Tunisia at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Template:Infobox Olympics Tunisia

Tunisia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Olympics, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its partial support to the United States boycott.

The Tunisian Olympic Committee (Template:Lang-fr, CNOT) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games, surpassing the record by three athletes short in Atlanta eight years earlier. A total of 54 athletes, 44 men and 10 women, competed only in 14 sports. men's football, and men's indoor volleyball were the only team-based sports in which Tunisia had its representation at these Olympic Games. Among the sports played by the athletes, Tunisia marked its Olympic debut in artistic gymnastics and taekwondo. Five Tunisian athletes had previously competed in Sydney, including race walker Hatem Ghoula, and swimmer Oussama Mellouli, who won the bronze at the 2003 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.^[1] Meanwhile, volleyball team captain Noureddine Hfaiedh was the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[2]

Tunisia left Athens without a single Olympic medal, since long distance runner Mohammed Gammoudi claimed the Olympic title in the men's 5000 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Before becoming the first Olympian to take both the pool and open water titles in the history, Mellouli started to flourish his swimming career with a brilliant fifth-place finish in the men's 400 m individual medley.^[3]

Athletics

Tunisian 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]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hatem Ghoula	20 km walk	—				1:22:59	11
Sofiane Labidi	400 m	46.04	3	Did not advance
Lotfi Turki	3000 m steeplechase	DNS		—		Did not advance

Women
Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Aida Sellam	Javelin throw	57.76	24	Did not advance

Boxing

Tunisia sent five boxers to Athens.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Walid Cherif	Flyweight	Izoria (GEO) L 14–24	Did not advance
Saifeddine Nejmaoui	Featherweight	Djelkhir (FRA) L 13–38	Did not advance
Taoufik Chobba	Lightweight	Little (AUS) L 8–27	Did not advance
Mohamed Ali Sassi	Light welterweight	Blain (FRA) L 14–36	Did not advance
Mohamed Sahraoui	Middleweight	Balzsay (HUN) L 24–29	Did not advance

Fencing

Two Tunisian fencers qualified for the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Maher Ben Aziza	Individual foil	Tiomkin (USA) L 10–15	Did not advance
Mohamed Rebai	Individual sabre	Agresta (BRA) L 14–15	Did not advance

Football

Men's tournament

The Tunisia national football team qualified for the Olympics after winning a very tight group with three other African football powers, Nigeria, Senegal and Egypt.^[6]

Roster

Template:2004 Summer Olympics Tunisia men's football team roster

Group play

Template:2004 Summer Olympics men's football group C standings

11 August 2004

20:30

Tunisia	1 – 1	Australia
Zitouni 69'	Report	Aloisi 45'

Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion

Attendance: 15,757

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

14 August 2004

20:30

Argentina	2 – 0	Tunisia
Tevez 39' Saviola 72'	Report

Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras

Attendance: 5,512

Referee: Éric Poulat (France)

17 August 2004

20:30

Serbia and Montenegro	2 – 3	Tunisia
Krasić 70' Vukčević 87'	Report	Clayton 41' Jedidi 83' (pen.) Zitouni 89'

Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras

Attendance: 5,512

Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Wajdi Bouallègue	All-around	9.112	8.950	8.562	9.025	8.350	8.512	52.511	47	Did not advance

Judo

Four Tunisian judoka (one male and three females) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anis Lounifi	−60 kg	Pak N-C (PRK) W 1000–0001	Stanev (RUS) L 0000–1001	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Saida Dhahri	−63 kg	Tanimoto (JPN) L 0000–1000	Did not advance			Maza (ECU) W 1010–0000	Chisholm (CAN) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Houda Ben Daya	−78 kg	Bye	Silva (BRA) L 0001–1020	Did not advance
Insaf Yahyaoui	+78 kg	Bye	Sun Fm (CHN) L 0000–1010	Did not advance		Bye	Chalá (ECU) W 0120–0000	Blanco (VEN) W 1012–0000	Donguzashvili (RUS) L 0000–0210	5

Rowing

Tunisian rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ibtissem Trimech	Single sculls	8:15.87	6 R	7:56.19	4 SD/E	8:14.73	6 FD	7:51.21	19

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Tunisian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Foued Ourabi	Mistral	23	31	27	21	21	19	25	19	25	15	16	211	23

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Swimming

Tunisian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anouar Ben Naceur	200 m freestyle	1:54.69	50	Did not advance
Oussama Mellouli	1500 m freestyle	15:18.98	14	—		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:01.94 AF	15 Q	2:01.11 AF	9	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:16.68	=6 Q	—		4:14.49 AF	5

Table tennis

Two Tunisian table tennis players qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nesrine Ben Kahia	Women's singles	Erdelji (SCG) L 0–4	Did not advance
Olfa Guenni	Women's singles	Cada (CAN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Nesrine Ben Kahia Olfa Guenni	Women's doubles	Menaifi / Nechab (ALG) W 4–2	Huang I-H / Lu Y-F (TPE) L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Three Tunisian taekwondo jin qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohamed Omrani	Men's −68 kg	Massimino (AUS) L 2–7	Did not advance
Hichem Hamdouni	Men's −80 kg	Obiorah (NGR) W 16–11	Tanrıkulu (TUR) L 2–7	Did not advance	Geisler (PHI) W RSC	Karami (IRI) L 4–12	Did not advance	5
Mounira Nahdi	Women's −67 kg	Benabderassoul (MAR) L 2–6	Did not advance

Volleyball

Tunisia has qualified a men's team for the indoor tournament after earning a spot from the African Championships.

Men's tournament

Roster

Template:2004 Summer Olympics Tunisia men's volleyball team roster

Group play

Template:2004 Summer Olympics men's volleyball group A standings

15 August 2004 19:30	Tunisia	0 – 3	' Greece'	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 8,200 Referees: Valdir Dellaqua (BRA), Fernando Nava (MEX)
	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total result

17 August 2004 09:00	Tunisia	2 – 3	' Argentina'	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 888 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Ryszard Dietrich (POL)
	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total result

19 August 2004 16:00	'Serbia and Montenegro '	3 – 0	Tunisia	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 3,430 Referees: Abdullah Al-Khelaifi (KSA), Valdir Dellaqua (BRA)
	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total result

21 August 2004 14:00	Tunisia	1 – 3	' Poland'	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 4,600 Referees: Patricia Salvatore (USA), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total result

23 August 2004 09:00	'France '	3 – 1	Tunisia	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 1,860 Referees: Francisco Medina (CUB), Fernando Nava (MEX)
	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total result

Weightlifting

Two Tunisian weightlifters qualified for the following events:

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Youssef Sbaî	Men's −69 kg	~~147.5~~	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Hayet Sassi	Women's −63 kg	95	=4	120	4	215	4

Wrestling

Key:

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

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Classification	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fadhila Louati	−48 kg	Psatha (GRE) L 0–5 ^VT	Merleni (UKR) L 0–4 ^ST	Karamchakova (TJK) L 0–5 ^VT	4	Did not advance			14

References

^ "Phelps finishes with another world record". USA Today. 27 July 2003. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ "2004 Athens: Flag Bearers for the Opening Ceremony". Olympics. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
^ Thomas, Stephen (14 August 2004). "New World Record as Michael "the Machine" Lowers 'his' 400 IM Yet Again! Vendt takes Silver, as USA Goes 1-2". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
^ "Games of the XXVIII Olympiad Football Qualifying Tournament". Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. 13 March 2005. Retrieved 26 June 2008.

External links

[1] "Phelps finishes with another world record". USA Today. 27 July 2003. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

[hfaiedh-2] "2004 Athens: Flag Bearers for the Opening Ceremony". Olympics. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2013.

[3] Thomas, Stephen (14 August 2004). "New World Record as Michael "the Machine" Lowers 'his' 400 IM Yet Again! Vendt takes Silver, as USA Goes 1-2". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 16 March 2013.

[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.

[6] "Games of the XXVIII Olympiad Football Qualifying Tournament". Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. 13 March 2005. Retrieved 26 June 2008.

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Athletics

Boxing

Fencing

Football

Men's tournament

Gymnastics

Artistic

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Volleyball

Men's tournament

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

References

External links