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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 has also won 13 gold medals, however all of them prior to the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.

Medals

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Argentina	2	0	4	6

Gold:

• Soccer - Men
• Basketball - Men

Bronze:

• Hockey - Women
• Swimming - 400 m Individual Medley Georgina Bardach
• Tennis - Women's Doubles
• Sailing - Class Tornado - Men

Results by event

Athletics

Men's decathlon:

• Santiago Lorenzo - 7592 points (24th place)

Women's marathon:

• Sandra Torres - 2:54:48 (55th place)

Women's high jump:

• Solange Witteveen - Round 1: 1.89 metres

Women's pole vault:

• Alejandra Garcia - Round 1: 4.40 metres, Final: 4.20 metres (13th place)

Men's discus:

• Marcelo Pugliese - Round 1, 56.06 metres (did not advance)

Women's javelin:

• Romina Maggi - Round 1: 48.58 metres

Men's hammer:

• Juan Ignacio Cerra - Round 1, 72.53 metres (did not advance)

Women's hammer:

• Jennifer Dahlgren - Round 1: 59.52 metres

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)

• Daniel Brizuela
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Vitali Tajbert of Germany, outscored

Canoeing

Flatwater men's K1 500m:

• Javier Correa - 8th place
  1. Heat - 1:38.675
  2. Semifinal - 1:39.525
  3. Final - 1:40.639

Flatwater women's K1 500m:

• Fernanda Lauro - 17th place
  1. Heat - 1:59.474
  2. Semifinal - 2:00.198

Flatwater men's K1 1000m:

• Javier Correa - 11th place
  1. Heat - 3:28.492
  2. Semifinal - 3:31.934

Fencing

Women's foil individual:

• Alejandra Carbone - defeated in round of 32

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

Hockey

Men's: 11th place

• Preliminary round: 0-2-3
• Classification (9-12): lost to Great Britain, 6-1
• Classification (11/12): defeated Egypt, 4-2

Women's: bronze medal

• Preliminary round: 3-0-1
• Semifinal: lost to Netherlands, 4-2
• Bronze medal match: defeated China, 1-0

Triathlon

Argentina sent two competitors to the second Olympic triathlon.

Women's:

• Nancy Alvarez - 2:21:38.66 (43rd place)

Men's:

• Daniel Fontana - 1:57:14.20 (28th place)

Volleyball

Men's beach:

• Mariano Baracetti and Martin Conde
  • Prelims: 3-0
  • Round of 16: Defeated 2-0 by John Child and Mark Heese, Canada

Men's:

• Prelims: 3-2
• Quarterfinal: Defeated 3-1 by Italy

Officials

• President: Colonel Antonio Rodríguez
• Secretary General: Dr. Hernan Jorge Ferrari

External link

• Argentina NOC