Uruguay at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Uruguay
games=2004 Summer
competitors=15 (13 men, 2 women)
sports=6
flagbearer=Serrana Fernández

Uruguay competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Results by event

=Athletics=

Heber Viera was only 0.2 seconds from qualifying for the second round of the 200 meters, but all three Uruguayan runners failed to advance beyond their opening heats.

Men's 200 metres:
* Heber Viera:* Round 1 — 20.94 (→ 5th in heat 3, did not advance, 35th overall) (season best)

Men's 400 metres:
* Andrés Silva:* Round 1 — 46.48 (→ 6th in heat 2, did not advance, 41st overall)

Women's 1500 metres:
* Elena Guerra :*Round 1 — 4:35.31 (→ 14th in heat 2, did not advance, 40th overall)

=Canoeing=

Urguay's lone canoeist in Athens was never a threat to the leaders, but was fairly competitive with canoeists from Chile and Croatia in both events, holding them off to avoid finishing in last place.

Men's C1 500 metres:
* Darwin Correa :*Heat — 2:02.014 (7th in heat 1, advanced to semifinal):*Semifinal — 1:58.727 (→ 7th in semifinal 2, 18th overall)

Men's C1 1000 metres:
* Darwin Correa:*Heat — 4:27.115 (6th in heat 2, advanced to semifinal):*Semifinal — 4:22.096 (→ 7th in semifinal 2, 16th overall)

=Cycling=

Track Cycling

Defending points race silver medalist Milton Wynants won the first of the 2004 points race, combining that with a lap of the field to give him an early lead, but could not repeat this level of success, earning only one more sprint and one more lap the rest of the race. In the Madison, the Uruguayan duo only earned three sprint points, and never managed to lap the bunch.

[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's points race|Men's Points Race] :
* Milton Wynants:* 46 points (6 Sprint points, 40 Lap points) (→ 9th overall)

[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's madison|Men's Madison] :
* Tomás Margaleff and Milton Wynants:* 3 points, 1 lap behind (→ 10th overall)

=Rowing=

Both Uruguayan boats had decent performances, falling in the lower half of the pack in both events, but well ahead of the tail end boats. Leandro Salvagno Rattaro had the exciting experience of winning an Olympic race, even if it was only a D/E semifinal.

Men's Single Sculls:
* Leandro Salvagno Rattaro D final - 2nd place (20th overall):*Heat — 7:43.91 (5th in heat 4, advanced to repechage):*Repechage — 7:02.68 (3rd in repechage 6, advanced to semifinal D/E):*Semifinal D/E — 7:24.41 (1st in semifinal D/E 2, advanced to final D):*Final D — 7:01.33 (→ 2nd in Final D, 20th overall)

Men's Lightweight Double Sculls:
* Rodolfo Collazo Tourn and Joe Reboledo Pineyrua:*Heat — 6:29.20 (5th in heat 4, advanced to repechage):*Repechage — 6:30.23 (3rd in repechage 2, advanced to semifinal C/D):*Semifinal C/D — 6:29.39 (3rd in semifinal C/D 2, advanced to final C):*Final C — 7:03.72 (→ 6th in Final C, 18th overall)

=Sailing=

In the Mistral, Segura never managed to crack the top 25 in any of the 11 races. Foglia, a man, did cross that barier, but never finished higher than 17th in any race.

Men's Mistral:
* Angel Segura:*294pts (→ 32nd overall)

Open Laser:
* Alejandro Foglia:*277pts (→ 34th overall)

=Swimming=

None of the five Uruguayan swimmers finished in the top half of the field in their respective races, but none most finished ahead of at least 10 swimmers.

Men's 50 metre Freestyle:
* Jose Mafio:*Heat — 23.58 (→ 50th overall, did not advance)

Men's 100 metre Freestyle:
* Paul Kutscher:*Heat — 51.45 (→ 41st overall, did not advance)

Men's 200 metre Freestyle:
* Martín Kutscher:*Heat — 1:53.91 (→ 45th overall, did not advance)

Men's 400 metre Freestyle:
* Martín Kutscher:*Heat — 4:03.21 (→ 39th overall, did not advance)

Men's 100 metre Backstroke:
* Serrana Fernández:*Heat — 1:05.51 (→ 35th overall, did not advance)

Officials

*President — Julio César Maglione
*Secretary General — Daniel Gutíerrez

References

* [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2004/Results/ Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad]
* [http://www.montevideo.com.uy/noticia_11664_1.html Montevideo.com]
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URU/summer/2004/ sports-reference]