| Tunisia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | TUN |
| NPC | Tunisian Paralympic Committee |
| in Athens | |
| Competitors | 22 in 1 sport |
| Medals Ranked 22nd |
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| 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]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Maher Bouallegue | Athletics | Men's 1500m T13 |
| Gold | Mohamed Charmi | Athletics | Men's 1500m T37 |
| Gold | Maher Bouallegue | Athletics | Men's 5000m T12 |
| Gold | Maher Bouallegue | Athletics | Men's 10000m T13 |
| Gold | Mohamed Charmi Farhat Chida Fares Hamdi Abbes Saidi | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 m relay T35-38 |
| Gold | Afrah Gomdi | Athletics | Women's shot put F40 |
| Gold | Enna Ben Abidi | Athletics | Women's discus throw F40 |
| Gold | Afrah Gomdi | Athletics | Women's javelin throw F40 |
 Silver | Farhat Chida | Athletics | Men's 200m T38 |
| Silver | Maher Bouallegue | Athletics | Men's 800m T12 |
| Silver | Mohamed Charmi | Athletics | Men's 800m T37 |
| Silver | Abbes Saidi | Athletics | Men's 800m T38 |
| Silver | Haissem Ben Halima | Athletics | Men's discus throw F37 |
| Silver | Afrah Gomdi | Athletics | Women's discus throw F40 |
| Silver | Enna Ben Abidi | Athletics | Women's javelin throw F40 |
 Bronze | Farhat Chida | Athletics | Men's 100m T38 |
| Bronze | Enna Ben Abidi | Athletics | Women's shot put F40 |
| Bronze | Fatma Kachroudi | Athletics | Women's discus throw F37 |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Ahmed Belhaj Ali | T12 | 100m | 11.55 | 16 | did not advance | |||
| Mohamed Farhat Belkhir | T54 | 800m | 1:37.88 | 14 | did not advance | |||
| 5000m | 10:30.26 | 15 | did not advance | |||||
| 10000m | 21.12.64 | 12 | did not advance | |||||
| Marathon | N/A | DNF | ||||||
| Maher Bouallegue | T12 | 800m | 1:57.81 | 2 Q | N/A | 1:54.04 | | |
| 5000m | N/A | 14:54.08 PR | | |||||
| T13 | 1500m | 4:02.19 | 1 Q | N/A | 3:51.09 WR | | ||
| 10000m | N/A | 32.02.16 PR | | |||||
| Mohamed Charmi | T37 | 800m | 2:08.85 WR | 1 Q | N/A | 2:05.10 | | |
| 1500m | N/A | 4:22.09 | | |||||
| Farhat Chida | T38 | 100m | 11.87 | 4 Q | N/A | 11.64 | | |
| 200m | 23.77 | 3 Q | N/A | 23.37 | | |||
| 400m | 52.74 | 2 Q | N/A | 54.43 | 6 | |||
| Fares Hamdi | T37 | 200m | DNF | did not advance | ||||
| Abbes Saidi | T38 | 800m | N/A | 1:59.85 | | |||
| Mohamed Charmi Farhat Chida Fares Hamdi Abbes Saidi | T35-38 | 4 × 400 m relay | N/A | 3:38.92 WR | | |||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| 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 | 5424 | 4 | ||
| Haissem Ben Halima | F37 | Discus | 49.56 | - | |
| Fares Hamdi | F36-38 | Long jump | 5.48 | 947 | 7 |
| Tahar Lachheb | F58 | Discus | 48.48 | - | 6 |
| P54-58 | Pentathlon | 5009 | 7 | ||
| Baraket Ltaief | P54-58 | Pentathlon | 4840 | 9 | |
| Faouzi Rzig | F35 | Javelin | 39.75 | - | 4 |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Samira Berri | T54 | 800m | 1:54.53 | 8 q | N/A | 1:54.14 | 8 | |
| 1500m | 3:38.87 | 9 | did not advance | |||||
| 5000m | 13:48.04 | 12 Q | N/A | 14:47.80 | 13 | |||
| Marathon | N/A | DNF | ||||||
| Souad Chamsi | T54 | 1500m | 3:48.67 | 13 | did not advance | |||
| 5000m | 12:53.87 | 10 Q | N/A | 12:33.40 | 8 | |||
| Marathon | N/A | 2:08:38 | 10 | |||||
| Messaouda Sifi | T54 | 100m | 18.07 | 7 'q | N/A | 18.21 | 8 | |
| 800m | 2:00.34 | 15 | did not advance | |||||
| Marathon | N/A | 2:06:00 | 7 | |||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Enna Ben Abidi | F40 | Discus | 27.08 WR | - | |
| Javelin | 24.68 | - | | ||
| Shot put | 6.88 | - | | ||
| Hania Aidi | F54/55 | Discus | 12.19 | 807 | 10 |
| Javelin | 12.22 | 948 | 4 | ||
| Shot put | 4.46 | 733 | 14 | ||
| Thouraya Gharbi | F44/46 | Long jump | 4.32 | 1074 | 4 |
| Afrah Gomdi | F40 | Discus | 25.73 | - | |
| Javelin | 32.05 WR | - | | ||
| Shot put | 7.47 WR | - | | ||
| Fatma Kachroudi | F37 | Discus | 26.15 | 702 | |
Tunisian broadcasting rights for the 2004 Games were acquired before the start of the Games. [2]
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