Argentina at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Argentina at the Olympic Games

Flag of ArgentinaFlag bearers
IOC code  ARG
NOC Comité Olímpico Argentino
Website www.coarg.org.ar (Spanish)
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors 143 (98 men and 45 women) in 21 sports
Flag bearer Carlos Espínola
Medals
Rank: 57
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
4
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Argentina competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Contents

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver national field hockey team, ArgentinaArgentina national field hockey team
Magdalena Aicega   Anabel Gambero   Karina Masotta
Mariela Antoniska   Soledad García   Vanina Oneto
Inés Arrondo   María de la Paz Hernández   Jorgelina Rimoldi
Luciana Aymar   Laura Maiztegui   Cecilia Rognoni
  Mercedes Margalot   Ayelén Stepnik
    Paola Vukojicic
Field hockey Women's competition September 29
 Silver Espínola, CarlosCarlos Espínola Sailing Men's Mistral
 Bronze Amato, SerenaSerena Amato Sailing Women's Europe
 Bronze Juan de la Fuente
Javier Conte
Sailing 470

Results by event

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 100 m

  • Round 1 — 10.56 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m

  • Round 1 — 21.15 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m

  • Round 1 — 47.03 (did not advance)

Men's Discus

  • Qualifying — 56.30 (did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualifying — 72.86 (did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:25:01 (58th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 5,000 m

  • Round 1 — 16:16.58 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

  • Round 1 — 14.61 (did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualifying — 6.11 (did not advance)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualifying — 1.89 (did not advance)

Women's Pole Vault

  • Qualifying — 4.15 (did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

  • Round 1 — Lost to Kay Huste of Germany (→ did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • Round 1 — Lost to Akin Kakauridze of Turkey (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • Round 1 — Lost to Olzhas Orazaliyev of Kazakhstan (→ did not advance)

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

  • Qualifying Heat — 03:37.849
  • Semifinal — 03:37.975
  • Final — 03:35.687 (5th place)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

  • Qualifying Heat — 03:37.849
  • Semifinal — 03:37.975
  • Final — 03:35.687 (5th place)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m

  • Qualifying Heat — 03:24.324 (did not advance)

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

  • Final — DNF

Women's Cross Country Mountain Bike

  • Final — 2:00:49.05 (→ 20th place)

Track Cycling

Men's competition

Men's Individual Pursuit

Men's Point Race

Men's Team Pursuit

Men's Madison

Diving

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Preliminary — 185.61 (40th place, did not advance)

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

  • 5th-8th place: Argentina — Germany 2-6
  • 7th-8th place: Argentina — India 1-3 (→ 8th place)

Women's Team Competition

  • Argentina — Australia 1-3 (→ Silver Medal)

Judo

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

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's Mistral

  • Race 1 — 8
  • Race 2 — 3
  • Race 3 — 8
  • Race 4 — 1
  • Race 5 — 5
  • Race 6 — 7
  • Race 7 — 2
  • Race 8 — (26)
  • Race 9 — 6
  • Race 10 — (11)
  • Race 11 — 3
  • Final — 43 (Silver medal)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Race 1 — 11
  • Race 2 — 6
  • Race 3 — 8
  • Race 4 — 5
  • Race 5 — (30) OCS
  • Race 6 — 6
  • Race 7 — 3
  • Race 8 — 7
  • Race 9 — 1
  • Race 10 — (17)
  • Race 11 — 10
  • Final — 57 (Bronze medal)

Men's Laser

  • Race 1 — 21
  • Race 2 — 25
  • Race 3 — 23
  • Race 4 — 10
  • Race 5 — 13
  • Race 6 — 21
  • Race 7 — 18
  • Race 8 — (29)
  • Race 9 — 27
  • Race 10 — 27
  • Race 11 — 4
  • Final — 162 (23rd place)

Men's Tornado

  • Race 1 — 6
  • Race 2 — 13
  • Race 3 — 10
  • Race 4 — 3
  • Race 5 — 8
  • Race 6 — 5
  • Race 7 — 6
  • Race 8 — (17) OCS
  • Race 9 — 15
  • Race 10 — 14
  • Race 11 — 10
  • Final — 75 (10th place)

Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star)

  • Race 1 — 10
  • Race 2 — (15)
  • Race 3 — 14
  • Race 4 — 15
  • Race 5 — (17) DNC
  • Race 6 — 14
  • Race 7 — 14
  • Race 8 — 14
  • Race 9 — 13
  • Race 10 — 14
  • Race 11 — 11
  • Final — 119 (16th place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

  • Race 1 — 6
  • Race 2 — (15)
  • Race 3 — 9
  • Race 4 — 5
  • Race 5 — 2
  • Race 6 — 2
  • Race 7 — 6
  • Race 8 — 1
  • Race 9 — (14)
  • Race 10 — 12
  • Race 11 — 8
  • Final — 51 (Bronze medal)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Race 1 — 10
  • Race 2 — 6
  • Race 3 — (16)
  • Race 4 — 8
  • Race 5 — (15)
  • Race 6 — 8
  • Race 7 — 13
  • Race 8 — 1
  • Race 9 — 7
  • Race 10 — 6
  • Race 11 — 13
  • Final — 72 (12th place)

Swimming

Argentina competed in 18 swimming events, 11 men and 7 women, but only advanced out of the preliminary heats in one event.

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 22.89 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 49.75
  • Semi-final — 49.66 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 03:59.44 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 15:52.69 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat — 54.45 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat — 01:05.75 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:20.98 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat — 58.09 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:05.51 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:08.89 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Medley

  • Preliminary Heat — 03:43.61 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 57.2 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — DQ (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 09:04.02 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat — 01:04.75 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:21.23 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:22.98 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat — 04:54.31 (did not advance)

Taekwondo

Men's Competition

Tennis

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Triathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

  • Defeated United States (3-1)
  • Defeated South Korea (3-1)
  • Lost to Italy (0-3)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (1-3)
  • Lost to Russia (0-3)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-2)
  • Lost to Russia (1-3)
  • Lost to Italy (0-3) → Fourth place

Men's Beach Competition

Weightlifting

Women

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Nora Koppel – 63 kg 75.0 80.0 80.0 97.5 102.5 107.5 182.5 8

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