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Trinidad and Tobago at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Website
  
www.ttoc.org

Flag bearer
  
Ato Boldon

Competitors
  
19 in 4 sports

Trinidad and Tobago at the 2004 Summer Olympics

IOC code
  
TTO (TRI used at these Games)

NOC
  
Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee

Medals Ranked 71st
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 1 1

Trinidad and Tobago competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation, although it had previously appeared in four editions as part of the British colony and the West Indies Federation. Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee sent a total of nineteen athletes to the Games, ten men and nine women, to compete only in track and field (the largest by sport), shooting, swimming, and taekwondo, which made its Olympic debut; the nation's team size was relatively similar to the record in Sydney four years earlier.

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Eight athletes from the Trinidad and Tobago team had previously competed in Sydney, including swimmer and double Pan American Games champion George Bovell, sprinters Ato Modibo, who later married to Caymanian athlete Cydonie Mothersille, and Ato Boldon, who became the most decorated athlete for Trinidad and Tobago with a staggering record of four Olympic medals. Because of his repeated successes and being the most sophisticated athlete of the team as a four-time Olympian, Boldon reprised his role to carry the Trinidad and Tobago flag in the opening ceremony for the second time.

Trinidad and Tobago left Athens with a remarkable historic milestone from George Bovell, being the nation's first ever swimmer to win an Olympic bronze medal in the men's 200 m individual medley.

Athletics

Trinidad and Tobago 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).

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
    Field events
    Women
    Track & road events
    Field events
    Combined events – Heptathlon

    Shooting

    One Trinidad and Tobago shooter qualified to compete in the following events:

    Men

    Swimming

    Trinidad and Tobago 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
    Women

    Taekwondo

    Trinidad and Tobago has qualified a single taekwondo jin through the North and South American Qualification Tournament.

    References

    Trinidad and Tobago at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wikipedia