Argentina at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Argentina at the Olympic Games
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	132 (79 men and 53 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Carlos Espinola
Medals Rank: 38	Gold 2	Silver 0	Bronze 4	Total 6
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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 1952.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
1 Gold	national basketball team, ArgentinaArgentina national basketball team Carlos Delfino   Andrés Nocioni Gabriel Fernández   Fabricio Oberto Emanuel Ginóbili   Luis Scola Leonardo Gutiérrez   Hugo Sconochini Walter Herrmann   Juan Ignacio Sánchez Alejandro Montecchia   Rubén Wolkowyski	Basketball	Men's competition	August 28
1 Gold	national football team, ArgentinaArgentina national football team Roberto Ayala   Leandro Fernández   Germán Lux Nicolás Burdisso   Luciano Figueroa   Javier Mascherano Wilfredo Caballero   Cristian González   Nicolás Medina Fabricio Coloccini   Luis González   Clemente Rodríguez César Delgado   Mariano González   Mauro Rosales Andrés D'Alessandro   Gabriel Heinze   Javier Saviola     Carlos Tévez	Football	Men's competition	August 28
3 Bronze	national field hockey team, ArgentinaArgentina national field hockey team Magdalena Aicega   Soledad García   Vanina Oneto Mariela Antoniska   Mariana González Oliva   Cecilia Rognoni Inés Arrondo   Alejandra Gulla   Mariné Russo Luciana Aymar   María de la Paz Hernández   Ayelén Stepnik Claudia Burkart   Mercedes Margalot   Paola Vukojicic	Field hockey	Women's competition	August 26
3 Bronze	Bardach, GeorginaGeorgina Bardach	Swimming	Women's 400 m individual medley	August 14
3 Bronze	Suárez, PaolaPaola Suárez Patricia Tarabini	Tennis	Women's doubles	August 22
3 Bronze	Espínola, CarlosCarlos Espínola Santiago Lange	Sailing	Tornado class

Results by event

Athletics

For more details on this topic, see Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Santiago Lorenzo	Decathlon	N/A						7592	24
Marcelo Pugliese	Discus	56.06	14	N/A				Did not advance
Juan Ignacio Cerra	Hammer	72.53	12	N/A				Did not advance

Decathlon

Event	Santiago Lorenzo
	Result	Points
100 m (s)	11.10	838
Long jump (m)	7.03	821
Shot put (m)	13.22	681
High jump (m)	1.85	670
400 m (s)	49.34	845
110 m hurdles (s)	15.38	804
Discus throw (m)	40.22	669
Pole vault (m)	4.50	760
Javelin throw (m)	58.36	713
1500 m (s)	4:23.08	791
Total		7592

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sandra Torres	Marathon	N/A						2:54:48	55
Solange Witteveen	High jump	1.89	10	Did not advance
Alejandra García	Pole vault	4.40	8 Q	N/A				4.20	13
Jennifer Dahlgren	Hammer	59.52	22	N/A				Did not advance
Romina Maggi	Javelin	48.58	22	N/A				Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's basketball

Squad

Argentina Men's National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age - DOB Ht. Club Club nat. 1.0 !PG 4 Sánchez, Juan Ignacio &1000000000000002700000027 - April 8, 1977(1977-04-08) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Etosa Alicante ESP ! 2.0 !SG 5 Ginóbili, Emanuel &1000000000000002700000027 - July 28, 1977(1977-07-28) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) San Antonio Spurs USA ! 1.0 !PG 6 Montecchia, Alejandro &1000000000000003200000032 - January 1, 1972(1972-01-01) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Pamesa Valencia ESP ! 5.0 !C 7 Oberto, Fabricio &1000000000000002900000029 - March 21, 1975(1975-03-21) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Pamesa Valencia ESP ! 3.0 !SF 8 Herrmann, Walter &1000000000000002500000025 - June 26, 1979(1979-06-26) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Unicaja Málaga ESP ! 5.0 !C 9 Fernández, Gabriel &1000000000000002700000027 - October 23, 1976(1976-10-23) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Fórum Valladolid ESP ! 2.0 !SG 10 Sconochini, Hugo &1000000000000003300000033 - April 10, 1971(1971-04-10) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Olimpia Milano ITA ! 4.0 !PF 11 Scola, Luis &1000000000000002400000024 - April 30, 1980(1980-04-30) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Tau Cerámica ESP ! 4.0 !PF 12 Gutiérrez, Leonardo &1000000000000002600000026 - May 16, 1978(1978-05-16) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Obras Sanitarias ARG ! 3.0 !SF 13 Nocioni, Andrés &1000000000000002400000024 - November 30, 1979(1979-11-30) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Tau Cerámica ESP ! 3.0 !SF 14 Delfino, Carlos &1000000000000002100000021 - August 29, 1982(1982-08-29) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Skipper Bologna ITA ! 5.0 !C 15 Wolkowyski, Rubén &1000000000000003000000030 - September 30, 1973(1973-09-30) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Olympiacos B.C. GRE !	Head coach Rubén Magnano Assistant coach(es)

Results

Preliminaries

August 15 15:45		Argentina	83–82	Serbia and Montenegro
		Scoring by quarter: 27-15, 22-24, 12-20, 22-23
		Pts: Ginóbili 27 Rebs: Wolkowyski 6 Asts: Ginóbili 3		Pts: Radmanović 21 Rebs: Tomašević 10 Asts: Radmanović, Rakočević, Tomašević 1 each

August 17 20:00		Spain	87–76	Argentina
		Scoring by quarter: 25-18, 10-22, 23-20, 29-16
		Pts: Gasol 26 Rebs: Gasol 8 Asts: Calderón 5		Pts: Scola 28 Rebs: Scola 9 Asts: Ginóbili, Montecchia, Sconochini 4 each

August 19 14:00		Argentina	82–57	China
		Scoring by quarter: 22-14, 19-7, 24-18, 17-18
		Pts: Nocioni 17 Rebs: Delfino, Nocioni 6 each Asts: Scola, Sconochini 4 each		Pts: Yao 15 Rebs: Yao 7 Asts: Liu 2

August 21 20:00		New Zealand	94–98	Argentina
		Scoring by quarter: 25-23, 17-24, 29-29, 23-22
		Pts: Jones 25 Rebs: Book 6 Asts: Dickel 7		Pts: Scola 25 Rebs: Oberto 9 Asts: Montecchia, Oberto 5 each

August 19 14:00		Italy	76–75	Argentina
		Scoring by quarter: 13-23, 22-13, 18-18, 23-21
		Pts: Pozzecco 17 Rebs: Bulleri 6 Asts: Bulleri 4		Pts: Ginóbili, Scola 19 each Rebs: Wolkowyski 7 Asts: Ginóbili 3

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Spain	5	5	0	405	349	+56	10
Italy	5	3	2	371	341	+30	8
Argentina	5	3	2	414	396	+18	8
China	5	2	3	303	382	-79	7
New Zealand	5	1	4	399	413	-14	6
Serbia and Montenegro	5	1	4	377	388	-11	6

Quarterfinals

August 26 22:15		Greece	64–69	Argentina
		Scoring by quarter: 14-22, 21-7, 18-24, 11-16
		Pts: Hatzivrettas 12 Rebs: Dikoudis, Papadopoulos 9 each Asts: Diamantidis 3		Pts: Ginóbili, Oberto 13 each Rebs: Herrmann 6 Asts: Ginóbili, Montecchia 2 each

Semifinals

August 27 22:15		Argentina	89–81	United States
		Scoring by quarter: 24-20, 19-18, 27-19, 19-24
		Pts: Marbury 18 Rebs: Boozer 9 Asts: Iverson, Odom 3 each		Pts: Ginóbili 29 Rebs: Oberto 6 Asts: Sánchez 7

Gold Medal game

August 28 22:30		Italy	69–84	Argentina
		Scoring by quarter: 16-23, 25-20, 13-17, 15-24
		Pts: Pozzecco, Soragna 12 each Rebs: Garri 6 Asts: Rombaldoni 2		Pts: Scola 25 Rebs: Scola 11 Asts: Ginóbili 6

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Daniel Brizuela	Featherweight	Tajbert (GER) L (RSC)	Did not advance

Canoeing

Men's Flatwater K1 500 m:

• Javier Correa – 8th place
  1. Heat – 1:38.675
  2. Semifinal – 1:39.525
  3. Final – 1:40.639

Women's Flatwater K1 500 m:

• Fernanda Lauro – 17th place
  1. Heat – 1:59.474
  2. Semifinal – 2:00.198

Men's Flatwater K1 1000 m:

• Javier Correa – 11th place
  1. Heat – 3:28.492
  2. 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 – 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 – Serbia and Montenegro 6 - 0
• Argentina – Tunisia 2 - 0
• Argentina – Australia 1 - 0

• Quarterfinals

• Argentina – Costa Rica 4 - 0

• Semifinals

• Argentina – Italy 3 - 0

• Final

• Argentina – Paraguay 1 - 0 (→ Gold Medal)

• Team Roster

• Germán Lux
• Wilfredo Caballero
• Roberto Ayala
• Fabricio Coloccini
• Gabriel Heinze
• Clemente Rodríguez
• 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 – South Africa 1-2
• Argentina – Australia 2-2
• Argentina – New Zealand 1-3
• Argentina – The Netherlands 2-4
• Argentina – India 2-2

• Classification Matches

• 9th-12th place: Argentina – Great Britain 1-6
• 11th-12th place: 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)

• Argentina – Spain 4-0
• Argentina – Japan 3-1
• Argentina – New Zealand 3-0
• Argentina – China 2-3

• Semi Final

• Argentina – Netherlands 2-4

• Bronze Medal Match

• 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 60 kg:

• Miguel Albarracin – defeated in quarterfinals, lost repechage in round of 16

Men's 66 kg:

• 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 Álvarez – 2:21:38.66 (43rd place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Daniel Fontana – 1:57:14.20 (28th place)

Rowing

Men's Single Sculls

• Santiago Fernández

Men's Coxless Pairs

• Walter Naneder and Marcos Morales

Women's Single Sculls

• Analía Marín

Women's Lightweight Double Sculls

• Milka Kraljev and Lucía Palermo

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• José Meolans

Men's 100m Freestyle

• José Meolans

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Juan Martín Pereyra

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Juan Martín Pereyra

Men's 1500m Freestyle

• Juan Martín Pereyra

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Eduardo Otero

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Cristian Soldano

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Eduardo Otero

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Gastón Rodríguez

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Florencia Szigeti

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Florencia Szigeti

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Florencia Szigeti

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Cecilia Biagioli

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Javiera Salcedo

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• Agustina de Giovanni

Women's 200m Butterfly

• Georgina Bardach

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Georgina Bardach

Women's 400m Individual Medley

• Georgina Bardach

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
• 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

See also

• Argentina at the 2003 Pan American Games

External links

• Argentina NOC