Argentina at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Argentina at the 1928 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
Website	www.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in Amsterdam
Competitors	81 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Héctor Méndez
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 7
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Argentina competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the nation's fifth appearance out of eight editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina sent its second national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Argentino), 81 athletes (all males) that competed in 41 events in 12 sports.^[1] Argentina competed in equestrian, football, sailing, water polo, and wrestling for the first time. Argentina won 3 gold medals, its first Olympic championships in boxing (2 gold medals) and swimming. The team also won its first medals in fencing (a bronze) and football (a silver).

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Víctor Avendaño	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight	August 11
Gold	Arturo Rodríguez	Boxing	Men's heavyweight	August 11
Gold	Alberto Zorrilla	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	August 9
Silver	Víctor Peralta	Boxing	Men's featherweight	August 11
Silver	Raúl Landini	Boxing	Men's welterweight	August 11
Silver	Argentina national football team Ludovico Bidoglio Ángel Bossio Saúl Calandra Alfredo Carricaberry Roberto Cherro Octavio Díaz Juan Evaristo Manuel Ferreira Enrique Gainzarain Alfredo Helman Segundo Luna Ángel Medici Luis Monti Pedro Ochoa Rodolfo Orlandini Raimundo Orsi Fernando Paternoster Feliciano Perducca Natalio Perinetti Domingo Tarasconi Luis Weihmuller Adolfo Zumelzú	Football		June 13
Bronze	Raúl Anganuzzi, Carmelo Camet, Roberto Larraz, Héctor Lucchetti, Luis Lucchetti	Fencing	Men's team foil	July 30

Athletics

Five men competed for Argentina in athletics. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. None of the athletes advanced to the final in any of their events; Kleger's 7th-place finish in the hammer throw was the country's best result in the sport.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Eduardo Albe	100 m	Unknown	6	Did not advance
Alberto Barucco		Unknown	3	Did not advance
Juan Bautista Pina		11.0	1 Q	Unknown	2 Q	11.0	6	Did not advance
Alberto Barucco	200 m	Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	3	Did not advance
Juan Bautista Pina		Unknown	3	Did not advance
Serafín Dengra	800 m	—		2:01.2	1 Q	Unknown	7	Did not advance
Leopoldo Ledesma				Unknown	4	Did not advance
Serafín Dengra	1500 m	—				Unknown	5	Did not advance
Leopoldo Ledesma						Unknown	5	Did not advance
Valerio Vallania	110 m hurdles	—		DQ	–	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Valerio Vallania	High jump	1.77	19	Did not advance
Federico Kleger	Hammer throw	46.61	7	Did not advance

Boxing

Eight men represented Argentina in boxing, the maximum allowed (one per weight class). It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Avendaño and Rodríguez became the first Argentinian Olympic boxing champions.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Bronze match
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Juan José Trillo	Flyweight	Bye	Taylor (GBR) L points	Did not advance			9
Carmelo Robledo	Bantamweight	Bye	Van Rumbecke (BEL) W points	Traynor (IRL) L points	Did not advance		5
Víctor Peralta	Featherweight	Bye	Olsen (NOR) W points	Boireau (FRA) W points	Biquet (BEL) W points	van Klaveren (NED) L points
Pascual Bonfiglio	Lightweight	Resko (FIN) W points	Dübbers (GER) W points	Halaiko (USA) L points	Did not advance		5
Raúl Landini	Welterweight	Lown (USA) W points	Palm (EST) W points	Blommers (NED) W points	Smillie (CAN) W points	Morgan (NZL) L points
Humberto Curi	Middleweight	Bye	Langlet (FRA) W points	Mallin (GBR) L points	Did not advance		5
Víctor Avendaño	Light heavyweight	—	Ojeda (CHI) W points	Carrick (CAN) W points	McCorkindale (RSA) W points	Pistulla (GER) W points
Arturo Rodríguez	Heavyweight	—	Flanagan (IRL) W KO	Olij (NED) W points	Michaelsen (DEN) W points	Ramm (SWE) W KO

Cycling

Six cyclists, all men, represented Argentina in 1928. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Francisco Bonvehi	Road race	5:14:39	20
Luis de Meyer		5:28:48	41
José López		5:14:57	21
Cosme Saavedra		5:13:19	15
Francisco Bonvehi José López Cosme Saavedra	Team road race	15:42:55	8

Track

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Francisco Rodríguez	Time trial	1:18.4	8

Sprint

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage 1	Repechage Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Antonio Malvassi	Sprint	2 r	1 R	2 Q	2	Did not advance

Equestrian

Three horse and rider pairs competed for Argentina in equestrian events in 1928, all in the jumping competition. It was the nation's debut appearance in the sport. Del Villar was the best finisher for Argentina, at 34th place in the individual jumping. The sum of the individual scores was used for the team result; Argentina came in 12th among the 14 teams.

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Final			1st re-ride		2nd re-ride
			Time	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Raúl Antoli	Turbion	Individual	1:45	20	40	Did not advance
Amabrio del Villar	Talán-Talán		1:49	121⁄4	34	Did not advance
Víctor Fernández	Silencio		1:27	26	42	Did not advance
Raúl Antoli Amabrio del Villar Víctor Fernández	Turbion Talán-Talán Silencio	Team	–	581⁄4	12	—

Fencing

Nine fencers, all men, represented Argentina in 1928. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. They won the bronze medal in the team foil event, Argentina's first Olympic fencing medal.

Fencer	Event	Round 1		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
José Llauro	Épée	1 win	10	Did not advance
Oscar Martínez		5 wins	5 Q	2 wins	10	Did not advance
Antonio Villamil		4 wins	7	Did not advance
Oscar Viñas	Foil	—		5 wins	2 Q	1 win	8	Did not advance
Raúl Anganuzzi Carmelo Camet Roberto Larraz Héctor Lucchetti Luis Lucchetti	Team foil	3–0	1 Q	1–1	2 Q	1–0	1 Q	1–2

Football

Argentina's Olympic football debut resulted in a silver medal.

Summary

Team	Event	Prelim.	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Argentina men's U-23	Men's tournament	Bye	United States W 11–2	Belgium W 6–3	Egypt W 6–0	Uruguay D 1–1 L 2–1

Men's tournament

Team roster

Head coach: José Lago Millan

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
-	2DF	Ludovico Bidoglio	(1900-02-05)5 February 1900 (aged 28)		Boca Juniors
-	1GK	Ángel Bossio	(1905-05-05)5 May 1905 (aged 23)		Talleres (BA)
-	3MF	Saúl Calandra	(1904-10-22)22 October 1904 (aged 23)		Estudiantes (LP)
-	4FW	Alfredo Carricaberry	(1900-10-08)8 October 1900 (aged 27)		San Lorenzo
-	4FW	Roberto Cherro	(1907-02-23)23 February 1907 (aged 21)		Boca Juniors
-	1GK	Octavio Díaz	(1900-10-07)7 October 1900 (aged 27)		Rosario Central
-	2DF	Juan Evaristo	(1902-06-20)20 June 1902 (aged 25)		Sp. Palermo
-	4FW	Manuel Ferreira	(1905-10-22)22 October 1905 (aged 22)		Estudiantes (LP)
-	4FW	Enrique Gainzarain	(1904-12-07)7 December 1904 (aged 23)		Ferro Carril Oeste
-	2DF	Alberto Helman			Estudiantes (SdE)
-	3MF	Segundo Luna	(1902-04-20)20 April 1902 (aged 26)		Club Atlético Mitre
-	2DF	Ángel Médici	(1897-12-20)20 December 1897 (aged 30)		Boca Juniors
-	3MF	Luis Monti	(1901-05-15)15 May 1901 (aged 27)		San Lorenzo
-	3MF	Pedro Ochoa	(1900-02-22)22 February 1900 (aged 28)		Racing
-	2DF	Rodolfo Orlandini	(1905-01-01)1 January 1905 (aged 23)		Sp. Buenos Aires
-	4FW	Raimundo Orsi	(1901-12-02)2 December 1901 (aged 26)		Independiente
-	2DF	Fernando Paternoster	(1903-05-24)24 May 1903 (aged 25)		Racing
-	4FW	Feliciano Perducca	(1901-06-09)9 June 1901 (aged 26)		Boca Alumni
-	3MF	Natalio Perinetti	(1900-12-28)28 December 1900 (aged 27)		Racing
-	4FW	Domingo Tarasconi	(1903-12-20)20 December 1903 (aged 24)		Boca Juniors
-	2DF	Luis Weihmuller	(1902-08-02)2 August 1902 (aged 25)		Sp. Palermo
-	2DF	Adolfo Zumelzú	(1902-01-05)5 January 1902 (aged 26)		Sp. Palermo

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match

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Team details

Uruguay Argentina GK Andres Mazali RB José Nasazzi (c) LB Pedro Arispe RH José Andrade CH Juan Píriz LH Álvaro Gestido OR Juan Arremón IR Héctor Scarone CF René Borjas IL Pedro Cea OL Roberto Figueroa Manager: Primo Gianotti GK Ángel Bossio RB Ludovico Bidoglio LB Fernando Paternoster RH Segundo Médici CH Luis Monti LH Juan Evaristo OR Alfredo Carricaberry IR Domingo Tarasconi CF Manuel Ferreira IL Feliciano Perducca OL Raimundo Orsi Manager: José Lago Millán Linesmen: Ulises Saucedo (Bolivia) Henri Christophe (Belgium)

Rowing

Nine men (an eights boat with coxswain) represented Argentina in rowing. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. The Argentinian boat effectively placed 7th, not advancing to the third round.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Repechage 1		Round 2		Repechage 2		Round 3		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ernesto Black Irving Bond Pedro Brise Lázaro Iturrieta Gustavo Lanusse Armin Meyer Federico Probst Leonel Sutton Alberto Errecalde (cox)	Eights	7:10.0	1 Q	Bye		6:53.4	2 R	6:33.0	2	Did not advance

Sailing

Five sailors represented Argentina in 1928. It was the nation's debut in the sport.

Sailor	Event	Final
		Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Rank
Rafael Iglesias Miguel Bosch Pedro Dates Horacio Seeber Carlos Serantes	8 metre class	5	8	4	8	Did not advance			8

Swimming

Four men represented Argentina in swimming in 1928. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. Alberto Zorrilla competed in all three freestyle races, advancing to the final in each and taking gold in the middle distance. It was Argentina's first medal in swimming.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Francisco Uranga	100 m freestyle	1:05.6	2 Q	Unknown	4	Did not advance
Alberto Zorrilla		1:01.8	1 Q	1:01.6	2 Q	1:01.6	7
Alberto Zorrilla	400 m freestyle	5:19.2	1 Q	5:11.4	1 Q	5:01.6 OR
Alberto Zorrilla	1500 m freestyle	22:21.2	1 Q	21:17.0	2 Q	21:23.8	5
Amilcar Álvarez Francisco Uranga Emilio Vives Alberto Zorrilla	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	—		Unknown	4	Did not advance

Water polo

Argentina competed in Olympic water polo for the first time. They were defeated by Hungary 14–0 in the first round.

Summary

Team	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Argentina men's	Men's tournament	Hungary L 0–14	Did not advance			9

Men's tournament

Team roster

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
		Mario Bistoletti			?		2	0
	GK	Ricardo Bustamante			?		2	0
		Carlos Castro			?		2	0
		Jorge Moreau	1908		?		2	0
		Luciano Rovere			?		2	0
		S. Stipanicic			?		2	0
		Francisco Uranga			?		2	0
		César Vásquez			?		2	0

Round of 16

4 August 1928	OR p. 808	Hungary	14–0	Argentina	Amsterdam Referees: C. Minnes Jr. (NED)
		Scoring by half: 9–0, 5–0

Weightlifting

Two men represented Argentina in weightlifting in 1928. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

Athlete	Event	Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Casimiro Vega	Men's −60 kg	60	20	67.5	20	95	19	222.5	21
Alfredo Pianta	Men's −75 kg	75	19	90	10	120	6	285	9

Wrestling

Five men represented Argentina in wrestling in 1928. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Rey was the only Argentine wrestler to win a bout, though Walzer's bye in the second round of the middleweight competition actually gave the latter man a slightly better ranking than Rey.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Eduardo Bosc	−58 kg	Lindelöf (SWE) L Fall 3pts	Leucht (GER) L Fall 6pts	Did not advance				—	14
Ricardo Rey	−62 kg	Bieri (SUI) W Fall 0pts	Steinig (GER) L Fall 3pts	Meyer (DEN) L Fall 6pts	Did not advance				10
Alberto Barbieri	−67.5 kg	Westerlund (FIN) L Fall 3pts	Błażyca (POL) L Fall 6pts	Did not advance					13
Antonio Walzer	−75 kg	Frei (SUI) L Decision 3pts	Bye	Kokkinen (FIN) L Fall 6pts	Did not advance			—	9
Jorge Briola	+82.5 kg	Çoban (TUR) L Decision 3pts	Zvejnieks (LAT) L Fall 6pts	Did not advance				—	11

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