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Argentina at the 2004 Summer Olympics . Argentina was represented at 18 previous games (1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000) and in its history won more than 50 medals. The country had won 13 gold medals prior to 2004, but all of them prior to the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia .


MEDALS

Argentina finished in 38th position in the final medal rankings


Gold



Silver

  • None



Bronze



RESULTS BY EVENT



Athletics


Men's decathlon:

Women's marathon:

Women's high jump:

Women's pole vault:

Men's discus:

Women's javelin:

Men's hammer:

Women's hammer:


Basketball


Men's: gold medal
  • Preliminary round: 3-2

  • Quarterfinal: defeated Greece, 69-64

  • Semifinal: defeated United States, 89-81

  • Final: defeated Italy, 84-69



Boxing


Featherweight (57kg)


Canoeing


Flatwater men's K1 500m:
  • Javier Correa - 8th place

  • # Heat - 1:38.675

  • # Semifinal - 1:39.525

  • # Final - 1:40.639


Flatwater women's K1 500m:
  • Fernanda Lauro - 17th place

  • # Heat - 1:59.474

  • # Semifinal - 2:00.198


Flatwater men's K1 1000m:
  • Javier Correa - 11th place

  • # Heat - 3:28.492

  • # Semifinal - 3:31.934



Cycling



Track cycling


Men's points race:

Men's Madison:
  • Juan Esteban Curuchet and Walter Perez - 9th place, 5 points (-1 lap)



Mountain biking


Men's cross country:

Women's cross country:


Equestrian


Individual jumping:

Team jumping:
  • Dopazo, Sztyrle, Werthein, and Werthein - first round, 16th place



Fencing


Women's foil individual:


Football (Soccer)


Men's: gold medal
  • Preliminary round: 3-0-0

  • Quarterfinal: defeated Costa Rica, 4-0

  • Semifinal: defeated Italy, 3-0

  • Gold medal match: defeated Paraguay, 1-0



Gymnastics


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

Women's artistic:
  • ? - did not advance in any exercise



Hockey


Men's competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)

  • Argentina - South Africa 1-2

  • Argentina - Australia 2-2

  • Argentina - New Zealand 1-3

  • Argentina - The Netherlands 2-4

  • Argentina - India 2-2

  • Classification Matches

  • 9th-12th place: Argentina - Great Britain 1-6

  • 11th-12th place: Argentina - Egypt 4-2


Team Roster


Women's competition

Women's: bronze medal
  • Preliminary round: 3-0-1

  • Semifinal: lost to Netherlands, 4-2

  • Bronze medal match: defeated China, 1-0



Judo


Men's 60kg:

Men's 66kg:
  • Jorge Lencina - defeated in round of 32, lost repechage in semifinals


Men's 73 kg:

Men's 81 kg:
  • Ariel Sganga - defeated in round of 16, lost repechage in round of 32


Men's 90 kg:

Men's 100 kg:

Men's 100+ kg:

Women's 63kg:

Women's 70kg:
  • Elizabeth Copes - defeated in quarterfinals, lost repechage in round of 16



Triathlon

Argentina sent two competitors to the second Olympic triathlon.

Women's:

Men's:


Volleyball


Men's beach:

Men's:
  • Prelims: 3-2

  • Quarterfinal: Defeated 3-1 by Italy



OFFICIALS


  • President: Colonel Antonio Rodríguez

  • Secretary General: Dr. Hernan Jorge Ferrari




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