Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put
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Men's shot put at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Ancient Olympia Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 18 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 39 from 26 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning distance | 21.16 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The men's shot put at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 18, 2004, at the Ancient Olympia Stadium in Olympia, Greece. It was originally planned to hold the discus throw at this venue, but it was discovered that the field was insufficiently large to accommodate the range of modern discus throwers, and would have posed a danger to spectators. As such, it was decided instead to hold the shot put at the site, despite the fact that the shot put was not contested at the Ancient Olympic Games. All distances are given in metres.[1][2] Thirty-nine athletes from 26 nations competed.[3]
Ukrainian shot putter Yuriy Bilonoh was stripped of his gold medal on 5 December 2012 after drug re-testings of his samples were found positive.[4][5] After the announcement of the disqualification, there was a new distribution of medals on 5 March 2013. According to a statement from the IOC, sent to the Spanish Olympic Committee, the gold medal went to silver medalist Adam Nelson of the United States, the silver to Joachim Olsen of Denmark, and the bronze to Manuel Martínez of Spain.[6][7] This gave the United States its 17th victory in the men's shot put, and Denmark and Spain their first medals in the event. Nelson was the 13th man to win a second shot put medal, adding to his 2000 silver.