Argentina competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 143 competitors, 98 men and 45 women, took part in 98 events in 21 sports.
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Field hockey Women's tournament 29 September Sailing Men's Mistral 24 September Sailing Women's Europe 29 September Sailing Men's 470 28 September
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Argentina at the 2000 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 6 5 11Beach volleyball 4 0 4Boxing 7 – 7Canoeing 3 0 3Cycling 7 1 8Diving 0 1 1Equestrian 1 0 1Fencing 2 1 3Field hockey 16 16 32Gymnastics 0 1 1Judo 7 2 9Rowing 5 3 8Sailing 8 3 11Shooting 3 1 4Swimming 7 6 13Table tennis 2 0 2Taekwondo 2 0 2Tennis 4 4 8Triathlon 1 0 1Volleyball 12 0 12Weightlifting 1 1 2 Total 98 45 143
Athletics
Men
AthleteEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankGabriel Simon100 m10.565Did not advanceCarlos Gats200 m21.155Did not advanceGustavo Aguirre400 m47.035Did not advanceMarcelo PuglieseDiscus56.3019N/ADid not advanceJuan Ignacio CerraHammer72.8615N/ADid not advanceOscar CortínezMarathonN/A2:25:0158
Women
AthleteEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankElisa Cobañea5000 m16:16.5814N/ADid not advanceVerónica de Paoli100 m hurdles14.618Did not advanceAndrea ÁvilaLong jump6.1116N/ADid not advanceSolange WitteveenHigh jump1.8910N/ADid not advanceAlejandra GarcíaPole vault4.159N/ADid not advance
Boxing
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOmar Andrés NarváezFlyweightW L Did not advanceCeferino LabardaBantamweightL (RSC) Did not advanceIsrael Héctor PerezFeatherweightByeW (RSC) L Did not advanceVictor Hugo CastroLight WelterweightLDid not advanceGuillermo SaputoWelterweightLDid not advanceMariano Natalio CarreraMiddleweightL (RSC)Did not advanceHugo GarayLight HeavyweightL (RSC)Did not advance
Key: RSC – Referee stopped contest
Canoeing
Flatwater AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJavier CorreaMen's K-1 500 m1:41.5571 Q1:42.7846Did not advanceMen's K-1 1000 m1:40.2752 Q3:37.9751 Q3:35.6875Fernando Martín Redondo,Abelardo Andres SztrumMen's K-2 1000 m3:24.3249Did not advance
Cycling
Mountain bike AthleteEventTimeRankIgnacio GiliMen's cross-countryDNFJimena FloritWomen's cross-country2:00:49.0520
Track Pursuits AthleteEventQualifying1st roundFinalsTimeRankOppositionTimeRankOppositionTimeRankWalter PérezMen's individual pursuit4:30.7578Did not advanceWalter Pérez, Edgardo Simón, Gonzalo Martín García, Juan Guillermo BrunettaMen's team pursuit4:10.9409Did not advance
Points races
AthleteEventPointsRankJuan CuruchetMen's points race814Juan Curuchet, Gabriel CuruchetMen's madison97
Diving
AthleteEventsPreliminarySemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankSvetlana IshkovaWomen's 3 m springboard185.6140Did not advance
Equestrian
AthleteHorseEventQualifying round 1Qualifying round 2Qualifying round 3FinalRound ARound BTotalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotal RankPenaltiesTotal RankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankMartín DopazoCalwaroShow jumping2.25412.2514.502212.0026.5031 Q12=20 Q17.50=18Did not advance
Fencing
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultDiego DrajerMen's individual sabreL 13–15Did not advanceLeandro MarchettiMen's individual foilL 6–15Did not advanceAlejandra CarboneWomen's individual foilW 15–13L 8–15Did not advance
Field hockey
Men Team roster and tournament statistics Coach: Jorge Ruiz No. Player GP G S FG PC PS 1 (GK) 500 2702 3 700 4 7131 1 5 600 16 300 7 7131 8 700 129 704 10 700 1 11 718 1 12 700 13 7131049 114 700 2 15 700 2 16 601 1 Team totals 7 16 31 6 10 0 8 4 0 Legend:
Preliminary round (Pool B) TeamPldWDLGFGAPts5320126115221978522197851221313551221214550237152
Qualified for semifinals
5th to 8th place classification
7th place match
Women Team roster and tournament statistics Coach: Sergio Vigil
No. Player GP G S FG PC PS 1 (GK) 800 2 84731 3 800 4 802 1 5 802 6 803 7 800 18 83821 9 85155 1 10 8121 1 11 (C) 83103 1 12 (GK) 100 13 703 14 800 15800 16 812 1 Team totals 8 18 54 15 3 0 4 1 0
Preliminary round (Pool C) TeamPldWDLGFGAPts431093104202566412123541125544022482
Qualified for semifinals
Medal pool
Results from matches against Australia and Spain were carried over from the preliminary round.
TeamPldWDLGFGAPts541017313530213795203814651315565113410451138164
Competed for the gold medal Competed for the bronze medal
Gold medal match
Gymnastics
Artistic
AthleteEventApparatusQualificationFinalFloorVaultUneven barsBalance beamTotalRankTotalRankMelina SirolliAll-around 9.1629.2569.0378.95036.40548Did not advanceFloor9.162N/A9.16249VaultN/A9.256N/A9.25638Uneven barsN/A9.037N/A9.03771Balance beamN/A8.9508.95067
Judo
Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3BronzeOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultJorge Lencina-60 kgL 0001–1001Did not advanceMartín Ríos-66 kgL 0000–0200Did not advanceSebastián Alquati-73 kgW 1010–0010L 0001–0110Did not advanceL 0001–0202Did not advanceDario García-81 kgW 1000–0000W 0002–0001L 0000–1000Did not advanceL 0111–1001Did not advanceEduardo Costa-90 kgW 1010–0100W 1021–0100L 0000–1000Did not advanceByeL 0001–1000Did not advanceAlejandro Bender-100 kgL 0000–1000Did not advanceOrlando Baccino+100 kgW 1000–0000L 0010–1010Did not advance
As there were more than 32 qualifiers for the tournament, three first round matches were held to reduce the field to 32 judoka.
Women
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3BronzeOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultCarolina Mariani-52 kgByeW 0001–0000L Did not advanceByeL 0002–1001Did not advanceDaniela Krukower-70 kgW 1040–0000L 0000–0201Did not advanceByeL 0001–0001Did not advance
Rowing Men Athlete(s)EventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime RankSergio Fernández GonzálezSingle sculls7:20.6547:13.682 Did not advanceDamián Ordás, Diego AguirreLightweight double sculls6:40.1636:41.103Did not advanceUlf Lienhard, Sebastián MassaCoxless pair6:55.7446:52.384Did not advance
Women
Athlete(s)EventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime RankPaola LópezSingle sculls8:06.6548:03.833Did not advancePaola LópezLightweight double sculls7:30.7457:28.194Did not advance
Sailing
Eight men and three women competed in the Sailing competition for Argentina at the 2000 Olympic Games. They won one silver medal and two bronze medals.
Men
AthleteEventRaceScoreRank1234567891011Javier Conte, Juan de la Fuente47011685(30)OCS6371(17)1057Carlos EspínolaMistral8381572(26)6(11)343Eduardo Farré, Mariano LuccaStar10(15)1415(17)DNC14141413141111916Santiago Lange, Mariano ParadaTornado613103856(17)(15)OCS14107510Diego RomeroLaser21252310132118(28)(27)27416223
Women
AthleteEventRaceScoreRank1234567891011Serena AmatoEurope6(15)952261(14)12851Maria Fernanda Sesto, Paula Reinoso470106(16)8(15)813176137212
Key OCS – On the course side of the starting line – A type of disqualification (scores one higher than the number of boats in the race) DNC – Did not come to starting area
Shooting AthleteEventQualificationFinalRankScoreRankScoreTotalPablo ÁlvarezMen's 10 m air rifle58631Did not advance31Men's 50 m rifle three positions1150=33Did not advance=33Men's 50 m rifle prone58249Did not advance49Daniel FeliziaMen's 25 m rapid fire pistol57118Did not advance18Daniel FeliziaMen's trap109=23Did not advance=23Amelia FournelWomen's 10 m air rifle390=28Did not advance=28Women's 50 m rifle three positions54241Did not advance41
Swimming
Argentina competed in 18 swimming events, 11 men and 7 women, but only advanced out of the preliminary heats in one event.
Men
AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPablo Abal100 m butterfly54.4528Did not advanceWalter Arciprete200 m individual medley2:08.8945Did not advanceAndrés Bicocca200 m breaststroke2:20.9837Did not advanceSergio Ferreyra100 m backstroke58.0953Did not advanceAgustín Fiorilli400 m freestyle3:59.9432Did not advance1500 m freestyle15:52.6935Did not advanceJosé Meolans50 m freestyle22.8921Did not advance100 m freestyle49.75 12 Q49.6610Did not advanceEduardo Otero100 m backstroke58.0940Did not advance200 m backstroke2:05.5134Did not advancePablo Abal, Sergio Ferreyra, José Meolans, Eduardo Otero4 × 100 m medley relay3:43.6118N/ADid not advance
Women
AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAna Carolina Aguilera200 m butterfly2:21.2335Did not advanceGeorgina Bardach400 m individual medley4:54.3121N/ADid not advanceCecilia Biagioli800 m freestyle9:04.0226N/ADid not advanceMaría Virginia Garrone200 m individual medley2:22.9829Did not advanceFlorencia Szigeti100 m freestyle57.2023Did not advance200 m freestyleDisqualified
Table Tennis
AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultLiu SongMen's singles L 1–3W 3–1Did not advanceLiu Song, Pablo TabachnikMen's doubles L 1–2 L 0–2N/ADid not advance
Taekwondo
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage QuarterfinalsRepechage SemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultAlejandro HernandoMen's −68 kgByeL 0–3 did not advanceGabriel TaraburelliMen's −58 kgByeW 7–5L 1–2ByeW 5–4Bronze medal matchL 0–3
Tennis
Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankJuan Ignacio ChelaSinglesW 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–1L 6–7(4–7), 4–6Did not advance=17Gastón GaudioSinglesL 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 1–6Did not advance=33Franco SquillariSinglesL 4–6, 6–7(5–7)Did not advance=33Mariano ZabaletaSinglesW 6–7(8–10), 6–4, 7–5W 6–2, 6–3L 6–7(4–7), 2–6Did not advance=9Juan Ignacio Chela, Mariano ZabaletaDoublesN/AL 3–6, 4–6Did not advance=17
Women AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankFlorencia LabatSinglesL 2–6, 4–6Did not advance=33María Emilia SalerniSinglesW 6–3, 4–6, 6–2L 6–7(5–7), 4–6Did not advance=17Paola SuárezSinglesL 2–6, 2–6Did not advance=33Laura Montalvo, Paola SuárezDoublesN/AW 6–0, 6–0L 4–6, 1–6Did not advance=9
Triathlon
AthleteEventSwimT1CycleT2RunTotal timeRankOscar GalíndezMen's18:280:2358:590:2132:481:50:5928
Volleyball
Beach AthleteEventPreliminary round (3)Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalStandingOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreMariano BaracettiJosé Luis SalemaMen'sL 2 – 15Did not advance=19Martín CondeEsteban MartínezMen'sL 3 – 15Did not advance=9
Indoor
Roster
Coach: Alberto Armoa
No. Name Date of birthPablo Pereira
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal match
Weightlifting
Women AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank123123Nora Koppel– 63 kg75.080.080.097.5102.5107.5182.58
See also Argentina at the 1999 Pan American Games
Notes
Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. . International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.