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2004 in the sport of athletics

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Field	Value
Title	2004 in athletics
Image	Liu xiang 2004.jpg
ImageSize	180
Caption	Hurdler Liu Xiang became Olympic champion and world record holder in 2004.
Major world competitions	Olympic Games
No. of world records	7
IAAF Athletes of the Year	Kenenisa Bekele
Yelena Isinbayeva
Previous	2003
Next	2005

|No. of world records = 7 |IAAF Athletes of the Year = Kenenisa Bekele Yelena Isinbayeva

This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2004.

The major competition of the year was the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the event, Yelena Isinbayeva cleared a world record 4.91 m in the pole vault. Liu Xiang won the men's 110 metres hurdles with a world record-equalling time of 12.91 seconds, defying traditional beliefs about the physical calibre of Chinese (and Asian) sprint athletes. Hicham El Guerrouj capped off his prominent international career with two gold medals in the 1500 m and 5000 m. The Olympic competition in Athens was marred by an incident involving Greek Olympic medallists Konstantinos Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou, who were alleged to have staged a motorcycle crash in order to avoid doping tests. Both athletes missed the competition and were later banned for missing three doping tests.

Major events

World

Regional

World records

Men

Event	Athlete	Performance	Place	Date
5,000 metres	Kenenisa Bekele	12:37.35	NED Hengelo, Netherlands	31 May
10,000 metres	Kenenisa Bekele	26:20.31	CZE Ostrava, Czech Republic	31 May
25 km (road)	Paul Malakwen Kosgei	1:12:45	GER Berlin, Germany	9 May
110 m hurdles	Liu Xiang	12.91	GRE Athens, Greece	27 August
3000 m steeplechase	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	7:53.63	BEL Brussels, Belgium	3 September

Women

Event	Athlete	Performance	Place	Date
5,000 metres	Elvan Abeylegesse	14:24.68	NOR Bergen, Norway	11 June
3000 m steeplechase	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	9:01.59	GRE Heraklion, Greece	10 August
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbaeva	4.83 m	UKR Donetsk, Ukraine	15 February
Pole vault	Svetlana Feofanova	4.85 m	GRE Athens, Greece	22 February
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbaeva	4.86 m	HUN Budapest, Hungary	6 March
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbaeva	4.87 m	GBR Gateshead, United Kingdom	27 June
Pole vault	Svetlana Feofanova	4.88 m	GRE Heraklion, Greece	4 July
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbaeva	4.89 m	GBR Birmingham, United Kingdom	25 July
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbaeva	4.90 m	GBR London, United Kingdom	30 July
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbaeva	4.91 m	GRE Athens, Greece	24 August
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbaeva	4.92 m	BEL Brussels, Belgium	3 September
Decathlon	Marie Collonvillé	8150 pts	FRA Talence, France	25-26 September

Season's bests

4×400 metres relay
Otis Harris
Derrick Brew
Jeremy Wariner
Darold Williamson	2:55.91
Olesya Forsheva
Natalya Nazarova
Olesya Zykina
Natalya Antyukh	3:20.16

Awards

Men

Award	Winner
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Kenenisa Bekele
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Kenenisa Bekele
European Athlete of the Year Award	Christian Olsson
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award	Tom Pappas

Women

Award	Winner
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Yelena Isinbayeva
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Yelena Isinbayeva
European Athlete of the Year Award	Kelly Holmes
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award	Gail Devers

Seasonal rankings by event

Men

[[Hurdling|400 m Hurdles]]

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Félix Sánchez	47.63
2.	James Carter	47.68
3.	Bershawn Jackson	47.86
4.	Danny McFarlane	48.00
5.	Ockert Cilliers	48.02

[[Steeplechase (athletics)|3000 m Steeplechase]]

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Saif Saeed Shaheen	7:53.63
2.	Paul Kipsiele Koech	7:59.65
3.	Brahim Boulami	8:02.66
4.	Ezekiel Kemboi	8:02.98
5.	Brimin Kipruto	8:05.52

Marathon

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME	EVENT
1.	Evans Rutto	2:06:16	Chicago Marathon
2.	Evans Rutto	2:06:18	London Marathon
3.	Robert Cheboror	2:06:22	Amsterdam Marathon
4.	Felix Limo	2:06:44	Berlin Marathon
5.	Sammy Korir	2:06:48	London Marathon
6.	Joseph Riri	2:06:49	Berlin Marathon
7.	Joshua Chelanga	2:07:05	Berlin Marathon
8.	Gert Thys	2:07:06	Seoul International Marathon
9.	Jaouad Gharib	2:07:12	London Marathon
10.	José Rios	2:07:42	Otsu Marathon

[[Pole vault|Pole Vault]]

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Timothy Mack	6.01 m
2.	Toby Stevenson	6.00 m
3.	Jeff Hartwig	5.86 m
4.	Giuseppe Gibilisco	5.85 m
Aleksandr Averbukh

[[Hammer Throw]]

Main article: 2004 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

[[Decathlon]]

Main article: 2004 Decathlon Year Ranking

Women

[[100 metres]]

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ivet Lalova	10.77
2.	Veronica Campbell	10.91
3.	Yulia Nestsiarenka	10.92
4.	Christine Arron	10.95
5.	Lauryn Williams	10.96

[[200 metres]]

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Veronica Campbell	22.05
2.	Allyson Felix	22.18
3.	Debbie Ferguson	22.30
4.	Aleen Bailey	22.33
5.	Tonette Dyer	22.34
Irina Khabarova

[[Half Marathon]]

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Benita Johnson	1:07:55

[[Hurdling|100 m Hurdles]]

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Joanna Hayes	12.37
2.	Yelena Krasovskaya	12.45
3.	Perdita Felicien	12.46
4.	Gail Devers	12.50
5.	Delloreen Ennis-London	12.51

[[Hurdling|400 m Hurdles]]

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Faní Halkiá	52.77
2.	Sheena Johnson	52.95
3.	Yuliya Pechonkina	53.31
4.	Ionela Târlea-Manolache	53.32
5.	Brenda Taylor	53.36

[[Steeplechase (athletics)|3000 m Steeplechase]]

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	9:01.59
2.	Lyubov Ivanova	9:28.02
3.	Dorcus Inzikuru	9:29.30
4.	Briana Shook	9:29.32
5.	Salome Chepchumba	9:29.81

[[High jump|High Jump]]

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Yelena Slesarenko	2.06 m
2.	Hestrie Cloete	2.04 m
3.	Blanka Vlašić	2.03 m
4.	Viktoriya Styopina	2.02 m
5.	Iryna Mykhalchenko	2.01 m
Venelina Veneva

[[Pole vault|Pole Vault]]

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Yelena Isinbayeva	4.92 m
2.	Svetlana Feofanova	4.88 m
3.	Stacy Dragila	4.83 m
4.	Tatyana Polnova	4.78 m
5.	Monika Pyrek	4.72 m

[[Hammer Throw]]

Main article: 2004 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

[[Heptathlon]]

RANK	2004 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Carolina Klüft	6952
2.	Svetlana Sokolova	6594
3.	Austra Skujyté	6435
4.	Kelly Sotherton	6424
5.	Nataliya Dobrynska	6387

Marathon

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME	EVENT
1.	Yoko Shibui	2:19:41	Berlin Marathon
2.	Margaret Okayo	2:22:35	London Marathon
3.	Paula Radcliffe	2:23:10	New York Marathon
4.	Susan Chepkemei	2:23:13	New York Marathon
5.	Hiromi Ominami	2:23:26	Berlin Marathon
6.	Zhou Chunxiu	2:23:28	Xiamen Marathon
7.	Constantina Tomescu	2:23:45	Chicago Marathon
8.	Reiko Tosa	2:23:57	Nagoya Marathon
9.	Sun Yingjie	2:24:11	Beijing Marathon
10.	Catherine Ndereba	2:24:27	Boston Marathon

Deaths

April 23 – Manuel Alcalde (47), Spanish race walker (b. 1956)
December 4 – June Maston (76), Australian sprinter and athletics coach (b. 1928)
December 25 – Ian Syster (28), South African long-distance runner (b. 1976)

References

;Marathon times

ARRS

References

[http://www.iaaf.org/history/OLY/season=2004/eventCode=3201/news/kind=108/newsid=26710.html 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 110m Hurdles Final]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-07-18.
[http://www.china.org.cn/sports/characters/2009-09/11/content_18537781.htm Liu Xiang - 'China's Flying Man']. China.org. Retrieved on 2010-07-18.
[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-02-05-2738434532_x.htm Trial for Greek sprinters postponed]. ''[[USA Today]]'' (2009-02-05). Retrieved on 2010-07-18.
[http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=512/newsId=27932.html IAAF charges Kenteris, Thanou and Tzekos with doping violations]. [[IAAF]] (2004-12-02). Retrieved on 2010-07-18.

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