Chile at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Chile competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004.

Chile at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CHI
NOC	Chilean Olympic Committee
Website	www.coch.cl (in Spanish)
in Athens
Competitors	22 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Kristel Köbrich[1]
Medals Ranked 39th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 3
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Chilean Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico de Chile, 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.^[1]

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.^[2][3] 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.^[4][5]

Medalists

Further information: 2004 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Nicolás Massú	Tennis	Men's singles	August 22
Gold	Fernando González Nicolás Massú	Tennis	Men's doubles	August 21
Bronze	Fernando González	Tennis	Men's singles	August 21

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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).^[6][7]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Marco Antonio Verni	Shot put	NM	—	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Érika Olivera	Marathon	2:57:14	58

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Carolina Torres	Pole vault	4.00	33	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jonnathan Tafra	Men's C-1 1000 m	4:04.402	5 q	4:22.644	8	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marcelo Arriagada	Men's road race	Did not finish

Track

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Marco Arriagada	Men's points race	25	1	11

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cristóbal Silva	Men's cross-country	LAP (1 lap)	40

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Chile has qualified a single fencer.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Paris Inostroza	Individual épée	Bye	Thompson (USA) L 12–13	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Chile has qualified a single judoka.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gabriel Lama	Men's −90 kg	Olson (USA) L 0001–0120	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Chilean rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Óscar Vásquez	Single sculls	7:38.04	5 R	7:06.51	3 SD/E	7:27.11	2 FD	7:10.75	23

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Soraya Jadué	Single sculls	7:58.28	3 R	7:37.60	2 SA/B	8:16.21	6 FB	7:42.76	11

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

Main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Chilean sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Matías del Solar	Laser	39	38	6	38	16	15	18	11	27	31	16	216	23

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

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Chile has qualified a single shooter.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jorge Atalah	Skeet	117	=31	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Max Schnettler	100 m freestyle	51.91	49	Did not advance
Giancarlo Zolezzi	200 m freestyle	1:53.18	39	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:56.52	25	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	16:00.52	30	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kristel Köbrich	400 m freestyle	4:18.68	26	Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:40.41	15	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Four Chilean table tennis players qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Juan Papic	Men's singles	Lupulesku (USA) L 0–4	Did not advance
Juan Papic Alejandro Rodríguez	Men's doubles	—	Akinlabi / Nosiru (NGR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Berta Rodríguez	Women's singles	Oshonaike (NGR) L 0–4	Did not advance
Berta Rodríguez Maria Paulina Vega	Women's doubles	Perez / Ramos (VEN) L 3–4	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Chile nominated two male tennis players to compete in the tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Fernando González	Men's singles	Economidis (GRE) W 7–6(8–6), 6–2	Lee H-T (KOR) W 7–5, 6–2	Roddick (USA) W 6–4, 6–4	Grosjean (FRA) W 6–2, 2–6, 6–4	Fish (USA) L 6–3, 3–6, 4–6	Dent (USA) W 6–4, 2–6, 16–14
Nicolas Massú		Kuerten (BRA) W 6–3, 5–7, 6–4	Spadea (USA) W 7–6(7–3), 6–2	Andreev (RUS) W 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–4	Moyà (ESP) W 6–2, 7–5	Dent (USA) W 7–6(7–5), 6–1	Fish (USA) W 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Fernando González Nicolas Massú	Men's doubles	—	Knowles / Merklein (BAH) W 7–5, 6–4	Etlis / Rodríguez (ARG) W 6–3, 7–6(7–2)	B Bryan / M Bryan (USA) W 7–5, 6–4	Ančić / Ljubičić (CRO) W 7–5, 4–6, 6–4	Kiefer / Schüttler (GER) W 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