Uruguay at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Uruguay at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Flag of Uruguay.svg
IOC code URU
NOC Uruguayan Olympic Committee
Website www.cou.org.uy  (in Spanish)
in Athens
Competitors15 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Serrana Fernández [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Uruguay competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's eighteenth appearance at the Olympics, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its full support to the United States boycott.

Contents

The Uruguayan Olympic Committee (Spanish : Comité Olímpico Uruguayo , COU) sent a total of 15 athletes to the Games, 13 men and 2 women, to compete in 6 different sports. Four athletes from the Uruguayan team had previously competed in Sydney, including track cyclist Milton Wynants, who won the bronze in the men's points race, and backstroke swimmer Serrana Fernández, who later carried the nation's flag in the opening ceremony. [1] [2]

Following Wynants' blistering finish in men's track cycling from Sydney four years earlier, Uruguay, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal in Athens.

Athletics

Uruguayan 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). [3] [4]

Key
Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Andrés Silva 400 m 46.486N/ADid not advance
Heber Viera 200 m 20.945Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Elena Guerra 1500 m 4:35.3114Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Darwin Correa Men's C-1 500 m 2:02.0147 q1:58.7277Did not advance
Men's C-1 1000 m 4:27.1156 q4:22.0967Did not advance

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

Cycling

Track

Omnium
AthleteEventPointsLapsRank
Milton Wynants Men's points race 4609
Tomás Margalef
Milton Wynants
Men's madison 3−110

Rowing

Uruguayan rowers qualified the following boats:

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Leandro Salvagno Rattaro Single sculls 7:43.915 R7:02.683 SD/E7:24.412 FD7:01.3320
Rodolfo Collazo
Joe Reboledo
Lightweight double sculls 6:29.205 R6:30.233 SC/D6:29.393 FC7:03.7218

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

Uruguayan sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Angel Segura Mistral 303331312928312531292929432
Open
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Alejandro Foglia Laser 263117332323352932342927734

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Swimming

Uruguayan 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
Martín Kutscher 200 m freestyle 1:53.9145Did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:03.2139N/ADid not advance
Paul Kutscher 100 m freestyle 51.4541Did not advance
José Mafio 50 m freestyle 23.5850Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Serrana Fernández 100 m backstroke 1:05.5135Did not advance

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References

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