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Discus Throw, Men

Date	21 – 23 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Stadio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants	39 from 26 countries

The defending champion was Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) and he was back in Athina, having also won the 2003 World Championship. At the 2002 European Championship he had finished second to Hungary’s Róbert Fazekas and these two were the favorites. Alekna opened in the final with 69.89 (229-3¾) which would be his best throw, with Fazekas recording 66.39 (217-9¾) in third place. But in round two, he recorded 70.93 (232-8½) to seemingly win the gold medal. But at doping control he provided an “inadequate“ urine sample and refused to produce any more. He was later found to have a bag with stored urine hidden on his body. He was disqualified and Alekna had his second consecutive gold medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	2441	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	67.79 (1)	69.89 (1)	Gold	OR
2	2077	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	61.91 (11)	67.04 (2)	Silver
3	1648	Aleksander Tammert	EST	65.70 (2)	66.66 (3)	Bronze
4	1176	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	63.04 (8)	65.10 (4)
5	2822	Frantz Kruger	RSA	62.32 (9)	64.34 (5)
6	3305	Casey Malone	USA	63.27 (7)	64.33 (6)
7	1923	Lars Riedel	GER	64.20 (3)	62.80 (7)
8	2819	Hannes Hopley	RSA	63.89 (4)	62.58 (8)
9	1929	Torsten Schmidt	GER	63.40 (6)	61.18 (9)
10	1503	Libor Malina	CZE	62.12 (10)	58.78 (10)
11	2080	Gábor Máté	HUN	63.41 (5)	57.84 (11)
DQ	2071	Róbert Fazekas	HUN	[68.10] (DQ)	[70.93] (DQ)
12 r1/2	1614	Mario Pestano	ESP	61.69 (12)	–
13 r1/2	3337	Jarred Rome	USA	61.55 (13)	–
14 r1/2	2116	Vikas Gowda	IND	61.39 (14)	–
15 r1/2	1326	Jason Tunks	CAN	61.21 (15)	–
16 r1/2	2576	Rutger Smith	NED	61.11 (16)	–
17 r1/2	1445	Frank Casañas	CUB	60.60 (17)	–
18 r1/2	1377	Wu Tao	CHN	60.60 (18)	–
19 r1/2	1639	Gerd Kanter	EST	60.05 (19)	–
20 r1/2	1913	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	59.79 (20)	–
21 r1/2	3358	Ian Waltz	USA	58.97 (21)	–
22 r1/2	1999	Savvas Panavoglou	GRE	58.47 (22)	–
23 r1/2	1183	Aliaksandr Malashevich	BLR	58.45 (23)	–
24 r1/2	1844	Emeka Udechuku	GBR	58.41 (24)	–
25 r1/2	2859	Aleksandr Borichevsky	RUS	58.19 (25)	–
26 r1/2	3151	Ercüment Olgundeniz	TUR	58.17 (26)	–
27 r1/2	1171	Leanid Charauko	BLR	57.98 (27)	–
28 r1/2	2125	Abbas Samimi	IRI	57.57 (28)	–
29 r1/2	1466	Lois Maikel Martínez	CUB	57.18 (29)	–
30 r1/2	3018	Igor Primc	SLO	56.33 (30)	–
31 r1/2	1042	Marcelo Pugliese	ARG	56.06 (31)	–
32 r1/2	2500	Vadim Hranovschi	MDA	55.64 (32)	–
33 r1/2	3409	Omar El-Ghazaly	EGY	55.53 (33)	–
34 r1/2	1435	Dragan Mustapić	CRO	54.66 (34)	–
35 r1/2	3068	Jaroslav Žitňanský	SVK	53.30 (35)	–
36 r1/2	2981	Shaka Sola	SAM	51.10 (36)	–
AC r1/2	2113	Anil Kumar Sangwan	IND	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	2937	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS	– (NM)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	21 August 2004
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 64.50 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	2441	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	67.79	–	Q
2	1648	Aleksander Tammert	EST	65.70	–	Q
3	1923	Lars Riedel	GER	64.20	–	q
4	2819	Hannes Hopley	RSA	63.89	–	q
5	2080	Gábor Máté	HUN	63.41	–	q
6	1929	Torsten Schmidt	GER	63.40	–	q
7	3305	Casey Malone	USA	63.27	–	q
8	1176	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	63.04	–	q
9	2822	Frantz Kruger	RSA	62.32	–	q
10	1503	Libor Malina	CZE	62.12	–	q
11	2077	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	61.91	–	q
12	1614	Mario Pestano	ESP	61.69	–
13	3337	Jarred Rome	USA	61.55	–
14	2116	Vikas Gowda	IND	61.39	–
15	1326	Jason Tunks	CAN	61.21	–
16	2576	Rutger Smith	NED	61.11	–
17	1445	Frank Casañas	CUB	60.60	60.15
18	1377	Wu Tao	CHN	60.60	48.96
19	1639	Gerd Kanter	EST	60.05	–
20	1913	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	59.79	–
21	3358	Ian Waltz	USA	58.97	–
22	1999	Savvas Panavoglou	GRE	58.47	–
23	1183	Aliaksandr Malashevich	BLR	58.45	–
24	1844	Emeka Udechuku	GBR	58.41	–
25	2859	Aleksandr Borichevsky	RUS	58.19	–
26	3151	Ercüment Olgundeniz	TUR	58.17	–
27	1171	Leanid Charauko	BLR	57.98	–
28	2125	Abbas Samimi	IRI	57.57	–
29	1466	Lois Maikel Martínez	CUB	57.18	–
30	3018	Igor Primc	SLO	56.33	–
31	1042	Marcelo Pugliese	ARG	56.06	–
32	2500	Vadim Hranovschi	MDA	55.64	–
33	3409	Omar El-Ghazaly	EGY	55.53	–
34	1435	Dragan Mustapić	CRO	54.66	–
35	3068	Jaroslav Žitňanský	SVK	53.30	–
36	2981	Shaka Sola	SAM	51.10	–
NM	2113	Anil Kumar Sangwan	IND	–	–
NM	2937	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS	–	–
DQ	2071	Róbert Fazekas	HUN	[68.10]	–	Q	1

Group A

Date	21 August 2004 — 9:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	2441	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	67.79	x	63.80	67.79
2	1648	Aleksander Tammert	EST	65.70	65.70	-	-
3	2819	Hannes Hopley	RSA	63.89	62.71	62.50	63.89
4	2080	Gábor Máté	HUN	63.41	57.40	62.43	63.41
5	1929	Torsten Schmidt	GER	63.40	56.86	60.63	63.40
6	1503	Libor Malina	CZE	62.12	60.54	x	62.12
7	3337	Jarred Rome	USA	61.55	59.35	x	61.55
8	1326	Jason Tunks	CAN	61.21	61.21	60.02	60.34
9	1445	Frank Casañas	CUB	60.60	60.15	60.60	57.27
10	1639	Gerd Kanter	EST	60.05	x	60.05	x
11	3358	Ian Waltz	USA	58.97	58.97	58.55	57.52
12	1844	Emeka Udechuku	GBR	58.41	x	58.41	55.79
13	1171	Leanid Charauko	BLR	57.98	57.98	x	57.89
14	1042	Marcelo Pugliese	ARG	56.06	x	56.06	54.45
15	2500	Vadim Hranovschi	MDA	55.64	53.77	52.30	55.64
16	1435	Dragan Mustapić	CRO	54.66	54.66	x	x
17	3068	Jaroslav Žitňanský	SVK	53.30	53.30	x	51.87
NM	2113	Anil Kumar Sangwan	IND	–	x	x	-
NM	2937	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS	–	x	x	x

Group B

Date	21 August 2004 — 10:45

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	1923	Lars Riedel	GER	64.20	64.20	-	-
2	3305	Casey Malone	USA	63.27	59.99	63.27	61.83
3	1176	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	63.04	63.04	x	62.93
4	2822	Frantz Kruger	RSA	62.32	60.91	62.32	x
5	2077	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	61.91	x	61.91	60.77
6	1614	Mario Pestano	ESP	61.69	x	x	61.69
7	2116	Vikas Gowda	IND	61.39	61.35	61.39	59.87
8	2576	Rutger Smith	NED	61.11	x	61.11	x
9	1377	Wu Tao	CHN	60.60	48.96	x	60.60
10	1913	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	59.79	56.42	59.79	x
11	1999	Savvas Panavoglou	GRE	58.47	57.26	58.47	57.62
12	1183	Aliaksandr Malashevich	BLR	58.45	x	57.67	58.45
13	2859	Aleksandr Borichevsky	RUS	58.19	58.12	58.19	57.86
14	3151	Ercüment Olgundeniz	TUR	58.17	57.13	58.17	x
15	2125	Abbas Samimi	IRI	57.57	57.57	x	56.24
16	1466	Lois Maikel Martínez	CUB	57.18	57.18	57.10	x
17	3018	Igor Primc	SLO	56.33	55.70	56.33	55.43
18	3409	Omar El-Ghazaly	EGY	55.53	x	55.53	55.27
19	2981	Shaka Sola	SAM	51.10	50.36	51.10	50.97
DQ	2071	Róbert Fazekas	HUN	[68.10]	[63.88]	[68.10]	[-]	Q	2

Final Round

Date	23 August 2004 — 20:20

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	2441	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	69.89	69.89	x	x	x	69.49	x	OR
2	2077	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	67.04	57.31	66.40	66.03	67.04	58.25	x
3	1648	Aleksander Tammert	EST	66.66	66.66	x	64.28	63.95	64.04	x
4	1176	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	65.10	65.10	59.82	62.88	63.44	64.89	63.63
5	2822	Frantz Kruger	RSA	64.34	64.34	x	61.01	62.53	x	60.73
6	3305	Casey Malone	USA	64.33	62.80	60.34	x	64.33	62.73	63.65
7	1923	Lars Riedel	GER	62.80	x	62.80	x	-	-	-
8	2819	Hannes Hopley	RSA	62.58	60.18	61.99	62.58	–	–	–
9	1929	Torsten Schmidt	GER	61.18	x	61.18	61.10	–	–	–
10	1503	Libor Malina	CZE	58.78	57.39	x	58.78	–	–	–
11	2080	Gábor Máté	HUN	57.84	57.02	x	57.84	–	–	–
DQ	2071	Róbert Fazekas	HUN	[70.93]	[66.39]	[70.93]	[69.35]	[68.92]	[67.64]	[-]		3