 senegal competed at the 2004 summer olympics in athens, greece, from 13 to 29 august 2004. this was the nation's eleventh appearance at the olympics. the senegalese national olympic and sports committee () sent a total of sixteen athletes to the games, six men and ten women, to take part in six different sports. for the second consecutive time in the nation's olympic history, senegal was represented by more female than male athletes. five senegalese athletes had previously competed in sydney, including breaststroke swimmer malick fall, and hurdler mame tacko diouf, who reprised her role to carry the nation's flag for the second consecutive time. there was only a single competitor in judo, table tennis, and wrestling. senegal, however, failed to win its first olympic medal since the 1988 summer olympics in seoul, where amadou dia bÃ¢ won silver for the track hurdles. ==athletics==  senegalese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'a' standard, and 1 at the 'b' standard). ;key *note&ndash;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 ;men ;track & road events {|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%" |- !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|oumar loum |align=left|200 m |20.97 |6 |colspan=6|did not advance |-align=center |align=left|abdoulaye wagne |align=left|800 m 
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