Chile competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004.
Chilean Olympic Committee (, COCH) sent a total of 22 athletes to the Games, 16 men and 6 women, to compete in 11 sports; the nation's team size was roughly smaller from Sydney by almost half of the athletes, due to the absence of the men's football team. Six Chilean athletes had previously competed in Sydney, including tennis star and top medal favorite Nicolás Massú. Long-distance freestyle swimmer and Pan American Games bronze medalist Kristel Köbrich set a historic milestone as the nation's first ever female flag bearer in the opening ceremony, wearing and parading with a traditional Chilean costume.
Chile left Athens with a remarkable historic milestone from tennis players Nicolás Massú and Fernando González, as they picked up the grand slam Olympic title for the Chilean team in the men's doubles tournament. While Gonzalez collected a bronze in his match against U.S. tennis player Taylor Dent, Massu summoned his strength to defeat Dent's teammate Mardy Fish with a striking effort to complete the Chilean party on the Olympic tennis court, and most significantly, to snatch his second gold medal in the men's singles.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Tennis Men's singles Tennis Men's doubles Tennis Men's singles
Athletics
Chilean 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).
Men Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionMarco Antonio VerniShot put—Did not advance
Women Track & road events AthleteEventFinalResultRankÉrika OliveraMarathon2:57:1458
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionCarolina TorresPole vault4.0033Did not advance
Canoeing
Sprint AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJonnathan TafraMen's C-1 1000 m4:04.4025 q4:22.6448Did not advance Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRankMarcelo ArriagadaMen's road raceDid not finish
Track Omnium AthleteEventPointsLapsRankMarco ArriagadaMen's points race25111
Mountain biking AthleteEventTimeRankCristóbal SilvaMen's cross-country (1 lap)40
Fencing
Chile has qualified a single fencer.
Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankParis InostrozaIndividual épéeL 12–13Did not advance
Judo
Chile has qualified a single judoka.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankGabriel LamaMen's −90 kgL 0001–0120Did not advance
Rowing
Chilean rowers qualified the following boats:
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankÓscar VásquezSingle sculls7:38.045 R7:06.513 SD/E7:27.112 FD7:10.7523
Women AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSoraya JaduéSingle sculls7:58.283 R7:37.602 SA/B8:16.216 FB7:42.7611 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
Chilean sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.
Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Matías del SolarLaser39386381615181127311621623 M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
Shooting
Chile has qualified a single shooter.
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankJorge AtalahSkeet117=31Did not advance
Swimming
Chilean 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 AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMax Schnettler100 m freestyle51.9149Did not advanceGiancarlo Zolezzi200 m freestyle1:53.1839Did not advance400 m freestyle3:56.5225colspan=2 Did not advance1500 m freestyle16:00.5230colspan=2 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRankKristel Köbrich400 m freestyle4:18.6826Did not advance800 m freestyle8:40.4115Did not advance
Table tennis
Four Chilean table tennis players qualified for the following events.
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJuan PapicMen's singlesL 0–4Did not advanceJuan PapicAlejandro RodríguezMen's doublesL 1–4Did not advanceBerta RodríguezWomen's singlesL 0–4Did not advanceBerta RodríguezMaria Paulina VegaWomen's doublesL 3–4Did not advance
Tennis
Chile nominated two male tennis players to compete in the tournament.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankFernando GonzálezMen's singlesW 7–6(8–6), 6–2W 7–5, 6–2W 6–4, 6–4W 6–2, 2–6, 6–4L 6–3, 3–6, 4–6W 6–4, 2–6, 16–14Nicolas MassúW 6–3, 5–7, 6–4W 7–6(7–3), 6–2W 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–4W 6–2, 7–5W 7–6(7–5), 6–1W 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4Fernando GonzálezNicolas MassúMen's doublesW 7–5, 6–4W 6–3, 7–6(7–2)W 7–5, 6–4W 7–5, 4–6, 6–4W 6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4
See also Chile at the 2003 Pan American Games Chile at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
References
External links Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad Chilean Olympic Committee