Chad at the 2004 Summer Olympics
| Chad at the 2004 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
Flag bearer Kaltouma Nadjina[1] | | |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances ( overview) | ||
Background
Chad participated in ten
As of 2004, the highest number of Chadians participating at any one Games was six at both the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea, and at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Nor had any Chadian ever won a medal at an Olympics.[2]
The Chadian team for the 2004 Athens Games featured sprinter Kaltouma Nadjina in the women's 400 metres, who had previously competed for the nation at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.[5] Nadjina had trained in the United States and Canada, under an International Olympic Committee scholarship. But after refusing to move from Canada to Senegal following the 2000 Games, she lost her funding, and lived in a spare room of her coach John Cannon's house in Vancouver. Prior to the 2004 Games, she had considered switching her allegiance from Chad to Canada.[6]
Athletics
Chad was represented by one male athlete at the 2004 Games in athletics – Djikoloum Mobele in the 100 metres. He qualified for the 2004 Games through the use of a wildcard, since his season best time of 11.38 seconds for the 100 metres fell outside of the "B" qualifying standard of 10.28 seconds.[7][8] He had been due to compete in the seventh heat, taking place on 21 August, however Mobele did not start the race.[9]
The country's sole female athlete at the 2004 Games was Kaltouma Nadjina in the 400 metres. Her season best time of 50.80 seconds fell within the "A" qualifying time of 51.50 seconds.[7][10] At her previous appearance at the Olympics, she reached the semi-finals of the 400 metres.[6] Her first run of the Games took place in the second heat on 21 August. She placed third out of the seven athletes, with a time of 51.50 seconds, behind Monique Hennagan of the United States (51.02 seconds) and Bulgaria's Mariyana Dimitrova (51.29 seconds). Nadkina's third-place finish qualified her for the semi-finals. The following round took place on the following day, with Nadkina competing in the second of the three heats. She finished in fifth place with a time of 51.57 seconds, failing to qualify for the final. The heat was won by Bahamas' Tonique Williams-Darling, with a time 1.57 seconds ahead of Nadkina.[11]
- Key
- Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- DNS = Did not start
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Track events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Djikoloum Mobele | 100 m | DNS | Did not advance | ||||||
| Kaltouma Nadjina | 400 m | 51.50 | 3 Q | — | 51.57 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
Notes
- Olympics. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Chad". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ Grasso, Mallon & Heijmans 2015, p. lxxv.
- ^ Smith, Terence (20 January 1980). "The President Said Nyet". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ Zuchora-Walske 2009, p. 71.
- ^ a b Ewing, Lori (15 March 2001). "Chad's top runner longs to run for Canada". CBC Sports. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Djikoloum Mobele". International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Results – Athletics : 100m". BBC Sport. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Kaltouma Nadjina". International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Results – Athletics : 400m". BBC Sport. 24 August 2004. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
References
- Grasso, John; Mallon, Bill; Heijmans, Jeroen (2015). Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement (5th ed.). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-4859-5.
- Zuchora-Walske, Christine (2009). Chad in Pictures. Minneapolis, MN: Twenty-First Century Books. ISBN 978-1-57505-956-3.
