Bangladesh at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Bangladesh
competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics
in Athens
, Greece
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Women's 50 metre Freestyle
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
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Athletics
Men's 100 metre- Mohammad Shamsuddin — Round 1: 11.13 s (70th place)
Swimming
Men's 50 metre Freestyle- Ahmed Md Jewel — Round 1: 25.47 s (63rd place)
Women's 50 metre Freestyle
- Doli AkhterDoli AkhterDoli Akhter, born January 15, 1986, is an Olympic swimmer from Bangladesh.She has swam for Bangladesh at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. On all three occasions, she attended thanks to a wild card qualification....
— Round 1: 30.72 s (61st place)
Shooting
Men's 10m Air Rifle- Asif Hossain KhanAsif Hossain KhanAsif Hossain Khan is a Bangladeshi shooter. He won the gold medal at 2002 Commonwealth Games in 10 m Air Rifle and repeated his success in the 2004 SAF games by winning gold in the same event. On October 2, 2006 he was brutally beaten by the local police of Bangladesh, injuring both of his arms...
— 587 pts (35th place)
Officials
- President: Lt. Gen. Hasan Mashud Chowdhury
- Secretary General: Zafar Imam