Afghanistan at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Afghanistan at the Olympic Games
Flag of Afghanistan – Flag bearers 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
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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 Muqimyar) represented Afghanistan for the first time in the country's history. 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.

Results and competitors by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Masound Azizi — round 1: 11.66 s (79th place)

Women's 100 metres

• Robina Muqimyar — round 1, 14.14 s (NR, did not advance)

Boxing

One boxer from Afghanistan competed at the 2004 games.

• Basharmal Sultani — welterweight, defeated in round of 32

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

Wrestling

• Bashir Ahmad Rahmati — Defeated in pool F of men's freestyle 55 kilograms (0-2)

Officials

• President: Anwar Jekdalek
• Secretary General: Seyed Ahmad Zia Muzafari

See also

• Afghanistan at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

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