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competed at the

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, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Chilean Olympic Committee ( es, Comité Olímpico de Chile, ''COCH'') sent a total of 22 athletes to the Games, 16 men and 6 women, to compete in 11 sports; the nation's team size was roughly smaller from Sydney by almost half of the athletes, due to the absence of the men's football team. Six Chilean athletes had previously competed in Sydney, including tennis star and top medal favorite

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. Long-distance freestyle swimmer and Pan American Games bronze medalist

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set a historic milestone as the nation's first ever female flag bearer in the opening ceremony, wearing and parading with a traditional Chilean costume. Chile left Athens with a remarkable historic milestone from tennis players

and

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, as they picked up the grand slam Olympic title for the Chilean team in the men's doubles tournament. While Gonzalez collected a bronze in his match against U.S. tennis player

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, Massu summoned his strength to defeat Dent's teammate

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with a striking effort to complete the Chilean party on the Olympic tennis court, and most significantly, to snatch his second gold medal in the men's singles.

Medalists

Athletics

Chilean 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). ;Men ;Field events ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events

Canoeing

Sprint

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

Cycling

Road

Track

;Omnium

Mountain biking

Fencing

Chile has qualified a single fencer. ;Men

Judo

Chile has qualified a single judoka.

Rowing

Chilean rowers qualified the following boats: ;Men ;Women 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

Chilean sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events. ;Open M = Medal race; OCS =

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of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Chile has qualified a single shooter. ;Men

Swimming

Chilean 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 ;Women

Table tennis

Four Chilean table tennis players qualified for the following events.

Tennis

Chile nominated two male tennis players to compete in the tournament.

References

External links

Official Report of the XXVIII OlympiadChilean Olympic Committee
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chile At The 2004 Summer Olympics Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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