List of 2004 Summer Olympics Medal Winners - Notes

Notes

1. ^ Irina Korzhanenko of Russia won the women's shot put event, but her gold medal was revoked after testing positive for stanozolol. The gold, silver and bronze medals were redistributed between the second, third and fourth placed finishers.
2. ^ Hungarian discus thrower Róbert Fazekas originally won the discipline, but after failing to produce enough urine for a drug test, the IOC stripped him of his title and disqualified him from the competition.
3. ^ The IOC stripped Hungarian Adrián Annus of his gold medal when he failed to present himself for a mandatory second drug test five days after winning the hammer throwing event. The medal was reawarded to Koji Murofushi of Japan. The silver medal was given to Belarussian Ivan Tikhon and Turkey's Eşref Apak took the bronze.
4. ^ Cyclist María Luisa Calle finished third in the women's 25 kilometre points race, but the IOC revoked her bronze medal after failing a drug test that detected heptaminol in her system. The medal was given to fourth placed American Erin Mirabella. Calle appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, who on 27 October 2005 upheld her claim that the anti-migraine pill Neo-Saldina she took contained isometheptene, which transforms into heptaminol during laboratory tests. Isometheptene was not banned during the 2004 Summer Olympics. Mirabella relinquished the bronze medal saying, "I still feel like I need some time to absorb everything and get a better understanding of the decision, but if the IOC asks, it's only fair to give the medal back ... I want to do what is right and what is fair."
5. ^ a b Bettina Hoy of Germany competed in the individual and team eventing disciplines, and earned enough points to win gold medals in both events; however, one hour after she had ridden, the ground jury panel reviewed the results and decided that Hoy had crossed the start line twice. She was docked fourteen points, which dropped her to ninth place in the individual event and her team into fourth place. Hoy appealed, and the committee reversed the penalty, thereby reinstating her gold medals, but the United States, French, and British teams quickly filed a joint complaint of their own with the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Three days later, the CAS overturned the previously successful appeal, stating that the appeals panel did not have the authority to overturn the ground jury's decision. Great Britain's Leslie Law and Pippa Funnell were awarded the gold and bronze medals, respectively, in the individual eventing discipline with the United States' Kimberly Severson taking silver, and the French team were awarded the gold medal in the team eventing discipline. The British and United States teams were awarded silver and bronze, respectively.
6. ^ Cian O'Connor of Ireland at the 2004 Summer Olympics won the gold medal in the men's individual jumping event, but was later stripped of his medal when his horse, Waterford Crystal, tested positive for two banned substances, fluphenazine and zuclophenthixol. It was passed to Brazilian Rodrigo Pessoa, who finished in second place.
7. ^ a b The German equestrian team jumping squad finished in first place and won gold, ahead of the United States and Swedish teams; however, Ludger Beerbaum's horse, Goldfever, later tested positive for the banned substance betamethasone. Upon being found guilty of riding a drugged horse, the International Equestrian Federation (FIE) recommended to the IOC that the German be stripped of their gold medals and passed to the United States. In January 2005, the FIE disqualified Beerbaum and Goldfever, and recalculated the German team's points as if they had never participated. The gold medals were given to the United States, Sweden took the silver medals, and Germany were awarded the bronze medals, as the remaining team members still earned enough points to be placed above the Netherlands in fourth position.
8. ^ The Ukrainian women's quadruple sculls crew originally won the bronze medal but were disqualified after Olena Olefirenko tested positive for ethamivan, a banned stimulant found in medicine prescribed by the Ukrainian team doctor. The team's medals were passed to fourth-placed Australia.
9. ^ Leonidas Sampanis of Greece was awarded the bronze medal in the men's featherweight class of weightlifting; however, after testing positive for elevated levels of testosterone, the IOC disqualified him and awarded the bronze to fourth-placed Israel José Rubio from Venezuela. Sampanis' drug test results caused ripples in the philately world, as the day after he appeared on the podium to receive his medal, Hellenic Post began selling commemorative postage stamps which had to be withdrawn when he was disqualified.
10. ^ Hungarian heavyweight weightlifter Ferenc Gyurkovics won the silver medal, but after testing positive for the anabolic steroid oxandrolone, was disqualified and had his medal revoked. It was re-awarded to the Ukraine's Igor Razoronov. Fourth-placed Russian Gleb Pisarevskiy was awarded the bronze medal.
11. ^ Yuriy Bilonog of Ukraine was stripped of his gold medal in December 2012 after a retest of his sample found traces of oxandrolone metabolite, which had been undetected in 2004.
12. ^ Svetlana Krivelyova of Russia was stripped of her bronze medal in December 2012 after a retest of her sample found traces of oxandrolone metabolite, which had been undetected in 2004.
13. ^ Iryna Yatchenko of Belarus was stripped of her bronze medal in December 2012 after a retest of her sample found traces of methandienone metabolite, which had been undetected in 2004.
14. ^ Ivan Tsikhan of Belarus was stripped of his silver medal in December 2012 after a retest of his sample found traces of methandienone metabolite, which had been undetected in 2004.