Uganda at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Uganda competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens under the IOC country code UGA. It was the twelfth time that the African nation participated. Uganda's best achievement was Boniface Kiprop's 4th place in the 10,000 metres finals.
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Results by event
Men's 800 metres:
- Paskar Owor — Round 1, 1:47.9 (did not advance)
Women's 5,000 metres:
- Dorcus Inzikuru — Round 1: 15:38.59
Men's 10,000 metres:
- Boniface Kiprop — Final, 27:25.48 (4th place)
- Wilson Busienei — Final, 28:10.75 (11th place)
Uganda sent five boxers to the Athens Olympics. Four of them lost their first bout, with Sam Rukundo winning both of the team's victories and advancing to the quarterfinal before being defeated.
Light Flyweight (48kg)
- Jolly Katongole
- # Round of 32 — Lost to Atagun Yalcinkaya of Turkey, 22-7
- Brian Mayanja
- # Round of 32 — Lost to Galib Jafarov of Kazakhstan, outscored
- Sam Rukundo
- # Round of 32 — Defeated Tahar Tamsamani of Morocco, 30-22
- # Round of 16 — Defeated Alexander de Jesus of Puerto Rico, 24-22
- # Quarterfinal — Lost to Murat Khrachev of Russia, 31-18
- Sadat Tebazaalwa
- # Round of 32 — Lost to Hanati Silamu of China, 29-17
- Joseph Lubega
- # Round of 32 — Lost to Prasathinphimai Suriya of Thailand, 30-21
Officials
- President: Francis W. Nyangweso
- Secretary General: Gabriel W.J. Oloka
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