liu	CHN	Results
400 Metres Hurdles	Felix Sánchez	DOM	Results
High Jump	Stefan Holm	SWE	Results
Pole Vault	Timothy Mack	USA	Results
Long Jump	Dwight Phillips	USA	Results
Triple Jump	Christian Olsson	SWE	Results
Shot Put	Adam Nelson	USA	Results
Discus Throw	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	Results
Hammer Throw	Koji Murofushi	JPN	Results
Javelin Throw	Andreas Thorkildsen	NOR	Results
Decathlon	Roman Šebrle	CZE	Points
20 Kilometres Race Walk	Ivano Brugnetti	ITA	Results
50 Kilometres Race Walk	Robert Korzeniowski	POL	Results
4x100 Metres Relay		GBR	Results
4x400 Metres Relay		USA	Results

Women

DISCIPLINE	ATHLETE	COUNTRY
100 Metres	Yuliya Nestsiarenka	BLR	Results
200 Metres	Veronica Campbell-Brown	JAM	Results
400 Metres	Tonique Williams-Darling	BAH	Results
800 Metres	Kelly Holmes	GBR	Results
1500 Metres	Kelly Holmes	GBR	Results
5000 Metres	Meseret Defar	ETH	Results
10,000 Metres	Huina Xing	CHN	Results
Marathon	Mizuki Noguchi	JPN	Results
100 Metres Hurdles	Joanna Hayes	USA	Results
400 Metres Hurdles	Faní Halkiá	GRE	Results
High Jump	Elena Slesarenko	RUS	Results
Pole Vault	Elena Isinbaeva	RUS	Results
Long Jump	Tatyana Lebedeva	RUS	Results
Triple Jump	Françoise Mbango Etone	FRA	Results
Shot Put	Yumileidi Cumbá	CUB	Results
Discus Throw	Natalya Sadova	RUS	Results
Hammer Throw	Olga Kuzenkova	RUS	Results
Javelin Throw	Olisdeilys Menéndez	CUB	Results
Heptathlon	Carolina Klüft	SWE	Points
20 Kilometres Race Walk	Athanasía Tsoumeléka	GRE	Results
4x100 Metres Relay		JAM	Results
4x400 Metres Relay		USA	Results