Argentina at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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flagbearer=Carlos Espínola
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silver=2
bronze=2
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Argentina competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Silver

*Mariela Antoniska, Agustina García, Magdalena Aicega, María Paz Ferrari, Anabel Gambero, Ayelén Stepnik, Inés Arrondo, Luciana Aymar, Vanina Oneto, Jorgelina Rimoldi, Karina Masotta, Paola Vukojicic, Laura Maiztegui, Mercedes Margalot, María de la Paz Hernández, and Cecilia Rognoni — Field Hockey, Women's Team Competition

*Carlos Espínola — Sailing, Men's Mistral

Bronze

*Javier Conte and Juan de la Fuente — Sailing, Men's 470 Class

* Serena Amato — Sailing, Women's Europe Class

Results by event

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 100 m
*Gabriel Simon
*# Round 1 – 10.56 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m
*Carlos Gats
*# Round 1 – 21.15 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m
*Gustavo Aguirre
*# Round 1 – 47.03 (did not advance)

Men's Discus
*Marcelo Pugliese
*# Qualifying – 56.30 (did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw
*Juan Ignacio Cerra
*# Qualifying – 72.86 (did not advance)

Men's Marathon
*Oscar Cortínez
*# Final – 2:25:01 (58th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 5,000 m
*Elisa Cobanea
*# Round 1 – 16:16.58 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles
*Veronica de Paoli
*# Round 1 – 14.61 (did not advance)

Women's Long Jump
*Andrea Avila
*# Qualifying – 6.11 (did not advance)

Women's High Jump
*Solange Witteveen
*# Qualifying – 1.89 (did not advance)

Women's Pole Vault
*Alejandra Garcia
*# Qualifying – 4.15 (did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
*Omar Andrés Narváez
*#Round 1 – Defeated Carlos Valcarcel of Puerto Rico
*#Round 2 – Lost to Vladimir Sidorenko of Ukraine (→ did not advance)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
*Ceferino Labarda
*#Round 1 – Lost to Raimkul Malakhbekov of Russia (→ did not advance)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
*Israel Héctor Perez
*#Round 1 – Bye
*#Round 2 – Defeated Musa Simelane of Swaziland
*#Quarterfinal – Lost to Tahar Tamsamani of Morocco (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
*Victor Hugo Castro
*#Round 1 – Lost to Kay Huste of Germany (→ did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
*Guillermo Saputo
*#Round 1 – Lost to Sergey Dotsenko of Ukraine (→ did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
*Mariano Natalio Carrera
*#Round 1 – Lost to Akin Kakauridze of Turkey (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
*Hugo Garay
*#Round 1 – Lost to Olzhas Orazaliyev of Kazakhstan (→ did not advance)

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m
*Javier Andres Correa
*# Qualifying Heat – 03:37.849
*# Semifinal – 03:37.975
*# Final – 03:35.687 (5th place)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m
*Javier Andres Correa
*# Qualifying Heat – 03:37.849
*# Semifinal – 03:37.975
*# Final – 03:35.687 (5th place)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m
*Fernando Martin Redondo, Abelardo Andres Sztrum
*# Qualifying Heat – 03:24.324 (did not advance)

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
*Ignacio Gili
*# Final – DNF

Women's Cross Country Mountain Bike
*Jimena Florit
*# Final – 2:00:49.05 (→ 20th place)

Track Cycling

Men's competition

Men's Individual Pursuit
*Walter Fernando Perez
**Qualifying – 04:30.757 (did not advance)

Men's Point Race
*Juan Curuchet
**Points – 8
**Laps Down – 2 (14th place)

Men's Team Pursuit
*Walter Fernando Perez, Edgardo Simon, Gonzalo Martin Garcia, Guillermo Brunetta
**Qualifying – 04:10.940 (did not advance)

Men's Madison
*Juan Curuchet and Gabriel Curuchet
**Final – 9 (7th place)

Diving

Women's 3 Metre Springboard
*Svetlana Ishkova
*# Preliminary – 185.61 (40th place, did not advance)

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Argentina – India 0-3:* Argentina – South Korea 2-2:* Argentina – Poland 5-5:* Argentina – Australia 1-2:* Argentina – Spain 5-1
*Classification Matches:* 5th-8th place: Argentina – Germany 2-6:* 7th-8th place: Argentina – India 1-3 (→ 8th place)
*Team Roster:* Pablo Moreira (gk):* Mariano Chao (gk):* Máximo Pellegrino:* Carlos Retegui:* Marcos Riccardi:* Germán Orozco:* Juan Pablo Hourquebie:* Matias Vila:* Ezequiel Paulón:* Tomás MacCormik:* Fernando Zylberberg:* Fernando Oscaris:* Mario Almada:* Rodrigo Vila:* Santiago Capurro:* Jorge Lombi
*Head Coach: Luis Ciancia

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group C):*Argentina – South Korea 3-2:*Argentina – Great Britain 1-0:*Argentina – Spain 0-1
*Classification Matches:*Argentina – Netherlands 3-1:*Argentina – China 2-1:*Argentina – New Zealand 7-1
*Final:*Argentina – Australia 1-3 (→ Silver Medal)
*Team Roster:*Mariela Antoniska:*Agustina García:*Magdalena Aicega:*María Paz Ferrari:*Anabel Gambero:*Ayelén Stepnik:*Inés Arrondo:*Luciana Aymar:*Vanina Oneto:*Jorgelina Rimoldi:*Karina Masotta:*Paola Vukojicic:*Laura Maiztegui:*Mercedes Margalot:*María de la Paz Hernández:*Cecilia Rognoni
*Head Coach: Sergio Vigil

Judo

Men's Competition

*Sebastian Alquati
*Orlando Baccino
*Alejandro Bender
*Eduardo Costa Gramajo
*Dario García
*Jorge Lencina
*Miguel Rios

Women's Competition

*Daniela Krukower
*Carolina Mariani

ailing

Eight men and three women competed in the Sailing competition for Argentina at the 2000 Olympic Games. They won one silver medal and two bronze medals.

Men's Mistral
*Carlos Espinola
*# Race 1 – 8
*# Race 2 – 3
*# Race 3 – 8
*# Race 4 – 1
*# Race 5 – 5
*# Race 6 – 7
*# Race 7 – 2
*# Race 8 – (26)
*# Race 9 – 6
*# Race 10 – (11)
*# Race 11 – 3
*# Final – 43 (Silver medal)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
*Javier Conte and Juan de la Fuente
*# Race 1 – 11
*# Race 2 – 6
*# Race 3 – 8
*# Race 4 – 5
*# Race 5 – (30) OCS
*# Race 6 – 6
*# Race 7 – 3
*# Race 8 – 7
*# Race 9 – 1
*# Race 10 – (17)
*# Race 11 – 10
*# Final – 57 (Bronze medal)

Men's Laser
*Diego Emilio Romero
*# Race 1 – 21
*# Race 2 – 25
*# Race 3 – 23
*# Race 4 – 10
*# Race 5 – 13
*# Race 6 – 21
*# Race 7 – 18
*# Race 8 – (29)
*# Race 9 – 27
*# Race 10 – 27
*# Race 11 – 4
*# Final – 162 (23rd place)

Men's Tornado
*Santiago Lange and Mariano Parada
*# Race 1 – 6
*# Race 2 – 13
*# Race 3 – 10
*# Race 4 – 3
*# Race 5 – 8
*# Race 6 – 5
*# Race 7 – 6
*# Race 8 – (17) OCS
*# Race 9 – 15
*# Race 10 – 14
*# Race 11 – 10
*# Final – 75 (10th place)

Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star)
*Eduardo Farre and Mariano Daniel Lucca
*# Race 1 – 10
*# Race 2 – (15)
*# Race 3 – 14
*# Race 4 – 15
*# Race 5 – (17) DNC
*# Race 6 – 14
*# Race 7 – 14
*# Race 8 – 14
*# Race 9 – 13
*# Race 10 – 14
*# Race 11 – 11
*# Final – 119 (16th place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
*Serena Amato
*# Race 1 – 6
*# Race 2 – (15)
*# Race 3 – 9
*# Race 4 – 5
*# Race 5 – 2
*# Race 6 – 2
*# Race 7 – 6
*# Race 8 – 1
*# Race 9 – (14)
*# Race 10 – 12
*# Race 11 – 8
*# Final – 51 (Bronze medal)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
*Paula Reinoso and María Fernanda Sesto
*# Race 1 – 10
*# Race 2 – 6
*# Race 3 – (16)
*# Race 4 – 8
*# Race 5 – (15)
*# Race 6 – 8
*# Race 7 – 13
*# Race 8 – 1
*# Race 9 – 7
*# Race 10 – 6
*# Race 11 – 13
*# Final – 72 (12th place)

wimming

Argentina competed in 18 swimming events, 11 men and 7 women, but only advanced out of the preliminary heats in one event.

Men's 50 m Freestyle
*José Meolans
*# Preliminary Heat – 22.89 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Freestyle
*José Meolans
*# Preliminary Heat – 49.75
*# Semi-final – 49.66 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle
*Agustin Fiorilli
*# Preliminary Heat – 03:59.44 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle
*Agustin Fiorilli
*# Preliminary Heat – 15:52.69 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly
*Pablo Martin Abal
*# Preliminary Heat – 54.45 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke
*Sergio Andres Ferreyra
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:05.75 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke
*Andres Bicocca
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:20.98 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke
*Eduardo German Otero
*# Preliminary Heat – 58.09 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke
*Eduardo German Otero
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:05.51 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley
*Walter Dario Arciprete
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:08.89 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Medley
*Eduardo German Otero, Sergio Andres Ferreyra, Pablo Martin Abal, José Meolans
*# Preliminary Heat – 03:43.61 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle
*Florencia Szigeti
*# Preliminary Heat – 57.2 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle
*Florencia Szigeti
*# Preliminary Heat – DQ (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle
*Cecilia Biagiou
*# Preliminary Heat – 09:04.02 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly
*María del Pilar Pereyra
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:04.75 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly
*Ana Carolina Aguilera
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:21.23 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley
*María Virginia Garrone
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:22.98 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley
*Georgina Bardach
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:54.31 (did not advance)

Taekwondo

Men's Competition
*Alejandro Hernando
*Gabriel Taraburelli

Tennis

Men's Competition
*Mariano Puerta
*Gastón Gaudio
*Franco Squillari
*Mariano Zabaleta

Women's Competition
*Florencia Labat
*Paola Suárez
*Laura Montalvo

Triathlon

Men's Individual Competition:
*Oscar Galindez – 1:50:59.48 (→ 28th place)

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Defeated United States (3-1):* Defeated South Korea (3-1):* Lost to Italy (0-3):* Lost to Yugoslavia (1-3):* Lost to Russia (0-3)
*Quarterfinals:* Defeated Brazil (3-2)
*Semifinals:* Lost to Russia (1-3)
*Bronze Medal Match:* Lost to Italy (0-3) → Fourth place
*Team Roster:*Jerónimo Bidegain:*Hugo Conte:*Sebastián Firpo:*Christian Lares:*Leandro Maly:*Pablo Meana:*Marcos Milinkovic:*Leonardo Patti:*Pablo Pereira:*Juan Pablo Porello:*Alejandro Spajic:*Carlos Weber
*Head Coach: Carlos Getzelevich

Men's Beach Competition

*Martin Conde and Eduardo Martínez — 9th place (tied)

References

*Wallechinsky, David (2004). "The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)". Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
*International Olympic Committee (2001). [http://www.gamesinfo.com.au/results/results.pdf The Results] . Retrieved 11/12/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v1.pdf Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v2.pdf Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Results.pdf The Results] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
* [http://www.olympic.org International Olympic Committee Web Site]