Afghanistan at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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| At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens | ||||||||||
| Competitors | 5 in 4 sports | |||||||||
| Flag bearer | Neema Suratgar (coach) | |||||||||
| Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 0 |
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Afghanistan returned to the Olympic Games at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Afghanistan was banned from Olympic competition in 1999, during Taliban rule, but was reinstated in 2002. [1] At the 2004 Games, female athletes (Friba Razayee and Robina Muqim Yaar) represented Afghanistan for the first time in the country's history. In 2004, the Afghani athletes were attempting to improve upon Afghanistan's best finish, Mohammed Ebrahimi's fifth place in wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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[edit] Results and competitors by event
[edit] Athletics
- Men's 100 metres
- Masound Azizi — round 1: 11.66 s (79th place)
- Women's 100 metres
- Robina Muqim Yaar — round 1, 14.14 s (NR, did not advance)
[edit] Boxing
One boxer from Afghanistan competed at the 2004 games.
- Basharmal Sultani — welterweight, defeated in round of 32
[edit] Judo
Afghanistan's entrant into the judo competition is one of the first two females to compete internationally from Afghanistan.
- Friba Razayee — Defeated in round of 32
[edit] Wrestling
- Bashir Ahmad Rahmati — Defeated in pool F of men's freestyle 55 kilograms (0-2)
[edit] Officials
- President: Anwar Jekdalek
- Secretary General: Seyed Ahmad Zia Muzafari
