| Noc: | TUN |
| Nocname: | Tunisian Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Athens |
| Competitors: | 54 |
| Sports: | 14 |
| Flagbearer: | Noureddine Hfaiedh |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Tunisia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Olympics, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its partial support to the United States boycott.
The Tunisian Olympic Committee (French: Comité National Olympique Tunisien, CNOT) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games, surpassing the record by three athletes short in Atlanta eight years earlier. A total of 54 athletes, 44 men and 10 women, competed only in 14 sports. men's football, and men's indoor volleyball were the only team-based sports in which Tunisia had its representation at these Olympic Games. Among the sports played by the athletes, Tunisia marked its Olympic debut in artistic gymnastics and taekwondo. Five Tunisian athletes had previously competed in Sydney, including race walker Hatem Ghoula, and swimmer Oussama Mellouli, who won the bronze at the 2003 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.[1] Meanwhile, volleyball team captain Noureddine Hfaiedh was the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[2]
See main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Tunisian 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).[3] [4]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Hatem Ghoula | 20 km walk | 1:22:59 | 11 | ||||
| Sofiane Labidi | 400 m | 46.04 | 3 | Did not advance | |||
| Lotfi Turki | 3000 m steeplechase | Did not advance | |||||
See main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Tunisia sent five boxers to Athens.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Walid Cherif | Flyweight | L 14–24 | Did not advance | |||||
| Saifeddine Nejmaoui | Featherweight | L 13–38 | Did not advance | |||||
| Taoufik Chobba | Lightweight | L 8–27 | Did not advance | |||||
| Mohamed Ali Sassi | Light welterweight | L 14–36 | Did not advance | |||||
| Mohamed Sahraoui | Middleweight | L 24–29 | Did not advance | |||||
See main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Tunisian fencers qualified for the following events:
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Maher Ben Aziza | Individual foil | L 10–15 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Mohamed Rebai | Individual sabre | L 14–15 | Did not advance | ||||||
See main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. The Tunisia national football team qualified for the Olympics after winning a very tight group with three other African football powers, Nigeria, Senegal and Egypt.[5]
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See main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Four Tunisian judoka (one male and three females) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Saida Dhahri | −63 kg | L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | W 1010–0000 | L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | |||||
| Houda Ben Daya | −78 kg | L 0001–1020 | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Insaf Yahyaoui | +78 kg | L 0000–1010 | Did not advance | W 0120–0000 | W 1012–0000 | L 0000–0210 | 5 | ||||
See main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Tunisian rowers qualified the following boats:
See main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Tunisian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.
See main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Tunisian 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):
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Anouar Ben Naceur | 200 m freestyle | 1:54.69 | 50 | Did not advance | |||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Oussama Mellouli | 1500 m freestyle | 15:18.98 | 14 | Did not advance | ||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:01.94 AF | 15 Q | 2:01.11 AF | 9 | Did not advance | ||
| 400 m individual medley | 4:16.68 | =6 Q | 4:14.49 AF | 5 | |||
See main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Tunisian table tennis players qualified for the following events.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Nesrine Ben Kahia | align=left rowspan=2 | Women's singles | L 0–4 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Olfa Guenni | L 0–4 | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Nesrine Ben Kahia Olfa Guenni | Women's doubles | W 4–2 | L 0–4 | Did not advance | ||||||
See main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Three Tunisian taekwondo jin qualified for the following events.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Mohamed Omrani | Men's −68 kg | L 2–7 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Hichem Hamdouni | Men's −80 kg | W 16–11 | L 2–7 | Did not advance | W | L 4-12 | Did not advance | 5 | |
| Mounira Nahdi | Women's −67 kg | L 2–6 | Did not advance | ||||||
See main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Tunisia has qualified a men's team for the indoor tournament after earning a spot from the African Championships.
See main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Tunisian weightlifters qualified for the following events:
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||||
| Youssef Sbaî | Men's −69 kg | — | — | — | ||||
| Hayet Sassi | Women's −63 kg | 95 | =4 | 120 | 4 | 215 | 4 | |
See main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.