1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Argentina)

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Argentina participated in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Australia's Melbourne and in the Swedish Stockholm (only competitions in equestrian sports ) with a delegation of 35 athletes, 34 men and one woman in 27 competitions in eight sports part.

It was the tenth time Argentina had taken part in the Summer Olympics since 1900 .

The youngest athlete was boxer Tristán Falfán at 17 years and 144 days , and the oldest athlete was Jorge Salas Chávez (42 years and 133 days).

Flag bearer

The discus thrower Isabel Avellán carried the flag of Argentina during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Medals

With one gained silver and bronze medals, the Argentine team finished 29th in the medals table .

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Humberto Selvetti	Weightlifting	Heavyweight

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Víctor Zalazar	Boxing	medium weight

Participants by sport

Boxing

Men's

• Rodolfo Díaz
  • Light heavyweight

  Fifth place

  Round one: BYE

  Quarter-finals: loss to James Boyd of the United States of America (decision)

• Tristán Falfán
  • Featherweight

  Fifth place

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: Victory against Maurice White from Pakistan by technical knockout in the second round

  Quarter-finals: defeat against Henryk Niedźwiedzki from Poland by giving up in the first round

• Francisco Gelaberti
  • Welterweight

  Fifth place

  Round one: Victory against Walter Kozak from Canada by a judge's decision

  Quarterfinals: Loss to Nicholas Gargano of Great Britain by a judge's decision

• José Giorgetti
  • Heavyweight

  Fifth place

  Round one: BYE

  Quarterfinals: Loss against Daan Bekker from South Africa by technical knockout in the first round

• Abel Laudonio
  • Flyweight

  Ninth place

  Round one: Victory against Eddie Ludick from South Africa by a judge's decision

  Round two: loss to Terry Spinks of Great Britain by a judge's decision

• Antonio Marcilla
  • Light welterweight

  Fifth place

  Round one: won against Chune Pattapongse from Thailand by technical knockout in the first round

  Round two: Victory against Leopold Potesil from Austria on points

  Quarter-finals: defeat against Franco Nenci from Italy by a judge's decision

• Francisco Nuñez

  Rank 17

  Round one: eliminated against Anatoly Nikolajewitsch Lagetko from the Soviet Union (judge's decision)

• Alberto Sáenz
  • Light middleweight

  Fifth place

  Round one: BYE

  Quarterfinals: defeat against László Papp from Hungary by technical knockout in the third round

• Carmelo Tomaselli
  • Bantamweight

  Fifth place

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: victory against Vichai Limcharern from Thailand by judge decision

  Quarter-finals: losing to Song Sun-Cheon from South Korea on points

• Víctor Zalazar

  Third place

  Round one: Victory against Stig Sjölin from Sweden by a judge's decision

  Quarterfinals: won against Dieter Wemhöner from Germany on points

  Semi-finals: defeat against Gennady Ivanovich Shatkov by giving up in round two

fencing

Men's

• Santiago Massini
  • Sword

  Round one: group three, no duel won - five lost. 25 hits taken - 13 scored, not qualifying for the quarter-finals

  4-5 loss to Richard Pew from the United States of America

  0-5 defeat against Per Carleson from Sweden

  3: 5 loss to Roger Eighth from Belgium

  3: 5 loss to Richard Stone from Australia

  3: 5 loss to Emilio Echeverry from Colombia

  • foil

  Round one: group three, won one duel - lost five. 26 hits suffered - 19 scored, did not qualify for the semi-finals

  4-5 defeat against Claude Netter from France

  3: 5 loss to Brian McCowage from Australia

  2: 5 loss to Raymond Paul from Great Britain

  2-5 defeat against Giancarlo Bergamini from Italy

  3: 5 defeat against Ghislain Delaunois from Belgium

  5-1 win over Byron Krieger from the United States of America

Weightlifting

Men's

• Carlos Seigeshifer
  • Middle heavyweight

  Final: 237.5 kg, competition not finished

  Military press: 125.0 kg, eighth place

  Tear: 112.5 kg, tenth place

  Push: not a valid attempt

• Humberto Selvetti
  • Heavyweight

  Final: 500.0 kg, second place

  Military press: 175.0 kg, first place

  Snatch: 145.0 kg, first place

  Push: 180.0 kg, second place

athletics

Ladies

• Isabel Avellan
  • Discus throw

  Qualifying round: 43.66 meters, ninth place, qualified for the final

  Try one: 40.91 meters

  Try two: 43.66 meters

  Try three: skipped

  Final: 46.73 meters, sixth place

  Try one: 46.73 meters

  Trial two: 44.84 meters

  Trial three: 42.69 meters

  Trial four: 46.31 meters

  Try five: 43.88 meters

  Trial six: 44.35 meters

Men's

• Günther Kruse
  • Discus throw

  Qualifying round: 47.87 meters, eleventh place, qualified for the final

  Try one: 46.28 meters

  Trial two: 47.87 meters

  Try three: skipped

  Final: 49.89 meters, eleventh place

  Try one: 49.12 meters

  Trial two: 45.92 meters

  Trial three: 49.89 meters

Modern pentathlon

Men's

• Luis Ribera
  • singles

  Final: 4,248.5 points, eleventh place

  Cross-country run: 979.0 points, 15: 07.0 minutes, 21st place

  Epee fencing: 667.0 points, 17 wins, 17th place

  Pistol shooting: 620.0 points, 176 points, rank 29

  Swimming: 930.0 points, 4: 14.1 minutes, 13th place

  Show jumping: 1,052.5 points, 9: 39.0 minutes, third place

horse riding

• Eduardo Cano
• Jorge Cavoti
• Carlos D'Elia
• Naldo Dasso
• Carlos de la Serna
• Pedro Mayorga
• Juan Martín Merbilháa

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

• Adolfo Díaz
  • Bantamweight

  eliminated after round three with seven minus points

  Round one: Victory against Omer Vercouteren from Belgium (3-0), a minus point

  Round two: defeat against Fred Kämmerer from Germany (0: 3), four minus points

  Round three: shoulder defeat against Minoru Iizuka from Japan , seven minus points

• Juan Rolón
  • lightweight

  eliminated after round three with seven minus points

  Round one: shoulder defeat against Gyula Tóth from Hungary , three minus points

  Round two: Victory against David Schumacher from Australia (3-0), three minus points

  Round three: Shoulders defeat against Shigeru Kasahara from Japan . six minuses

Greco-Roman

• Adolfo Díaz
  • Bantamweight

  eliminated after round three with five minus points

  Round one: win over Ronald Sweeney from Australia , zero minus points

  Round two: defeat against Reijo Nykänen from Finland (1: 2), two minus points

  Round three: shoulder defeat against Imre Hódos from Hungary , five minus points

• Juan Rolón
  • lightweight

  eliminated after round two with six minus points

  Round one: defeat against Rıza Doğan from Turkey (0: 3), three minus points

  Round two: defeat against Dumitru Gheorghe from Romania (0: 3), six minus points

shoot

Men's

• Leon Bozzi
  • Clay pigeon shooting

  Final: 146 points, rank 27

• Oscar Cervo
  • Rapid fire pistol

  Final: 580 points, 60 hits, fifth place

  Round one: 289 points, 30 hits, sixth place

  Round two: 291 points, 30 hits, fourth place

• Juan Gindre
  • Clay pigeon shooting

  Final: 170 points, 16th place

• Alberto Martijena
  • Free target gun

  Final: 526 points, 18th place

  Round one: 85 points, 18th place

  Round two: 91 points, eighth place

  Round three: 91 points, eighth place

  Round four: 88 points, 17th place

  Round five: 88 points, 22nd place

  Round six: 83 points, 29th place

sailing

Gentlemen
kites

• Results

  Final: 4,225 points, fourth place

  Race one: 828 points, 3:09:04 hours, third place

  Race two: 402 points, 3:16:49 hours, eighth place

  Race three: 1,004 points, 4:05:48 hours, second place

  Race four: 460 points, 3:07:26 hours, seventh place

  Race five: race not finished (DNF)

  Race six: 828 points, 4:10:00 hours, third place

  Race seven: 703 points, 3:08:54 hours, fourth place

• team

  Boris Belada

  Arnoldo Pekelharing

  Jorge Salas Chavez

star

• Results

  Final: 1,260 points, eleventh place

  Race one: 226 points, 3:09:00 hours, ninth place

  Race two: 402 points, 3:15:44 hours, sixth place

  Race three: 180 points, 3:37:59 hours, tenth place

  Race four: race not finished (DNF)

  Race five: 226 points, 3:10:32 hours, ninth place

  Race six: race not finished (DNF)

  Race seven: 226 points, 3:09:57 hours, ninth place

• team

  Jorge Brown

  Ovidio Lagos

singles

• Esteban Berisso
  • Finn dinghy

  Final: 1,403 points, 18th place

  Race one: 147 points, 3:40:41 hours, 18th place

  Race two: 256 points, 3:41:50 hours, 14th place

  Race three: 288 points, 3:51:32 hours, 13th place

  Race four: 198 points, 3:23:36 hours, 16th place

  Race five: 226 points, 3:37:37 hours, 15th place

  Race six: 288 points, 3:30:32 hours, 13th place

  Race seven: race not finished (DNF)

Web links

• Argentine Olympic team from 1956 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).