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Chile nominated 56 athletes for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece.

Tennis players Nicolás Massú and Fernando González advanced to the gold medal game of the doubles tournament and in a thrilling five set match defeated Nicolas Kiefer and Rainer Schüttler of Germany to claim Chile's first gold medal ever. The match started at approximately 11 pm in Athens and lasted 3 hours and 43 minutes to conclude shortly before 3 am on August 22. Massú again took the court the following day in the gold medal game of the singles tournament. This match went to five sets again and lasted an even four hours, but in the end Massú prevailed and won the gold medal over Mardy Fish of the United States. González completed the Chilean party on the Olympic tennis court by claiming the bronze medal.

Medals

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Chile	2	0	1	3

Gold:

• Tennis - Singles Nicolás Massú
• Tennis - Doubles Nicolás Massú and Fernando González

Bronze:

• Tennis - Singles Fernando González

Results by event

Athletics

Women's marathon:

• Erika Olivera - 2:57:14 (58th place)

Women's pole vault:

• Carolina Alejandra Torres Guzman - Round 1: 4.00 metres

Men's shot put:

• Marco Antonio Verni - Round 1, no mark (did not advance)

Fencing

Men's épée individual:

• Paris A. Inostroza - defeated in round of 32

Officials

• President: Fernando Eitel Polloni
• Secretary General: Patricio Cavada Artigues