São Tomé and Príncipe at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens | ||||||||||
Competitors | 2 in 1 sport | |||||||||
Flag bearer | Fumilay Fonseca | |||||||||
Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 0 |
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Olympic history (summary) | ||||||||||
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São Tomé and Príncipe competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, which was held from 13 to 29 August 2004. The country's participation at Athens marked its third appearance in the Summer Olympics since its debut in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Two track and field athletes, Yazaldes Nascimento and Fumilay Fonseca were selected to the team by wildcard places, without having qualified at any sporting event as the nation had no athletes that met either the "A" or "B" qualifying standards. Fonseca was selected as flag bearer for the opening ceremony.
Background
São Tomé and Príncipe participated in three Summer Olympic games between its debut in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1] The São Tomé and Príncipe National Olympic Committee (NOC) selected two athletes via wildcards. Usually, an NOC would be able to enter up to 3 qualified athletes in each individual event as long as each athlete met the "A" standard, or 1 athlete per event if they met the "B" standard.[2] However, since São Tomé and Príncipe had no athletes that met either standard, they were allowed to select two athletes, one of each gender, as wildcards. The two athletes that were selected to compete in the Athens games were Yazaldes Nascimento in the Men's 100 meters and Fumilay Fonseca in the Women's 20 kilometers walk.[3] Fonseca was flag bearer for the opening ceremony.[4]
Athletics
Making his Summer Olympics debut, Yazaldes Nascimento qualified for the 2004 Athens Games as a wildcard, without competing in any notable sporting event.[5][6] He competed on 21 August in Heat 1 against seven other athletes. He ran a time of 11.00 seconds, finishing last.[7] Singapore's Poh Seng Song placed ahead of him (10.75 seconds), in a heat led by Namibia's Frank Fredericks (10.12 seconds). Out of 84 athletes, Nascimento ranked 67th and was 0.65 seconds behind the slowest athlete that progressed to the quarter-finals. Therefore, that was the end of his competition.[8]
Competing at her first Summer Olympics, Fumilay Fonseca was notable for carrying the São Tomé and Príncipe flag at the opening ceremony and for becoming the youngest person to represent the nation aged 16 years, a record that still stands today.[1][4][9] She qualified for the 2004 Athens Games after being granted a wildcard place as she had not competed in any notable sporting event.[10] She competed in the 20 kilometer walk on 23 August against 56 other athletes. She finished last of the 52 that finished with a time of 2 minutes and 4.54 seconds.[11] Mauritius' Yolene Raffin ranked ahead of her with a time of 1 minute 49.28 seconds. By comparison, the woman who won the gold medal, Greece's Athanasia Tsoumeleka, posted a time of 1 minute and 29.12 seconds, 35.42 seconds faster than Fonseca's time.[11]
- 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
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Yazaldes Nascimento | 100 m | 11.00 | 8 | Did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Result | Rank | ||
Fumilay Fonseca | 20 km walk | 2:04:54 | 52 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sports Reference – Countries – São Tomé and Príncipe". Sports Reference. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ↑ "Sports Reference - Athens 2004 - São Tomé and Príncipe". Sports Reference. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "2004 Athens: Flag Bearers for the opening ceremony". Olympics. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ "Yazaldes Nascimento". Sports Reference. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ "IAAF - Athletes - Mauritania - Yazaldes Nascimento - Honours". IAAF. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ "IAAF – Results – Olympic Games – 2004 – Men – 100 meters – Heats – Results". IAAF. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ "IAAF – Results – Olympic Games – 2004 – Men – 100 meters – Heats – Summary". IAAF. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ "Fumilay Fonseca". Sports Reference. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ "IAAF - Athletes - Mauritania - Fumilay Fonseca - Honours". IAAF. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "IAAF – Results – Olympic Games – 2004 – Women – 20 Kilometers Walk – Final – Results". IAAF. Retrieved 8 February 2015.