Chile at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Chile at the Olympic Games
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	22 (16 men and 6 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Kristel Köbrich
Medals Rank: 39	Gold 2	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 3
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Chile competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The Greek alphabet meant that it was the last independent nation before the host nation in the Parade of Nations (in between came Hong Kong, China).

Tennis players Nicolás Massú and Fernando González advanced to the gold medal game of the doubles tournament, and in a thrilling five set match defeated Nicolas Kiefer and Rainer Schüttler of Germany to claim Chile's first ever gold medal. The match started at approximately 11 p.m. in Athens and lasted 3 hours and 43 minutes to conclude shortly before 3 a.m. on August 22.

Massú again took the court the following day in the gold medal game of the singles tournament. This match went to five sets again and lasted an even four hours, but in the end Massú prevailed and won the gold medal over Mardy Fish of the United States. González completed the Chilean party on the Olympic tennis court by claiming the bronze medal.

Medalists

Gold

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Massú, NicolásNicolás Massú	Tennis	Men's Singles
1 Gold	González, FernandoFernando González Nicolás Massú	Tennis	Men's Doubles
3 Bronze	González, FernandoFernando González	Tennis	Men's Singles

Results by event

Athletics

Men's Shot Put

• Marco Antonio Verni

• Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's Marathon

• Erika Olivera

• Final — 2:57:14 (→ 58th place)

Women's Pole Vault

• Carolina Torres

• Qualification — 4.00 metres (→ did not advance)

Canoeing

Men's C1 1.000 metres:

• Jonnathan Tafra — Semifinal, 16th place

Cycling

Road cycling

Men's Road Race:

• Marcelo Arriagada — did not finish (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Track cycling

Men's Points Race:

• Marco Arriagada — 11th place, 25 points

Mountain biking

Men's Cross Country:

• Cristóbal Silva — 40th place, -1 lap

Fencing

Men's Épée Individual:

• Paris Inostroza — Defeated in Round of 32

Judo

Men's 90 kg:

• Gabriel Lama — Defeated in Round of 32

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Max Schnettler

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Giancarlo Zolezzi

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Giancarlo Zolezzi

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Giancarlo Zolezzi

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Kristel Köbrich

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Kristel Köbrich

Tennis

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
Fernando González	Singles	Economidis (GRE)	W 7-6(6), 6-2	Lee (KOR)	W 7-5, 6-2	Roddick (USA)	W 6-4, 6-4	Grosjean (FRA)	W 6-2, 2-6, 6-4	Fish (USA)	L 6-3, 3-6, 4-6	Dent (USA)	W 6-4, 2-6, 16-14
Nicolas Massú	Singles	Kuerten (BRA)	W 6-3, 5-7, 6-4	Spadea (USA)	W 7-6(3), 6-2	Andreev (RUS)	W 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-4	Moyà (ESP)	W 6-2, 7-5	Dent (USA)	W 7-6(5), 6-1	Fish (USA)	W 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Fernando González Nicolas Massú	Doubles			Knowles (BAH)  Merklein (BAH)	W 7-5, 6-4	Etlis (ARG)  Rodríguez (ARG)	W 6-3, 7-6(2)	B Bryan (USA)  M Bryan (USA)	W 7-5, 6-4	Ančić (CRO)  Ljubičić (CRO)	W 7-5, 4-6, 6-4	Kiefer (GER)  Schüttler (GER)	W 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 7-6(7), 6-4

Officials

• President: Fernando Eitel Polloni
• Secretary General: Patricio Cavada Artigues

See also

• Chile at the 2003 Pan American Games

References

• "Chile cheers Olympic first", BBC, August 22, 2004
• sports-reference