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| NOC = PAN
| NOCname = Comité Olímpico de Panamá
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 2004
| flagcaption = 
| oldcode = 
| website = {{url|www.copanama.com }}&nbsp;{{in lang|es}}
| location = [[Athens]]
| competitors = '''4'''
| sports = 2
| flagbearer = [[Eileen Coparropa]]<ref name=coparropa/>
| rank = 
| gold = 0
| silver = 0
| bronze = 0
| officials = 
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1928
| app_end_year = 
| summerappearances = 
| winterappearances = 
| seealso = 
}}

[[Panama]] competed at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]], [[Greece]], from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Olympics since its debut in 1920. This team consisted of two people, a man and a woman. Panama did not compete on four occasions, including the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in Moscow, because of its partial support of the [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|United States boycott]].

Comité Olímpico de Panamá sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] in [[Helsinki]]. A total of four athletes, three men and one woman, competed only in athletics and swimming. Freestyle swimmer, Pan American Games medalist, and three-time Olympian [[Eileen Coparropa]] reprised her role to carry the Panamanian flag in the opening ceremony for the third consecutive time since her debut, as a fifteen-year-old, in 1996.<ref name=coparropa>{{cite news|last=Rodriguez|first=Daniel|title=Coparropa es la abanderada para Atenas 2004|trans-title=Coparropa is the flag bearer for Athens 2004|url=http://mensual.prensa.com/mensual/contenido/2004/07/18/hoy/deportes/1766808.html|publisher=[[La Prensa (Panama City)|La Prensa]]|date=18 July 2004|access-date=4 May 2014}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Panama has yet to claim its first Olympic medal after the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]]. Track star [[Bayano Kamani]] narrowly missed out on the medal podium after earning a highest result for the Panamanian team in the men's 400 m hurdles with an astonishing fifth-place finish.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kamani – Beijing and beyond|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/kamani-beijing-and-beyond|publisher=[[IAAF]]|date=6 November 2005|access-date=4 May 2014}}</ref> 

==Athletics==
{{main|Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics}}
Panamanian 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).<ref>{{cite web|title=iaaf.org – Top Lists|url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html|publisher=IAAF|access-date=June 4, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/olympic-games-athens|publisher=[[IAAF]]|access-date=4 June 2011}}</ref>

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;Key
*'''Note'''&ndash;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}}

;Men
;Track & road events
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|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
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!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Bayano Kamani]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]]
|49.37
|5 '''q'''
|48.23 '''[[Panamanian records in athletics|NR]]'''
|2 '''Q'''
|48.74
|5
|}

;Field events
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualification
!colspan="2"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Distance
!Position
!Distance
!Position
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Irving Saladino]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump|Long jump]]
|7.42
|36
|colspan=2|did not advance
|}

==Swimming==
{{main|Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics}}
Panamanian 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
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|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Ismael Ortiz]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]
|51.74
|45
|colspan=4|did not advance
|}

;Women
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Eileen Coparropa]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]
|25.57
|12 '''Q'''
|25.37
|=13
|colspan=2|did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]
|57.09
|30
|colspan=4|did not advance
|}

==See also==
* [[Panama at the 2003 Pan American Games]]
* [[Panama at the 2004 Summer Paralympics]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080611091801/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2004/Results/ Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad]
*[http://www.conpanama.org/ Panama Olympic Committee] {{in lang|es}}

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