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Chile At The 2004 Summer OlympicsChile nominated 56 athletes for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece. Tennis players Nicols Mass and Fernando Gonzlez advanced to the gold medal game of the doubles tournament and in a thrilling five set match defeated Nicolas Kiefer and Rainer Schttler of Germany to claim Chile's first gold medal ever. The match started at approximately 11 pm in Athens and lasted 3 hours and 43 minutes to conclude shortly before 3 am on August 22. Mass again took the court the following day in the gold medal game of the singles tournament. This match went to five sets again and lasted an even four hours, but in the end Mass prevailed and won the gold medal over Mardy Fish of the United States. Gonzlez completed the Chilean party on the Olympic tennis court by claiming the bronze medal. | |50px | bgcolor="gold" | Gold | bgcolor="silver" |Silver | bgcolor="CC9966" |Bronze | Total | | Chile | |2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Gold: Bronze: Results by event Women's marathon: Women's pole vault: Men's shot put: Men's pe individual: Officials - President: Fernando Eitel Polloni
- Secretary General: Patricio Cavada Artigues
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