Noc: | ARG |
Nocname: | Argentine Olympic Committee |
Games: | Summer Olympics |
Year: | 2008 |
Website: | |
Location: | Beijing |
Competitors: | 137 |
Sports: | 19 |
Flagbearer: | Manu Ginóbili (opening) Juan Curuchet (closing) |
Rank: | 35 |
Gold: | 2 |
Silver: | 0 |
Bronze: | 4 |
Appearances: | auto |
App Begin Year: | 1900 |
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] Manu Ginóbili, basketball player and gold medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date | |
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Argentina national football team | |||||
Argentina women's hockey team | |||||
Argentina national basketball team |
See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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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 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Distance | Position | Distance | Position | |||
Jorge Balliengo | Discus throw | 58.82 | 30 | Did not advance | ||
Germán Chiaraviglio | Pole vault | — | 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 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
See main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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.
See main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. 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]
See main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
align=left rowspan=2 | Miguel Correa | Men's K-1 500 m | 1:39.781 | 5 QS | 1:46.422 | 7 | Did not advance | |
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 |
See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
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Alejandro Borrajo | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's road race | Did not finish | |
Juan José Haedo | Did not finish | |||
align=left rowspan="2" | Matías Médici | Men's road race | Did not finish | |
Men's time trial | 1:07:53 | 30 |
Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Juan Curuchet | Men's points race | 1 | 0 | 18 | |
Juan Curuchet Walter Pérez | Men's madison | 8 | 0 |
Athlete | Event | Seeding | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
Cristian Becerine | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's BMX | 37.253 | 27 | 11 | 2 Q | 15 | 5 | Did not advance | |
Ramiro Marino | 36.768 | 21 | 20 | 8 | Did not advance | |||||
Gabriela Díaz | align=left rowspan=2 | Women's BMX | 37.590 | 5 | 13 | 3 Q | 39.747 | 5 | ||
María Belén Dutto | 40.193 | 14 | 20 | 7 | Did not advance |
See main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics. 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.
See main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.
See main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.
See main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.
See main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / | ||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
Miguel Albarracín | −60 kg | L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | L 0002–0020 | Did not advance | |||||||
Mariano Bertolotti | −73 kg | L 0010–0100 | Did not advance | |||||||||
Emmanuel Lucenti | −81 kg | L 0010–0010 | Did not advance | |||||||||
Diego Rosati | −90 kg | W 0001–0000 | L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | W 1000–0000 | L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | |||||
Eduardo Costa | −100 kg | W 0110–0100 | L 0000–1001 | Did not advance | ||||||||
Sandro López | +100 kg | L 0001–1001 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
Paula Pareto | −48 kg | W 1000–0000 | L 0000–0001 | Did not advance | W 0100–0001 | W 0110–0001 | W 0100–0001 | ||||
Daniela Krukower | −63 kg | W 1000–0000 | L 0010–0020 | Did not advance | L 0000–0230 | Did not advance | |||||
Lorena Briceño | −78 kg | L 0000–0001 | Did not advance |
See main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | |||||
Mariano Reutemann | RS:X | 18 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | EL | 168 | 21 | ||
Julio Alsogaray | Laser | 1 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 16 | CAN | 8 | 92 | 7 | ||
Javier Conte Juan de la Fuente | 470 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 110 | 10 |
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | |||||
Florencia Gutiérrez | RS:X | 27 | 19 | 27 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 27 | EL | 216 | 25 | ||
Cecilia Carranza | Laser Radial | 15 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 23 | CAN | EL | 104 | 12t | ||
Consuelo Monsegur Maria Fernanda Sesto | 470 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 14 | EL | 113 | 16 |
See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
Damián Blaum | 10 km open water | 1:55:48.6 | 24 | |||||
align=left rowspan=2 | Sergio Ferreyra | 100 m breaststroke | 1:03.65 | 52 | Did not advance | |||
200 m breaststroke | 2:20.10 | 52 | Did not advance | |||||
Andrés José González | 200 m butterfly | 2:00.36 | 33 | Did not advance | ||||
align=left rowspan=2 | José Meolans | 50 m freestyle | 22.58 | 35 | Did not advance | |||
100 m freestyle | 49.50 | 35 | Did not advance | |||||
Eduardo Germán Otero | 100 m backstroke | 56.74 | 40 | Did not advance | ||||
align=left rowspan=2 | Juan Martín Pereyra | 400 m freestyle | 3:59.35 | 35 | Did not advance | |||
1500 m freestyle | 15:49.57 | 34 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
align=left rowspan=3 | Georgina Bardach | 200 m butterfly | 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 | |||||
align=left rowspan=2 | Cecilia Biagioli | 400 m freestyle | 4:19.85 | 34 | Did not advance | |||
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 |
See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | ||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
Liu Song | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's singles | L 2–4 | Did not advance | |||||||
Pablo Tabachnik | L 2–4 | Did not advance |
See main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | ||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
Agustín Calleri | align=left rowspan=4 | Singles | W 6–1, 6–1 | L 4–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | ||||
Guillermo Cañas | W 3–6, 4–2r | L 5–7, 1–6 | Did not advance | ||||||
Juan Mónaco | L 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6 | Did not advance | |||||||
David Nalbandian | W 6–2, 6–1 | W 7–6(7–0), 6–1 | L 4–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | |||||
Agustín Calleri Juan Mónaco | align=left rowspan=2 | Doubles | L 4–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–8 | Did not advance | |||||
Guillermo Cañas David Nalbandian | L 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 3–6 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | ||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
Gisela Dulko | Singles | L 3–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | ||||||
Gisela Dulko Betina Jozami | Doubles | W 6–3, 6–2 | L 2–6, 3–6 | Did not advance |
See main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
The men's beach volleyball team Conde-Baracetti (Martín Conde and Mariano Baracetti) qualified to represent Argentina.[4]
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||||
Carlos Espeleta | Men's −77 kg | 140 | =21 | 170 | =18 | 310 | 19 | |
Nora Koppel | Women's −75 kg | Did not compete |