Chad participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from August 13 to 29, 2004. Chad was represented for the ninth time in its history at the Summer Olympics , making its debut in 1964 in Japanese Tokyo . The delegation consisted of only two athletes: a 100-meter and runners Kaltum Nadzhina . Mobele got to the Games thanks to the wild card , as he did not meet the required criteria for qualification, but he withdrew from the competition. Najina, the standard-bearer of Chad at both ceremonies, overcame the first stage in her discipline, but flew out in the semifinals. As a result, Chad did not win a single medal.
| Chad at the Olympics | ||||
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| IOC Code | Cha | |||
| NOC | Chadian National Olympic and Sports Committee | |||
| Athens Olympic Games | ||||
| Athletes | 2 in 1 sport | |||
| Standard bearer | Kaltuma Najina [1] | |||
| Medals | Gold 0 | Silver 0 | Bronze 0 | Total 0 |
| Participation in the Summer Olympics | ||||
| 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 • 2016 | ||||
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General information
The 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, became the ninth Summer Olympics for Chad, starting with the 1964 Games in Tokyo (Japan). The only Games missed by this African country were the 1976 Games in Montreal (Canada) and the 1980 Games in Moscow [2] . In both cases, this was due to the participation of Chad in the international boycott of the Games. The largest delegation, six people, Chad sent to the 1988 Games in South Korean Seoul and the 1992 Games in Barcelona, Spain . Representatives of Chad have never won Olympic medals [2] .
The Chad team at the 2004 Summer Olympics included runner Kaltuma Najina , who had previously taken part in the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia. Najina trained in the USA and Canada under the leadership of the International Olympic Committee . But after the 2000 Games, she refused to move from Canada to Senegal, because of which she lost funding and lived in one of the rooms of her coach John Cannon's house in Vancouver . Shortly before the 2004 Games, Najina was about to change Chad's citizenship to Canadian [3] .
Athletics
There was only one man in the Chad team at the Athens Olympics - 100 meter runner Dzikolum Mobele. He got to the 2004 Games only thanks to the wild card, since his best result in the 2004 season was 11.38 seconds with the required qualification standard “B” 10.28 seconds [4] [5] . Mobele was supposed to participate in the seventh qualifying race on August 21, but he withdrew from the competition shortly before their start [6] .
The only female representative from Chad was a 400-meter runner of Kaltum Najin. Her best result for the 2004 season was 50.80 seconds with the required qualification criteria of “A” 51.50 seconds [4] [7] . At past Olympics, Najina reached the semi-finals of [3] On August 21, she ran the second qualifying race. She became the third among seven participants in the race with a result of 51.50 seconds, losing only to American Monica Hennagan (51.02 seconds) and Bulgarian (51.29 seconds). The third place in the race allowed Nadzhina to reach the semifinals on the next day, August 22. Najina fled in the second of three runs, finished fifth with a score of 51.57 seconds and could not qualify for the finals. The race was won by the representative of the Bahamas Tonic Williams-Darling , overtaking Najina by 1.57 seconds [8] .
- Designations
- Note - Places for participants in competitions in running disciplines are given according to the results of the race
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- DNS = Filmed before the start of the competition
| Sportsman | Discipline | Qualification | Quarter final | Semifinal | The final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | A place | Result | A place | Result | A place | Result | A place | ||
| 100 m (men) | DNS | I failed | |||||||
| Kaltuma Najina | 51.50 | 3 Q | not carried out | 51.57 | five | did not pass | |||
Notes
- ↑ 2004 Athens: Flag Bearers for the Opening Ceremony , IOC (13 August 2004). Date of treatment September 11, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Chad . Sports Reference . Date of treatment October 23, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Chad's top runner longs to run for Canada , CBC Sports (March 15, 2001). Date of appeal October 26, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad - Athens 2004 Entry Standards . International Association of Athletics Federations . Date of appeal October 26, 2016.
- ↑ Djikoloum Mobele . International Association of Athletics Federations. Date of appeal October 26, 2016.
- ↑ Results - Athletics: 100m , BBC Sport (August 22, 2004). Date of appeal October 26, 2016.
- ↑ Kaltouma Nadjina . International Association of Athletics Federations. Date of appeal October 26, 2016.
- ↑ Results - Athletics: 400m , BBC Sport (August 24, 2004). Date of appeal October 26, 2016.
Sources
- Grasso, John. Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement / John Grasso, Bill Mallon, Jeroen Heijmans. - 5th. - Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015 .-- ISBN 978-1-4422-4859-5 .
- Zuchora-Walske, Christine. Chad in Pictures. - Minneapolis, MN: Twenty-First Century Books, 2009 .-- ISBN 978-1-57505-956-3 .