Myanmar at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Myanmar 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, although it had previous competed in most games under the name Burma. Myanmar, however, did not participate at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal for political reasons.

Myanmar at the
2004 Summer Olympics
IOC codeMYA
NOCMyanmar Olympic Committee
Websitewww.myasoc.org (in Burmese)
in Athens
Competitors2 in 2 sports
Flag bearer U Hla Win (weightlifting coach)[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Burma (1948-1988)

Myanmar Olympic Committee sent only two women to compete only in archery and weightlifting, respectively.[2] Weightlifting coach U Hla Win was among the officials and coaches who carried their national flags in the opening ceremony.[1]

Myanmar, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal. On August 14, 2004, weightlifter Nan Aye Khine managed to achieve a fourth-place finish in the women's 48 kg class, but the International Olympic Committee decided to expel her from the Games when she was tested positive for an anabolic steroid three days later.[3]

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics

One Burmese archer qualified only for the women's individual archery. Thin Thin Khaing drew an opponent ranked 70 places ahead of her in the opening round, but made the most of it, managing to make it the closest match of the Games. Down one point with two arrows left, Thin hit a ten and watched her opponent score eight, pulling her ahead. However, her Polish opponent responded with a ten on her final shot to force a tie. On the first tiebreaker shot, both archers shot a nine, which they both repeated on the second shot. On the third shot, Sobieraj hit another nine, but Thin could only manage a seven, which eliminated her.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Thin Thin Khaing Women's individual 622 38  Sobieraj (POL)
L 151 (33)–151 (35)		 Did not advance

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Myanmar has qualified a single weightlifter.

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Nan Aye Khine Women's −48 kg 82.5 =4 107.5 =4 190 DSQ
gollark: That did *not* work.
gollark: ++tel graph
gollark: I... may have to manually edit the linking database?
gollark: ++tel graph
gollark: No, they just aren't real.

See also

References
  1. "2004 Athens: Flag Bearers for the Opening Ceremony". Olympics. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  2. "Six Myanmar athletes to compete in Beijing Olympics". Olympics. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2004.
  3. "IOC sanctions weightlifter from Myanmar for failing anti-doping test". Olympics. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2013.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.