Argentina at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Template:Infobox Olympics Argentina

Argentina competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China, from 8 to 24 August 2008. 137 athletes qualified for the Olympic Games in 19 sports.^[1] Emanuel Ginóbili, basketball player and gold medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Walter Pérez Juan Curuchet	Cycling	Men's madison	August 19
Gold	Argentina national football team Template:CompactTable	Football	Men's tournament	August 23
Bronze	Paula Pareto	Judo	Women's 48 kg	August 9
Bronze	Carlos Espínola Santiago Lange	Sailing	Men's Tornado	August 21
Bronze	Argentina women's hockey team Template:CompactTable	Field hockey	Women's tournament	August 22
Bronze	Argentina national basketball team Template:CompactTable	Basketball	Men's tournament	August 24

Athletics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Juan Manuel Cano	20 km walk	—				1:27:17	40
Javier Carriqueo	1500 m	3:39.36	7	Did not advance
Leonardo Price	800 m	1:49.39	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jorge Balliengo	Discus throw	58.82	30	Did not advance
Germán Chiaraviglio	Pole vault	NM	—	Did not advance
Juan Ignacio Cerra	Hammer throw	70.16	30	Did not advance
Germán Lauro	Shot put	19.07	32	Did not advance
Pablo Pietrobelli	Javelin throw	69.09	34	Did not advance

Women
Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Rocío Comba	Discus throw	51.36	36	Did not advance
Alejandra García	Pole vault	4.15	31	Did not advance
Jennifer Dahlgren	Hammer throw	66.35	29	Did not advance

Basketball

Men's tournament

Argentina's men's basketball team, the defending Olympic champions, qualified for the Olympics by placing second at the FIBA Americas Championship 2007, and marked its fifth Olympic appearance.

The women's team finished fourth at the FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2007, and will be one of twelve teams vying for the final five Olympic spots at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008.

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Argentina men's basketball team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's basketball group A standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's basketball game A2 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's basketball game A6 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's basketball game A9 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's basketball game A12 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's basketball game A15

Quarterfinals

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's basketball game C4

Semifinals

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's basketball game D2

Bronze medal game

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's basketball game E1

Boxing

Argentina had one boxer qualify for the Olympics. Ezequiel Maderna earned a spot in the middleweight competition after coming in second at the 2nd AIBA American Olympic Qualifying Tournament.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ezequiel Maderna	Middleweight	Estrada (USA) L 2–10	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Miguel Correa	Men's K-1 500 m	1:39.781	5 QS	1:46.422	7	Did not advance
Miguel Correa	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:45.695	6 QS	3:51.715	9	Did not advance
Estefania Fontanini	Women's K-1 500 m	2:00.291	8	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alejandro Borrajo	Men's road race	Did not finish
Juan José Haedo	Men's road race	Did not finish
Matías Médici	Men's road race	Did not finish
Matías Médici	Men's time trial	1:07:53	30

Track

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Juan Curuchet	Men's points race	1	0	18
Juan Curuchet Walter Pérez	Men's madison	8	0

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Darío Gasco	Men's cross-country	2:07:04	27

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Cristian Becerine	Men's BMX	37.253	27	11	2 Q	15	5	Did not advance
Ramiro Marino	Men's BMX	36.768	21	20	8	Did not advance
Gabriela Díaz	Women's BMX	37.590	5	—		13	3 Q	39.747	5
María Belén Dutto	Women's BMX	40.193	14	—		20	7	Did not advance

Equestrian

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
José Larocca	Royal Power	Individual	14	66	16	30	59	Did not advance								30	59

Fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alberto González Viaggio	Individual foil	Zhu J (CHN) L 2–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

Argentina qualified a team to the women's field hockey tournament. In the group play, they won three matches and drew two, finishing second in the group. This qualified them for the semifinal, which they lost to the Netherlands. In the bronze medal match however, they defeated Germany, winning the bronze medal and finishing third in the tournament.

Women's tournament

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Argentina women's field hockey team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey group B standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game B2 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game B4 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game B8 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game B11 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game B15

Semifinal

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game D2

Bronze medal match

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game E1

Football

Men's tournament

Roster

Sergio Batista, head coach of the men's football team, announced his final squad for the Olympics on 3 July.^[3] Pareja takes the place of Burdisso, whose club did not grant permission. Template:2008 Summer Olympics Argentina men's football team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football group A standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game A2 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game A3 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game A6

Quarterfinals

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game E3

Semifinals

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game F2

Gold medal game

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game G2

Final rank

Gold

Women's tournament

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Argentina women's football team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's football group E standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's football game A1 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's football game A3 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's football game A5

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miguel Albarracín	−60 kg	Bye	Choi M-H (KOR) L 0000–1000	Did not advance			Akhondzadeh (IRI) L 0002–0020	Did not advance
Mariano Bertolotti	−73 kg	—	Guilheiro (BRA) L 0010–0100	Did not advance
Emmanuel Lucenti	−81 kg	Bye	Burton (GBR) L 0010–0010	Did not advance
Diego Rosati	−90 kg	—	Olson (USA) W 0001–0000	Pershin (RUS) L 0000–1000	Did not advance		Trezise (RSA) W 1000–0000	Kazusionak (BLR) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Eduardo Costa	−100 kg	—	Palkovacs (SVK) W 0110–0100	Matyjaszek (POL) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Sandro López	+100 kg	Bye	Zegarra (PER) L 0001–1001	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paula Pareto	−48 kg	Bye	Day (AUS) W 1000–0000	Tani (JPN) L 0000–0001	Did not advance	Bye	Wu Sg (CHN) W 0100–0001	Csernoviczki (HUN) W 0110–0001	Pak O-S (PRK) W 0100–0001
Daniela Krukower	−63 kg	Arlove (AUS) W 1000–0000	Won O-I (PRK) L 0010–0020	Did not advance		Bye	Willeboordse (NED) L 0000–0230	Did not advance
Lorena Briceño	−78 kg	Bye	Possamaï (FRA) L 0000–0001	Did not advance

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Santiago Fernández	Single sculls	7:38.87	4 QF	7:27.60	6 SC/D	Withdrew

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
María Gabriela Best	Single sculls	7:58.60	4 QF	7:46.45	5 SC/D	8:09.61	3 FC	7:45.21	16

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Mariano Reutemann	RS:X	25	18	19	23	25	15	16	16	16	20	EL	168	21
Julio Alsogaray	Laser	1	12	10	28	14	1	2	32	16	CAN	8	92	7
Javier Conte Juan de la Fuente	470	14	14	4	11	19	9	7	30	5	9	18	110	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Florencia Gutiérrez	RS:X	27	19	27	20	23	26	23	~~DNF~~	24	27	EL	216	25
Cecilia Carranza	Laser Radial	15	8	9	20	8	15	6	~~DNF~~	23	CAN	EL	104	12t
Consuelo Monsegur Maria Fernanda Sesto	470	16	18	17	12	10	16	14	4	10	14	EL	113	16

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Carlos Espínola Santiago Lange	Tornado	13	1	1	12	4	6	9	1	9	1	6	56

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Juan Carlos Dasque	Trap	115	19	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Damián Blaum	10 km open water	—				1:55:48.6	24
Sergio Ferreyra	100 m breaststroke	1:03.65	52	Did not advance
Sergio Ferreyra	200 m breaststroke	2:20.10	52	Did not advance
Andrés José González	200 m butterfly	2:00.36	33	Did not advance
José Meolans	50 m freestyle	22.58	35	Did not advance
José Meolans	100 m freestyle	49.50	35	Did not advance
Eduardo Germán Otero	100 m backstroke	56.74	40	Did not advance
Juan Martín Pereyra	400 m freestyle	3:59.35	35	—		Did not advance
Juan Martín Pereyra	1500 m freestyle	15:49.57	34	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Georgina Bardach	200 m butterfly	DNS		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:25.74	37	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	5:00.87	36	—		Did not advance
Cecilia Biagioli	400 m freestyle	4:19.85	34	—		Did not advance
Cecilia Biagioli	800 m freestyle	8:50.18	31	—		Did not advance
Antonella Bogarín	10 km open water	—				2:11:35.9	24
Agustina de Giovanni	200 m breaststroke	2:34.94	37	Did not advance
Liliana Guiscardo	100 m breaststroke	1:11.43	37	Did not advance

Table tennis

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Liu Song	Men's singles	Bye	Jang S-M (PRK) L 2–4	Did not advance
Pablo Tabachnik	Men's singles	Lashin (EGY) L 2–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vanina Sánchez	Women's −67 kg	Guler (TUR) W 4–0	Sergerie (CAN) L 0–3	Did not advance	Morgan (AUS) L 2–9	Did not advance

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Agustín Calleri	Singles	Mullings (BAH) W 6–1, 6–1	Lu Y-h (TPE) L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Guillermo Cañas		Niemeyer (CAN) W 3–6, 4–2^r	Simon (FRA) L 5–7, 1–6	Did not advance
Juan Mónaco		Čilić (CRO) L 4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 3–6	Did not advance
David Nalbandian		Zeng Sx (CHN) W 6–2, 6–1	Massú (CHI) W 7–6^(7–0), 6–1	Monfils (FRA) L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Agustín Calleri Juan Mónaco	Doubles	—	Guccione / Hewitt (AUS) L 4–6, 6–7^(4–7), 6–8	Did not advance
Guillermo Cañas David Nalbandian	Doubles	—	Darcis / Rochus (BEL) L 7–6^(8–6), 6–7^(5–7), 3–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gisela Dulko	Singles	Dellacqua (AUS) L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Gisela Dulko Betina Jozami	Doubles	—	Obziler / Pe'er (ISR) W 6–3, 6–2	Vesnina / Zvonareva (RUS) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Volleyball

Beach

The men's beach volleyball team Conde-Baracetti (Martín Conde and Mariano Baracetti) qualified to represent Argentina.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mariano Baracetti Martín Conde	Men's	Pool B Heuscher – Heyer (SUI) L 0 – 2 (13–21, 17–21) Pļaviņš – Samoilovs (LAT) W 2 – 0 (23–21, 21–19) Dalhausser – Rogers (USA) L 0 – 2 (12–21, 13–21)	4	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Carlos Espeleta	Men's −77 kg	140	=21	170	=18	310	19
Nora Koppel	Women's −75 kg	Did not compete

References

^ COA Notas de Actualidad Archived July 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ 2nd AIBA American Olympic Qualifying Tournament
^ Batista confirmó el seleccionado argentino para Beijing Template:Es icon
^ Current Standing Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualification Men, access date: 8 July 2008.

[1] COA Notas de Actualidad Archived July 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[BoxingQual-2] 2nd AIBA American Olympic Qualifying Tournament

[3] Batista confirmó el seleccionado argentino para Beijing Template:Es icon

[4] Current Standing Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualification Men, access date: 8 July 2008.

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v t e National Olympic Committees at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
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Medalists

Athletics

Basketball

Men's tournament

Boxing

Canoeing

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Track

Mountain biking

BMX

Equestrian

Show jumping

Fencing

Field hockey

Women's tournament

Football

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Volleyball

Beach

Weightlifting

See also

References