Athletics at the 2004 Athina Summer Games:

American Dwight Phillips was the favorite, having won the Olympic Trials and leading the world list with 8.60 (28-2¾). He had also won the 2003 World Championships. The competition was over early in Athina, as Phillips opened the final with 8.59 (28-2¼) – it would be his best mark and would win the gold medal. He had only one other fair mark, 8.35 (27-4¾) in the final round, and passed rounds 4-5. Behind him, American John Moffitt won the silver medal with his fifth round mark of 8.47 (27-9½), surpassing Spaniard Joan Lino Martínez who had jumped 8.32 (27-3¾) in round two. Defending champion Iván Pedroso (CUB) was back in the final, but finished seventh, now past his best years.