The Central African Republic was represented at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece by the Central African National Olympic and Sports Committee.
In total, four athletes including two men and two women represented the Central African Republic in three different sports including athletics, judo and taekwondo.
Competitors In total, four athletes represented the Central African Republic at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece across three different sports.
SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 1 2Judo 0 1 1Taekwondo 1 0 1 Total 2 2 4
Athletics
In total, two Central African athletes participated in the athletics events – Maria-Joëlle Conjungo in the women's 100 m hurdles and Ernest Ndjissipou in the men's marathon.
The men's marathon took place on 29 August 2004. Ndjissipou completed the course in a time of two hours 21 minutes 33 seconds to finish in 44th place overall.
AthleteEventFinalResultRankErnest NdjissipouMarathon2:21:2344
The heats for the women's 100 m hurdles took place on 22 August 2004. Conjungo finished eighth in her heat in a time of 14.24 seconds and she did not advance to the semi-finals.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankMaria-Joëlle Conjungo100 m hurdles14.248did not advance
Judo
In total, one Central African athlete participated in the judo events – Bertille Ali in the women's −48 kg category.
The women's –48 kg category took place on 14 August 2004. In the first round, Ali lost by ippon to Soraya Haddad of Algeria.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankBertille AliWomen's −48 kgL 0000–1110did not advance
Taekwondo
In total, one Central African athlete participated in the taekwondo events – Bertrand Gbongou Liango in the men's −68 kg category.
Liango led a score of 4–1 against Austria's Tuncay Çalışkan, but he was knocked unconscious during his match. Following a mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, he was taken to hospital and diagnosed with a concussion.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankBertrand Gbongou LiangoMen's −68 kgL did not advance
See also Central African Republic at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
References
External links Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad