Afghanistan at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Afghanistan at the Olympic Games
Flag of Afghanistan IOC code  AFG NOC Afghanistan National Olympic Committee
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
Olympic history (summary)
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Afghanistan returned to the Olympic Games at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens from 13 to 29 August 2004.

Afghanistan was banned from Olympic competition in 1999, during Taliban rule, but was reinstated in 2002.^[1][2] At the 2004 Games, female athletes (Friba Razayee and Robina Muqimyar) represented Afghanistan for the first time in the country's history.^[3] In 2004, the Afghan athletes were attempting to improve upon Afghanistan's best finish, Mohammed Ebrahimi's fifth place in wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Athletics

Afghan athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^[4][5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Massoud Azizi	100 m	11.66	8	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Robina Muqimyar	100 m	14.14 NR	7	Did not advance

Boxing

One boxer from Afghanistan competed at the 2004 games.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Basharmal Sultani	Welterweight	Hikal (EGY) L 12–40	Did not advance

Judo

Afghanistan's entrant into the judo competition is one of the first two females to compete internationally from her respective nation.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Friba Razayee	Women's −70 kg	Blanco (ESP) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Wrestling

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bashir Ahmad Rahmati	−55 kg	Mansurov (UZB) L 0–4 ^ST	Batirov (RUS) L 0–4 ^ST	3	Did not advance			22

See also

• Afghanistan at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

References

1. "'Symbolic day': IOC sends out invitations to Athens 2004". Sports Illustrated (CNN). 13 August 2003. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
2. "Eligible for Athens: Afghanistan welcomed back into IOC fold". Sports Illustrated (CNN). 29 June 2003. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
3. Lopresti, Mike (24 August 2004). "Afghan women making Olympic history". USA Today. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
4. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
5. "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad