Argentina at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Argentina competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's twenty-first appearance at the Olympic Games, except for three different editions. Argentina did not attend the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its support for the United States-led boycott. The sailor Carlos Espínola was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. 152 competitors, 106 men and 46 women, took part in 86 events in 22 sports.

Argentina at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
Website	www.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in Athens
Competitors	152 in 22 sports
Flag bearer	Carlos Espínola[1] (opening)
Medals Ranked 38th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 4 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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The total medal count of six, marked the best performance by Argentina since the 1948 Summer Olympics, earning their first gold medals since the 1952 Summer Olympics and their best position in the medal table up to that point, at 35th place overall.

Medalists

Further information: 2004 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Argentina national basketball team Carlos Delfino Gabriel Fernández Emanuel Ginóbili Leonardo Gutiérrez Walter Herrmann Alejandro Montecchia Andrés Nocioni Fabricio Oberto Juan Ignacio Sánchez Luis Scola Hugo Sconochini Rubén Wolkowyski	Basketball	Men's tournament	August 28
Gold	Argentina national football team Roberto Ayala Nicolás Burdisso Wilfredo Caballero Fabricio Coloccini César Delgado Andrés D'Alessandro Leandro Fernández Luciano Figueroa Cristian González Luis González Mariano González Gabriel Heinze Germán Lux Javier Mascherano Nicolás Medina Clemente Rodríguez Mauro Rosales Javier Saviola Carlos Tevez	Football	Men's tournament	August 28
Bronze	Georgina Bardach	Swimming	Women's 400 m individual medley	August 14
Bronze	Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini	Tennis	Women's doubles	August 21
Bronze	Argentina national field hockey team Magdalena Aicega Mariela Antoniska Inés Arrondo Luciana Aymar Claudia Burkart Marina di Giacomo Soledad García Mariana González Oliva Alejandra Gulla María de la Paz Hernández Mercedes Margalot Vanina Oneto Cecilia Rognoni Mariné Russo Ayelén Stepnik Paola Vukojicic	Field hockey	Women's tournament	August 26
Bronze	Carlos Espínola Santiago Lange	Sailing	Men's Tornado	August 28

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Argentine athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[2][3]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
• NM = No mark

Men

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Juan Ignacio Cerra	Hammer throw	72.53	26	Did not advance
Marcelo Pugliese	Discus throw	56.06	31	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Santiago Lorenzo	Result	11.10	7.03	13.22	1.85	49.34	15.38	40.22	4.50	58.36	4:23.08	7592	24
	Points	838	821	681	670	845	804	669	760	713	791

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Sandra Torres	Marathon	2:54:48	55

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jennifer Dahlgren	Hammer throw	59.52	43	Did not advance
Alejandra García	Pole vault	4.40	12 q	4.20	=13
Romina Maggi	Javelin throw	48.58	43	Did not advance
Solange Witteveen	High jump	1.89	23	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Argentina qualified a men's team.

• Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Men's tournament

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

Roster

The following is the Argentina roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Argentina men's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Juan Ignacio Sánchez 27 – (1977-04-08)8 April 1977 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Etosa Alicante SG 5 Manu Ginóbili 27 – (1977-07-28)28 July 1977 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) San Antonio Spurs PG 6 Alejandro Montecchia 32 – (1972-01-01)1 January 1972 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Pamesa Valencia C 7 Fabricio Oberto 29 – (1975-03-21)21 March 1975 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Pamesa Valencia SF 8 Walter Herrmann 25 – (1979-06-26)26 June 1979 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Unicaja Málaga C 9 Gabriel Fernández 27 – (1976-10-23)23 October 1976 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Fórum Valladolid SG 10 Hugo Sconochini (C) 33 – (1971-04-10)10 April 1971 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Olimpia Milano PF 11 Luis Scola 24 – (1980-04-30)30 April 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Tau Cerámica PF 12 Leonardo Gutiérrez 26 – (1978-05-16)16 May 1978 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Obras Sanitarias SF 13 Andrés Nocioni 24 – (1979-11-30)30 November 1979 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Tau Cerámica SF 14 Carlos Delfino 21 – (1982-08-29)29 August 1982 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Skipper Bologna C 15 Rubén Wolkowyski 30 – (1973-09-30)30 September 1973 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Olympiacos B.C.	Head coach Rubén Magnano Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	405	349	+56	10	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	3	2	371	341	+30	8[a]
3	Argentina	5	3	2	414	396	+18	8[a]
4	China	5	2	3	303	382	−79	7
5	New Zealand	5	1	4	399	413	−14	6[b]	9th place playoff
6	Serbia and Montenegro	5	1	4	377	388	−11	6[b]	11th place playoff

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Italy 1–0 Argentina
2. Head-to-head record: New Zealand 1–0 Serbia and Montenegro

15 August 2004 16:45

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: Dejan Tomašević 10 Asts: 3 players, 1 each

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU), José Carrión (PUR)

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17 August 2004 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: 3 players, 4 each

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (ESP), Mike Homsy (CAN)

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19 August 2004 20:00

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 Ming 15 Rebs: Yao Ming 7 Asts: Liu Wei 2

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Sean Corbin (USA), Scott Buttler (AUS)

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21 August 2004 14:30

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

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU), Christos Christodoulou (GRE)

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23 August 2004 20:00

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

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Sean Corbin (USA)

Quarterfinals

26 August 2004 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

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 14,500 Referees: Renato Santos (BRA), Giampaolo Cicoria (ITA)

Semifinals

27 August 2004 20:00

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

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 14,500 Referees: Vicente Bulto (ESP), Zoran Šutulović (SCG)

Gold medal game

28 August 2004 22:45

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

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 14,500 Referees: Renato Santos (BRA), Lazaros Voreadis (GRE)

Won gold medal

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

Main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Two competitors joined Argentina for the canoeing flatwater event only.

Sprint

Argentina qualified boats for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Javier Correa	Men's K-1 500 m	1:38.675	2 q	1:39.525	2 Q	1:40.639	8
	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:28.492	4 q	3:31.934	4	Did not advance
Fernanda Lauro	Women's K-1 500 m	1:59.474	6 q	2:00.198	9	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Track

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Juan Curuchet	Men's points race	23	−3	13
Juan Curuchet Walter Pérez	Men's madison	5	−1	9

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Carlos Franco Gennero	Men's cross-country	LAP (3 laps)	44
Jimena Florit	Women's cross-country	2:08:42	12

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Martín Dopazo	Furka du Village	Individual	8	=47	8	16	=40	8	24	=37 Q	8	=12	17	25	=23	25	=23
Federico Sztyrle	Who Knows Lilly		5	=31	Retired			Did not advance
Gregorio Werthein	Calwaro		DNF		Did not advance
Lucas Werthein	Warren		9	=54 Q	DNF			Did not advance
Martín Dopazo Federico Sztyrle Gregorio Werthein Lucas Werthein	See above	Team	—								22	=15	Did not advance			22	=15

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Argentina qualified 1 fencer.

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alejandra Carbone	Individual foil	Bye	Sugawara (JPN) L 6–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Argentine roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Head coach: Jorge Ruiz

1. Pablo Moreira (GK)
2. Juan Pablo Hourquebie
3. Maximiliano Caldas
4. Matias Vila
5. Ezequiel Paulón
7. Mario Almada
8. Carlos Retegui
9. Rodrigo Vila
10. Tomás MacCormik
13. Jorge Lombi
14. Fernando Zylberberg
15. Germán Orozco
17. Matias Paredes
19. Juan Manuel Vivaldi
22. Lucas Rey
23. Lucas Cammareri

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	16	9	+7	15	Semi-finals
2	Australia	5	3	1	1	14	10	+4	10
3	New Zealand	5	3	0	2	13	11	+2	9	5–8th place semi-finals
4	India	5	1	1	3	11	13	−2	4
5	South Africa	5	1	0	4	9	15	−6	3	9–12th place semi-finals
6	Argentina	5	0	2	3	8	13	−5	2

Source: FIH

15 August 10:30 Argentina  1 – 2  South Africa Almada  10' Nicol  38', 40' Umpires: Xavier Adell Salvatella (ESP) David Gentles (AUS)

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17 August 10:30 Argentina  2 – 2  Australia Almada  2', 31' Dwyer  26', 66' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Jason McCracken (NZL)

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19 August 20:00 New Zealand  3 – 1  Argentina Shaw  12' Hari  44' Burrows  49' Lombi  8' Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Pedro Teixeira (POR)

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21 August 18:30 Argentina  2 – 4  Netherlands Almada  37' Lombi  52' Reckers  17' Klaver  22' Taekema  26' de Nooijer  44' Umpires: Singh Amarjit (MAS) Murray Grime (AUS)

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23 August 20:00 India  2 – 2  Argentina G. Singh  33', 60' M. Vila  52' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Peter Elders (NED)

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9th to 12th place classification

25 August 11:00 Great Britain  4 – 1  Argentina Moore  24' Bertram  35+' Hall  38' Pearn  67' Retegui  64' Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Christian Blasch (GER)

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11th place match

27 August 09:00 Egypt  2 – 4  Argentina El Sayed  21' S. Mohamed  43' Retegui  20' Almada  26', 48', 62' Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP) Jin Soo Han (KOR)

Women's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Argentine roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Head coach: Sergio Vigil

1. Mariela Antoniska (GK)
3. Magdalena Aicega (c)
5. Marina di Giacomo
6. Ayelén Stepnik
7. Alejandra Gulla
8. Luciana Aymar
9. Vanina Oneto
10. Soledad García
12. Mariana González Oliva
14. Mercedes Margalot
15. María de la Paz Hernández
16. Cecilia Rognoni
18. Paola Vukojicic (GK)
19. Mariné Russo
21. Inés Arrondo
24. Claudia Burkart

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	4	4	0	0	11	2	+9	12	Semi-finals
2	Argentina	4	3	0	1	12	4	+8	9
3	Japan	4	2	0	2	5	7	−2	6
4	New Zealand	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	3
5	Spain	4	0	0	4	3	12	−9	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.

14 August 20:00 Argentina  4 – 0  Spain Stepnik  11' Rognoni  25' García  28' Oneto  69' Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (USA) Ute Conen (GER)

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16 August 08:30 Japan  1 – 3  Argentina Komazawa  27' Arrondo  19' García  37' di Giacomo  58' Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Lyn Farrell (NZL)

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20 August 10:30 New Zealand  0 – 3  Argentina Aymar  8' Oneto  38' García  53' Umpires: Chieko Akiyama (JPN) Julie Ashton-Lucy (USA)

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22 August 18:00 China  2 – 3  Argentina Ma  9' Fu  16' Tang  47' Aymar  8', 34' Umpires: Sheila Brown (RSA) Phillipa March (AUS)

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Semifinals

24 August 18:00 Netherlands  2 – 2 (a.e.t.)  Argentina Sylvia Karres  41' Donners  45' García  17' Aicega  68' Penalties Schopman Boomgaardt Donners van Kessel 4 – 2 Margalot Rognoni Aymar Stepnik Umpires: Lyn Farrell (NZL) Minka Woolley (AUS)

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Bronze Medal match

26 August 18:00 Argentina  1 – 0  China Aymar  80' Umpires: Renee Cohen (NED) Ute Conen (GER)

Won Bronze Medal

Football

Main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Argentine squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[7]

Head coach: Marcelo Bielsa

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2004 club
1	1GK	Willy Caballero	(1981-09-28)28 September 1981 (aged 22)	8	0	Boca Juniors
2	2DF	Roberto Ayala*	(1973-04-14)14 April 1973 (aged 31)	90	5	Valencia
3	2DF	Nicolás Burdisso	(1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 23)	10	0	Inter Milan
4	2DF	Fabricio Coloccini	(1982-01-22)22 January 1982 (aged 22)	7	0	Milan
5	3MF	Javier Mascherano	(1984-06-08)8 June 1984 (aged 20)	13	0	River Plate
6	2DF	Gabriel Heinze*	(1978-04-19)19 April 1978 (aged 26)	13	0	Manchester United
7	4FW	Javier Saviola	(1981-12-11)11 December 1981 (aged 22)	18	4	Barcelona
8	4FW	César Delgado	(1981-08-18)18 August 1981 (aged 22)	19	2	Cruz Azul
9	4FW	Luciano Figueroa	(1981-05-19)19 May 1981 (aged 23)	10	5	Cruz Azul
10	4FW	Carlos Tevez	(1984-02-05)5 February 1984 (aged 20)	13	2	Boca Juniors
11	3MF	Kily González*	(1974-08-04)4 August 1974 (aged 30)	55	8	Inter Milan
12	4FW	Mauro Rosales	(1981-02-24)24 February 1981 (aged 23)	14	0	Newell's Old Boys
13	3MF	Nicolás Medina	(1982-02-17)17 February 1982 (aged 22)	5	0	Sunderland
14	2DF	Clemente Rodríguez	(1981-07-31)31 July 1981 (aged 23)	13	0	Spartak Moscow
15	3MF	Andrés D'Alessandro	(1981-04-15)15 April 1981 (aged 23)	16	3	Wolfsburg
16	3MF	Lucho González	(1981-01-19)19 January 1981 (aged 23)	20	4	River Plate
17	4FW	Mariano González	(1981-05-05)5 May 1981 (aged 23)	17	1	Palermo
18	1GK	Germán Lux	(1982-06-07)7 June 1982 (aged 22)	0	0	River Plate
21	2DF	Leandro Fernández[n 1]	(1983-01-30)30 January 1983 (aged 21)	0	0	Newell's Old Boys

* Over-aged player.

Notes

1. Replaces Nicolás Burdisso who was injured during the competition

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
3	Tunisia	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Serbia and Montenegro	3	0	0	3	3	14	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

August 11, 2004

20:30

Argentina	6–0	Serbia and Montenegro
Delgado 11' C. González 17' Tevez 42', 43' Heinze 74' Rosales 77'	(Report)

Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras

Attendance: 14,675

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

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August 14, 2004

20:30

Argentina	2–0	Tunisia
Tevez 39' Saviola 72'	(Report)

Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras

Attendance: 5,112

Referee: Éric Poulat (France)

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August 17, 2004

20:30

Argentina	1–0	Australia
D'Alessandro 9'	(Report)

Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 26,338

Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

Quarterfinals

August 21, 2004

21:00

Argentina	4–0	Costa Rica
Delgado 24' Tevez 43', 82', 83'	(Report)

Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras

Attendance: 9,292

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Semifinals

August 24, 2004

18:00

Italy	0–3	Argentina
	(Report)	Tevez 16' L. González 69' M. González 84'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 30,910

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Gold Medal match

August 28, 2004

18:00

Argentina	1–0	Paraguay
Tevez 16'	(Report)

Olympic Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 41,116

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Won Gold Medal

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Argentina had one woman competing in artistic gymnastics as an individual.

Artistic

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Celeste Carnavale	All-around	9.050	8.325	8.525	8.362	34.262	56	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Argentina qualified nine judoka.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miguel Albarracín	−60 kg	Labrosse (SEY) W 1001–0001	Aburto (MEX) W 1000–0002	Nomura (JPN) L 0000–0001	Did not advance	Bye	Gussenberg (GER) L 0000–0012	Did not advance
Jorge Lencina	−66 kg	Uchishiba (JPN) L 0000–1011	Did not advance			Dashdavaa (MGL) W 1011–0001	Dzhafarov (RUS) W 1001–0001	Margoshvili (GEO) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Rodrigo Lucenti	−73 kg	Pedro (USA) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Ariel Sganga	−81 kg	Aschwanden (SUI) W 1000–0002	Iliadis (GRE) L WO	Did not advance		Endicott-Davies (AUS) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Eduardo Costa	−90 kg	Camacho (VEN) W 1101–0000	Grekov (UKR) W 0112–0001	Izumi (JPN) L 0000–0001	Did not advance	Bye	Kukharenka (BLR) W 1000–0100	Huizinga (NED) L 0000–1010	Did not advance
Andrés Loforte	−100 kg	El Gharbawy (EGY) L 0001–0002	Did not advance
Orlando Baccino	+100 kg	Rybak (BLR) L 0000–1001	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Daniela Krukower	−63 kg	Bye	Lee B-H (KOR) W 0001–0000	Décosse (FRA) W 0001–0000	Tanimoto (JPN) L 0000–1000	Bye			González (CUB) L WO	5
Elizabeth Copes	−70 kg	Bye	Kourtelesi (GRE) W 1021–0000	Bosch (NED) L 0000–1000	Did not advance	Bye	Blanco (ESP) L 0000–1011	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Santiago Fernández	Single sculls	7:22.52	1 SA/B/C	Bye		7:00.90	2 FA	6:55.17	4
Marcos Morales Walter Naneder	Pair	7:02.29	4 R	6:28.98	2 SA/B	7:19.57	6 FB	6:27.88	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Analía Marín	Single sculls	8:01.56	4 R	7:51.94	4 SC/D	7:58.07	3 FC	DNF	18
Milka Kraljev Lucía Palermo	Lightweight double sculls	7:25.11	6 R	7:23.22	5 FC	Bye		7:54.32	17

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Mariano Reutemann	Mistral	29	5	24	7	23	23	15	13	11	10	9	140	15
Alejandro Colla	Finn	20	21	25	18	5	20	14	20	21	19	16	174	22
Javier Conte Juan de la Fuente	470	26	20	5	1	21	1	11	13	9	23	17	121	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Catalina Walther	Mistral	19	23	21	19	19	20	21	23	23	20	OCS	208	22
Serena Amato	Europe	5	2	22	8	13	22	2	11	4	10	9	86	6
Paula Reinoso Maria Fernanda Sesto	470	15	7	11	6	15	16	3	14	9	11	11	102	12

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Diego Romero	Laser	40	6	11	2	18	43	23	5	5	12	12	134	12
Carlos Espínola Santiago Lange	Tornado	7	1	6	5	6	11	5	8	4	3	9	54

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Pablo Álvarez	10 m air rifle	583	43	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	587	=40	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1135	=38	Did not advance
Maximo Modesti	10 m air pistol	559	44	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	548	=30	Did not advance
Ángel Velarte	10 m air rifle	586	=39	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	584	45	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1137	=36	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Argentine swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
José Meolans	50 m freestyle	22.90	27	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	49.98	24	Did not advance
Eduardo Germán Otero	100 m backstroke	57.28	33	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	55.24	44	Did not advance
Juan Martín Pereyra	200 m freestyle	1:53.19	=40	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:57.26	27	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:53.29	26	—		Did not advance
Gastón Rodríguez	200 m butterfly	2:04.01	29	Did not advance
Cristian Mauro Soldano	100 m breaststroke	1:05.05	43	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Georgina Bardach	200 m butterfly	2:13.68	21	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:16.68	14 Q	2:15.73	13	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:41.20	3 Q	—		4:37.51 NR
Cecilia Biagioli	400 m freestyle	4:16.42	22	—		Did not advance
Agustina de Giovanni	200 m breaststroke	2:35.94	26	Did not advance
Javiera Salcedo	100 m breaststroke	1:12.46	=29	Did not advance
Florencia Szigeti	50 m freestyle	26.84	37	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	56.71	28	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:03.29	25	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Liu Song	Men's singles	Arai (JPN) W 4–1	Grujić (SCG) W 4–1	Joo S-H (KOR) L 0–4	Did not advance
Pablo Tabachnik		Toriola (NGR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Oscar Gonzales Pablo Tabachnik	Men's doubles	—	Gionis / Kreanga (GRE) L 1–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alejandro Hernando	Men's −68 kg	Roesen (DEN) L 10–11	Did not advance
Vanina Sánchez	Women's −67 kg	Rivero (PHI) L 10–10 SUP	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Agustín Calleri	Singles	Beck (SVK) W 2–6, 6–3, 8–6	Andreev (RUS) L RET	Did not advance
Juan Ignacio Chela		Mirnyi (BLR) L 6–3, 7–6(7–0), 4–6	Did not advance
David Nalbandian		Withdrew on 15 August due to strained left thigh injury
Mariano Zabaleta		Lee H-T (KOR) L 6–4, 3–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Juan Ignacio Chela Mariano Zabaleta	Doubles	—	Andreev / Davydenko (RUS) L 6–3, 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez		—	López / Robredo (ESP) W 6–3, 6–4	González / Massú (CHI) L 3–6, 6–7(2–7)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mariana Díaz Oliva	Singles	Kuznetsova (RUS) L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Gisela Dulko		Šprem (CRO) L 6–7(6–8), 5–7	Did not advance
Paola Suárez		Dechy (FRA) W 6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–5), 9–7	Zuluaga (COL) L 6–4, 6–7(1–7), 1–6	Did not advance
Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini	Doubles	—	Medina Garrigues/ Sánchez Vicario (ESP) W 6–7(8–10), 7–5, 6–2	Morigami / Obata (JPN) W 6–4, 6–2	Dechy / Testud (FRA) W 6–4, 1–6, 6–4	Li T / Sun Tt (CHN) L 2–6, 6–2, 7–9	Asagoe / Sugiyama (JPN) W 6–3, 6–3

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Daniel Fontana	Men's	18:25	0:19	1:05:11	0:20	32:59	1:57:14.20	28
Nancy Álvarez	Women's	20:58	0:21	1:17:29	0:25	42:23	2:21:38.66	43

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Beach

See also: Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mariano Baracetti Martín Conde	Men's	Pool F  Brenha – Maia (POR) W 2 – 1 (13–21, 21–16, 15–5)  Pocock – Rorich (RSA) W 2 – 0 (21–13, 21–15)  Beligratis – Michalopoulos (GRE) W WO	1 Q	Child – Heese (CAN) L 0 – 2 (17–21, 17–21)	Did not advance

Indoor

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Argentina qualified a team to the men's indoor tournament.

• Men's indoor event – 1 team of 12 players

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Argentine roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[8]

Head coach: Alberto Armoa

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2004 club
1	Marcos Milinkovic (C)	22 December 1971	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	338 cm (133 in)	Unisul Florianopolis
2	Jorge Elgueta	21 November 1969	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	353 cm (139 in)	333 cm (131 in)	Espi Pòrtol
3	Gustavo Porporatto	7 May 1981	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	353 cm (139 in)	323 cm (127 in)	Club Social Monteros
7	Diego Gutierrez	27 May 1976	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Evivo Düren
8	Hernan Ferraro	13 May 1968	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	300 cm (120 in)	R. P. Coronel Vidal
10	Alejandro Spajic	7 May 1976	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	360 cm (140 in)	340 cm (130 in)	Club Ciudad de Bolívar
11	Jerónimo Bidegain	16 January 1977	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	352 cm (139 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Club Social Monteros
12	Pablo Peralta	9 December 1979	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Tenerife
13	Santiago Darraidou	24 November 1980	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Orestiada
15	Leonardo Patti	6 July 1978	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Club Ciudad de Bolívar
17	Pablo Meana (L)	10 June 1975	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Lokomotiv
18	Gastón Giani	26 April 1979	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Tenerife

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia and Montenegro	5	4	1	9	12	6	2.000	427	398	1.073	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	5	3	2	8	12	9	1.333	475	454	1.046
3	Argentina	5	3	2	8	12	9	1.333	471	457	1.031
4	Poland	5	3	2	8	10	9	1.111	422	419	1.007
5	France	5	2	3	7	8	10	0.800	405	394	1.028
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	5	4	15	0.267	373	451	0.827

Source: FIVB

August 15, 2004 14:00	Argentina	3–0	France	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 2,370 Referees: Wang Nin (China), Hiroyuki Ito (Japan)
	(25–15, 25–23, 25–22) Report

August 17, 2004 9:00	Tunisia	2–3	Argentina	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 888 Referees: Ibrahim Al Naama (Qatar), Ryszard Dietrich (Poland)
	(20–25, 25–23, 16–25, 25–22, 10–15) Report

August 19, 2004 19:30	Argentina	3–1	Greece	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 9,403 Referees: Mahmoud Abdel Magid (Egypt), Patricia Salvatore (United States)
	(16–25, 25–21, 25–22, 25–22) Report

August 21, 2004 16:10	Argentina	1–3	Serbia and Montenegro	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 4,826 Referees: Fernando Nava (Mexico), Wang Nin (China)
	(25–21, 17–25, 21–25, 23–25) Report

August 23, 2004 16:00	Poland	3–2	Argentina	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 6,295 Referees: Kim Kun Tae (South Korea), Hiroyuki Ito (Japan)
	(25–19, 25–22, 23–25, 22–25, 20–18) Report

Quarterfinal

August 25, 2004 16:60	Argentina	1–3	Italy	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 8,100 Referees: Hiroyuki Ito (Japan), Ibrahim Al Naama (Qatar)
	(25–22, 22–25, 24–26, 26–28) Report

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Darío Lecman	Men's −94 kg	155	=18	185	16	340	17
Nora Koppel	Women's −75 kg	100	=12	137.5	=6	237.5	9

See also

• Argentina at the 2003 Pan American Games
• Argentina at the 2004 Summer Paralympics