Democratic Republic of the Congo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

The Democratic Republic of the Congo was represented at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece by the Congolese Olympic Committee.

In total, four athletes including three men and one woman represented the Democratic Republic of the Congo in two different sports including athletics and table tennis.

Competitors

In total, four athletes represented the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece across two different sports.<ref name="democratic republic of the congo">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Table tennis	2	0	2
Total	3	1	4

Athletics

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In total, two Congolese athletes participated in the athletics events – Noelly Mankatu Bibiche in the women's 800 m and Gary Kikaya in the men's 400 m.<ref name="democratic republic of the congo"/>

The heats for the men's 400 m took place on 20 August 2004. Kikaya finished fourth in his heat in a time of 45.57 seconds and he advanced to the semi-finals as one of the fastest losers. His fourth place was later upgraded to third after Anton Galkin of Russia was disqualified for doping. The semi-finals took place the following day. Kikaya finished sixth in his semi-final in a time of 45.58 seconds and he did not advance to the final.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gary Kikaya	400 m	45.57	4 q	45.58	6	did not advance

The heats for the women's 800 m took place on 20 August 2004. Bibiche finished sixth in her heat in a time of two minutes 6.23 seconds and she did not advance to the semi-finals.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Noelly Mankatu Bibiche	800 m	2:06.23	6	did not advance

Table tennis

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In total, two Congolese athletes participated in the table events – Momo Babungu and Jose Luyindula in the men's singles and the men's doubles.<ref name="democratic republic of the congo"/>

The first round of the men's singles took place on 14 August 2007. Babungu lost 11–5 11–8 11–8 11–8 to Monday Merotohun of Nigeria. Luyindula lost 11–8 11–8 11–4 11–7 to O Il of North Korea.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The first round of the men's doubles took place on 15 August 2007. Babungu and Luyindula lost 11–3 11–4 11–6 11–4 to Petr Korbel and Richard Vyborny of Czech Republic.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Momo Babungu	Men's singles	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–4	did not advance
Jose Luyindula		Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–4	did not advance
Momo Babungu Jose Luyindula	Men's doubles	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–4	did not advance

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Template:SR/Olympics country at games

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