Argentina at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Argentina at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Argentina was represented at 18 previous games (1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000) and in its history won more than 50 medals. The country has also won 13 gold medals, however all of them prior to the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.

Medals

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Argentina	2	0	4	6

Gold:

• Soccer - Men
• Basketball - Men

Bronze:

• Hockey - Women
• Swimming - 400 m Individual Medley Georgina Bardach
• Tennis - Women's Doubles
• Sailing - Class Tornado - Men

Results by event

Athletics

Men's decathlon:

• Juan Ignacio Cerra - Round 1, 72.53 metres (did not advance)

Basketball

Men's: gold medal

• Preliminary round: 3-2
• Quarterfinal: defeated Greece, 69-64
• Semifinal: defeated United States, 89-81
• Final: defeated Italy, 84-69

Fencing

Women's foil individual:

• Alejandra Carbone - defeated in round of 32

Football (Soccer)

Men's: gold medal

• Preliminary round: 3-0-0
• Quarterfinal: defeated Costa Rica, 4-0
• Semifinal: defeated Italy, 3-0
• Gold medal match: defeated Paraguay, 1-0

Hockey

Men's: 11th place

• Preliminary round: 0-2-3
• Classification (9-12): lost to Great Britain, 6-1
• Classification (11/12): defeated Egypt, 4-2

Women's: bronze medal

• Preliminary round: 3-0-1
• Semifinal: lost to Netherlands, 4-2
• Bronze medal match: defeated China, 1-0

Officials

• President: Colonel Antonio Rodríguez
• Secretary General: Dr. Hernan Jorge Ferrari