Barbados at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Barbados competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This nation marked its ninth appearance at the Olympics, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the United States boycott.

The Barbados Olympic Association sent the nation's smallest team to the Games since the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. A total of ten athletes, nine men and one woman, competed only in five different sports. Half of them had previously competed in Sydney, including track star and Olympic bronze medalist Obadele Thompson, and four-time Olympic skeet shooter Michael Maskell, who later became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.<ref name="mike-mas">Template:Cite news</ref>

Barbados left Athens without a single Olympic medal, although Thompson managed to achieve a seventh-place finish in the 100 metres as the nation's highest result.

Athletics

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Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Stephen Jones	110 m hurdles	13.56 NR	4 Q	13.85	6	Did not advance
Obadele Thompson	100 m	10.08	2 Q	10.12	2 Q	10.22	4 Q	10.10	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrea Blackett	400 m hurdles	56.49	6	Did not advance

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Cycling

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Barry Forde	Men's sprint	10.597 67.943	13	Template:FlagIOCathlete L	Template:FlagIOCathlete Template:FlagIOCathlete W 10.731 67.095	Template:FlagIOCathlete L	Template:FlagIOCathlete Template:FlagIOCathlete W 11.294 63.750	Template:FlagIOCathlete L, L	Did not advance	5th place final Template:FlagIOCathlete Template:FlagIOCathlete Template:FlagIOCathlete L	6

Judo

Template:Main article Barbados has qualified a single judoka.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Barry Kirk Jackman	Men's −100 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0010–1101	Did not advance

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michael Maskell	Skeet	117	=31	Did not advance

Swimming

Template:Main article Barbadian 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):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Damian Alleyne	100 m freestyle	51.89	48	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:52.89	34	Did not advance
Bradley Ally	100 m breaststroke	1:04.71	41	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:18.64	35	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:03.29	23	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:24.70	25	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Terrence Haynes	50 m freestyle	23.90	56	Did not advance
Nicholas Neckles	100 m backstroke	56.32	25	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:02.84	23	Did not advance

See also

• Barbados at the 2003 Pan American Games
• Barbados at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Barbados Olympic Association

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