Trinidad and Tobago at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Trinidad and Tobago
competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics
in Athens
, Greece
.
Trinidad and Tobago sent 19 athletes to compete in Athens, most of them in swimming
and athletics
.
had not run a sub 10-second 100 metres since the 2001 World Championships
, the men's relay team's silver medal at the 2003 Pan Am Games
was heartening, as teams from the Americas had swept the podium in Atlanta and Sydney.
Only two of the individual runners made it to the second round, and none made a final. Two field athletes, Cleopatra Borel and Candice Scott
made the first part of their finals, but could not move into the top 8 to earn the three extra attempts in the second half of the final. The men's relay team did make the final, and was again the second placed team from the Americas, but five teams from other continents finished ahead of them.
Men's 100 metres
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Marc Burns committed the second false start of his heat.
Men's 400 metres
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Men's 800 metres
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Men's 4x100 metre Relay:
Men's Triple Jump
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Women's 100 metres
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Women's 4x100 metre Relay:
Women's Shot Put
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Women's Hammer Throw
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Women's Heptathlon
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Men's 10 metre Air Pistol:
entered the Athens games with the potential to change that. Bovell was a double gold medalist at the 2003 Pan American Games
, finished fifth in the 200 metre IM at the 2003 Worlds, and was the short course world record holder in the 200 metre IM. Bovell lived up to these expectations, handily qualifying for the 200 metre IM final, and holding off Hungary's László Cseh
by just 0.04 seconds to secure a bronze medal. The race for medals behind Michael Phelps
was so close that Bovell was also just 0.02 seconds away from a silver medal.
Men's 50 metre Freestyle
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Men's 100 metre Freestyle
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Men's 200 metre Freestyle
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Men's 200 metre Individual Medley
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Women's 50 metre Freestyle
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Women's 100 metre Freestyle
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in the men's 400 metres, Onika James in the women's pole vault and Nicholas Bovell
in the men's 200m backstroke. Bovell was forced to pull out due to injury. The other four were relay alternates, Cleavon Dillon and Melvin Nero for the men, and Kennan Gibson and Kimberly Walker for the women.
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
.
Trinidad and Tobago sent 19 athletes to compete in Athens, most of them in swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...
and athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...
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Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swimming Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:... |
Men's 200 m individual medley | August 19 |
Athletics
All eight medals that Trinidad and Tobago had won in the Olympics since 1964 came in Athletics, and even though team star Ato BoldonAto Boldon
Ato Jabari Boldon is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic medal winner. Only 2 other men in history, Frankie Fredericks and Carl Lewis, have won as many Olympic individual event sprint medals. He is the current national record holder in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events...
had not run a sub 10-second 100 metres since the 2001 World Championships
2001 World Championships in Athletics
The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event had visited North America...
, the men's relay team's silver medal at the 2003 Pan Am Games
2003 Pan American Games
The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 1 to 17 August 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when this country had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America....
was heartening, as teams from the Americas had swept the podium in Atlanta and Sydney.
Only two of the individual runners made it to the second round, and none made a final. Two field athletes, Cleopatra Borel and Candice Scott
Candice Scott
Candice Henrietta Scott is a track and field athlete who is a hammer throw specialist from Trinidad and Tobago.Her personal best throw is 71.45 metres, achieved in May 2005 in Marietta, Georgia....
made the first part of their finals, but could not move into the top 8 to earn the three extra attempts in the second half of the final. The men's relay team did make the final, and was again the second placed team from the Americas, but five teams from other continents finished ahead of them.
Men's 100 metres
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres was of one of 23 track events of the athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens. It was contested at the Athens Olympic Stadium, from August 21 to August 22, by a total of 84 sprinters from 63 nations....
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- Nicconnor AlexanderNicconnor AlexanderNicconnor Alexander is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 100 metres.He attended Abilene Christian University, Texas, USA and graduated with a BS in industrial technology in 2003....
- Round 1 — 10.22 (3rd in heat 10, Qualified, overall 18th)
- Round 2 — 10.48 (7th in heat 3, did not advance, 39th overall)
- Ato BoldonAto BoldonAto Jabari Boldon is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic medal winner. Only 2 other men in history, Frankie Fredericks and Carl Lewis, have won as many Olympic individual event sprint medals. He is the current national record holder in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events...
- Round 1 — 10.41 (4th in heat 6, did not advance, overall 44th)
- Marc BurnsMarc BurnsMarc Burns is an athlete from Trinidad and Tobago specializing in the 100 metres and the 4x100 metres.Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he was disqualified from his 100 metres heat, thus failing to make it through to the second round.Marc Burns placed second in the men's 100 metres dash...
- Round 1 — disqualified (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Marc Burns committed the second false start of his heat.
Men's 400 metres
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres
-Qualification:The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's 400 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 45.55 seconds or faster during the qualification period...
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- Ato ModiboAto ModiboAto Stephens is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specialises in the 400 metres. He won a bronze medal at the 2003 CAC Championships, and took the silver at the 2005 edition...
- Round 1 — 46.29 (4th in heat 3, did not advance, 36th overall)
Men's 800 metres
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres
-Qualifying:From the initial nine heats the first two in each plus six fastest losers progressed through to the semi-finals.The final was made up of the first two finishers from each of the semi-finals plus two fastest losers.-Heats:...
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- Sherridan KirkSherridan KirkSherridan Kirk is an athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 800 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay. He attended the Kansas City Kansas Community College and Auburn University in the United States.-Achievements:...
- Round 1 — 1:48.12 (6th in heat 8, did not advance, 51st overall)
Men's 4x100 metre Relay:
- Nicconnor AlexanderNicconnor AlexanderNicconnor Alexander is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 100 metres.He attended Abilene Christian University, Texas, USA and graduated with a BS in industrial technology in 2003....
, Marc BurnsMarc BurnsMarc Burns is an athlete from Trinidad and Tobago specializing in the 100 metres and the 4x100 metres.Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he was disqualified from his 100 metres heat, thus failing to make it through to the second round.Marc Burns placed second in the men's 100 metres dash...
, Ato BoldonAto BoldonAto Jabari Boldon is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic medal winner. Only 2 other men in history, Frankie Fredericks and Carl Lewis, have won as many Olympic individual event sprint medals. He is the current national record holder in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events...
, and Darrel BrownDarrel BrownDarrel Brown is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 100 metres.In the beginning of his career he performed well in World Youth and Junior Championships. At the 2000 World Junior Championships he finished fourth in both 100 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay... - Round 1 — 38.53 (T-4th in heat 1, Qualified, T-5th overall) (Trinidad and Tobago Record)
- Final — 38.60 (7th overall)
Men's Triple Jump
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Triple Jump
The Men's Triple Jump event at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium.The triple jump has been ever present since the beginning of the modern Olympic Games in 1896....
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- Le Juan Simon
- Qualification — 16.16 m (17th in Group A, did not advance, 36th overall)
Women's 100 metres
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metres
The Women's 100 m at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 20, 2004 and August 21, 2004.-Records:...
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- Fana Ashby
- Round 1 — 11.43 (3rd in heat 3, Qualified, T-30th overall)
- Round 2 — 11.54 (7th in heat 3, did not advance, 28th overall)
Women's 4x100 metre Relay:
- Ayanna HutchinsonAyanna HutchinsonAyanna Hutchinson is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago.Hutchinson represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Wanda Hutson and Semoy Hackett...
, Wanda HutsonWanda HutsonWanda Hutson is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago.Wanda attended Port of Spain's Bishop Anstey High School in Trinidad. She went on to Southern Union State Community College in Auburn, Alabama, and eventually graduated from Abilene Christian...
, Fana Ashby, and Kelly Ann Baptiste - Round 1 — Did not finish
Women's Shot Put
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's shot put
The Shot Put events at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held on 18 August 2004 at the Ancient Olympia Stadium. It was originally planned to hold the discus throw at this venue, but it was discovered that the field was not large enough to accommodate the range of modern discus throwers, and would have...
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- Cleopatra Borel
- Qualification: 18.90 m (2nd in Group B, Qualified, 3rd overall) (Trinidad and Tobago Record)
- Final A — 18.35 m (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Women's Hammer Throw
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's Hammer Throw
The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium August 23 and August 25...
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- Candice ScottCandice ScottCandice Henrietta Scott is a track and field athlete who is a hammer throw specialist from Trinidad and Tobago.Her personal best throw is 71.45 metres, achieved in May 2005 in Marietta, Georgia....
- Round 1 — 68.27 m (7th in Group B, 'Qualified', 12th overall)
- Final A — 69.94 m (→ did not advance, 9th place) (Trindad and Tobago Record)
Women's Heptathlon
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's Heptathlon
The Women's Heptathlon event at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium.Sweden's Carolina Klüft had won the 2003 World Championship, becoming only the third woman over 7,000 points, with Eunice Barber, a native of Sierra Leone now...
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- Marsha Mark-Baird
- 5962 points (→ 25th overall)
- 100 metre Hurdles: 13.58 s (1039 points)
- High Jump: 1.70 m (855 points) (Total: 1894 points)
- Shot Put: 11.20 m (608 points) (Total: 2502 points)
- 200 metres: 25.11 s (877 points) (Total: 3379 points)
- Long Jump: 6.22 m (918 points) (Total: 4297 points)
- Javelin Throw: 49.90 (858 points) (Total: 5155 points)
- 800 metres: 2:12.21 (807 points) (Total: 5962 points)
- 5962 points (→ 25th overall)
Shooting
Men's 50 metre Pistol:- Roger Daniel
- Qualification — 545 points (→ 33rd overall)
Men's 10 metre Air Pistol:
- Roger Daniel
- Qualification — 574 points (→ T-27th overall)
Swimming
No athlete from the Caribbean had ever won a medal in Swimming, but Trinidad's George BovellGeorge Bovell
George Bovell III is a three-time Olympic swimmer from Trinidad and Tobago. He represented the country at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200 IM:the 9th medalist in the country's history and 12th medal overall...
entered the Athens games with the potential to change that. Bovell was a double gold medalist at the 2003 Pan American Games
2003 Pan American Games
The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 1 to 17 August 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when this country had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America....
, finished fifth in the 200 metre IM at the 2003 Worlds, and was the short course world record holder in the 200 metre IM. Bovell lived up to these expectations, handily qualifying for the 200 metre IM final, and holding off Hungary's László Cseh
László Cseh
László Cseh , is a four-time Olympic medalist Hungarian swimmer.-Personal:Cseh has competed in swimming from an early age, and has won numerous Hungarian swimming events. Cseh is coached by György Turi and Zoltán Nemes...
by just 0.04 seconds to secure a bronze medal. The race for medals behind Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...
was so close that Bovell was also just 0.02 seconds away from a silver medal.
Men's 50 metre Freestyle
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre freestyle
The men's 50 metre freestyle swimming event at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 19 and 20. The event was won by American Gary Hall Jr., the defending co-champion of this event from the 2000 Summer...
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- George BovellGeorge BovellGeorge Bovell III is a three-time Olympic swimmer from Trinidad and Tobago. He represented the country at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200 IM:the 9th medalist in the country's history and 12th medal overall...
- Heat — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 100 metre Freestyle
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre freestyle
The Men's 100 metre freestyle swimming event at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece.-Medalists:-Records:-Race Summary:...
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- George BovellGeorge BovellGeorge Bovell III is a three-time Olympic swimmer from Trinidad and Tobago. He represented the country at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200 IM:the 9th medalist in the country's history and 12th medal overall...
- Heat — 49.61 (12th overall, Qualified)
- Semifinal — 49.53 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Men's 200 metre Freestyle
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre freestyle
In the lead-up to the Men's 200 metre freestyle Final at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the race was billed as The Race of the Century due to its significance and high-class field....
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- George BovellGeorge BovellGeorge Bovell III is a three-time Olympic swimmer from Trinidad and Tobago. He represented the country at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200 IM:the 9th medalist in the country's history and 12th medal overall...
- Heat — 2:00.65 (3rd overall, Qualified)
- Semifinal — 1:49.59 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Men's 200 metre Individual Medley
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre individual medley
The final of the Men's 200 metres Individual Medley event at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held in Athens, Greece.-Records:-Heat 1:# Jorge Oliver, Puerto Rico 2:08.84# Georgios Dimitriadis, Cyprus 2:12.27...
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- George BovellGeorge BovellGeorge Bovell III is a three-time Olympic swimmer from Trinidad and Tobago. He represented the country at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200 IM:the 9th medalist in the country's history and 12th medal overall...
- Heat — 2:00.65 (3rd overall, Qualified)
- Semifinal — 2:00.31 (5th overall, Qualified)
- Final — 1:58.80 (→
Bronze Medal)
Women's 50 metre Freestyle
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 50 metre freestyle
These are the results of the Women's 50 metre freestyle, one of sixteen events for female competitors in Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-Records:-Heat 1:# Doli Akhter, – 30.72# Monika Bakale, – 31.61# Amira Edrahi, – 34.67-Heat 2:...
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- Sharntelle McLeanSharntelle McLeanSharntelle McLean is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Trinidad and Tobago. She swam for Trinidad and Tobago at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics...
- Heat — 26.86 (→ did not advance, 38th place)
Women's 100 metre Freestyle
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre freestyle
These are the results of the Women's 100 metre freestyle, one of sixteen events for female competitors in Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-Records:-Medalists:-Heat 1:# Carolina Cerqueda, Andorra 1:00.38...
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- Linda McEachrane
- Heat — 58.92 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)
Taekwondo
Men's Under 80 kgTaekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 80 kg
These are the results of the men's 80 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. A total of 16 men competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 80 kilograms...
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- Chinedum Osuji
- Round of 16 — Lost to Rashad Ahmadov of AzerbaijanAzerbaijan at the 2004 Summer OlympicsAzerbaijan competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-Medalists:-Athletics:MenWomen-Boxing:Azerbaijan sent 9 boxers to the Olympics. They won 2 bronze medals, with 3 other boxers falling in the quarterfinals. The combined record of the Azeri boxers was 15-9, with each boxer winning...
(3 - 10)
Non-competing Athletes
A total of 8 athletes were listed on initial entry lists, but did not compete in their events. The four from individual events were Julian Raeburn in the men's 200 metres, Damion BarryDamion Barry
Damion Barry is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 400 metres.His personal best time is 45.55 seconds, achieved in June 2005 in Port-of-Spain....
in the men's 400 metres, Onika James in the women's pole vault and Nicholas Bovell
Nicholas Bovell
Nicholas Bovell is an Olympic swimmer from Trinidad and Tobago. He is the younger brother of fellow Trinidad swimming Olympic George Bovell.Bovell represented his native country at the:*2008 Olympics,*2003 World Championships,...
in the men's 200m backstroke. Bovell was forced to pull out due to injury. The other four were relay alternates, Cleavon Dillon and Melvin Nero for the men, and Kennan Gibson and Kimberly Walker for the women.