Senegal at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Senegal
games=2004 Summer
competitors=16 (6 men, 10 women)
sports=6
flagbearer=Malick Fall
officials=

Senegal competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Results by event

=Athletics=

Only two of the nine-person Senegalese athletics team managed to make it through the first round of their respective events. This included Fatou Bintou Fall, African champion in the 400 metres, but not 2001 World Champion Amy Thiam. Neither of the athletes who advanced managed to make into a medal final, and the top finish was Fall's 12th in the women's 400 metres.

Men's 200 metres:
*Oumar Loum
**Round 1: 20.97 s (6th in heat 6, did not advance, 37th overall)

Men's 800 metres:
*Abdoulaye Wagne
**Round 1: 1:47.95 (5th in heat 7, did not advance, 50th overall)

Men's Long Jump:
*Ndiss Kaba Badji
**Qualification: 7.74 m (14th in Group A, did not advance, 27th overall)

Women's 400 metres:
*Fatou Bintou Fall
**Round 1: 51.87 s (4th in heat 1, "Qualified", 21st overall)
** Semifinal: 51.21 s (4th in semifinal 2, did not advance, 12th overall)

*Amy Mbacke Thiam
** Round 1: 52.44 s (5th in heat 3, did not advance, 29th overall)

Women's 400 metre Hurdles:
*Mame Tacko Diouf
**Round 1: 57.25 s (6th in heat 4, did not advance, 29th overall)

Women's Long Jump:
*Kene Ndoye
**Qualification: 6.45 m (14th in Group A, did not advance, 22nd overall)

Women's Triple Jump:
*Kene Ndoye
**Qualification: 14.79 m (3rd in Group A, "Qualified", 4th overall)
**Final A: 14.18 m (14th overall, did not advance)

Women's 4x400 metre Relay:
*Aida Diop, Mame Tacko Diouf, Aminata Diouf, and Fatou Bintou Fall **Round 1: 3:35.18 (8th in heat 2, did not advance, 16th overall)

=Fencing=

Two Senegalese fencers went to Athens, but only one actually competed in her match, losing handily in the opening round. Neither fencer had a world ranking from the FIE, and so both were the lowest seeds in their respective draws.

Women's Épée:
*(39) Aminata Ndong
**Round of 64: Did not start

Women's Sabre:
*Nafi Toure
**Round of 32: Lost to Catalina Gheorghitoaia of Romania (6 - 15)

=Judo=

The lone Senegalese judoka at the Games fought a close bout with the eventual silver medalist in the second round, but eventually lost, and then lost her first round repechage match on a pair of lower value 'yuko' scores. Diedhiou survived the full five minutes in both her bouts, the only woman in her class to do so.

Women's 52 kg (Half-Lightweight):
*Hortense Diedhiou
**Round of 32: Bye
**Round of 16: Lost to Yuki Yokosawa of Japan (Yoko-shiho-gatame - waza-ari) (advanced to first repechage round)
**Repechage Round 1: Lost to Ri of North Korea (Sumi-otoshi - yuko)

=Swimming=

The two Senegalese swimmers competed in five events between them in Athens, but failed to advance beyond the opening heats in any of the five.

Men's 100 metre Breaststroke:
*Malick Fall
**Heat: 1:04.50 (40th overall, did not advance)

Men's 200 metre Breaststroke:
*Malick Fall
**Heat: 2:22.31 (43rd overall, did not advance)

Men's 200 metre Breaststroke:
*Malick Fall
**Heat: 2:12.13 (47th overall, did not advance)

Women's 200 metre Freestyle:
*Khadija Ciss
**Heat: 2:09.04 (40th overall, did not advance)

Women's 800 metre Freestyle:
*Khadija Ciss
**Heat: 9:20.06 (29th overall, did not advance)

=Table Tennis=

Men's Singles:
*Mohamed Gueye
**Round 1: Lost to Torben Wosik of Germany (4 - 11, 5 - 11, 6 - 11, 4 - 11)

=Wrestling=

Freestyle

Sene was unable to win any of his three group matches.

Men's Freestyle 84 kg:
* Matar Sene
**Pool 7
***Lost to Sazhid Sazhidov of Russia (0 - 4)
***Lost to Shamil Aliev of Tajikistan (3 - 6)
***Lost to Nicolae Ghita of Romania (3 - 11)
**4th in pool, did not advance (6 TP, 2 CP, 17th overall)

Officials

*President: Abdoulaye Seye-Moreau
*Secretary General: Sheikh Tall Bouya Thiare

References

* [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2004/Results/ Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad]

*cite book
last = Wallechinsky
first = David
authorlink = David Wallechinsky
coauthors = Jamie Loucky
title = The Complete Book of the Olympics : 2008 Edition
publisher = Aurum Press
year = 2008
location = London
pages =
isbn = 978-1845133306