1948 Summer Olympics / Participant (Argentina)

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Argentina took part in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London with a delegation of 199 athletes (188 men and 11 women) in 101 competitions in 16 sports.

The Argentine athletes each won three gold and silver medals and one bronze medal. Olympic champions were the boxers Pascual Pérez in the flyweight and Rafael Iglesias in the heavyweight and the athlete Delfo Cabrera in the marathon. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the swimmer Alfredo Yantorno .

Participants by sport

basketball

• 15th place

  Arturo Ruffa

  Bruno Varani

  Jorge Nuré

  Juan Uder

  Leon Martinetti

  Leopoldo Contarbio

  Manuel Guerrero

  Oscar Perez

  Oscar Furlong

  Raúl Calvo

  Rafael Lledó

  Ricardo Primitivo González

  Rubén Menini

  Tomás Vío

Boxing

• Pascual Pérez

  Flyweight: gold

• Arnoldo Parés

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the round of 16

• Francisco Nuñez

  Featherweight: 4th place

• Manuel Lopez

  Lightweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

• Eladio Herrera

  Welterweight: Eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Héctor García

  Middleweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

• Mauro Cía

  Light Heavyweight: Bronze

• Rafael Iglesias

  Heavyweight: gold

fencing

Men

• Félix Galimi

  Foil: eliminated in the semi-finals

  Foil team: 5th place

• Manuel Torrente

  Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Foil team: 5th place

• Fulvio Galimi

  Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Foil team: 5th place

• José Rodríguez

  Foil team: 5th place

• Raúl Saucedo

  Epee: eliminated in the semifinals

  Epee team: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Antonio Villamil

  Epee: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Epee team: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Vito Simonetti

  Epee: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Epee team: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Floro Díaz

  Epee team: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Jorge Balza

  Epee team: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Adolfo Guido Lavalle

  Epee team: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Edgardo Pomini

  Saber: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Saber team: 5th place

• Fernando Huergo

  Saber: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Saber team: 5th place

• Jorge Cermesoni

  Saber: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Saber team: 5th place

• Manuel Aguero

  Saber team: 5th place

• José D'Andrea

  Saber team: 5th place

• Daniel Sande

  Saber team: 5th place

Women

• Irma de Antequeda

  Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Elsa Irigoyen

  Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Nélida Fullone

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

Weightlifting

• Alfonso Fiorentino

  Featherweight: 21st place

• Salvador Lopresti

  Lightweight: 18th place

• Hugo D'Atri

  Lightweight: 20th place

• Julio Bonnet

  Middleweight: 18th place

• Juan Rosso

  Middleweight: 20th place

• Osvaldo Forte

  Light heavyweight: 5th place

• Hugo Vallarino

  Heavyweight: 11th place

• Leopoldo Briola

  Heavyweight: 13th place

hockey

• 5th place

  Roberto Anderson

  Luis Bianchi

  Juan Brigo

  Carlos Mercali

  Roberto Marquez

  Tommie Quinn

  Valerio Sánchez

  Luis Scally

  Tommy Scally

  Tomás Wade

  Jorge Wilson

  Antonio Zucchi

athletics

Men

• Gerardo Bönnhoff

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Fernando Lapuente

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Carlos Isaac

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Guillermo Geary

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Antonio Pocoví

  400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Guillermo Evans

  400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Adán Torres

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Guillermo Avalos

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Melchor Palmeiro

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Ricardo Bralo

  10,000 m: race not finished

• Eusebio Guiñez

  10,000 m: race not finished

  Marathon: 5th place

• Delfo Cabrera

  Marathon: gold

• Alberto Sensini

  Marathon: 9th place

• Alberto Triulzi

  110 m hurdles: 4th place

• Hermenegildo Alberti

  400 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Sixto Ibáñez

  50 km walking: race not finished

• Alberto Biedermann

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Enrique box maker

  Long jump: 10th place

  Decathlon: 4th place

• Emilio Malchiodi

  Shot put: without a valid distance

  Discus throw: 18th place

• Juan Kahnert

  Shot put: without a valid distance

• Juan Fusé

  Hammer throw: 20th place

• Ricardo Héber

  Javelin throw: 13th place

Women

• Noëmi Simonetto de Portela

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  80 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals

  Long jump: silver

• Ingeborg Mello

  Shot put: 9th place

  Discus throw: 8th place

Modern pentathlon

• Enrique Wirth

  Singles: 11th place

• Augusto Premoli

  Singles: 21st place

• Horacio Siburu

  Singles: 32nd place

Cycling

• Ceferino Peroné

  Road race: 21st place

  Road team time trial: 7th place

• Dante Benvenuti

  Road race: 22nd place

  Road team time trial: 7th place

• Miguel Sevillano

  Road race: 23rd place

  Road team time trial: 7th place

• Mario Mathieu

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Road team time trial: 7th place

• Clodomiro Cortoni

  Track sprint: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Jorge Sobrevila

  Track 1000 m time trial: 13th place

• Oscar Giacché

  Rail tandem: 10th place

• Miguel Passi

  Rail tandem: 10th place

• Roberto Guerrero

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Julio Alba

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Ambrosio Aimar

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Enrique Molina

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 2nd round

horse riding

• Justo Iturralde

  Dressage: 11th place

  Dressage team: 4th place

• Humberto Terzano

  Dressage: 16th place

  Dressage team: 4th place

• Oscar Goulú

  Dressage: 17th place

  Dressage team: 4th place

• Rafael Campos

  Show jumping: 15th place

  Show jumping team: eliminated

• Néstor Alvarado

  Show jumping: eliminated

  Show jumping team: eliminated

• Pascual Pistarini

  Show jumping: eliminated

  Show jumping team: eliminated

• Francisco Reyes

  Versatility: 10th place

  Versatility team: eliminated

• Julio César Sagasta

  Versatility: 18th place

  Versatility team: eliminated

• José Manuel Sagasta

  Versatility: Eliminated

  Versatility team: eliminated

Wrestling

• Manuel Varela

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Elvidio Flamini

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place

• Omar Blebel

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Luis Rosado

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Alberto Longarella

  Welterweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Alberto Bolzi

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Adolfo Ramírez

  Light heavyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Ernesto Noya

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

rowing

• Tranquilo Cappozzo

  One: eliminated in the semifinals

• Angel Malvicino

  Doubles twos: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Teodoro Nölting

  Doubles twos: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Oscar Moreno

  Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Carlos Sambuceti

  Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Pedro Towers

  Two with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Ramón Porcel

  Two with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Juan Parker

  Two with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Julio Curatella

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Alberto Madero

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Oscar Zolezzi

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Oscar Almirón

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Carlos Semino

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Carlos Crosta

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Adolfo Yedro

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Ítalo Sartori

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Ricardo Boneo

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Luis Pechenino

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Juan Antonio Aichino

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Rubén Cabral

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Christian Bove

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Enrique Lingenfelder

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Carlos Amado

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Pascual Batista

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Mario Guerci

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Manuel Fernández

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

shoot

• Enrique Sáenz-Valiente

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: silver

• José Roger

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 45th place

• Dionisio Fernández

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 50th place

• Federico Grüben

  Free pistol 50 m: 9th place

• Oscar Bidegain

  Free pistol 50 m: 16th place

• Juan Rostagno

  Free pistol 50 m: 35th place

• Pablo Cagnasso

  Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 12th place

• Ricardo Grimau

  Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 13th place

• Abel Ortíz

  Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 14th place

• Julio Nolasco

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 44th place

• Antonio Ando

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 48th place

• David Schiaffino

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 49th place

swim

Men

• Horacio White

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 6th place

• Augusto Cantón

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 6th place

• Alfredo Yantorno

  400 m freestyle: 8th place

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 6th place

• José Durañona

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 6th place

• Juan Garay

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 6th place

• Adolfo Mancuso

  1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Mario Chavez

  100 m back: 4th place

• José Vegazzi

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Federico Neumayer

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Carlos Espejo

  200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

• César Benetti

  200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

Women

• Eileen Holt

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Enriqueta Duarte

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Adriana Camelli

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Liliana Gonzalias

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Beryl Marshall

  100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Dorotea Turnbull

  200 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals

sailing

• Jorge Brauer

  Finn dinghy: 17th place

• Jorge Piacentini

  Star: 16th place

• Angel Carrasco

  Star: 16th place

• Gastón Cibert

  Swallow: 14th place

• Silvio Merlo

  Swallow: 14th place

• Roberto Sieburger

  Dragons: 7th place

• Jorge del Río Salas

  Dragons: 7th place

• Jorge Salas Chavez

  Dragons: 7th place

• Emilio Homps

  6 meter class: silver

• Rodolfo Rivademar

  6 meter class: silver

• Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre

  6 meter class: silver

• Julio Sieburger

  6 meter class: silver

• Enrique Sieburger junior

  6 meter class: silver

• Enrique Sieburger senior

  6 meter class: silver

do gymnastics

Men

• Arturo Amos

  Individual all-around: 89th place

  Floor: 76th place

  Horse jump: 77th place

  Bars: 83rd place

  Horizontal bar: 85th place

  Rings: 106th place

  Pommel horse: 97th place

  Team all-around competition: 15th place

• Pedro Lonchibuco

  Individual all-around: 102nd place

  Floor: 103rd place

  Horse jump: 102nd place

  Bars: 98th place

  Horizontal bar: 104th place

  Rings: 83rd place

  Pommel horse: 105th place

  Team all-around competition: 15th place

• Enrique Rapesta

  Individual all-around: 106th place

  Floor: 107th place

  Horse jump: 111th place

  Bars: 104th place

  Horizontal bar: 97th place

  Rings: 97th place

  Pommel horse: 100th place

  Team all-around competition: 15th place

• César Bonoris

  Individual all-around: 108th place

  Floor: 112th place

  Horse jump: 100th place

  Bars: 96th place

  Horizontal bar: 101st place

  Rings: 110th place

  Pommel horse: 113th place

  Team all-around competition: 15th place

• Jorge Soler

  Individual all-around: 113th place

  Floor: 110th place

  Horse jump: 101st place

  Bars: 112th place

  Horizontal bar: 102nd place

  Rings: 109th place

  Pommel horse: 107th place

  Team all-around competition: 15th place

• Roberto Núñez

  Individual all-around: 115th place

  Floor: 113th place

  Horse jump: 109th place

  Bars: 113th place

  Horizontal bar: 116th place

  Rings: 113th place

  Pommel horse: 117th place

  Team all-around competition: 15th place

• Jorge Vidal

  Individual all-around: 121st place

  Horse jump: 120th place

  Bars: 121st place

  Horizontal bar: 120th place

  Rings: 121st place

  Pommel horse: 119th place

  Team all-around competition: 15th place

Water polo

• 9th place

  Rubén Maidana

  Ladislao Szabo

  Hugo Prono

  Osvaldo Codaro

  Carlos Visentín

  Marcelo Visentín

  Anibál Filiberti

Web links

• Argentine Olympic team from 1948 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )