North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...
competed at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Yugoslav era.
The
Olympic Committee of North Macedonia
The Olympic Committee of North Macedonia ( mk, Олимписки комитет на Северна Македонија) is the National Olympic Committee of North Macedonia. Members of the committee are 26 sports federations, which elect the Ex ...
selected a team of ten athletes, seven men and three women, to compete in five different sports at these Olympic Games. Seven of them had previously competed in Sydney, including slalom kayaker
Lazar Popovski, who became the first Macedonian athlete to compete in four editions of the Olympic Games (although he first appeared in 1992 as part of the ''Independent Olympic Participants''), and freestyle wrestler
Mogamed Ibragimov, who won the bronze in the men's 84 kg class. Former basketball player, 1976 Olympic silver medalist, and assistant coach
Blagoja Georgievski
Blagoja Georgievski ( mk, Благоја Георгиевски; 15 October 1950 – 29 January 2020) was a Macedonian professional basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.
National tea ...
was appointed by the committee to carry the Macedonian flag in the opening ceremony.
North Macedonia left Athens without receiving a single Olympic medal for the first time since the nation made its Olympic debut at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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in
Atlanta
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.
Athletics
Athletes of North Macedonia 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).
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Key
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Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
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Q = Qualified for the next round
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q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser ''or'', in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
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NR = National record
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N/A = Round not applicable for the event
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Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
;Men
;Women
Canoeing
Slalom
Shooting
One Macedonian shooter qualified to compete in the following events:
;Women
Swimming
Macedonian 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
;Women
Wrestling
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Key
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– Victory by Fall.
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- Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
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- Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
;Men's freestyle
See also
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Macedonia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
References
External links
Official Report of the XXVIII OlympiadMacedonian Olympic Committee
{{Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004
Summer Olympics