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Somalia at the Summer OlympicsDespite having no central government Somalia sent two athletes to the 2004 Summer Olympics. Since the country's collapse in the early 1990s the Somali Olympic Committee has been supported by various factions centred on the capital of Mogadishu. The autonomous but unrecognized Republic of Somaliland maintains its own Olympic committee, but it has not been recognized by the IOC. Somalia's two athletes were Fartun Abukar Omar, who finished last in her qualifying heat in the women's 100 meter sprint and Abdulla Mohamed Hussein who finished with the slowest time of all runners in the qualifying for the men's 400 meters. Many Somali's are also following the progress of American runner Abdihakem Abdirahman who was born in Somalia but left that country at age 13. He finished twelfth in the 10,000 meter race. The Somali participation was also marked by controversy when the IOC banned Farah W. Addo, the president of the Somali Olympic Committee from attending the game. Addo had earlier been expelled from FIFA for embezzling millions of dollars meant to go the Somali soccer program. After complaints from FIFA the IOC elected to ban Addo. Somalia has competed in five Olympics, they have never won a medal. Results by eventAthleticsWomen's 100 metres:
Men's 400 metres:
Categories: Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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