Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, except for the Marathons (which were run from Marathonas to the Kallimarmaro Stadium), the Road Walk, and the Shot Put, which was held at the Ancient Olympia Stadium. There were 46 events:

Top 8 placings table by country

Position	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	Total
1	United States	8	12	5	7	2	3	3	3	43
2	Russia	6	7	7	4	3	4	3	5	39
3	Great Britain	3	0	1	4	3	1	2	0	14
4	Sweden	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
5	Ethiopia	2	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	12
6	Greece	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	8
7	Jamaica	2	1	2	4	4	2	0	1	16
8	Cuba	2	1	2	1	1	0	3	2	12
9	Morocco	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	5
10	Italy	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	5
11	Japan	2	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	8
12	China	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	8
13	Kenya	1	4	2	1	1	2	2	0	13
14	Ukraine	1	1	2	0	4	1	0	3	12
15	Belarus	1	1	1	4	3	2	0	0	12
16	Lithuania	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
17	Czech Republic	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	5
18	Poland	1	0	1	1	3	4	2	0	12
19	Bahamas	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	7
20	Cameroon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
20	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
20	Norway	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
23	Romania	0	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	9
24	Germany	0	2	0	1	2	2	4	3	14
25	South Africa	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
26	Australia	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	8
27	Spain	0	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	10
28	Portugal	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	4
29	Hungary	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	4
30	Latvia	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	4
31	Mexico	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
32	France	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	2	9
33	Nigeria	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3
34	Denmark	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
35	Brazil	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	4
36	Estonia	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
37	Slovenia	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
38	Eritrea	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
39	Turkey	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
40	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
41	Bulgaria	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3
42	Ecuador	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
42	Grenada	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
42	Mozambique	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
42	Namibia	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
42	Qatar	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
42	Uganda	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
48	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	4
49	Sudan	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
50	Iceland	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
50	Panama	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
52	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	5
53	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
54	Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2
54	India	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2
56	Ghana	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
56	Mauritius	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
56	Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
56	St. Kitts and Nevis	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
60	New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
61	Barbados	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
61	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
61	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
64	Botswana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
64	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
64	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Medal Summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 100 m	Justin Gatlin, USA	Francis Obikwelu, Portugal	Maurice Greene, USA
Men's 110 m Hurdles	Liu Xiang, China	Terrence Trammell, USA	Anier Garcia, Cuba
Men's 200 m	Shawn Crawford, USA	Bernard Williams, USA	Justin Gatlin, USA
Men's 400 m	Jeremy Wariner, USA	Otis Harris, USA	Derrick Brew, USA
Men's 400 m Hurdles	Felix Sanchez, Dominican Republic	Danny McFarlane , Jamaica	Naman Keita, France
Men's 800 m	Yuriy Borzakovskiy, Russia	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi , South Africa	Wilson Kipketer, Denmark
Men's 1,500 m	Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco	Bernard Lagat, Kenya	Rui Silva , Portugal
Men's 3,000 m S'chase	Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenya	Brimin Kipruto , Kenya	Paul Kipsiele Koech , Kenya
Men's 5,000 m	Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco	Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia	Eliud Kipchoge , Kenya
Men's 10,000 m	Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia	Sileshi Sihine , Ethiopia	Zersenay Tadesse, Eritrea
Men's 4 x 100 m relay	Great Britain Jason Gardener Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Mark Lewis-Francis	United States Shawn Crawford Justin Gatlin Coby Miller Maurice Greene	Nigeria Olusoji Fasuba Uchenna Emedolu Aaron Egbele Deji Aliu
Men's 4 x 400 m relay	United States Otis Harris Derrick Brew Jeremy Wariner Darold Williamson	Australia John Steffensen Mark Ormrod Patrick Dwyer Clinton Hill	Nigeria James Godday Musa Audu Saul Weigopwa Enefiok Udo Obong
Men's Decathlon	Roman Šebrle, Czech Republic	Bryan Clay , USA	Dmitriy Karpov , Kazakhstan
Men's Marathon	Stefano Baldini, Italy	Mebrahtom Keflezighi, USA	Vanderlei de Lima, Brazil
Men's 20 km Walk	Ivano Brugnetti , Italy	Fransisco Javier Fernandez , Spain	Nathan Deakes , Australia
Men's 50 km Walk	Robert Korzeniowski, Poland	Denis Nizhegorodov , Russia	Aleksey Voyevodin , Russia
Men's Long Jump	Dwight Phillips, USA	John Moffitt , USA	Joan Lino Martinez , Spain
Men's Triple Jump	Christian Olsson, Sweden	Marian Oprea , Romania	Danila Burkenya , Russia
Men's High Jump	Stefan Holm, Sweden	Matt Hemingway, USA	Baba Jaroslav , Czech Republic
Men's Pole Vault	Timothy Mack , USA	Toby Stevenson , USA	Giuseppe Gibilisco , Italy
Men's Shot Put	Yuriy Bilonog , Ukraine	Adam Nelson, USA	Joachim B. Olsen, Denmark
Men's Discus	Virgilijus Alekna , Lithuania	Zoltan Kovago , Hungary	Aleksander Tammert , Estonia
Men's Javelin	Andreas Thorkildsen, Norway	Vadims Vasilevskis, Latvia	Sergey Makarov , Russia
Men's Hammer Throw	Koji Murofushi , Japan	Ivan Tikhon , Belarus	Esref Apak , Turkey
Women's 100 m	Yulia Nesterenko, Belarus	Lauryn Williams, USA	Veronica Campbell, Jamaica
Women's 100 m Hurdles	Joanna Hayes, USA	Olena Krasovska , Ukraine	Melissa Morrison , USA
Women's 200 m	Veronica Campbell, Jamaica	Allyson Felix, USA	Debbie Ferguson, Bahamas
Women's 400 m	Tonique Williams-Darling, Bahamas	Ana Guevara, Mexico	Natalya Antyukh , Russia
Women's 400 m Hurdles	Fani Halkia, Greece	Ionela Tirlea-Manolache, Romania	Tetiana Tereshchuk-Antipova , Ukraine
Women's 800 m	Kelly Holmes, Great Britain	Hasna Benhassi, Morocco	Jolanda Čeplak, Slovenia
Women's 1,500 m	Kelly Holmes, Great Britain	Tatyana Tomashova , Russia	Maria Cioncan , Romania
Women's 5,000 m	Meseret Defar, Ethiopia	Isabella Ochichi , Kenya	Tirunesh Dibaba , Ethiopia
Women's 10,000 m	Xing Huina, China	Ejagayehu Dibaba , Ethiopia	Derartu Tulu, Ethiopia
Women's 4 x 100 m relay	Jamaica Tayna Lawrence Sherone Simpson Aleen Bailey Veronica Campbell	Russia Olga Fyodorova Yuliya Tabakova Irina Khabarova Larisa Kruglova	France Veronique Mang Muriel Hurtis Sylviane Felix Christine Arron
Women's 4 x 400 m relay	United States DeeDee Trotter Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Monique Hennagan	Russia Olesya Krasnomovets Natalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina Natalya Antyukh	Jamaica Novlene Williams Michelle Burgher Nadia Davy Sandie Richards
Women's Heptathlon	Carolina Klüft, Sweden	Austra Skujyte , Lithuania	Kelly Sotherton, Great Britain
Women's Marathon	Mizuki Noguchi, Japan	Catherine Ndereba, Kenya	Deena Kastor , USA
Women's 20 km Walk	Athanasia Tsoumeleka , Greece	Olimpiada Ivanova , Russia	Jane Saville , Australia
Women's Long Jump	Tatyana Lebedeva, Russia	Irina Simagina , Russia	Tatyana Kotova , Russia
Women's Triple Jump	Françoise Mbango Etone, Cameroon	Hrysopiyi Devetzi , Greece	Tatyana Lebedeva, Russia
Women's High Jump	Yelena Slesarenko , Russia	Hestrie Cloete , South Africa	Viktoriya Styopina , Ukraine
Women's Pole Vault	Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia	Svetlana Feofanova, Russia	Anna Rogowska , Poland
Women's Shot Put	Yumileidi Cumba , Cuba	Nadine Kleinert , Germany	Svetlana Krivelyova, Russia
Women's Discus	Natalya Sadova , Russia	Anastasia Kelesidou , Greece	Irina Yatchenko , Belarus
Women's Javelin	Osleidys Menendez , Cuba	Steffi Nerius , Germany	Mirela Manjani , Greece
Women's Hammer Throw	Olga Kuzenkova, Russia	Yipsi Moreno , Cuba	Yunaika Crawford , Cuba

Schedule

• August 18
  • Women's shot put qualifying rounds and final
  • Men's shot put qualifying rounds and final
• August 20
  • Men's 20 km road walk and medal ceremony
  • Men's hammer throw qualifying rounds
  • Women's heptathlon: 100 m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200 m
  • Men's triple jump qualifying rounds
  • Women's 100 m round 1, round 2
  • Men's 1500 m round 1
  • Men's high jump qualifying rounds
  • Women's shot put medal ceremony
  • Men's 400 m round 1
  • Women's discus throw qualifying rounds (2 events)
  • Men's shot put medal ceremony
  • Women's 800 m round 1
  • Men's 10000 m final
  • Women's 5000 m round 1
• August 21
  • Men's discus throw qualifying rounds
  • Women's 400 m hurdles round 1
  • Women's 400 m round 1
  • Women's heptathlon: long jump, javelin throw, 800 m
  • Men's 100 m round 1, round 2
  • Women's pole vault qualifying rounds
  • Women's 100 m semifinals, final
  • Women's triple jump qualifying rounds
  • Women's 800 m semifinals
  • Women's discus throw final
  • Men's 400 m semifinals
  • Men's 3000 m steeplechase round 1
• August 22
  • Women's marathon
  • Men's high jump final
  • Women's 100 m hurdles round 1, round 2
  • Men's triple jump final
  • Men's 1,500 m T53 & T54 wheelchair (Paralympic Exhibition Event)
  • Women's 800 m T53 & T54 wheelchair (Paralympic Exhibition Event)
  • Men's 100 m semifinal, final
  • Men's hammer throw final
  • Women's 400 m hurdles semifinal
  • Men's 1,500 m semifinal
  • Women's 400 m semifinal
• August 23
  • Women's 20 km race walk final
  • Women's hammer throw qualification
  • Men's decathlon: 100 m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400 m
  • Women's 200 m round 1, round 2
  • Women's triple jump final
  • Women's 100 m hurdles semifinal
  • Men's 400 m hurdles round 1
  • Men's discus throw final
  • Women's 800 m final
  • Men's 400 m final
  • Women's 5,000 m final
• August 24
  • Men's decathlon: 110 m hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw, 1,500 m
  • Men's 110 m hurdles round 1
  • Men's 200 m round 1, round 2
  • Men's long jump qualification
  • Women's 1,500 m round 1
  • Women's pole vault final
  • Men's 400 m hurdles semifinal
  • Men's 3,000 m steeplechase final
  • Women's 200 m semifinal
  • Women's 100 m hurdles final
  • Women's 400 m final
  • Men's 1,500 m final
• August 25
  • Women's javelin throw qualification
  • Men's pole vault qualification
  • Men's 5,000 m round 1
  • Men's 800 m round 1
  • Women's long jump qualification
  • Women's 400 m hurdles final
  • Women's hammer throw final
  • Men's 110 m hurdles round 2
  • Men's 200 m semifinal
  • Women's 200 m final
• August 26
  • Women's high jump qualification
  • Men's long jump final
  • Men's javelin throw qualification
  • Women's 1,500 m semifinal
  • Men's 110 m hurdles semifinal
  • Men's 800 m semifinal
  • Women's 4 x 100 m relay round 1
  • Men's 400 m hurdles final
  • Men's 200 m final
• August 27
  • Men's 50 km race walk final
  • Men's pole vault final
  • Women's long jump final
  • Men's 4 x 100 m relay round 1
  • Women's 4 x 400 m relay round 1
  • Women's javelin throw final
  • Men's 4 x 400 m relay round 1
  • Men's 110 m hurdles final
  • Women's 10,000 m final
  • Women's 4 x 100 m relay final
• August 28
  • Women's high jump final
  • Women's 1,500 m final
  • Men's javelin throw final
  • Men's 800 m final
  • Men's 5,000 m final
  • Men's 4 x 100 m relay final
  • Women's 4 x 400 m relay final
  • Men's 4 x 400 m relay final
• August 29
  • Men's marathon