2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Argentina)
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In 2008 Argentina took partin the Summer Olympics forthe 22nd time. 138 athletes from the country qualified for the Games in 19 different sports. Of these, 132 athletes took part in the games.
Manu Ginóbili carried the flag of Argentina at the opening ceremony .
basketball
- Carlos Delfino
- Manu Ginobili
- Roman González
- Juan Pedro Gutiérrez
- Leonardo Gutiérrez
- Federico Kammerichs
- Andrés Nocioni
- Fabricio Oberto
- Antonio Porta
- Pablo Prigioni
- Paolo Quinteros
- Luis Scola
The Argentine men's basketball team qualified by finishing second at the 2007 American Basketball Championship and is taking part in the Olympic basketball tournament as defending champions for the fifth time.
With a fourth place in the American basketball championship, the Argentine women's basketball team was allowed to take part in a qualifying tournament, where it was eliminated in the preliminary round and thus did not start at the Olympic tournament.
Boxing
Ezequiel Maderna is eligible to start because of a second place in an American middleweight qualifying tournament.
fencing
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Alberto González Viaggio
- Men, foil singles
Soccer
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Women
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Sergio Batista announced his roster for the July 3rd Olympics. Subsequently, the midfielder Nicolás Burdisso was exchanged for Nicolás Pareja, as Burdisso's club did not give clearance for the Olympic Games.
Weightlifting
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Carlos Espeleta
- Men, class up to 77 kg
hockey
- Magdalena Aicega
- Luciana Aymar
- Noel Barrionuevo
- Claudia Burkart
- Soledad García
- Alejandra Gulla
- Maria de la Paz Hernández
- Gisele Kañevsky
- Rosario Luchetti
- Mercedes Margalot
- Mariana González Oliva
- Carla Rebecchi
- Mariana Rossi
- Mariné Russo
- Belén Succi
- Paola Vukojicic
Judo
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Paula Pareto (bronze
)
- Women, super light weight
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Miguel Albarracín
- Men, super light weight
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Daniela Krukower
- Women, light middleweight
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Mariano Bertolotti
- Men, lightweight
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Lorena Briceño
- Women, light heavyweight
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Emmanuel Lucenti
- Men, light middleweight
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Diego Rosatti
- Men, middleweight
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Eduardo Costa
- Men, light heavyweight
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Sandro López
- Men, heavyweight
canoe
- Men: Miguel Correa (single kayak 500 m, single kayak 1000 m)
- Women: Estefanía Fontanini (single kayak 500 m)
athletics
discus
- Men: Jorge Balliengo
- Women: Rocío Comba
Pole vault
- Men: Germán Chiaraviglio
- Women: Alejandra García
Hammer throw
- Men: Juan Ignacio Cerra
- Women: Jennifer Dahlgren
800 m
1500 m
20 km walking
Javelin throw
Shot put
Cycling
BMX
- Men: Ramiro Marino , Cristian Becerine
- Women: Gabriela Díaz , María Belén Dutto
Street
Track bike
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Juan Curuchet (gold
), Walter Pérez (gold
)
Mountain bike
horse riding
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José Luis Ortelli
- Eventing Singles
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José Maria Larocca
- Show jumping singles
rowing
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Santiago Fernández
- Men, one
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Gabriela Best
- Women, one
shoot
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Juan Carlos Dasque
- Men, trap
swim
- Men: Sergio Ferreyra , José Meolans , Andrés José González , Juan Martín Pereyra , Eduardo Otero , Damián Blaum
- Women: Georgina Bardach , Cecilia Biagioli , Agustina de Giovanni , Liliana Guiscardo , Antonella Bogarín
sailing
Windsurfing
- Men: Mariano Reutemann
- Women: Florencia Gutiérrez
Multihull
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Santiago Lange (bronze
), Carlos Espínola (bronze
)
Single-handed dinghy
- Men: Julio Alsogaray
- Women: Cecilia Carranza
Two-handed dinghy
- Men: Javier Conte , Juan de la Fuente
- Women: María Fernanda Sesto , Consuelo Monsegur
Taekwondo
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Vanina Sánchez Berón
- Women, class up to 67 kg
tennis
Six Argentine tennis players will take part in the Olympic Games.
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Agustín Calleri
- Men, singles, doubles with Juan Mónaco
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Guillermo Cañas
- Men, singles, doubles with David Nalbandian
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Gisela Dulko
- Women, singles, doubles with Betina Jozami
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Betina Jozami
- Women, doubles with Gisela Dulko
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Juan Mónaco
- Men, singles, doubles with Agustín Calleri
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David Nalbandian
- Men, singles, doubles with Guillermo Cañas
Table tennis
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Liu Song
- Men, singles
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Pablo Tabachnik
- Men, singles
volleyball
beach volleyball
Martín Conde and Mariano Baracetti qualified as a team for the Olympic Games.
Individual evidence
- ↑ coarg.org.ar - Atletas que participarán de los Juegos de Beijing (al 23 de Julio) ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish)
- ↑ Argentina at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games sports-reference.com
- ↑ aiba.org - 2nd AIBA American Olympic Qualifying Tournament (English)
- ↑ infobae.com: "Batista confirmó el seleccionado argentino para Beijing" (Spanish)
- ↑ en.beijing2008.cn: "Nalbandian heads Argentine tennis charge in Beijing Olympics" ( Memento of the original from August 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ fivb.org - Men Current Standing Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualification (English)
Web links
- National Olympic Committee website (Spanish)