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Winner’s medal awarded to Danish shot putter Joachim Olsen at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics. Bronze, 60 mm, 118 gm, by Elena Votsi and Kostas Kazakos; manufactured by Efsimon. The front depicts the winged goddess of Victory soaring into the Panathinaikos Stadium, with Greek characters and Olympic rings above; the reverse features the Eternal Flame of Olympia, the opening lines of Pindar's Eighth Olympic Ode, and the 2004 Summer Games logo, with the sport engraved in Greek lettering along the bottom, “Στίβος – Σφαιροβολία Ανδρών [Athletics – Men's Shot Put].” The upper field has been neatly engraved with the athlete's name, “Joachim Brøchner Olsen,” a personalization not present on standard Athens 2004 winner's medals and presumably added after presentation. Given Olsen's subsequent elevation from bronze to silver following the IOC's 2013 medal reallocation, the inscription may have served to identify and preserve the medal's association with his original podium finish in Athens. Completed by the original multicolored ribbon and wooden presentation box with its metal slipcase. The 2004 Athens winner’s medals replaced the long-held ‘seated Victory’ design by Giuseppe Cassioli, rectifying the mistake of using a depiction of the Roman Colosseum rather than a Greek venue.
The men’s shot put competition at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Ancient Olympia stadium on August 18 and later became one of the most consequential medal revisions of the Games. Ukrainian thrower Yuriy Bilonoh and American Adam Nelson both recorded best marks of 21.16 meters, with Bilonoh awarded gold on the second-best-throw tiebreaker; Nelson, who had fouled his remaining attempts, took silver. Denmark’s Joachim Olsen placed third with a throw of 21.07 meters and received this bronze medal at the Athens podium ceremony. In December 2012, Bilonoh was stripped of his gold medal after the reanalysis of stored samples revealed a doping violation, and the IOC redistributed the medals in March 2013: Nelson was elevated to gold, Olsen to silver, and Spain’s Manuel Martínez to bronze. This medal thus represents Olsen’s original bronze award from the Athens ceremony before the official reallocation altered the final standings of the event.
