Argentina at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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{{Infobox Olympics Argentina
|games=2004 Summer
|competitors=
|sports=
|flagbearer=[[Carlos Espínola (sailor)|Carlos Espinola]]
|gold=2
|silver=0
|bronze=4
|total=6
|rank=38
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'''[[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]
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