After participating in the Commonwealth Games for the first time in 1998, Kiribati started working towards membership of the International Olympic Committee.

During a meeting of the IOC in Prague in 2003, Kiribati was accepted into the organization and was set to participate in the 2004 Summer games.

Its delegation consisted of weightlifter Meamea Thomas and sprinters Kakianako Nariki (Kiribati's first Olympic competitor) and Kaitinano Mwemweata.

The 80-90 I-Kiribati athletes have to share the ten pairs of shoes that they have when they train on their track, made of crushed coral.

You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This article summarising a nation's participation in the Olympic Games is a stub.