Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw
Rank Name Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result
1 Natalya Sadova Russia 64.78 64.81 x 65.33 67.02 66.68 67.02
2 Anastasia Kelesidou Greece 62.77 x 66.68 63.71 66.09 61.59 66.68
3 Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová Czech Republic 63.02 66.08 x 62.81 63.21 64.84 66.08
4 Olena Antonova Ukraine 59.88 64.11 x 63.61 60.37 65.75 65.75
5 Nicoleta Grasu Romania 62.01 62.21 63.48 61.58 61.93 64.92 64.92
6 Beatrice Faumuina New Zealand x 62.45 x 63.45 62.99 x 63.45
7 Ekaterini Voggoli Greece 60.66 61.44 x 62.37 62.32 61.84 62.37
8 Li Yanfeng China 60.67 57.36 61.05 61.05
9 Joanna Wiśniewska Poland 58.33 60.74 59.95 60.74
10 Styliani Tsikouna Greece 59.48 57.76 x 59.48
11 Yania Ferrales Cuba x x x NM
12 Iryna Yatchenko Belarus 59.98 61.67 66.17 65.46 63.08 65.54 66.17
Results -- Final
The women's discus throw competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20-21 August. It was originally planned to hold the discus throw at the Ancient Olympia Stadium, but it was discovered that the field was not large enough to accommodate the range of modern discus throwers, and would have posed a danger to spectators. As such, it was decided to move the discus throw and to hold the shot put at the ancient stadium, despite the fact that the shot put was not contested at the Ancient Olympic Games. On December 5, 2012, Belarusian discus thrower Iryna Yatchenko was stripped of her bronze medal after drug re-testings of her samples on methandienone had been discovered positive. Following the announcement of Yatchenko's disqualification, the International Olympic Committee Executive Board had distributed and awarded the bronze to Czech Republic's Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, who originally finished fourth in the final.