 This qualified Pienaar for the Olympic games in Athens, Greece.2004
Pienaar held on to his National Champion title and Pienaar again won the gold medal at the African Championships in Brazzaville, in the Republic of the Congo, with a distance of 78.31.Pienaar made the final round of the 28th Olympic games in Athens and ended in 7th place with a distance of 79.95.