2004 IAAF World Athletics Final
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The 2nd IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Stade Louis II, in Monte Carlo, Monaco on September 18, and September 19, 2004.

The hammer throw event for men and women had to take place in Szombathely, Hungary a week previous as the Monaco stadium was not large enough to hold the event.

One of the main highlights was the World record in the Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase. This was set by Saif Saeed Shaheen of Qatar, (who was formerly Stephen Cherono of Kenya) despite the fact that the field had been held up by Wesley Kiprotich clattering into the first barrier. Shaheen had been unable to compete in the recent 2004 Summer Olympics due to his change of nationality but went someway to make up for that with a fantastic run in 7:53.63 to retain his title.

Another highlight was the men's pole vault competition where Timothy Mack cleared 6.01m to join the exclusive 6 metres club.

Medal winners

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 100 m	Asafa Powell, Jamaica	Francis Obikwelu , Portugal	Abdul Aziz Zakari, Ghana
Men's 110 m Hurdles	Allen Johnson, USA	Maurice Wignall, Jamaica	Stanislavs Olijars, Latvia
Men's 200 m	Asafa Powell, Jamaica	Frankie Fredericks, Namibia	Stéphan Buckland, Mauritius
Men's 400 m	Michael Blackwood, Jamaica	Derrick Brew, USA	Otis Harris, USA
Men's 400 m Hurdles	Bershawn Jackson, USA	James Carter, USA	Kemel Thompson, Jamaica
Men's 800 m	Youssef Saad Kamel, Bahrain	Joseph Mutua, Kenya	Bram Som, Netherlands
Men's 1,500 m	Ivan Heshko, Ukraine	Alex Kipchirchir, Kenya	Laban Rotich, Kenya
Men's 3,000 m	Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya	James Kwalia, Kenya	Mulugeta Wendimu, Ethiopia
Men's 3,000 m S'chase	Saif Saeed Shaheen, Qatar	Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenya	Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenya
Men's 5,000 m	Sileshi Sihine, Ethiopia	Dejene Birhanu, Ethiopia	Augustine Choge, Kenya
Men's Long Jump	Ignisious Gaisah, Ghana	Dwight Phillips, USA	John Moffitt , USA
Men's Triple Jump	Christian Olsson, Sweden	Danil Burkenya, Russia	Kenta Bell, USA
Men's High Jump	Stefan Holm, Sweden	Yaroslav Rybakov, Russia	Mark Boswell, Canada
Men's Pole Vault	Timothy Mack, USA	Toby Stevenson, USA	Derek Miles, USA
Men's Shot Put	Joachim Olsen, Denmark	Adam Nelson, USA	Manuel Martínez, Spain
Men's Discus	Mario Pestano, Spain	Zoltán Kõvágó, Hungary	Aleksander Tammert, Estonia
Men's Javelin	Breaux Greer, USA	Andreas Thorkildsen, Norway	Jan Železný, Czech Republic
Men's Hammer Throw	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen, Finland	Ivan Tikhon Belarus	Krisztián Pars, Hungary

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's 100 m	Veronica Campbell, Jamaica	Aleen Bailey, Jamaica	Lauryn Williams, USA
Women's 100 m Hurdles	Joanna Hayes, USA	Jenny Adams, USA	Lacena Golding-Clarke, Jamaica
Women's 200 m	Veronica Campbell, Jamaica	Debbie Ferguson, Bahamas	Aleen Bailey, Jamaica
Women's 400 m	Ana Guevara, Mexico	Monique Hennagan, USA	DeeDee Trotter, USA
Women's 400 m Hurdles	Sandra Glover, USA	Tatyana Tereshchuk, Ukraine	Brenda Taylor, USA
Women's 800 m	Hasna Benhassi, Morocco	Jearl Miles-Clark, USA	Mina Aït Hammou, Morocco
Women's 1,500 m	Kelly Holmes, United Kingdom	Tatyana Tomashova, Russia	Yelena Zadorozhnaya, Russia
Women's 3,000 m	Meseret Defar, Ethiopia	Yelena Zadorozhnaya, Russia	Lidia Chojecka, Poland
Women's 5,000 m	Elvan Abeylegesse, Turkey	Isabella Ochichi, Kenya	Ejegayehu Dibaba, Ethiopia
Women's Long Jump	Irina Simagina, Russia	Tatyana Lebedeva, Russia	Tatyana Kotova, Russia
Women's Triple Jump	Françoise Mbango Etone, Cameroon	Tatyana Lebedeva, Russia	Yamilé Aldama, Sudan
Women's High Jump	Yelena Slesarenko, Russia	Viktoriya Styopina, Ukraine	Irina Mikhalchenko, Ukraine
Women's Pole Vault	Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia	Tatyana Polnova, Russia	Anna Rogowska, Poland
Women's Shot Put	Nadzeya Astapchuk, Belarus	Krystyna Zabawska, Poland	Lieja Tunks, Netherlands
Women's Discus	Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Czech Republic	Natalya Sadova, Russia	Irina Yatchenko, Belarus
Women's Javelin	Osleidys Menéndez, Cuba	Nikola Brejchová, Czech Republic	Steffi Nerius, Germany
Women's Hammer Throw	Olga Kuzenkova, Russia	Olga Tsander, Belarus	Manuela Montebrun, France

External links

• Official 2nd IAAF World Athletics Final Site