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Eritrea at the Olympic Games
Flag of Eritrea IOC code  ERI NOC Eritrean National Olympic Committee
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	4 in 1 sport
Flag bearer	Yonas Kifle
Medals Rank: 71	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 1
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
2000 • 2004 • 2008

Eritrea competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The nation won its first Olympic medal ever at these Games, in its second appearance.

Medalists

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 5000 metres:

• Zersenay Tadese - Final, 13:24.31 (7th place)
• Samson Kiflemariam - Round 1, 13:26.97 (did not advance)

Women's 5000 metres:

• Nebiat Habtemariam - Round 1: 16:49.01

Men's 10000 metres:

• Zersenay Tadese - Final, 27:22.57 (bronze medal)
• Yonas Kifle - Final, 28:29.87 (16th place)

Note

• Meb Keflezighi was a silver medalist in the marathon event. While he was born in Eritrea, he was a competitor for the United States. Therefore, won his silver medal for the United States rather than Eritrea.

Officials

• President: Hisseine Ngaro
• Secretary General: Ghermay Hadgu