2004 in the sport of athletics
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,[1] defying traditional beliefs about the physical calibre of Chinese (and Asian) sprint athletes.[2] 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.
Liu XiangOlympic GamesKenenisa BekeleYelena Isinbayeva2004 in sportsAssociation footballBaseballBasketball2003–042004–05Field hockeyModern pentathlonMotorsportTennisathleticstrack and fieldcross countryroad running2004 Summer Olympicsworld recordpole vault110 metres hurdlessprintHicham El GuerroujAthensKonstantinos KenterisEkaterini ThanouSummer ParalympicsWorld Indoor ChampionshipsWorld Athletics FinalWorld Cross Country ChampionshipsWorld Half Marathon ChampionshipsWorld Race Walking CupIAAF Golden LeagueAfrican ChampionshipsAsian Indoor ChampionshipsPan Arab GamesSouth Asian GamesEuropean Cross Country ChampionshipsEuropean CupEuropean Mountain Running ChampionshipsIbero-American Championships5,000 metresEthiopiaHengelo10,000 metresOstravaPaul Malakwen KosgeiBerlin110 m hurdles3000 m steeplechaseSaif Saaeed ShaheenBrusselsElvan AbeylegesseTurkeyBergenGulnara Samitova-GalkinaRussiaHeraklionYelena IsinbaevaDonetskSvetlana FeofanovaBudapestGatesheadBirminghamLondonDecathlonMarie CollonvilléFranceTalence60 metresJason GardenerYuliya Tabakova100 metresJustin GatlinIvet Lalova200 metresShawn CrawfordVeronica Campbell-Brown400 metresJeremy WarinerTonique Williams-Darling800 metresWilfred BungeiTatyana Andrianova1500 metresBernard LagatKelly Holmes3000 metresEliud KipchogeIsabella Ochichi5000 metresPaula Radcliffe60 metres hurdlesAllen JohnsonPerdita FelicienJoanna Hayes400 metres hurdlesFélix SánchezFaní Halkiá3000 metres steeplechaseGulnara Galkina10 kilometresGilbert OkariLornah Kiplagat15 kilometresSileshi SihineLydia Cheromei20 kilometresSalah HissouMizuki NoguchiHalf marathonRobert Kipkoech Cheruiyot25 kilometresYoko ShibuiEvans RuttoMarathonFelix Limo20 kilometres race walkVladimir StankinHongjuan Song50 kilometres race walkDenis NizhegorodovTimothy MackHigh jumpStefan Holm