Argentina at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Argentina
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flagbearer=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 1952.

Medalists

Gold

*Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition - Germán Lux, Wilfredo Caballero, Roberto Ayala, Fabricio Coloccini, Gabriel Heinze, Clemente Rodríguez, Leandro Fernández, Javier Mascherano, Cristian "Kily" González, Andrés D'Alessandro, Luis González, Nicolás Medina, César Delgado, Carlos Tévez, Mauro Rosales, Javier Saviola, Mariano González and Luciano Figueroa.

*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, Emanuel Ginóbili and Juan Ignacio "Pepe" Sánchez.

Bronze

*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, Magdalena Aicega, Mariela Antoniska and Inés Arrondo.
*Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley - Georgina Bardach.

*Tennis, Women's Doubles - Paola Suárez and Patricia Tarabini.

*Sailing, Men's Class Tornado - 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 – Serbia and Montenegro 83 - 82:* Argentina – Spain 76 - 87:* Argentina – China 82 - 57:* Argentina – New Zealand 98 - 94:* Argentina – Italy 75 - 76
* Quarterfinals:* Argentina – Greece 69 - 64
* Semifinals:* Argentina – United States 89 - 81
* Final:* Argentina – Italy 84 - 69 (→ Gold Medal)
* Team Roster:* Rubén Wolkowyski:* Carlos Delfino:* Andrés Nocioni:* Leonardo Gutiérrez:* Luis Scola:* Hugo Sconochini:* Gabriel Fernández:* Wálter Herrmann:* Fabricio Oberto:* Alejandro Montecchia:* Emanuel Ginóbili:* Juan Ignacio Sánchez Head Coach: Rubén Magnano

Boxing

Men's 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 – 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 ZylberbergHead 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 ArrondoHead 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 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:*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]