Chile at the 2004 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | CHI |
NOC | Chilean Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Athens | |
Competitors | 22 in 11 sports |
Flag bearer | Kristel Köbrich[1] |
Medals Ranked 39th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Chile competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004.
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]
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Our priority as players was always playing in the singles, but we knew each other very well. Fernando and I grew up playing doubles together from a early age, and we had a particular style playing doubles, very different to other players. We use to play on the baseline, almost like a game of singles. The other players didn't like to go against us. You are worried about how the match is developing, you never know what can happen in a 5 set game. You can be the better pair one moment and then the worst pair. We won the first set, and then we lost the second set. Fernando had played nearly 4 hours before our game, but the key was to stay in the game. We knew we would have a chance of winning. Obviously it was not the nicest of things to have a team mate who had already played to his maximum four hours before, and then going against the German pair who had being preparing for this game for two days. We were not playing on a level field, but that was the game we had to play. There was no other way. We could not play three days later, that was it. This was probably the most important game in our lives, we could not get afford to get distracted We had to just play the game. My grandfather taught me that the game is not over, until you lose the final point in a match. When the referee says it's finished, or when you shake your opponents hand, that is when the game is over. We won the fourth set, and fifth set was a war. We could win or lose, but we would give 110% in this game. We may faint on the court, but we would not leave until we gave all we could give. We are level four all, in the fifth set. Advantage to us. Schüttler is serving, or Kiefer, I can't remember When we broke their serve, I positioned myself to hit the ball with my right hand and play the ball to Schüttler. We took the lead 5 - 4, then you get one minute break to sit down. Then Fernando is serving for the match. So we did not have time to think, If we are losing or we are winning. You don't have time to think, as an athlete you are not thinking on those things.
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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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
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 | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Marco Antonio Verni | Shot put | NM | — | Did not advance |
- Women
- Track & road events
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Result | Rank | ||
Érika Olivera | Marathon | 2:57:14 | 58 |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Carolina Torres | Pole vault | 4.00 | 33 | Did not advance |
Canoeing
Sprint
Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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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
Road
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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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 |
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Cristóbal Silva | Men's cross-country | LAP (1 lap) | 40 |
Fencing
Chile has qualified a single fencer.
- Men
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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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
Chile has qualified a single judoka.
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | |
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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
Chilean rowers qualified the following boats:
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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
Chilean sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.
- Open
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
Matías del Solar | Laser | 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
Chile has qualified a single shooter.
- Men
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Jorge Atalah | Skeet | 117 | =31 | Did 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
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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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 | ||
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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
Four Chilean table tennis players qualified for the following events.
Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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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
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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
References
- ^ a b "Nadadora Kristel Köbrich será abanderada de Chile en Atenas" [Swimmer Kristel Köbrich will be Chile's flag bearer in Athens] (in Spanish). La Nación. 1 July 2004. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ Dillman, Lisa (23 August 2004). "A Lasting Gold Image for Chileans". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ Porteous, Clinton (22 August 2004). "Chile cheers Olympic first". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ "Massu gets second gold medal of Games". ESPN. 30 August 2004. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ "Massu seals golden double". BBC Sport. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
- ^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.