Argentina at the 2004 Summer Olympics 932975 225417468 2008-07-13T16:05:02Z Asocall 4752986 /* Image:Med 1.png Gold */ corrected link {{Infobox Olympics Argentina |games=2004 Summer |competitors= |sports= |flagbearer=[[Carlos Espínola (sailor)|Carlos Espinola]] |gold=2 |silver=0 |bronze=4 |total=6 |rank=38 }} '''[[Argentina]]''' competed at the '''[[2004 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. The men's basketball and football teams both won gold medals, the first gold medals for Argentina since [[Argentina at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952]]. ==Medals== ===[[Image:Med 1.png]] Gold=== *[[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Football (soccer)]], Men's Team Competition - [[Germán Lux]], [[Wilfredo Caballero]], [[Roberto Ayala]], [[Fabricio Coloccini]], [[Gabriel Heinze]], [[Clemente Rodríguez]], [[Leandro Fernández (Footballer)|Leandro Fernández]], [[Javier Mascherano]], [[Kily González|Cristian "Kily" González]], [[Andrés D'Alessandro]], [[Luis González]], [[Nicolás Medina]], [[César Delgado]], [[Carlos Tévez]], [[Mauro Rosales]], [[Javier Saviola]], [[Mariano González]] and [[Luciano Figueroa]]. *[[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Basketball]], Men's Team Competition - [[Rubén Wolkowyski]], [[Carlos Delfino]], [[Andrés Nocioni]], [[Leonardo Gutiérrez]], [[Luis Scola]], [[Hugo Sconochini]], [[Gabriel Fernández]], [[Wálter Herrmann]], [[Fabricio Oberto]], [[Alejandro Montecchia]], [[Manu Ginobili|Emanuel Ginóbili]] and [[Juan Ignacio Sánchez|Juan Ignacio "Pepe" Sánchez]]. ===[[Image:Med 3.png]] Bronze=== *[[Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Hockey]], Women's Team Competition - [[Paola Vukojicic]], [[Cecilia Rognoni]], [[Mariné Russo]], [[Ayelén Stepnik]], [[María de la Paz Hernández]], [[Mercedes Margalot]], [[Vanina Oneto]], [[Agustina García]], [[Mariana González]], [[Alejandra Gulla]], [[Luciana Aymar]], [[Claudia Burkart]], [[Marina di Giacomo]], [[Magadalena Aicega]], [[Mariela Antoniska]] and [[Inés Arrondo]]. *[[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Swimming]], Women's 400 m Individual Medley - [[Georgina Bardach]]. *[[Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Tennis]], Women's Doubles - [[Paola Suárez]] and [[Patricia Tarabini]]. *[[Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Sailing]], Men's Class Tornado - [[Carlos Espínola (sailor)|Carlos Espínola]] and [[Santiago Lange]]. ==Results by event== ===Athletics=== '''Men's Decathlon:''' * [[Santiago Lorenzo]] – 7592 points (→ 24th place) '''Women's Marathon:''' * [[Sandra Torres]] – 2:54:48 (→ 55th place) '''Women's High Jump:''' * [[Solange Witteveen]] – Round 1: 1.89 metres '''Women's Pole Vault:''' * [[Alejandra García]] – Round 1: 4.40 metres, Final: 4.20 metres (13th place) '''Men's Discus:''' * [[Marcelo Pugliese]] – Round 1, 56.06 metres (→ did not advance) '''Women's Javelin:''' * [[Romina Maggi]] – Round 1: 48.58 metres '''Men's Hammer:''' * [[Juan Ignacio Cerra]] – Round 1, 72.53 metres (→ did not advance) '''Women's Hammer:''' * [[Jennifer Dahlgren]] – Round 1: 59.52 metres ===Basketball=== ====Men's Team Competition==== * '''Preliminary Round (Group A)''' :* [[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]] – [[Yugoslavia national basketball team|Serbia and Montenegro]] 83 - 82 :* [[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]] – [[Spain national basketball team|Spain ]] 76 - 87 :* [[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]] – [[China national basketball team|China]] 82 - 57 :* [[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]] – [[New Zealand national basketball team|New Zealand]] 98 - 94 :* [[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]] – [[Italy national basketball team|Italy]] 75 - 76 * '''Quarterfinals''' :* [[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]] – [[Greece national basketball team|Greece]] 69 - 64 * '''Semifinals''' :* [[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]] – [[Dream Team (basketball)|United States]] 89 - 81 * '''Final''' :* [[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]] – [[Italy national basketball team|Italy]] 84 - 69 (→ '''Gold Medal''') * '''Team Roster''' :* [[Rubén Wolkowyski]] :* [[Carlos Delfino]] :* [[Andrés Nocioni]] :* [[Leonardo Gutiérrez]] :* [[Luis Scola]] :* [[Hugo Sconochini]] :* [[Gabriel Fernández (basketball)|Gabriel Fernández]] :* [[Wálter Herrmann]] :* [[Fabricio Oberto]] :* [[Alejandro Montecchia]] :* [[Manu Ginobili|Emanuel Ginóbili]] :* [[Juan Ignacio Sánchez]] '''Head Coach''': [[Rubén Magnano]] ===Boxing=== '''Featherweight (57 kg)''' * [[Daniel Brizuela]] *# Round of 32 – Lost to [[Vitali Tajbert]] of [[Germany]], outscored ===Canoeing=== '''Men's Flatwater K1 500 m:''' * [[Javier Correa]] – 8th place *# Heat – 1:38.675 *# Semifinal – 1:39.525 *# Final – 1:40.639 '''Women's Flatwater K1 500 m:''' * [[Fernanda Lauro]] – 17th place *# Heat – 1:59.474 *# Semifinal – 2:00.198 '''Men's Flatwater K1 1000 m:''' * [[Javier Correa]] – 11th place *# Heat – 3:28.492 *# Semifinal – 3:31.934 ===Cycling=== ====Track cycling==== '''Men's Points Race''': * [[Juan Curuchet]] – 23 points (→ 13th place) '''Men's Madison''': * Juan Curuchet and [[Walter Pérez]] – five points (-1 lap) (→ 9th place) ====Mountain biking==== '''Men's Cross Country''': * [[Carlos Franco Gennero]] – -3 laps (→ 44th place) '''Women's Cross Country''': * [[Jimena Florit]] – 2:08:42 (→ 12th place) ===Equestrian=== '''Individual Jumping''': * [[Martín Dopazo]] riding [[Furka du Village]] – Final round B (→ 23rd place) * [[Gregorio Werthein]] riding [[Calwaro]] – Qualifier (→ 72nd place) * [[Lucas Werthein]] riding [[Warren (horse)|Warren]] – Qualifier (→ 75th place) * [[Federico Sztyrle]] riding [[Who Knows Lilly]] – Qualifier (→ 77th place) '''Team Jumping''': * Dopazo, Sztyrle, Werthein, and Werthein – First round (→ 16th place) ===Fencing=== '''Women's Foil Individual:''' * [[Alejandra Carbone]] – Defeated in round of 32 ===Football (Soccer)=== ====Men's Team Competition==== * '''Preliminary Round (Group C)''' :* [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] – [[Serbia and Montenegro national football team|Serbia and Montenegro]] 6 - 0 :* [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] – [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] 2 - 0 :* [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] – [[Australia national football team|Australia]] 1 - 0 * '''Quarterfinals''' :* [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] – [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]] 4 - 0 * '''Semifinals''' :* [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] – [[Italy national football team|Italy]] 3 - 0 * '''Final''' :* [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] – [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] 1 - 0 (→ '''Gold Medal''') * '''Team Roster''' :* [[Germán Lux]] :* [[Wilfredo Caballero]] :* [[Roberto Ayala]] :* [[Fabricio Coloccini]] :* [[Gabriel Heinze]] :* [[Clemente Rodríguez]] :* [[Leandro Fernández (Footballer)|Leandro Fernández]] :* [[Javier Mascherano]] :* [[Kily González]] :* [[Andrés D'Alessandro]] :* [[Luis González]] :* [[Nicolás Medina]] :* [[César Delgado]] :* [[Carlos Tévez]] :* [[Mauro Rosales]] :* [[Javier Saviola]] :* [[Mariano González]] :* [[Luciano Figueroa]] ===Gymnastics=== Argentina had one woman compete in artistic gymnastics as an individual. '''Women's artistic:''' * [[Celeste Carnavale]]: did not advance in any exercise ===Hockey=== ====Men's Team Competition==== * '''Preliminary Round (Group B)''' :* [[Argentina national field hockey team|Argentina]] – South Africa 1-2 :* [[Argentina national field hockey team|Argentina]] – Australia 2-2 :* [[Argentina national field hockey team|Argentina]] – New Zealand 1-3 :* [[Argentina national field hockey team|Argentina]] – The Netherlands 2-4 :* [[Argentina national field hockey team|Argentina]] – India 2-2 * '''Classification Matches''' :* '''9th-12th place''': [[Argentina national field hockey team|Argentina]] – Great Britain 1-6 :* '''11th-12th place''': [[Argentina national field hockey team|Argentina]] – Egypt 4-2 * '''Team Roster''' :* [[Mario Almada]] :* [[Maximiliano Caldas]] :* [[Lucas Cammareri]] :* [[Juan Pablo Hourquebie]] :* [[Jorge Lombi]] :* [[Tomás MacCormik]] :* [[Pablo Moreira]] (gk) :* [[Germán Orozco]] :* [[Matías Paredes]] :* [[Ezequiel Paulón]] :* [[Carlos Retegui]] :* [[Lucas Rey]] :* [[Matias Vila]] :* [[Rodrigo Vila]] :* [[Juan Manuel Vivaldi]] (gk) :* [[Fernando Zylberberg]] '''Head Coach''': [[Jorge Ruiz]] ====Women's Team Competition==== *'''Preliminary Round (Pool A)''' :*[[Las Leonas|Argentina]] – Spain 4-0 :*[[Las Leonas|Argentina]] – Japan 3-1 :*[[Las Leonas|Argentina]] – New Zealand 3-0 :*[[Las Leonas|Argentina]] – China 2-3 *'''Semi Final''' :*[[Las Leonas|Argentina]] – Netherlands 2-4 *'''Bronze Medal Match''' :* [[Las Leonas|Argentina]] – China 1-0 (→ '''Bronze Medal''') * '''Team Roster''' :*[[Paola Vukojicic]] (gk) :*[[Cecilia Rognoni]] :*[[Mariné Russo]] :*[[Ayelén Stepnik]] :*[[María de la Paz Hernández]] :*[[Mercedes Margalot]] :*[[Vanina Oneto]] :*[[Agustina García]] :*[[Mariana González]] :*[[Alejandra Gulla]] :*[[Luciana Aymar]] :*[[Claudia Burkart]] :*[[Marina di Giacomo]] :*[[Magdalena Aicega]] :*[[Mariela Antoniska]] (gk) :*[[Inés Arrondo]] '''Head Coach:''' [[Sergio Vigil]] ===Judo=== '''Men's 60kg:''' * [[Miguel Albarracin]] – defeated in quarterfinals, lost repechage in round of 16 '''Men's 66kg:''' * [[Jorge Lencina]] – defeated in round of 32, lost repechage in semifinals '''Men's 73 kg:''' * [[Rodrigo Lucenti]] – defeated in round of 32 '''Men's 81 kg:''' * [[Ariel Sganga]] – defeated in round of 16, lost repechage in round of 32 '''Men's 90 kg:''' * [[Eduardo Costa Gramajo]] – defeated in quarterfinals, lost repechage in quarterfinals '''Men's 100 kg:''' * [[Andres Loforte]] – defeated in round of 32 '''Men's 100+ kg:''' * [[Orlando Baccino]] – defeated in round of 32 '''Women's 63 kg:''' * [[Daniela Krukower]] – defeated in semifinals, lost repechage in semifinals '''Women's 70 kg:''' * [[Elizabeth Copes]] – defeated in quarterfinals, lost repechage in round of 16 ===Triathlon=== '''Women's Individual Competition:''' * [[Nancy Alvarez (athlete)|Nancy Álvarez]] – 2:21:38.66 (43rd place) '''Men's Individual Competition:''' * [[Daniel Fontana]] – 1:57:14.20 (28th place) ===Volleyball=== ====Men's Team Competition==== *'''Preliminary Round (Group A)''' :* Defeated France (3-0) :* Defeated Tunisia (3-2) :* Defeated Greece (3-1) :* Lost to Serbia and Montenegro (1-3) :* Lost to Poland (2-3) * '''Quarterfinals''' :* Lost to Italy (1-3) *'''Team Roster''' :*[[Marcos Milinkovic]] :*[[Jorge Elgueta]] :*[[Gustavo Porporatto]] :*[[Diego Gutiérrez (volleyball)|Diego Gutiérrez]] :*[[Hernán Ferraro]] :*[[Alejandro Spajic]] :*[[Jerónimo Bidegain]] :*[[Pablo Peralta]] :*[[Santiago Darraidou]] :*[[Leonardo Patti]] :*[[Pablo Meana]] :*[[Gastón Giani]] *'''Head Coach''': [[Alberto Armoa]] ====Men's Beach Volleyball==== * [[Mariano Baracetti]] and [[Martín Conde]] ** Prelims: 3-0 ** Round of 16: Defeated 2-0 by [[John Child]] and [[Mark Heese]], [[Canada]] ==Officials== *President: Colonel Antonio Rodríguez *Secretary General: Dr. Hernan Jorge Ferrari ==External links== *[http://www.coarg.org.ar Argentina NOC] {{NOCin2004SummerOlympics}} [[Category:Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Argentina at the Olympics|2004]] [[Category:2004 in Argentina|Summer Olympics]] [[de:Olympische Sommerspiele 2004/Teilnehmer (Argentinien)]]