Luxembourg at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Luxembourg competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. The nation has competed at every Olympic games for a century, except the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Luxembourgian Olympic and Sporting Committee sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. A total of 10 athletes, 6 men and 4 women, competed in 6 sports; most of them participated strongly in road cycling, swimming, and tennis. Notable Luxembourgish athletes featured road cyclist Fränk Schleck, triathlete Elizabeth May, and tennis star Claudine Schaul, who later became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.<ref name=schaul>Template:Cite news</ref>

Luxembourg failed to win an Olympic medal in Athens since the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where middle-distance runner Josy Barthel took home the Olympic title in the men's 1500 metres.

Archery

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} One Luxembourgish archer qualifiedfor the men's individual archery.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Template:Abbr
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jeff Henckels	Men's individual	623	55	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 132–136	Did not advance

Athletics

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Luxembourgish 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).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
David Fiegen	800 m	1:46.97	5	Did not advance

Cycling

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Road

In the men's road race, Kirchen and Schleck finished in the main peloton of 34 riders, with Kirchen finishing 3rd in that group and 6th overall. Benoît Joachim was the only entrant in the time trial, but finished well back.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Benoît Joachim	Men's road race	5:44:13	45
	Men's time trial	1:01:50	26
Kim Kirchen	Men's road race	5:41:56	6
Fränk Schleck		5:41:56	16

Swimming

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Luxembourgish 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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alwin de Prins	100 m breaststroke	1:03.32	27	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lara Heinz	50 m freestyle	26.35	30	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	57.40	36	Did not advance

Tennis

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Anne Kremer and Claudine Schaul both lost their single matches in straight sets to higher ranking opponents, then paired up as a double team, and lost an upset to a wildcard entry from Colombia in three sets, including a tiebreak set and a 16-game final set.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Anne Kremer	Women's singles	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Claudine Schaul		Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Anne Kremer Claudine Schaul	Women's doubles	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 6–7(7–9), 6–2, 7–9	Did not advance

Triathlon

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Luxembourg again sent one triathlete to the Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Elizabeth May	Women's	19:43	0:19	1:10:26	0:22	37:39	2:08:29.22	17

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Luxembourgian Olympic and Sporting Committee Template:In lang

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