Argentina at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Argentina competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 92 competitors, 91 men and 1 woman, took part in 54 events in 15 sports.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Héctor Calegaris Jorge del Río Salas Jorge Salas Chávez	Sailing	Men's Dragon
Bronze	Abel Laudonio	Boxing	Men's lightweight

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Athletes	Events	Final
		Result	Rank
Osvaldo Suárez	Men's marathon	2:21.26.6	9
Gumersindo Gómez		2:23.00.0	15
Walter Lemos		2:36.55.0	50
Guillermo Weller	Men's 50km walk	-	Disqualified

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Category	Round of 32	Round of 16	Round of 8	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Miguel Angel Botta	Flyweight	BYE	Segundo Macalalad (PHI) W (3-2)	Ezrael Illkhanouf (IRI) W (default)	Gyula Török (HUN) L (0-5)	Did not advance
Carlos Cañete	Bantamweight	BYE	Katsuo Haga (JPN) L (0-5)	Did not advance
Carlos Aro	Featherweight	-	Lajos Baranyai (HUN) W (4-0-1)	Boris Nikanorov (URS) L (1-0-4)	Did not advance
Abel Laudonio	Lightweight	BYE	Jozef Töre (TCH) W (5-0)	Dagfinn Næss (NOR) W (TKO)	Velikton Barannikov (URS) W (5-0)	Sandro Lopopolo (ITA) L (1-1-3)	Did not advance
Luis Aranda	Light Welterweight	BYE	Rogelio Reyes (MEX) W (4-1)	Piero Brandi (ITA) L (1-0-4)	Did not advance
Aurelio González	Welterweight	BYE	Shishman Mitsev (BUL) L (1-2-2)	Did not advance
Celedonio Lima	Light Middleweight	-	BYE	Jeffrey Alleyne (CAN) W (TKO)	Wilbert McClure (USA) L (1-1-3)	Did not advance
Rodolfo Loza	Middleweight	-	Carlos Lucas (CHI) L (1-1-3)	Did not advance
Rafael Gargiulo	Light Heavyweight	-	BYE	José Leite (BRA) W (TKO)	Giulio Saraudi (ITA) L (2-3)	Did not advance
Eduardo Corletti	Heavyweight	-	BYE	Obrad Sretenović (YUG) L (1-4)	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ricardo Senn	Individual road race	04:21:38	44
Ricardo Senn Gabriel Niell Federico Cortés Pedro Simionato	Team time trial	2:24:13.47	12

Track

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Alberto Trillo Ernesto Contreras Héctor Acosta Juan Brotto	Team Pursuit	4:44.44	4:38.17	Did not advance		5

Diving

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• Christina Hardekopf

Equestrian

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Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifying Round			Final Round			Total
			Judge 1	Judge 2	Judge 3	Judge 1	Judge 2	Judge 3	Points	Rank
Jorge Cavoti	Vidriero	Individual	293	247	288	Did not advance			828	15th

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
César Madelón	Ceibera	Individual	130.50	36th	174.80	35th	2.00	10th	307.30	29th
Ignacio Verdura	Desidia	Individual	103.50	16th	Did not finish
Fernando Urdapilleta	Febo II	Individual	116.01	22nd	Did not finish
Carlos Moratorio	Mesonero	Individual	143.01	55th	Did not finish
From: César Madelón Ignacio Verdura Fernando Urdapilleta Carlos Moratorio	as above	Team	350.01	9th	Did not finish

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties		Rank
			Round 1	Round 2
Naldo Dasso	Final	Individual	4	24	7th
Carlos D'Elia	Stromboli	Individual	16	20	13th
Ernesto Hartfopf	Baltasar	Individual	19.25	24.25	19th
Naldo Dasso Jorge Lucardi Carlos D'Elia	Final Stromboli Huipil	Team	Did not finish		-
			12	20
			29.5	26

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Six fencers, all men, represented Argentina in 1960.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Round 2			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals
		Pool	W-L	Rank	Pool	W-L	Rank	Pool	W-L	Rank	Pool	W-L	Rank	Pool	W-L	Rank
Alberto Balestrini	Men's épée	3	3-3	4th	Did not advance
Raúl Martínez		9	6-0	1st	2	1-3	5th	Did not advance
Juan Larrea	Men's sabre	5	2-3	4th	Did not advance
Daniel Sande		6	3-1	3rd	5	1-4	5th	Did not advance
Gustavo Vassallo		7	2-3 (1-1)*	4th	Did not advance

• Note: Gustavo Vassallo was given a chance to advance to the second round in a Fence-Off against Aleksandar Vasin from Yugoslavia and Palle Frey of Denmark, but got eliminated.

Team

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals
		Matches W-L	Bouts W-L	Matches W-L	Bouts W-L	Matches W-L	Bouts W-L	Matches W-L	Bouts W-L	Matches W-L	Bouts W-L
Rafael González Juan Larrea Daniel Sande Gustavo Vassallo	Men's team sabre	1-1	1-9	0-1	4-9	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics

#	Name	Club	Date of Birth	Pld	Goals	Y	Y/R	R
Goalkeepers
1	Marwell Periotti	San Lorenzo de Almagro	May 25, 1939 (21)	3	0	0	0	0
	Carlos Saldías	Sacachispas	February 2, 1939 (21)	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
	Juan Carlos Stauskas	River Plate	August 6, 1939 (21)	3	0	0	0	0
	Salvador Ginel	Atlético Tucumán	April 1, 1938 (22)	3	0	0	0	0
	Roberto Blanco	Racing	November 26, 1938 (21)	3	0	0	0	0
	Pedro de Ciancio	Racing	February 16, 1938 (22)	3	0	0	0	0
	José Díaz	Lanús	April 30, 1938 (22)	3	0	0	0	0
	Carlos Grudiña	Huracán	December 29, 1938 (21)	0	0	0	0	0
	Julio Mattos	Argentinos Juniors	March 30, 1940 (20)	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
	Carlos Bilardo	San Lorenzo de Almagro	March 16, 1939 (21)	2	1	0	0	0
	Hugo Zarich	River Plate	March 17, 1940 (20)	2	0	0	0	0
	Alberto Rendo	Huracán	January 3, 1940 (20)	1	0	0	0	0
	Domingo Lejona	Gimnasia y Esgrima (La Plata)	February 2, 1938 (22)	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
	Mario Desiderio	Estudiantes de La Plata	February 1, 1938 (22)	2	0	0	0	0
	Juan Carlos Oleniak	Racing	March 4, 1942	3	4	0	0	0
	Raúl Adolfo Pérez	Boca Juniors	November 11, 1939 (20)	3	1	0	0	0
	Roberto Bonnano	Vélez Sárfield	March 16, 1938 (22)	1	0	0	0	0
	Guillermo Lorenzo	Boca Juniors	January 5, 1939 (21)	0	0	0	0	0
Coach
	Ernesto Duchini		November 10, 1910 (59)

Results

Group Stage

Argentina failed to reach Semi-Finals.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	6
Argentina	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4
Poland	3	1	0	2	7	5	−2	2
Tunisia	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

August 26, 1960
12:00

Denmark	3–2	Argentina
Sørensen 31' Harald Nielsen 46', 85'	Report	Oleniak 20' Bilardo 88'

Rome

Referee: Liverani (ITA)

Attendance:

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August 29, 1960
12:00

Argentina	2–1	Tunisia
Oleniak 15', 82'	Report	Kerrit 25'

Pescara

Referee: Zsolt (HUN)

Attendance:

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September 1, 1960
12:00

Argentina	2–0	Poland
Oleniak 38' Pérez 55'	Report

Napoli

Referee: S. Garan (TUR)

Attendance: 10.000

Gymnastics

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Athlete	Event	Qualifying Round		Final Round		Total
		Compulsory Points	Optional Points	Compulsory Points	Optional Points	Points	Rank
Juan Caviglia	Men's individual all-around	46.00	48.15	Did not advance		94.15	116th
	Men's floor	8.35	9.00	Did not advance		17.35	92nd
	Men's pommel horse	7.60	6.90	Did not advance		16.30	114th
	Men's rings	7.20	8.20	Did not advance		15.40	119th
	Men's vault	7.40	8.90	Did not advance		16.30	117th
	Men's parallel bars	7.10	7.00	Did not advance		14.10	122nd
	Men's horizontal bar	8.35	8.15	Did not advance		16.50	104th

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathlete represented Argentina in 1960.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Riding			Fencing		Shooting		Swimming			Cross Country			Final
			Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Luis Ribera	Celollo	Men's individual	8:09.0	1,153	3rd	770	17th	880	8th	4:09.9	955	15th	15:45.0	865	38th	4,623	13th
Carlos Stricker	Celia		8:33.0	1,081	15th	724	24th	700	39th	4:05.1	975	7th	16:01.2	817	45th	4,021	36th
Raúl Bauza	Vegliato		8:15.2	1,135	6th	448	51st	360	56th	4:08.8	970	13th	16:37.0	709	49th	3,888	40th
Luis Ribera Carlos Stricker Raúl Bauza	Same as above	Men's team	-	3,369	3rd	1,804	10th	1,940	14th	-	2,890	3rd	-	2,391	14th	12,394	10th

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 1 Repechage		Semi-Final		Final
		Time	Group Rank	Time	Group Rank	Time	Group Rank	Time	Rank
Pablo Ferrero Ricardo González	Men's coxless pairs	7:17.70	2nd	7:28.84	2nd	7:48.48	6th	Did not advance
Osvaldo Cavagnaro Mario Maire Jorge Somlay	Men's coxed pairs	8:02.36	4th	7:59.33	3rd	-		Did not advance
Juan Huber Héctor Moni Angel Pontarolo Vicente Vansteenkiste	Men's coxless fours	6:52.32	5th	6:56.35	4th	-		Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Class	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ricardo Boneo	Finn	323	21st	469	15th	691	9th	1,168	3rd	303	22nd	0	DSQ	0	DNS	2,954	19th
Roberto Mieres Victor H. Fragola	Star	286	17th	174	22nd	286	17th	154	23rd	370	14th	370	14th	261	18th	1,747	17th
Jorge Salas Chavez Héctor Calegaris Jorge del Río Sálas	Dragon	356	15th	1,532	1st	1,231	2nd	833	5th	1,231	2nd	0	DSQ	532	10th	5,715
Roberto Sieburger Carlos Sieburger Enrique Sieburger, Jr.	5.5 Metre	426	9th	1,079	2nd	602	6th	1,079	2nd	681	5th	426	9th	535	7th	4,402	4th

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Group Rank	Points	Rank
Jorge di Giandoménico	50m rifle three positions	543	19th	1,117	33rd
	300m rifle three positions	548	10th	1,088	22nd
Pedro Armella	50m rifle three positions	554	13th	1,106	34th
	300m rifle three positions	548	10th	1,078	25th
Cirilo Nassiff	50m rifle prone	380	26th	573	40th
Melchor López		379	28th	Did not advance
Oscar Cervo	25m rapid fire pistol	-		567	32nd
Juan Gindre	Trap	-		Did not advance
Juan Ángel Martini, Sr.		-		Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semi-Final		Final
		Time	Group Rank	Time	Group Rank	Time	Rank
Fernando Fanjul	Men's 200m butterfly	2:25.2	3rd	Did not advance
Luis Nicolao		2:23.9	2nd	2:26.8	7th	Did not advance
	Men's 100m freestyle	1:00.2	6th	Did not advance
Pedro Diz	Men's 100m backstroke	1:04.7	2nd	1:05.0	6th	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

External links

• Olympic Games Official Report 1960 Rome-Volume I
• Olympic Games Official Report 1960 Rome-Volume II (Part 1)