Gabon was represented at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece by the Gabonese Olympic Committee.
In total, five athletes including three men and two women represented Gabon in four different sports including athletics, boxing and judo.
Competitors In total, five athletes represented Gabon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece across four different sports.
SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 1 2Boxing 2 – 2Judo 0 1 1 Total 3 2 5
Athletics
In total, two Gabonese athletes participated in the athletics events – Wilfried Bingangoye in the men's 100 m and Marlyse Nsourou in the women's 800 m.
The heats for the men's 100 m took place on 21 August 2004. Bingangoye finished eighth in his heat in a time of 10.76 seconds and he did not advance to the quarter-finals.
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankWilfried Bingangoye100 m10.768did not advance
The heats for the women's 800 m took place on 20 August 2004. Nsourou finished seventh in her heat in a time of two minutes 12.35 seconds and she did not advance to the semi-finals.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankMarlyse Nsourou800 m2:12.35 NR7did not advance
Boxing
In total, two Gabonese athletes participated in the boxing events – Taylor Mabika in the light heavyweight category and Petit Jesus Ngnitedem in the bantamweight category.
The first round of the light heavyweight category took place on 14 August 2004. Mabika lost to Elias Pavlidis of Greece and was eliminated from the competition.
The first round of the bantamweight category took place on 17 August 2004. Ngnitedem lost to Nestor Bolum of Nigeria and was eliminated from the competition.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankPetit Jesus NgnitedemBantamweightL 17–23did not advanceTaylor MabikaLight heavyweightL 17–32did not advance
Judo
In total, one Gabonese athlete participated in the judo events – Mélanie Engoang in the women's −78 kg category.
The women's –78 kg category took place on 19 August 2004. In the first round, Engoang lost by ippon to Amy Cotton of Canada.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMélanie EngoangWomen's −78 kgL 0000–1000did not advance
References
External links Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad