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United Arab Emirates at the Olympic Games
Flag of the United Arab Emirates IOC code  UAE NOC United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	4 (4 men, 0 women) in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Saeed Al Maktoum
Medals Rank: 54	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 1
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008

The United Arab Emirates competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The nation won its first ever Olympic medal at these Games.

Medalists

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 800 metres:

• Ali Mohammed Ali Al Balooshi
  • Round 1: 1:51.76 (8th in heat 7, did not advance, 68th overall)

Shooting

Ahmed Al Maktoum won the UAE's first ever Olympic medal, a gold, with a dominant performance in the Double Trap, three days after falling one shot short of a chance for a medal in the Trap. Al Maktoum shot three rounds of 48 in qualifying to beat Russell Mark's Olympic record of 143 set in Sydney, and took a six-point lead into the final, where he again shot the best round and equaled another Olympic record, this time Mark's from Atlanta.

Men's Trap:

• Ahmed Al Maktoum
  • Qualification: 121 points (T-4th overall, Qualified)
  • Final: 23 points (Total: 144 points, 4th overall)

Men's Double Trap:

• Ahmed Al Maktoum
  • Qualification: 144 points (1st overall, Qualified) (Olympic Record)
  • Final: 45 points (Total: 189 points) (Gold Medal) (Equal Olympic Record)

Men's Skeet:

• Saeed Al Maktoum
  • Qualification: 114 points (37th overall, did not advance)

Swimming

Men's 100 metre Freestyle:

• Obaid Ahmed Obaid Al Jassimi
  • Heat: 54.17 s (58th overall, did not advance)

Officials

• President: Hh Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum
• Secretary General: S.e. M. Ibrahim Abdul Malik Mohammad

References

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad