Argentina at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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Sporting event delegation
Argentina at the
1936 Summer Olympics
IOC codeARG
NOCArgentine Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in Berlin
Competitors51 (50 men and 1 woman) in 8 sports
Flag bearerJuan Carlos Zabala
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Argentina at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany was the nation's seventh appearance out of ten editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina sent to the 1936 Summer Olympics its fourth national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Argentino) of 51 athletes (50 men and the first woman), who competed in 31 events in 8 sports.[1] The flag bearer was Juan Carlos Zabala, the gold medalist in the immediately previous Summer Olympic Games marathon.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Oscar Casanovas Boxing Men's Featherweight
 Gold Andrés Gazzotti
Manuel Andrada
Roberto Cavanagh
Luis Duggan		 Polo Men's Team Competition
 Silver Guillermo Lovell Boxing Men's Heavyweight
 Silver Jeannette Campbell Swimming Women's 100m Freestyle
 Bronze Raúl Villarreal Boxing Men's Middleweight
 Bronze Francisco Risiglione Boxing Men's Light Heavyweight
 Bronze Julio Curatella
Horacio Podestá		 Rowing Men's coxless pair

Athletics

Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Tomás Beswick 100 m 10.9 3 did not advance
200 m 22.1 2 Q NT 6 did not advance
Juan Carlos Anderson 400 m 49.4 2 Q 48.7 2 Q 48.5 5 did not advance
800 m 1:55.1 1 Q — 1:54.8 3 Q NT 7
Juan Carlos Zabala 10000 m — 31:22.0 6
Marathon — DNF
Antonio Fondevilla 100 m 11.0 3 did not advance
200 m NT 6 did not advance
Carlos Hofmeister 200 m 22.3 3 Q NT 6 did not advance
Juan Lavenás 110 m hurdles 15.1 2 Q — 15.6 6 did not advance
400 m hurdles 54.5 2 Q — 54.5 5 did not advance
Luis Oliva Marathon — DNF
Antonio Sande 100 m 11.2 4 did not advance
Antonio Sande
Tomás Beswick
Antonio Fondevilla
Carlos Hofmeister 		4 × 100 m relay 41.9 6 Q — 42.2 4

Boxing

Fencing

Eleven fencers, all men, represented Argentina in 1936.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre

Polo

Men's tournament

Roster
 Argentina

First round
5 August
Argentina  15–5  Mexico
Gold medal match
7 August
Argentina  11–0  Great Britain

Rowing

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Antonio Giorgio Single sculls 7:33.00 3 R 7:38.70 1 Q 8:18.40 3 Q 8:57.50 6
Horacio Podestá
Julio Curatella 		Coxless pair 7:20.00 2 q BYE 9:11.40 1 Q 8:23.00

Sailing

Open
Athlete Event Race Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Julio Sieburger
Claudio Bincaz
Germán Frers
Edelf Hosmann
Jorge Linck 		6 Metre 5 8 8 5 2 11 8 5 4 9 5 8 7 6 52 4
Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre
Mario Ortiz Sauze
Luis Domingo Aguirre
Hipolito Ezequiel Gil Elizalde
Rafael Ernesto Iglesias
Guillermo Peralta Ramos 		8 Metre 8 3 7 4 7 4 9 2 8 3 6 5 7 4 25 7

Shooting

Five shooters represented Argentina in 1936.

Men
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Shoot off Final
Score Score Score Score Score Score Rank
Lorenzo Amaya 25 m rapid fire pistol 18 1 did not advance 19 28
Carlos Balestrini 18 5 did not advance 23 19
Guillermo Canciani 50 metre rifle prone — 288 44
Miguel Lonegro 50 m pistol — 513 27
Juan Rostagno — 519 18

Swimming

Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jeannette Campbell 100 metre freestyle 1:06.8 1 Q 1:06.6 1 Q 1:06.4

References

  1. ^ "Argentina at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
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Argentina did not participate in 1980 due to a boycott.