Luxembourg at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Luxembourg at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Flag of Luxembourg.svg
IOC code LUX
NOC Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee
Website www.teamletzebuerg.lu  (in French)
in Athens
Competitors10 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Claudine Schaul [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Luxembourg competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. The nation has competed at every Olympic games for a century, except the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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Luxembourgian Olympic and Sporting Committee sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. A total of 10 athletes, 6 men and 4 women, competed in 6 sports; most of them participated strongly in road cycling, swimming, and tennis. Notable Luxembourgian athletes featured road cyclist Fränk Schleck, triathlete Elizabeth May, and tennis star Claudine Schaul, who later became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. [1]

Luxembourg failed to win an Olympic medal in Athens since the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where middle-distance runner Josy Barthel took home the Olympic title in the men's 1500 metres.

Archery

One Luxembourgian archer qualifiedfor the men's individual archery.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Jeff Henckels Men's individual 62355Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chen S-Y  (TPE)
L 132–136
Did not advance

Athletics

Luxembourgian 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). [2] [3]

Key
Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
David Fiegen 800 m 1:46.975Did not advance

Cycling

Road

In the men's road race, Kirchen and Schleck finished in the main peloton of 34 riders, with Kirchen finishing 3rd in that group and 6th overall. Benoît Joachim was the only entrant in the time trial, but finished well back.

AthleteEventTimeRank
Benoît Joachim Men's road race 5:44:1345
Men's time trial 1:01:5026
Kim Kirchen Men's road race 5:41:566
Fränk Schleck 5:41:5616

Swimming

Luxembourgian 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
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Alwin de Prins 100 m breaststroke 1:03.3227Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Lara Heinz 50 m freestyle 26.3530Did not advance
100 m freestyle 57.4036Did not advance

Tennis

Anne Kremer and Claudine Schaul both lost their single matches in straight sets to higher ranking opponents, then paired up as a double team, and lost an upset to a wildcard entry from Colombia in three sets, including a tiebreak set and a 16-game final set.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Anne Kremer Women's singles Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Vento-Kabchi  (VEN)
L 3–6, 4–6
Did not advance
Claudine Schaul Flag of Slovakia.svg  Hantuchová  (SVK)
L 1–6, 1–6
Did not advance
Anne Kremer
Claudine Schaul
Women's doubles N/AFlag of Colombia.svg  Castaño /
Zuluaga  (COL)
L 6–7(7–9), 6–2, 7–9
Did not advance

Triathlon

Luxembourg again sent one triathlete to the Olympics.

AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total TimeRank
Elizabeth May Women's 19:430:191:10:260:2237:392:08:29.2217

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References

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