Athens 2004

20th August 2004 – Heat 4: 4th – 46.15
Not fully fit after a knee injury, Daniel was stride for stride with the leader for 250 metres before fading.

21st August 2004 – Round 1 Heat 2: 1st – 10.13 SB
21st August 2004 – Round 2 Heat 1: 2nd – 10.12 =PB
22nd August 2004 – Semifinals: 5th – 10.28

Athlete: Mark Lewis-Francis
Event: 4 x 100m Relay

27th August 2004 – Qualifying round Heat 2: 2nd – 38.53 (Darren Campbell/Marlon Devonish/Jason Gardener/Mark Lewis-Francis)
28th August 2004 – FINAL: 1st – 38.07 SB (Darren Campbell/Marlon Devonish/Jason Gardener/Mark Lewis-Francis)
After coming second to the USA in the qualifying round, MLF anchored the British team home to beat them by just 1 hundredth of a second to secure gold.

  GOLD MEDAL

Video: 4 x 100m Relay Olympic final 2004

Athlete: Adam Nelson (USA)
Event: Shot Put

18th August 2004 – Group A: 1st – 21.15 (Qualified)
18th August 2004 – FINAL: 2nd – 21.16
The venue for the shot put event was at the ancient stadium of Olympia, site of the original Olympics thousands of years ago.

  SILVER MEDAL

Athlete: Bobby Aloysius (INDIA)
Event: High Jump

26th August 2004 – Heat 1: 13th – 1.85

Athlete: Tiombe Hurd (USA)
Event: Triple Jump

Heat 1: 13th – 13.98

Athlete: Denise Lewis
Event: Heptathlon

20th August 2004 – Heptathlon: 100m Hurdles Heat 3: 1st – 13.40 (1065 points)
20th August 2004 – Heptathlon: High Jump Pool B: 6th – 1.7m (891 points)
20th August 2004 – Heptathlon: Shot Put Pool A: 1st – 15.33m (883 points)
20th August 2004 – Heptathlon: 200m Heat 5: 6th – 25.42 (849 points)
21st August 2004 – Heptathlon: Long Jump Heat 2: 13th – 5.89 (816 points)
21st August 2004 – Heptathlon: Javelin Throw Heat 1: DNS
Denise unfortunately withdrew injured after being highly placed in the first few events.

Athlete: Kelly Sotherton
Event: Heptathlon

20th August 2004 – Heptathlon: 100m Hurdles Heat 1: 5th – 13.44 (1059 points)
20th August 2004 – Heptathlon: High Jump Pool B: 1st – 1.85m (1041 points)
20th August 2004 – Heptathlon: Shot Put Pool B: 8th – 13.29m (747 points)
20th August 2004 – Heptathlon: 200m Heat 1: 5th – 23.57 (1022 points)
21st August 2004 – Heptathlon: Long Jump Heat 1: 1st – 6.51 (1010 points)
21st August 2004 – Heptathlon: Javelin Throw Heat 2: 15th – 37.19 (613 points)
21st August 2004 – Heptathlon: 800m Heat 4: 1st – 2:12.27 (932 points)
FINAL TABLE: Heptathlon: 3rd – 6424 points

  BRONZE MEDAL

Athlete: Helen Karagounis
Event: 4 x 400m Relay

27th August 2004 – Qualifying Round: 4th – 3:26.99 SB (qualified) (Helen Karagounis, Lee McConnell, Catherine Murphy, Christine Ohuruogu)
Although helping Great Britain qualify for the finals, Helen was left out of the team that went on to finish 4th.

Athlete: Deborah Brennan
Event: 100 metres T34 (Paralympics)

FINAL: 3rd

  BRONZE MEDAL

Athlete: Deborah Brennan
Event: 200 metres T34 (Paralympics)

FINAL: 2nd

  SILVER MEDAL