Trinidad and Tobago at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Trinidad and Tobago
games=2004 Summer
competitors=19 (10 men, 9 women)
sports=4
flagbearer=Ato Boldon
gold=0
silver=0
bronze=1
total=1
rank=71

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.

Medalists

Bronze

* George Bovell — Swimming, Men's 200m Individual Medley

Results and competitors by event

=Athletics=

All eight medals that Trinidad and Tobago had won in the Olympics since 1964 came in Athletics, and even though team star Ato Boldon 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:
* Nicconnor Alexander:*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 Boldon:*Round 1 — 10.41 (4th in heat 6, did not advance, overall 44th)

* Marc Burns:*Round 1 — disqualified (→ did not advance, no ranking)Marc Burns committed the second false start of his heat.

Men's 400 metres:
* Ato Modibo:*Round 1 — 46.29 (4th in heat 3, did not advance, 36th overall)

Men's 800 metres:
* Sherridan Kirk:*Round 1 — 1:48.12 (6th in heat 8, did not advance, 51st overall)

Men's 4x100 metre Relay:
* Nicconnor Alexander, Marc Burns, Ato Boldon, and Darrel Brown:*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:
* Le Juan Simon :*Qualification — 16.16 m (17th in Group A, did not advance, 36th overall)

Women's 100 metres:
* 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 Hutchinson, Wanda Hutson, Fana Ashby, and Kelly Ann Baptiste:*Round 1 — Did not finish

Women's Shot Put:
* 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:
* Candice Scott:* 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:
* 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)

=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 Bovell 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 [cite news |author= |title= Player Bio: George Bovell|url=http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/bovell_george00.html |work= Auburn University|date= |accessdate= 2008-06-26] . Bovell lived up to these expectations, handily qualifying for the 200 metre IM final, and holding off Hungary's Laszlo 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:
* George Bovell :*Heat — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100 metre Freestyle:
* George Bovell :*Heat — 49.61 (12th overall, "Qualified"):*Semifinal — 49.53 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Men's 200 metre Freestyle:
* George Bovell :*Heat — 2:00.65 (3rd overall, "Qualified"):*Semifinal — 1:49.59 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Men's 200 metre Individual Medley:
* George Bovell :*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:
* Sharntelle McLean :*Heat — 26.86 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Women's 100 metre Freestyle:
* Linda McEachrane :*Heat — 58.92 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

=Taekwondo=

Men's Under 80 kg:
* Chinedum Osuji:*Round of 16 — Lost to Rashad Ahmadov of Azerbaijan (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 Barry 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 [cite news |author= |title= Player Bio: Nicholas Bovell|url=http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/bovell_nick00.html |work= Auburn University|date= |accessdate= 2008-06-26] . The other four were relay alternates, Cleavon Dillon and Melvin Nero for the men, and Kennan Gibson and Kimberly Walker for the women.

Officials

*President: Mr. Douglas Camacho
*Secretary General: Mr. Elton A. Prescott

References

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