1924 Summer Olympics / Participant (Argentina)

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At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris , Argentina took part with 77 athletes. For Argentina it was only the fourth Olympic Games and the first in which more than one athlete took part.

Argentina also won medals for the first time in 1924.

Medalist

• 1st place gold medal

  Polo ( Arturo Kenny , Juan Miles , Guillermo Naylor , Juan Nelson , Enrique Padilla )

• 2nd place silver medal

  Boxing - lightweight (up to 61.24 kg) : Alfredo Copello

  Boxing - welter weight (up to 66.68 kg) : Héctor Méndez

  Athletics - Triple Jump : Luis Brunetto

• 3rd place bronze medal

  Boxing - featherweight (up to 57.15 kg) : Pedro Quartucci

  Boxing heavyweight (over 79.38 kg) : Alfredo Porzio

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  The Argentine polo team - gold in polo

• 

  Luis Brunetto - silver in the triple jump

• 

  Alfredo Copello - silver in boxing (welterweight)

Participants by sport

Boxing

Athletes	competition	Round of 16		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Final / bronze		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Vicente Catada	Flyweight	bye		Raymond Fee	Defeat on points	eliminated						9
Alfredo Copello	lightweight	Walter White	Victory on points	Luigi Marfut	Victory on points	Ben Rothwell	Victory on points	Jean Tholey	Victory on points	Hans Jacob Nielsen	Defeat (KO)	silver
Manuel Gallardo	medium weight	bye		Roger Brousse	Defeat on points	eliminated
Héctor Méndez	Welterweight	Valter Palm	Victory after task	Andreas Petersen	Victory on points	Al Mello	Victory on points	Patrick Dwyer	Victory after KO	Jean Delarge	Defeat on points	silver
Benjamin Pertuzzo	Bantamweight	Armando Ricciardi	Victory on points	Robert Hilliard	Victory on points	Salvatore Tripoli	Defeat on points	eliminated				5
Alfredo Porzio	Heavyweight	-		Charles Peguilhan	Victory on points	Ed Greathouse	Victory on points	Otto von Porat	Defeat on points	Henk de Best	Victory on points	bronze
Pedro Quartucci	Featherweight	Henri Stuckmann	Victory on points	Arthur Beavis	Victory on points	Marcel Depont	Victory on points	Jackie Fields	Defeat on points	Jean Devergnies	Victory on points	bronze
Mario Reilly	lightweight	Vicente Valdero	Defeat on points	eliminated								17th
Arturo Rodríguez	Light heavyweight	Thyge Petersen	Defeat on points	eliminated								17th
Manuel Gallardo	medium weight	bye		Théodore Stauffer	Defeat on points	eliminated						9

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  Arturo Rodríguez (light heavyweight)

fencing

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Francisco Bollini	Sword	-		2-7	8th	-	-	eliminated
Horacio Casco	foil			2-1	2	2-3	4th	eliminated
	saber			-	-	4-2	2	5-3	3	1-6	8th	8th
Carlos Guerrico	foil	0-3	4th	eliminated
Roberto Larraz	foil	1-2	3	5-0	1	4-1	2	3-2	4th	2-4	5	5
Luis Lucchetti	Sword	4-4	5	-	-	7-3	1	5-6	7th	eliminated
Carmelo Merlo	saber	-	-	-	-	4-3	4th	3-5	6th	eliminated
Pedro Nazar	Sword	6-2	1	-	-	2-7	8th	eliminated
Arturo Ponce	saber	-	-	-	-	1-4	5	eliminated
Raúl Sola	saber	-	-	-	-	3-3	4th	4-4	5	eliminated
Horacio Casco Roberto Larraz Luis Lucchetti Ángel Santamarina	Foil team	1-0	1	-	-	1-1	2	0-2	3	eliminated
Luis Lucchetti Pedro Nazar Wenceslao Paunero Cipriano Pons	Epee team	0-2	3	-	-	eliminated
Horacio Casco Carmelo Merlo Arturo Ponce Raúl Sola Santiago Torres	Saber crew	1-0	1	-	-	2-0	1	0-2	3	eliminated

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  Roberto Larraz

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  Alberto Luchetti

Weightlifting

• Carlos Bergara

  Lightweight: 5

• Alfredo Pianta

  Middleweight: 12th place

• Ángel Rovere

  Middleweight: 11th place

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	leader		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Frederico Brewster	400 m	51.8 s	2	??	6th	eliminated
Emilio Casanovas	400 m	??	6th	eliminated
Otto Diesch	4 x 100 m relay	-	-	44.0 s	3	eliminated
Franscisco Dova	400 m	51.0 s	3	eliminated
Miguel Enrico	100 m	??	6th	eliminated
Félix Escobar	100 m	??	5	eliminated
	200 m	23.0 s	2	??	6th	eliminated
	400 m	51.4 s	5	eliminated
	4 x 100 m relay	-	-	44.0 s	3	eliminated
Guillermo Newberry	4 x 100 m relay	-	-	44.0 s	3	eliminated
Camilo Rivas	100 m	??	3	eliminated
	4 x 100 m relay	-	-	44.0 s	3	eliminated
Enrique Thompson	400 m hurdles	-	-	57.0 s	3	eliminated

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Width / height	rank	Width / height	rank
Men
Luis Brunetto	Triple jump	15.425	1	15.425	2	silver

Decathlon

Athletes	competition	final
		Points	rank
Men
Enrique Thompson	Decathlon	6310.525	13

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  Enrique Thompson

polo

competition	Men
Athletes	Arturo Kenny Juan Miles Guillermo Naylor Juan Nelson Enrique Padilla
Games	Spain 16-2 United States 6-5 United Kingdom 9-5 France 15-2
placement	gold

rowing

Athletes	competition	leader			Reunion		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	qualification	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Julio Alles Alberto Anderson Francisco Borgonovo Federico Lecot Miguel Madero David Nolting Carlos Serantes Armando Trabucco Tomás Cerruti	Eighth	unknown	3	unknown	unknown	2	eliminated

shoot

Attendees	discipline	result
		Points	space
Lorenzo Amaya	25 m rapid fire pistol	18th	4th
Carlos Balestrini	25 m rapid fire pistol	15th	30th
Victor Bigand	25 m rapid fire pistol	16	21st
Antonio Daneri	50 m small caliber lying	382	34
Jorge del Mazo	50 m small caliber lying	382	34
Juan Martino	50 m small caliber lying	389	12
Matías Osinalde	25 m rapid fire pistol	18th	5
Abelardo Rico	50 m small caliber lying	389	12

swim

Attendees	discipline	Preliminary round		Semifinals		final		Total
		result	space	result	space	result	space	space
Alberto Zorrilla	100 m freestyle	1.08.2	2	1.07.6	6th	Eliminated		-
	400 m freestyle	5: 49.4	4th	Eliminated				-
Juan Behrensen Tomás Jones Jorge Moreau Alberto Zorrilla	400 m freestyle	11: 25.0	4th	Eliminated				-

sailing

Attendees	Boat class	qualification				final
		1st regatta place	2nd regatta place	3rd regatta place	Points place-digit	1st regatta place	2nd regatta place	Points place-digit	space
Bernardo Milhas	Monotype 1924	5	3	-	-	eliminated
Rolando Aguirre César Gérico Juan Milberg Bernardo Milhas Mario Uriburu	8 meters	4th	3	4th	11	eliminated			5

tennis

Attendees	discipline	1 round	2nd round	3rd round	4th round	Quarter finals	Semifinals	final	space
		Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result
Hector Cattaruzza	Singles, gentlemen	Greece Pantelis Papadopoulos win 7-5, 7-5, 6-1	Netherlands Christiaan van Lennep defeat 3-6, 1-6, 1-6	Eliminated					-
Carlos Dumas	Singles, gentlemen	bye	Switzerland Charles Aeschlimann defeat 5-7, 4-6, 0-6	Eliminated					-
Arturo Hortal	Singles, gentlemen	Portugal Rodrigo Castro win 6-1, 6-4, 6-2	United States Frank Hunter defeat 3-6, 3-6, 1-6	Eliminated					-
Guillermo Robson	Single, gentlemen	bye	bye	Spain Manuel Alonso defeat 9-7, 4-6, 0-6, 4-6	Eliminated				-
Héctor Cattaruzza and Jorge Williams	Doubles, gentlemen	-	bye	Sweden Charles Wennergren and Henning Müller defeat 2-6, 0-6, 3-6	Eliminated				-
Carlos Dumas and Guillermo Robson	Doubles, gentlemen	-	bye	Finland Arne Grahn and Ernst Schybergson win 6-1, 6-3, 6-0	France Jean Lacoste and Jean Borotra defeat 4-6, 1-6, 3-6	Eliminated			-

Web links

• Official IOC homepage
• Argentine Olympic Team 1924 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )