Tunisia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

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Tunisia at the
2004 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Tunisia.svg
IPC code TUN
NPC Tunisian Paralympic Committee
in Athens
Competitors22 in 1 sport
Medals
Ranked 22nd
Gold
8
Silver
7
Bronze
3
Total
18
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Tunisia participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. Tunisians athletes won a total of eight gold medals, seven silver and three bronze. [1]

Contents

Medallists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Maher Bouallegue Athletics Men's 1500m T13
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mohamed Charmi Athletics Men's 1500m T37
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Maher Bouallegue Athletics Men's 5000m T12
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Maher Bouallegue Athletics Men's 10000m T13
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mohamed Charmi
Farhat Chida
Fares Hamdi
Abbes Saidi
Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay T35-38
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Afrah Gomdi Athletics Women's shot put F40
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Enna Ben Abidi Athletics Women's discus throw F40
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Afrah Gomdi Athletics Women's javelin throw F40
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Farhat Chida Athletics Men's 200m T38
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Maher Bouallegue Athletics Men's 800m T12
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mohamed Charmi Athletics Men's 800m T37
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Abbes Saidi Athletics Men's 800m T38
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Haissem Ben Halima Athletics Men's discus throw F37
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Afrah Gomdi Athletics Women's discus throw F40
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Enna Ben Abidi Athletics Women's javelin throw F40
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Farhat Chida Athletics Men's 100m T38
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Enna Ben Abidi Athletics Women's shot put F40
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Fatma Kachroudi Athletics Women's discus throw F37

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Ahmed Belhaj Ali T12 100m 11.5516did not advance
Mohamed Farhat Belkhir T54 800m 1:37.8814did not advance
5000m 10:30.2615did not advance
10000m 21.12.6412did not advance
Marathon N/ADNF
Maher Bouallegue T12 800m 1:57.812 QN/A1:54.04Silver medal icon.svg
5000m N/A14:54.08 PRGold medal icon.svg
T13 1500m 4:02.191 QN/A3:51.09 WRGold medal icon.svg
10000m N/A32.02.16 PRGold medal icon.svg
Mohamed Charmi T37 800m 2:08.85 WR1 QN/A2:05.10Silver medal icon.svg
1500m N/A4:22.09Gold medal icon.svg
Farhat Chida T38 100m 11.874 QN/A11.64Bronze medal icon.svg
200m 23.773 QN/A23.37Silver medal icon.svg
400m 52.742 QN/A54.436
Fares Hamdi T37 200m DNFdid not advance
Abbes Saidi T38 800m N/A1:59.85Silver medal icon.svg
Mohamed Charmi
Farhat Chida
Fares Hamdi
Abbes Saidi
T35-38 4 × 400 m relay N/A3:38.92 WRGold medal icon.svg

Men's field

AthleteClassEventFinal
ResultPointsRank
Tsung Wei Arfaoui F46 Triple jump 11.66-10
Abdel Jabbar Dhifallah F37 Javelin 43.37-4
Ali Ghribi F58 Discus 44.48-8
Javelin 40.57-7
P54-58 Pentathlon 54244
Haissem Ben Halima F37 Discus 49.56-Silver medal icon.svg
Fares Hamdi F36-38 Long jump 5.489477
Tahar Lachheb F58 Discus 48.48-6
P54-58 Pentathlon 50097
Baraket Ltaief P54-58 Pentathlon 48409
Faouzi Rzig F35 Javelin 39.75-4

Women's track

AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Samira Berri T54 800m 1:54.538 qN/A1:54.148
1500m 3:38.879did not advance
5000m 13:48.0412 QN/A14:47.8013
Marathon N/ADNF
Souad Chamsi T54 1500m 3:48.6713did not advance
5000m 12:53.8710 QN/A12:33.408
Marathon N/A2:08:3810
Messaouda Sifi T54 100m 18.077 'qN/A18.218
800m 2:00.3415did not advance
Marathon N/A2:06:007

Women's field

AthleteClassEventFinal
ResultPointsRank
Enna Ben Abidi F40 Discus 27.08 WR-Gold medal icon.svg
Javelin 24.68-Silver medal icon.svg
Shot put 6.88-Bronze medal icon.svg
Hania Aidi F54/55 Discus 12.1980710
Javelin 12.229484
Shot put 4.4673314
Thouraya Gharbi F44/46 Long jump 4.3210744
Afrah Gomdi F40 Discus 25.73-Silver medal icon.svg
Javelin 32.05 WR-Gold medal icon.svg
Shot put 7.47 WR-Gold medal icon.svg
Fatma Kachroudi F37 Discus 26.15702Bronze medal icon.svg

Media

Tunisian broadcasting rights for the 2004 Games were acquired before the start of the Games. [2]

See also

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References

  1. "Jeux paralympiques de Beijing 2008: la Tunisie sera représentée par 35 athlètes", Xinhua, August 27, 2008
  2. Gilbert, Keith; Schantz, Otto J.; Schantz, Otto (2008-01-01). The Paralympic Games: Empowerment Or Side Show?. Meyer & Meyer Verlag. ISBN   9781841262659.