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Paraguay at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PAR
NOC	Comité Olímpico Paraguayo
Website	www.cop.org.py (in Spanish)
in Athens
Competitors	23 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Rocio Rivarola
Medals Ranked 65th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
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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.

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.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Paraguay national football team 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	August 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).

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

Women

Field events

Football

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. 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.

Roster

The following is the Paraguayan squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Carlos Jara Saguier

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2004 club
1	1GK	Rodrigo Romero	(1982-11-08)8 November 1982 (aged 21)	0	0	Nacional Asunción
2	2DF	Emilio Martinez	(1981-04-10)10 April 1981 (aged 23)	8	0	Libertad
3	2DF	Julio Manzur	(1981-06-22)22 June 1981 (aged 23)	8	0	Guaraní
4	2DF	Carlos Gamarra*	(1971-02-17)17 February 1971 (aged 33)	11	5	Inter Milan
5	2DF	José Devaca	(1982-09-18)18 September 1982 (aged 21)	8	1	Cerro Porteño
6	2DF	Celso Esquivel	(1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 23)	0	0	San Lorenzo
7	4FW	Pablo Giménez	(1981-06-29)29 June 1981 (aged 23)	8	1	Guaraní
8	3MF	Edgar Barreto	(1984-07-15)15 July 1984 (aged 20)	8	0	NEC Nijmegen
9	4FW	Fredy Barreiro	(1982-03-27)27 March 1982 (aged 22)	8	2	Libertad
10	3MF	Diego Figueredo	(1982-04-28)28 April 1982 (aged 22)	8	2	Real Valladolid
11	2DF	Aureliano Torres	(1982-06-16)16 June 1982 (aged 22)	8	1	Guaraní
12	2DF	Pedro Benitez	(1981-03-23)23 March 1981 (aged 23)	0	0	Cerro Porteño
13	3MF	Julio César Enciso*	(1974-08-05)5 August 1974 (aged 30)	0	0	Olimpia Asunción
14	4FW	Julio González	(1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 22)	8	2	Nacional Asunción
15	2DF	Ernesto Cristaldo	(1984-03-16)16 March 1984 (aged 20)	0	0	Cerro Porteño
16	3MF	Osvaldo Diaz	(1981-12-22)22 December 1981 (aged 22)	8	1	Guaraní
17	4FW	José Cardozo*	(1971-03-14)14 March 1971 (aged 33)	6	2	Toluca
18	1GK	Diego Barreto	(1981-07-16)16 July 1981 (aged 23)	8	0	Cerro Porteño

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paraguay	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Ghana	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Japan	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3

Paraguay	4 – 3	Japan
Giménez 5' Cardozo 26', 37' Torres 62'	Report	Ono 22' (pen.), 53' (pen.) Okubo 81'

Paraguay	1 – 2	Ghana
Gamarra 76'	Report	Tiero 81' Appiah 84'

Paraguay	1 – 0	Italy
Bareiro 14'	Report

Quarterfinals

Paraguay	3 – 2	South Korea
Bareiro 19', 71' Cardozo 61'	Report	Lee C.S. 74', 79' (pen.)

Semifinals

Iraq	1 – 3	Paraguay
Farhan 83'	Report	Cardozo 17', 34' Bareiro 68'

Gold medal match

Argentina	1 – 0	Paraguay
Tevez 18'	Report

Won silver medal

Rowing

Paraguayan 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

Swimming

Men

See also

• Paraguay at the 2003 Pan American Games

References

1. ^ "Rocío Rivarola, abanderada paraguaya en Atenas 2004, vuelve !" [Rocío Rivarola, Paraguayan flag bearer in Athens 2004, returns!] (in Spanish). La Nación (Paraguay). 16 October 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
2. "Historic doubles in Athens". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
3. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
4. "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
5. "Games of the XXVIII Olympiad Football Qualifying Tournament". Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. 13 March 2005. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
6. "Portugal Sub 23 vs Paraguay Sub 23 - Amistosos Selecciones Sub 23 2004: Toda la info, alineaciones y eventos".
7. "Paraguay fue goleado en Portugal - Deportes - ABC Color".
8. "Portugal 5-0 Paraguay :: Partidos Amistosos 2004 :: Ficha del Partido :: Ceroacero.es".
9. "A 15 años de la gran gesta en los Juegos de Atenas 2004".
10. "Olympic Men's Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Squad List: Paraguay (PAR)". FIFA. Retrieved 2 October 2015.

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Paraguay Olympic Committee (in Spanish)

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