Argentina at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	ARG
Nocname:	Argentine Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2004
Website:
Location:	Athens
Competitors:	152
Sports:	22
Flagbearer:	Carlos Espínola^[1] (opening)
Rank:	38
Gold:	2
Silver:	0
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900

Argentina competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's twenty-first appearance at the Olympic Games, except for three different editions. Argentina did not attend the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its support for the United States-led boycott. The sailor Carlos Espínola was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. 152 competitors, 106 men and 46 women, took part in 86 events in 22 sports.

The total medal count of six, marked the best performance by Argentina since the 1948 Summer Olympics, earning their first gold medals since the 1952 Summer Olympics and their best position in the medal table up to that point, at 35th place overall.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Argentine athletes 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):^{[2] [3]}

Men

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Juan Ignacio Cerra	Hammer throw	72.53	26	Did not advance
Marcelo Pugliese	Discus throw	56.06	31	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
align=center rowspan=2	Santiago Lorenzo	Result	11.10	7.03	13.22	1.85	49.34	15.38	40.22	4.50	58.36	4:23.08	7592	24
Points	838	821	681	670	845	804	669	760	713	791

Women

Track & road events

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jennifer Dahlgren	Hammer throw	59.52	43	Did not advance
Alejandra García	Pole vault	4.40	12 q	4.20	=13
Romina Maggi	Javelin throw	48.58	43	Did not advance
Solange Witteveen	High jump	1.89	23	Did not advance

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Argentina qualified a men's team.

• Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play----------------

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

Won gold medal

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two competitors joined Argentina for the canoeing flatwater event only.

Sprint

Argentina qualified boats for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Javier Correa	Men's K-1 500 m	1:38.675	2 q	1:39.525	2 Q	1:40.639	8
Men's K-1 1000 m	3:28.492	4 q	3:31.934	4	Did not advance
Fernanda Lauro	Women's K-1 500 m	1:59.474	6 q	2:00.198	9	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Track

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Juan Curuchet	Men's points race	23	−3	13
Juan Curuchet Walter Pérez	Men's madison	5	−1	9

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Carlos Franco Gennero	Men's cross-country	(3 laps)	44
Jimena Florit	Women's cross-country	2:08:42	12

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Martín Dopazo	Furka du Village	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	8	=47	8	16	=40	8	24	=37 Q	8	=12	17	25	=23	25	=23
Federico Sztyrle	Who Knows Lilly	5	=31	Retired			Did not advance
Gregorio Werthein	Calwaro			Did not advance
Lucas Werthein	Warren	9	=54 Q				Did not advance
Martín Dopazo Federico Sztyrle Gregorio Werthein Lucas Werthein	See above	Team	22	=15	Did not advance			22	=15

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Argentina qualified 1 fencer.

Women

Field hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

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9th to 12th place classification----

11th place match

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

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Semifinals----

Bronze Medal match

Won Bronze Medal

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

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Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold Medal match

Won Gold Medal

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Argentina had one woman competing in artistic gymnastics as an individual.

Artistic

Women

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Argentina qualified nine judoka.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miguel Albarracín	−60 kg	W 1001–0001	W 1000–0002	L 0000–0001	Did not advance		L 0000–0012	Did not advance
Jorge Lencina	−66 kg	L 0000–1011	Did not advance			W 1011–0001	W 1001–0001	L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Rodrigo Lucenti	−73 kg	L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Ariel Sganga	−81 kg	W 1000–0002	L	Did not advance		L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Eduardo Costa	−90 kg	W 1101–0000	W 0112–0001	L 0000–0001	Did not advance		W 1000–0100	L 0000–1010	Did not advance
Andrés Loforte	−100 kg	L 0001–0002	Did not advance
Orlando Baccino	+100 kg	L 0000–1001	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Daniela Krukower	−63 kg		W 0001–0000	W 0001–0000	L 0000–1000	L	5
Elizabeth Copes	−70 kg		W 1021–0000	L 0000–1000	Did not advance		L 0000–1011	Did not advance

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Santiago Fernández	Single sculls	7:22.52	1 SA/B/C	7:00.90	2 FA	6:55.17	4
Marcos Morales Walter Naneder	Pair	7:02.29	4 R	6:28.98	2 SA/B	7:19.57	6 FB	6:27.88	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Analía Marín	Single sculls	8:01.56	4 R	7:51.94	4 SC/D	7:58.07	3 FC		18
Milka Kraljev Lucía Palermo	Lightweight double sculls	7:25.11	6 R	7:23.22	5 FC	7:54.32	17

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Mariano Reutemann	Mistral	29	5	24	7	23	23	15	13	11	10	9	140	15
Alejandro Colla	Finn	20	21	25	18	5	20	14	20	21	19	16	174	22
Javier Conte Juan de la Fuente	470	26	20	5	1	21	1	11	13	9	23	17	121	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Catalina Walther	Mistral	19	23	21	19	19	20	21	23	23	20	OCS	208	22
Serena Amato	Europe	5	2	22	8	13	22	2	11	4	10	9	86	6
Paula Reinoso Maria Fernanda Sesto	470	15	7	11	6	15	16	3	14	9	11	11	102	12

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Diego Romero	Laser	40	6	11	2	18	43	23	5	5	12	12	134	12
Carlos Espínola Santiago Lange	Tornado	7	1	6	5	6	11	5	8	4	3	9	54

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Pablo Álvarez	10 m air rifle	583	43	Did not advance
50 m rifle prone	587	=40	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1135	=38	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Maximo Modesti	10 m air pistol	559	44	Did not advance
50 m pistol	548	=30	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Ángel Velarte	10 m air rifle	586	=39	Did not advance
50 m rifle prone	584	45	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1137	=36	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Argentine swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	José Meolans	50 m freestyle	22.90	27	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	49.98	24	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Eduardo Germán Otero	100 m backstroke	57.28	33	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	55.24	44	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Juan Martín Pereyra	200 m freestyle	1:53.19	=40	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	3:57.26	27	Did not advance
1500 m freestyle	15:53.29	26	Did not advance
Gastón Rodríguez	200 m butterfly	2:04.01	29	Did not advance
Cristian Mauro Soldano	100 m breaststroke	1:05.05	43	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Georgina Bardach	200 m butterfly	2:13.68	21	Did not advance
200 m individual medley	2:16.68	14 Q	2:15.73	13	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:41.20	3 Q	4:37.51 NR
Cecilia Biagioli	400 m freestyle	4:16.42	22	Did not advance
Agustina de Giovanni	200 m breaststroke	2:35.94	26	Did not advance
Javiera Salcedo	100 m breaststroke	1:12.46	=29	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Florencia Szigeti	50 m freestyle	26.84	37	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	56.71	28	Did not advance
200 m freestyle	2:03.29	25	Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Liu Song	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	W 4–1	W 4–1	L 0–4	Did not advance
Pablo Tabachnik	L 1–4	Did not advance
Oscar Gonzales Pablo Tabachnik	Men's doubles		L 1–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alejandro Hernando	Men's −68 kg	L 10–11	Did not advance
Vanina Sánchez	Women's −67 kg	L 10–10	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Agustín Calleri	align=left rowspan=4	Singles	W 2–6, 6–3, 8–6	L	Did not advance
Juan Ignacio Chela	L 6–3, 7–6^(7–0), 4–6	Did not advance
David Nalbandian	Withdrew on 15 August due to strained left thigh injury
Mariano Zabaleta	L 6–4, 3–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Juan Ignacio Chela Mariano Zabaleta	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		L 6–3, 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez		W 6–3, 6–4	L 3–6, 6–7^(2–7)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mariana Díaz Oliva	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Gisela Dulko	L 6–7^(6–8), 5–7	Did not advance
Paola Suárez	W 6–7^(1–7), 7–6^(7–5), 9–7	L 6–4, 6–7^(1–7), 1–6	Did not advance
Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini	Doubles		W 6–7^(8–10), 7–5, 6–2	W 6–4, 6–2	W 6–4, 1–6, 6–4	L 2–6, 6–2, 7–9	W 6–3, 6–3

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Daniel Fontana	Men's	18:25	0:19	1:05:11	0:20	32:59	1:57:14.20	28
Nancy Álvarez	Women's	20:58	0:21	1:17:29	0:25	42:23	2:21:38.66	43

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Beach

See also: Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Indoor

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Argentina qualified a team to the men's indoor tournament.

• Men's indoor event – 1 team of 12 players

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Darío Lecman	Men's −94 kg	155	=18	185	16	340	17
Nora Koppel	Women's −75 kg	100	=12	137.5	=6	237.5	9

See also

• Argentina at the 2003 Pan American Games
• Argentina at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Comité Olímpico Argentino

Notes and References

1. News: Espínola será el abanderado en los Juegos Olímpicos. Espínola will be the flag bearer at the Olympics. es. La Nación. 14 June 2004. 29 March 2004.
2. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. June 4, 2011.
3. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards. IAAF. 4 June 2011.