Argentina At The 2000 Summer Olympics

Argentina competed at the ''' 2000 Summer Olympics ''' in Sydney under the IOC Country Code ARG. It was the eighteenth appearance of the South American nation, which made it's Olympic debut in 1920 .

MEDALS

Argentina finished in 57th position in the final medal rankings

RESULTS BY EVENT

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 100m

Gabriel Simon

# Round 1 - 10.56 (did not advance)

Men's 200m

Carlos Gats

# Round 1 - 21.15 (did not advance)

Men's 400m

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 Cortinez

# Final - 2:25:01 (58th place)

Women's competition

Women's 5,000m

Elisa Cobanea

# Round 1 - 16:16.58 (did not advance)

Women's 100m 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 51kg
Omar Narvaez

Round 1 - Defeated Carlos Valcarcel of Puerto Rico

Round 2 - Lost to Vladimir Sidorenko of Ukraine (did not advance)

Men's 54kg
Ceferino Labarda

Round 1 - Lost to Raimkoul Malakhbekov of Russia (did not advance)

Men's 57kg
Israel Hector Perez

Round 1 - Bye

Round 2 - Defeated Musa Simelane of Swaziland

Quarterfinal - Lost to Tahar Tamsamani of Morocco (did not advance)

Men's 63.5kg
Victor Hugo Castro

Round 1 - Lost to Kay Huste of Germany (did not advance)

Men's 67kg
Guillermo Saputo

Round 1 - Lost to Sergey Dotsenko of Ukraine (did not advance)

Men's 75kg
Mariano Natalio Carrera

Round 1 - Lost to Akin Kakauridze of Turkey (did not advance)

Men's 81kg
Hugo German Garay

Round 1 - Lost to Olzhas Orazaliyev of Kazakhstan (did not advance)

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

=Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500m

Javier Andres Correa

# Qualifying Heat - 03:37.849

# Semifinal - 03:37.975

# Final - 03:35.687 (5th place)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000m

Javier Andres Correa

# Qualifying Heat - 03:37.849

# Semifinal - 03:37.975

# Final - 03:35.687 (5th place)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000m

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 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 Esteban 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 Esteban Curuchet , Gabriel Ovidio 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

Marco Riccardi

Germán Orozco

Juan Pablo Hourquebie

Matias Vila

Ezequiel Paulón

Tomás MacCormik

Fernando Zylberberg

Fernando Oscaris

Mario Almada

Rodrigo Vila

Santiago Capurro

Jorge Lombi

Coach: Luis Ciancia

Women's competition

Las Leonas obtained the Silver medal.

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

Women's Final

Argentina - Australia 1-3 (→ silver medal)

Team Roster

Mariela Antoniska

Agustina Garcia

Magadalena Aicega

Maria Paz Ferrari

Anabel Gambero

Ayelen Stepnik

Ines Arrondo

Luciana Aymar

Vanina Oñeto

Jorgelina Rimoldi

Karina Masotta

Paola Vukojicic

Laura Maiztequi

Mercedes Margalot

Maria De La Paz Hernandez

Cecilia Rognoni

Coach: Sergio Vigil .

Sailing

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)

Javiar 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 Maria 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)

Swimming

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

Men's 50m Freestyle

Jose Martin Meolans

# Preliminary Heat - 22.89 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Freestyle

Jose Martin Meolans

# Preliminary Heat - 49.75

# Semi-final - 49.66 (did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle

Agustin Ignacio Fiorilli

# Preliminary Heat - 03:59.44 (did not advance)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

Agustin Ignacio Fiorilli

# Preliminary Heat - 15:52.69 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Butterfly

Pablo Martin Abal

# Preliminary Heat - 54.45 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Sergio Andres Ferreyra

# Preliminary Heat - 01:05.75 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Andres Bicocca

# Preliminary Heat - 02:20.98 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Backstroke

Eduardo German Otero

# Preliminary Heat - 58.09 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Backstroke

Eduardo German Otero

# Preliminary Heat - 02:05.51 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

Walter Dario Arciprete

# Preliminary Heat - 02:08.89 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Medley

Eduardo German Otero , Sergio Andres Ferreyra , Pablo Martin Abal , Jose Martin Meolans

# Preliminary Heat - 03:43.61 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Freestyle

Florencia Szigeti

# Preliminary Heat - 57.2 (did not advance)

Women's 200m Freestyle

Florencia Szigeti

# Preliminary Heat - DQ (did not advance)

Women's 800m Freestyle

Cecilia Biagiou

# Preliminary Heat - 09:04.02 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Butterfly

Maria Del Pilar Pereyra

# Preliminary Heat - 01:04.75 (did not advance)

Women's 200m Butterfly

Ana Carolina Aguilera

# Preliminary Heat - 02:21.23 (did not advance)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Maria Virginia Garrone

# Preliminary Heat - 02:22.98 (did not advance)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

Georgina Bardach

# Preliminary Heat - 04:54.31 (did not advance)

Triathlon

Argentina sent only one triathlete to the first Olympic triathlon competition.

Men's:

Oscar Galindez - 1:50:59.48 (28th place)

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). The Results . Retrieved 11/12/05.

Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games . Retrieved 11/20/05.

Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games . Retrieved 11/20/05.

Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results . Retrieved 11/20/05.

International Olympic Committee Web Site

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