Chile at the 2004 Summer Olympics
# Chile at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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.

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 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).

### 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

### Field events

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

### Track & road events

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

### Field events

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

## Canoeing

### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance |

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

## Cycling

### Road

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

Chile has qualified a single fencer.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing

Chilean rowers qualified the following boats:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| 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

Chile has qualified a single shooter.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jorge Atalah | Skeet | 117 | =31 | Did not advance | 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 | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Max Schnettler | 100 m freestyle | 51.91 | 49 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Giancarlo Zolezzi | 200 m freestyle | 1:53.18 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Giancarlo Zolezzi | 400 m freestyle | 3:56.52 | 25 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Giancarlo Zolezzi | 1500 m freestyle | 16:00.52 | 30 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Kristel Köbrich | 400 m freestyle | 4:18.68 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kristel Köbrich | 800 m freestyle | 8:40.41 | 15 | Did not advance | 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 | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juan Papic Alejandro Rodríguez | Men's doubles | — | Akinlabi / Nosiru (NGR) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Berta Rodríguez | Women's singles | Oshonaike (NGR) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Berta Rodríguez Maria Paulina Vega | Women's doubles | Perez / Ramos (VEN) L 3–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Men's singles | 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 | |
