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.
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
Barbadian 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).
Men AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankStephen Jones110 m hurdles13.56 NR4 Q13.856Did not advanceObadele Thompson100 m10.082 Q10.122 Q10.224 Q10.107
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankAndrea Blackett400 m hurdles56.496Did 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 AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankBarry FordeMen's sprint10.59767.94313LW 10.73167.095LW 11.29463.750L, LDid not advance5th place finalL6
Judo
Barbados has qualified a single judoka.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankBarry Kirk JackmanMen's −100 kgL 0010–1101Did not advance
Shooting
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankMichael MaskellSkeet117=31Did not advance
Swimming
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 AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankDamian Alleyne100 m freestyle51.8948Did not advance200 m freestyle1:52.8934Did not advanceBradley Ally100 m breaststroke1:04.7141Did not advance200 m breaststroke2:18.6435Did not advance200 m individual medley2:03.2923Did not advance400 m individual medley4:24.7025colspan=2 Did not advanceTerrence Haynes50 m freestyle23.9056Did not advanceNicholas Neckles100 m backstroke56.3225Did not advance200 m backstroke2:02.8423Did not advance
See also Barbados at the 2003 Pan American Games Barbados at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
References
External links Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad Barbados Olympic Association