Liberia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004.

History

Clemenceau Urey began serving as the president of the Liberia National Olympic Committee (LNOC) in 2000. In late 2003, Urey was impeached as president and expelled as a member by the executive committee. This was following the misuse of aid money from the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The misuse of funds triggered mutual accusations of financial impropriety between Urey and the executive committee. By June 2004, a group of Liberian athletes threatened to boycott that year's Summer Olympics if Urey wasn't reinstated as LNOC president. The group was led by Kouty Mawenh, Sayon Cooper, and Bill Rogers. Mawenh also served as a liaison between the IOC and LNOC. Mawenh would attribute the lack of Liberian representation to Urey's removal.

;Men

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!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

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!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Sultan Tucker

|align=left|110 m hurdles

|13.76

|5

|colspan=6|did not advance

|}

;Women

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|-

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Gladys Thompson

|align=left|200 m

|27.51

|7

|colspan=6|did not advance

|}

;Key

  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

References

  • Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad