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Afghanistan at the 2004 Summer Olympics was represented by the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee and abbreviated AFG. 6 athletes from Afghanistan competed in 5 sports in Athens, Greece.

Afghanistan first competed in the Olympics in 1936, but missed many Olympics under Taliban rule. Afghanistan returned to Olympic competition in 2004, including female athletes ( Friba Razayee and Robina Muqim Yaar ) for the first time in the country's history. In 2004, the Afghani athletes were attempting to improve upon Afghanistan's best finish, Mohammed Ebrahimi 's fifth place in wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

1 Results by event

1.1 Athletics

Men's 100 metres:

Masound Azizi - Round 1: 11.66 s (79th place)

Women's 100 metres:

Robina Muqim Yaar - Round 1, 14.14 s (NR, did not advance)

Boxing - One boxer from Afghanistan competed at the 2004 games.

Basharmal Sultani - welterweight, defeated in round of 32

Judo - Afghanistan's entrant into the judo competition is one of the first two females to compete internationally from Afghanistan.

Friba Razayee

Taekwondo -

Nisar Ahmad Bahave

Wrestling -

Bashir Ahmad Rahmati

National Olympic Committee s at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece

Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics Afghanistan

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