Paraguay at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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| NOC = PAR

| NOCname = Comité Olímpico Paraguayo

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 2004

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| location = Athens

| competitors = 23

| sports = 4

| flagbearer = Rocio Rivarola

| rank = 65

| gold = 0

| silver = 1

| bronze = 0

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

Comité Olímpico Paraguayo sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona due to the presence of the men's football team. A total of 23 athletes, 21 men and 2 women, competed only in athletics, football, rowing, and swimming. The Paraguayan team featured two notable female athletes: javelin thrower Leryn Franco, who aspired to be one of the most beautiful women to compete at the Olympics because of her professional career as a model and beauty contestant, and single sculls rower Rocio Rivarola, aged seventeen, who later became the nation's first ever female flag bearer in the opening ceremony.{{cite news|title=Rocío Rivarola, abanderada paraguaya en Atenas 2004, vuelve !|trans-title=Rocío Rivarola, Paraguayan flag bearer in Athens 2004, returns!|language=es|url=http://www.lanacion.com.py/articulo/95082-rocio-rivarola-abanderada-paraguaya-en-atenas-2004-vuelve-.html|publisher=La Nación (Paraguay)|date=16 October 2012|access-date=25 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927140714/http://www.lanacion.com.py/articulo/95082-rocio-rivarola-abanderada-paraguaya-en-atenas-2004-vuelve-.html|archive-date=27 September 2013}}

Paraguay left Athens with its first Olympic silver medal from the men's football team, following its defeat against Argentina with a score of 0–1 in the final match of the tournament.{{cite news|title=Historic doubles in Athens|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/3581732.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=28 August 2008|access-date=4 May 2014}}

Medalists

{{further information|2004 Summer Olympics medal table|List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners}}

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Medal !Name !Sport !Event !Date
{{silver medal}}	{{sortname\|Paraguay\|national football team}} {{columns-list\|colwidth=10em\|small=yes\|style=width:32em\|{{ubl\|Fredy Barreiro\|Diego Barreto\|Edgar Barreto\|Pedro Benitez\|José Cardozo\|Ernesto Cristaldo\|José Devaca\|Osvaldo Diaz\|Julio César Enciso\|Celso Esquivel\|Diego Figueredo\|Carlos Gamarra\|Pablo Giménez\|Julio González\|Julio Manzur\|Emilio Martinez\|Rodrigo Romero\|Aureliano Torres}}}}	Football	Men's tournament	{{dts	8\|28}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"

Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

{{sortname|Paraguay|national football team}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|small=yes|style=width:32em|{{ubl|Fredy Barreiro|Diego Barreto|Edgar Barreto|Pedro Benitez|José Cardozo|Ernesto Cristaldo|José Devaca|Osvaldo Diaz|Julio César Enciso|Celso Esquivel|Diego Figueredo|Carlos Gamarra|Pablo Giménez|Julio González|Julio Manzur|Emilio Martinez|Rodrigo Romero|Aureliano Torres}}}}

Football

Men's tournament

{{dts

8|28}}

Athletics

Paraguayan 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).{{cite web|title=iaaf.org – Top Lists|url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html|publisher=IAAF|access-date=June 4, 2011}}{{cite web|title=IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/olympic-games-athens|publisher=IAAF|access-date=4 June 2011}}

{{smalldiv|1=

;Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round}}

;Men

;Track & road events

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"\|Athlete !rowspan="2"\|Event !colspan="2"\|Heat !colspan="2"\|Quarterfinal !colspan="2"\|Semifinal !colspan="2"\|Final
style="font-size:95%" !Result !Rank !Result !Rank !Result !Rank !Result !Rank
align=center \|align=left\|Diego Ferreira \|align=left\|100 m \|10.50 NR \|5 \|colspan=6\|did not advance

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rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Diego Ferreira

|align=left|100 m

|10.50 NR

|colspan=6|did not advance

;Women

;Field events

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"\|Athlete !rowspan="2"\|Event !colspan="2"\|Qualification !colspan="2"\|Final
style="font-size:95%" !Distance !Position !Distance !Position
align=center \|align=left\|Leryn Franco \|align=left\|Javelin throw \|50.37 \|42 \|colspan=2\|did not advance

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Distance

!Position

!Distance

!Position

align=center

|align=left|Leryn Franco

|align=left|Javelin throw

|50.37

|42

|colspan=2|did not advance

Football

=Men's tournament=

{{main article|Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}

Paraguay national football team faced a stiff test in order to qualify for the Athens Games, getting two goals in the last ten minutes to beat Chile, and edging Brazil to qualify out of South America, along with Argentina.{{cite news|title=Games of the XXVIII Olympiad Football Qualifying Tournament|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol2004q.html|work= Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation|date=13 March 2005|access-date=7 July 2008}} On 4 August, before the Summer Olympics began, Paraguay measured against the Portugal of Cristiano Ronaldo in the city of Algarve, resulting in a 5–0 defeat.{{Cite web|url=https://es.besoccer.com/partido/portugal-sub-23/paraguay-sub23/200483616|title=Portugal Sub 23 vs Paraguay Sub 23 - Amistosos Selecciones Sub 23 2004: Toda la info, alineaciones y eventos}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.com.py/deportes/paraguay-fue-goleado-en-portugal-778119.html|title = Paraguay fue goleado en Portugal - Deportes - ABC Color}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ceroacero.es/match.php?id=3310185|title=Portugal 5-0 Paraguay :: Partidos Amistosos 2004 :: Ficha del Partido :: Ceroacero.es}}{{Cite web|url=https://d10.ultimahora.com/a-15-anos-la-gran-gesta-los-juegos-atenas-2004-n2840702.html|title=A 15 años de la gran gesta en los Juegos de Atenas 2004}}

;Roster

{{#lst:Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads|PAR}}

;Group play

{{#lst:Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B}}

{{football box

|date=12 August 2004

|time=20:30

|team1={{fbu-rt|23|PAR|1990}}

|score=4 – 3

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071225221500/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=8229/matches/match=37146/report.html Report]

|team2={{fbu|23|JPN}}

|goals1=Giménez {{goal|5}}
Cardozo {{goal|26||37}}
Torres {{goal|62}}

|goals2=Ono {{goal|22|pen.|53|pen.}}
Okubo {{goal|81}}

|stadium=Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

|attendance=5,381

|referee=Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt) }}

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{{football box

|date=15 August 2004

|time=20:30

|team1={{fbu-rt|23|PAR|1990}}

|score=1 – 2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071225221510/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=8229/matches/match=37148/report.html Report]

|team2={{fbu|23|GHA}}

|goals1=Gamarra {{goal|76}}

|goals2=Tiero {{goal|81}}
Appiah {{goal|84}}

|stadium=Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

|attendance=1,119

|referee=Benito Archundia (Mexico) }}

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{{football box

|date=18 August 2004

|time=20:30

|team1={{fbu-rt|23|PAR|1990}}

|score=1 – 0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071225221520/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=8229/matches/match=37150/report.html Report]

|team2={{fbu|21|ITA}}

|goals1=Bareiro {{goal|14}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Karaiskaki Stadium, Piraeus

|attendance=24,160

|referee=Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) }}

;Quarterfinals

{{football box

|date=21 August 2004

|time=21:00

|team1={{fbu-rt|23|PAR|1990}}

|score=3 – 2

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071225221640/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=8229/matches/match=37189/report.html Report]

|team2={{fbu|23|KOR}}

|goals1=Bareiro {{goal|19||71}}
Cardozo {{goal|61}}

|goals2=Lee C.S. {{goal|74||79|pen.}}

|stadium=Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

|attendance=4,080

|referee=Massimo De Santis (Italy) }}

;Semifinals

{{football box

|date=24 August 2004

|time=21:00

|team1={{fbu-rt|23|IRQ|2004}}

|score=1 – 3

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071225221650/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=8229/matches/match=37192/report.html Report]

|team2={{fbu|23|PAR|1990}}

|goals1=Farhan {{goal|83}}

|goals2=Cardozo {{goal|17||34}}
Bareiro {{goal|68}}

|stadium=Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

|attendance=6,213

|referee=Éric Poulat (France) }}

;Gold medal match

{{football box

|date=28 August 2004

|time=10:00

|team1={{fbu-rt|23|ARG}}

|score=1 – 0

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071225221655/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=8229/matches/match=37194/report.html Report]

|team2={{fbu|23|PAR|1990}}

|goals1=Tevez {{goal|18}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Olympic Stadium, Athens

|attendance=41,116

|referee=Kyros Vassaras (Greece) }}

;{{silver02}} Won silver medal

Rowing

Paraguayan rowers qualified the following boats:

;Men

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!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Repechage

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Daniel Sosa

|align=left|Single sculls

|7:52.50

|5 R

|7:21.03

|4 SD/E

|7:36.87

|4 FE

|7:13.49

|26

;Women

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Repechage

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Rocio Rivarola

|align=left|Single sculls

|8:03.85

|4 R

|7:57.77

|4 SC/D

|8:05.92

|5 FD

|7:57.36

|21

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

Swimming

;Men

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"\|Athlete !rowspan="2"\|Event !colspan="2"\|Heat !colspan="2"\|Semifinal !colspan="2"\|Final
style="font-size:95%" !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank
align=center \|align=left\|Sergio Cabrera \|align=left\|200 m butterfly \|2:06.15 \|35 \|colspan=4\|did not advance

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Sergio Cabrera

|align=left|200 m butterfly

|2:06.15

|35

|colspan=4|did not advance

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080611091801/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2004/Results/ Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad]
[http://www.cop.org.py/ Paraguay Olympic Committee] {{in lang|es}}

Category:Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004

Summer Olympics

Paraguay at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Athletics

Football

=Men's tournament=

Rowing

Swimming

See also

References

External links