Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Argentina at the Olympic Games
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors	178 (131 men and 47 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearer	Carolina Mariani
Medals Rank: 54	Gold 0	Silver 2	Bronze 1	Total 3
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Argentina competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
2 Silver	national football team, ArgentinaArgentina national football team Matías Almeyda   Hernán Crespo   Ariel Ortega Roberto Ayala   Marcelo Delgado   Pablo Paz Christian Bassedas   Marcelo Gallardo   Mauricio Pineda Carlos Bossio   Claudio López   Roberto Sensini Pablo Cavallero   Gustavo López   Diego Simeone José Chamot   Hugo Morales   Javier Zanetti	Football	Men's competition	August 3
2 Silver	Espínola, CarlosCarlos Espínola	Sailing	Men's Mistral
3 Bronze	Chacón, PabloPablo Chacón	Boxing	Featherweight	August 4

Results by event

Athletics

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Men's 100 metres

• Carlos Gatz

• Heat — 10.57 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Carlos Gatz

• Heat — 20.82
• Quarterfinals — 20.84 (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Marcelo Pugliese

• Qualification — 56.72m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Andrés Charadia

• Qualification — 65.26m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Antonio Silio — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 800 metres

• Marta Orellana

• Heat — 2:04.99 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Andrea Ávila

• Qualification — 6.00m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Liliana Martinelli

• Qualification — 55.68m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Griselda González — 2:35.12 (→ 19th place)

Basketball

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• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Lost to United States (68-96)
• Defeated Lithuania (65-61)
• Lost to China (77-87)
• Lost to Croatia (75-90)
• Defeated Angola (66-62)

• Classification Matches

• 9th/12th place: defeated South Korea (97-79)
• 9th/10th place: defeated Puerto Rico (87-77) → 9th place

• Team Roster

• Esteban de la Fuente
• Juan Espil
• Daniel Farabello
• Ernesto Michel
• Marcelo Milanesio
• Marcelo Nicola
• Fabricio Oberto
• Diego Osella
• Esteban Pérez
• Jorge Racca
• Luis Villar
• Rubén Wolkowyski

Boxing

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Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Omar Narváez

• First Round — Defeated Joan Guzmán (DOM), 9-4
• Second Round — Lost to Mehdi Assous (ALG), 4-20

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Pablo Chacón → Bronze Medal

• First Round — Defeated Tyson Gray (JAM), 6-5
• Second Round — Defeated Josian Lebon (MRT), 14-7
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Janos Nagy (HUN), 18-7
• Semifinals — Lost to Kamsing Somluck (THA), 8-20

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Fabrizio Nieva

• First Round — Defeated Franco Agentho (UGA), 12-8
• Second Round — Lost to Shin Soo-Yung (KOR), 11-27

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Guillermo Saputo

• First Round — Lost to Bae Ho-Jo (KOR), 7-11

Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Oscar Gómez

• First Round — Lost to Karim Tulaganov (UZB), RSC-3 (02:50)

Canoeing

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(4): Diego Cánepa, Javier Correa, Sergio Mangín, and Abelardo Sztrum.

Cycling

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Track Competition

Men's Points Race

• Juan Curuchet

• Final — 0 points (→ 23rd place)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

• Lautaro Chávez

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

(11): Sandra Ambrosio, Gustavo Artacho, Gonzalo García, Walter Pérez, Gabriel Curuchet, Miguel Clavero, Ángel Colla, Rubén Pegorín, Edgardo Simón, and Juan Curuchet.

Gymnastics

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(2): Ana Destéfano, and Marcelo Palacio.

Hockey

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Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A):

• Argentina — India 0-1
• Argentina — United States 5-2
• Argentina — Spain 1-2
• Argentina — Germany 0-3
• Argentina — Pakistan 2-6

• Classification Matches:

• 9th/12th place: Argentina — Malaysia 4-4 (Argentina wins after penalty strokes, 3-0)
• 9th/10th place: Argentina — South Africa 3-2 → Ninth place

• Team Roster:

• Leandro Baccaro
• Maximiliano Caldas
• Santiago Capurro
• Diego Chiodo (gk)
• Alejandro Doherty
• Fernando Ferrara
• Jorge Lombi
• Pablo Lombi
• Gabriel Minadeo
• Pablo Moreira (gk)
• Fernando Moresi
• Edgardo Pailos
• Rodolfo Pérez
• Jorge Querejeta
• Carlos Retegui
• Rodolfo Schmitt

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round Robin:

• Argentina — Germany 0-2
• Argentina — Australia 1-7
• Argentina — Spain 1-0
• Argentina — United States 2-1
• Argentina — Netherlands 1-4
• Argentina — South Korea 2-2
• Argentina — Great Britain 0-5 (→ 7th place)

• Team Roster

• Magdalena Aicega
• Mariana Arnal (gk)
• Verónica Artica
• Julieta Castellán
• María Paula Castelli
• Silvina Corvalán
• Anabel Gambero
• Mariana Oliva
• Sofía MacKenzie
• Karina Masotta
• Vanina Oneto
• Gabriela Pando
• Jorgelina Rimoldi
• Cecilia Rognoni
• Gabriela Sánchez
• Ayelén Stepnik

• Head Coach: Rodolfo Mendoza

Judo

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(8): Carolina Mariani, Sebastián Alquati, Orlando Baccino, Alejandro Bender, Pablo Elisii, Dario García, Jorge Lencina, and Francisco Morales.

Rowing

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Men's Single Sculls

• Santiago Fernández

Men's Coxless Pairs

• Carlos Palavecino and Walter Balunek

Men's Quadruple Sculls

• Carlos Pages, Santiago Fernández, Rubén Knulst, and Guillermo Pfaab

Men's Coxless Fours

• Daniel Scuri, Horacio Sicilia, Mariano Sosa, and Mariano Kowalczyk

Men's Lightweight Double Sculls

• Fernando Zapata and Agustín Rocha

Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours

• Hernán Legizamón, Jorge Enriquez, Federico Querín, and Gabriel Scortiquini

Women's Single Sculls

• Elina Urbano

Women's Double Sculls

• Dolores Amaya and María Garisoain

Women's Coxless Pairs

• Lorena Corengia and Julieta Ramírez

Sailing

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(9): Carlos Espínola, Santiago Lange, Serena Amato, Paula Reinoso, Sofia Usandizaga, Martín Billoch, Martín Rodríguez Castells, Guillermo Calegari, and Mauro Maiola.

Swimming

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Men's 50m Freestyle

• José Meolans

• Heat — 23.21 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• José Meolans

• Heat — 52.02 (→ did not advance, 45th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Agustín Fiorilli

• Heat — 4:02.53 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

• Agustín Fiorilli

• Heat — 15:51.85 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• José Meolans

• Heat — 56.02 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Valeria Álvarez

• Heat — 27.12 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Alicia Barrancos

• Heat — 4:22.11 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

• Alicia Barrancos

• Heat — 8:48.54 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• María Santa Cruz

• Heat — 2:37.85 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

• María del Pilar Pereyra

• Heat — 1:03.98 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

• Paula Pieroni

• Heat — 2:19.57 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

• María del Pilar Pereyra, Alicia Barrancos, Valeria Álvarez, and Paula Pieroni

• Heat — 8:46.36 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

• Valeria Álvarez, María Santa Cruz, María del Pilar Pereyra, and María Bertelloti

• Heat — 4:27.99 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Tennis

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Men's Singles Competition

• Hernán Gumy

• First round — Lost to Nicolas Pereira (Venezuela) 4-6 0-6

• Javier Frana

• First round — Lost to Greg Rusedski (Great Britain) 6-4 5-7 3-6

Women's Singles Competition

• Florencia Labat

• First round — Defeated Elena Makarova (Russia) 6-2 7-5
• Second round — Defeated Magdalena Maleeva (Bulgaria) 6-7 1-6

• Gabriela Sabatini

• First round — Defeated Nathalie Tauziat (France) 7-5 6-2
• Second round — Defeated Angélica Gavaldón (Mexico) 6-1 3-6 6-2
• Third round — Lost to Monica Seles (United States) 3-6 3-6

• Inés Gorrochategui

• First round — Defeated Yi Jing-Qian (China) 2-6 6-1 1-6
• Second round — Defeated Mary Pierce (France) 6-4 1-6 7-5
• Third round — Lost to Mary Joe Fernandez (United States) 0-6 3-6

Paola Suárez, Patricia Tarabini, Gastón Etlis, and Luis Lobo.

Volleyball

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Men's Indoor Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Defeated Brazil (3-1)
• Lost to United States (0-3)
• Defeated Bulgaria (3-1)
• Lost to Cuba (0-3)
• Defeated Poland (3-1)

• Quarterfinals

• Lost to Italy (1-3)

• Classification Matches

• 5th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (1-3)
• 7th/8th place: Lost to Bulgaria (1-3) → 8th place

• Team Roster

• Fernando Borrero
• Jorge Elgueta
• Sebastián Firpo
• Sebastián Jabif
• Leonardo Maly
• Guillermo Martínez
• Marcos Milinkovic
• Pablo Pereira
• Guillermo Quaini
• Eduardo Rodríguez
• Alejandro Romano
• Carlos Weber (captain)

• Head Coach: Daniel Castellani

Men's Beach Competition

• Eduardo Martínez and Martín Conde — 13th place overall

See also

• Argentina at the 1995 Pan American Games

References

• sports-reference