Uruguay at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Uruguay competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's eighteenth appearance at the Olympics, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its full support to the United States boycott.

Uruguay at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	URU
NOC	Uruguayan Olympic Committee
Website	www.cou.org.uy (in Spanish)
in Athens
Competitors	15 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Serrana Fernández[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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The Uruguayan Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Uruguayo, COU) sent a total of 15 athletes to the Games, 13 men and 2 women, to compete in 6 different sports. Four athletes from the Uruguayan team had previously competed in Sydney, including track cyclist Milton Wynants, who won the bronze in the men's points race, and backstroke swimmer Serrana Fernández, who later carried the nation's flag in the opening ceremony.^[1][2]

Following Wynants' blistering finish in men's track cycling from Sydney four years earlier, Uruguay, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal in Athens.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Uruguayan athletes have so far 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).^[3][4]

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrés Silva	400 m	46.48	6	—		Did not advance
Heber Viera	200 m	20.94	5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Elena Guerra	1500 m	4:35.31	14	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Darwin Correa	Men's C-1 500 m	2:02.014	7 q	1:58.727	7	Did not advance
	Men's C-1 1000 m	4:27.115	6 q	4:22.096	7	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
Milton Wynants	Men's points race	46	0	9
Tomás Margalef Milton Wynants	Men's madison	3	−1	10

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Uruguayan rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Leandro Salvagno Rattaro	Single sculls	7:43.91	5 R	7:02.68	3 SD/E	7:24.41	2 FD	7:01.33	20
Rodolfo Collazo Joe Reboledo	Lightweight double sculls	6:29.20	5 R	6:30.23	3 SC/D	6:29.39	3 FC	7:03.72	18

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

Uruguayan sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Angel Segura	Mistral	30	33	31	31	29	28	31	25	31	29	29	294	32

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Alejandro Foglia	Laser	26	31	17	33	23	23	35	29	32	34	29	277	34

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Uruguayan 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
Martín Kutscher	200 m freestyle	1:53.91	45	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:03.21	39	—		Did not advance
Paul Kutscher	100 m freestyle	51.45	41	Did not advance
José Mafio	50 m freestyle	23.58	50	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Serrana Fernández	100 m backstroke	1:05.51	35	Did not advance

See also

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