2012 Summer Olympics / Participant (Argentina)

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Argentina took part inthe 2012 Olympic Games in London . It was the 23rd participation in the Summer Olympics. The Comité Olímpico Argentino nominated 133 athletes in 21 sports.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the hockey player Luciana Aymar .

Medals

Medal table

Medal table Argentina
space	sport				total
1	Taekwondo	1	-	-	1
2	hockey	-	1	-	1
3	sailing	-	-	1	1
4th	tennis	-	-	1	1
Total		1	1	2	4th

With a recovered gold, a silver and two bronze medals, the Argentinean team was ranked No. 43 in the medal count .

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Sebastián Crismanich	Taekwondo	Men, class up to 80 kg

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Luciana Aymar Noel Barrionuevo Martina Cavallero Laura Del Colle Silvina D'Elia Florencia Habif Rosario Luchetti Sofía Maccari Delfina Merino Florencia Mutio Carla Rebecchi Macarena Rodríguez Rocío Sánchez Moccia Mariela Scarone Daniela Sruoga Josefina Sruoga	hockey	Ladies

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Lucas Calabrese Juan de la Fuente	sailing	Men, 470s
Juan Martín del Potro	tennis	Men's singles

Participants by sport

basketball

competition	Men
Athletes	Facundo Campazzo Carlos Delfino Manu Ginóbili Juan Pedro Gutiérrez Leonardo Gutiérrez Hernán Jasen Federico Kammerichs Martín Leiva Marcos Mata Andrés Nocioni Pablo Prigioni Luis Scola
Trainer	Julio Lamas
Group stage	Lithuania (102: 79) France (64:71) Tunisia (92:69) Nigeria (93:79) USA (97: 126)
Quarter finals	Brazil (82:77)
Semifinals	USA (83: 109)
final	3rd place match: Russia (77:81)
placement	4th

beach volleyball

Athletes	Group stage				Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
	opponent	Result	Points	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Ana Gallay Virginia Zonta	J. Kessy / A. Ross E. Baquerio / L. Fernández M. van Iersel / S. Keizer	0: 2 (11:21, 18:21) 0: 2 (20:22, 16:21) 0: 2 (12:21, 16:21)	3	4th	eliminated								19th

Boxing

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Alberto Melián	Bantam weight up to 56 kg	Sergei Vodopyanov	5:12	eliminated								32
Yamil Peralta	Heavy weight up to 91 kg	-		Chouaib Bouloudinats	13: 5	Terwel Pulew	10:13	eliminated				5

fencing

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
María Belén Pérez Maurice	Saber single	-		Gioia Marzocca	10:15	eliminated								32

Handball

competition	Men
Athletes	Mariano Canepa Gonzalo Carou Federico G. Fernández Fernando G. García Andrés Kogovsek Damian Migueles Federico Pizarro Leonardo Querin Guido Riccobelli Matías Schulz Diego Simonet Sebastián Simonet
Trainer	Eduardo Gallardo
Group stage	Iceland 25:31 (14:15) France 20:32 (9:17) Great Britain 32:21 (16:11) Sweden 13:29 (8:12) Tunisia 23:25 (12:12)
Quarter finals	eliminated
Semifinals
final
placement	-

hockey

competition	Women	Men
Athletes	Luciana Aymar Noel Barrionuevo Martina Cavallero Laura Del Colle Silvina D'Elia Florencia Habif Rosario Luchetti Sofía Maccari Delfina Merino Florencia Mutio Carla Rebecchi Macarena Rodríguez Rocío Sánchez Moccia Mariela Scarone Daniela Sruoga Josefina Sruoga	Ignacio Bergner Manuel Brunet Facundo Callioni Lucas Cammareri Pedro Ibarra Juan Martín López Agustín Mazzilli Santiago Montelli Matías Paredes Gonzalo Peillat Lucas Martín Rey Lucas Rossi Lucas Vila Matías Vila Rodrigo Vila Juan Manuel Vivaldi Juan Espinosa (Substitute) Matías González (Substitute)
Trainer	Carlos Retegui	Pablo Lombi
Group stage	South Africa 7: 1 (5: 1) USA 0: 1 (0: 1) New Zealand 2: 1 (1: 0) Germany 3: 1 (2: 0) Australia 0: 0	Great Britain 1: 4 (0: 1) Pakistan 0: 2 (0: 1) Australia 2: 2 (0: 2) Spain 1: 3 (0: 0) South Africa 6: 3 (2: 2)
Placement game	-	Game for 9th place: New Zealand 1: 3 (0: 3)
Semifinals	Great Britain 2: 1 (2: 0)	eliminated
final	Netherlands 0: 2 (0: 0)
placement	silver	10

Judo

Athletes	competition	1st round Round of 64		2nd round Round of 32		Knockout round Round of 16		Quarter Finals Quarter Final		Round of hope semi-final repechage		Semifinals		Hope Round Final Bronze Medal		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Paula Pareto	Class up to 48 kg	-		-		Elena Moretti	001 - 000	Tomoko Fukumi	001 - 0002	M. Urantsetseg	0011 - 0002	eliminated		Charline Van Snick	0002 - 0011	eliminated		5
Men
Emmanuel Lucenti	Class up to 81 kg	-		Fetra Ratsimiziva	100 - 0001	Alain Schmitt	100 - 000	Kim Jae-bum	0003 - 010	Antoine Valois-Fortier	0001 - 0101	eliminated						7th
Hector Campos	Class up to 90 kg	-		Asley González	000-100	eliminated												17th
Cristian Schmidt	Class up to 100 kg	-		Yauhen Biadulin	000-1001	eliminated												17th

canoe

Canoe racing

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Miguel Correa Rubén Rézola	K-2 200 m	33.623 s	6th	33.105 s	6th	35.271 s	5	5

Canoe slalom

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Sebastián Rossi	C-1	107.25 s	16	eliminated				16

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Maria Peralta	marathon	-		-		2:40:50 h	82	82
Men
Javier Carriqueo	5000 m	13: 57.07 min	37	-		eliminated		37
Miguel Barzola	marathon	-		-		2:17:54 h	35	35
Juan Manuel Cano	20 km walking	-		-		1:22:10 h	22nd	22nd

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Width / height	rank	Width / height	rank
Women
Rocío Comba	Discus throwing	58.98 m	26th	eliminated		26th
Jennifer Dahlgren	Hammer throwing	3 invalid attempts	-	eliminated		-
Men
German Lauro	Discus throwing	57.54 m	37	eliminated		37
Juan Ignacio Cerra	Hammer throwing	68.20 m	36	eliminated		36
German Lauro	Shot put	20.75 m	5	20.84 m	6th	6th

Cycling

train

All-around

Athletes	250 m flying		Driving with points		Elimination drives	Individual pursuit		Scratch	Time trial		Points	rank
	Points	rank	Points	rank	rank	time	rank	rank	time	rank
Omnium men
Walter Perez	17th	17th	26th	7th	4th	4: 33.532 min	15th	12	1: 07.523 min	17th	72	14th

Street

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
Maximiliano Richeze	Road racing	out of time limit	-

Mountain bike

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
Catriel Soto	Cross country	1:35:13 h	26th

BMX

Athletes	competition	qualification		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	time	rank
Men
Ernesto Pizarro	Race	39.765 s	26th	36	24	eliminated				24

horse riding

Athletes	competition	Failure points	rank
Leap
José Maria Larocca	singles	20th	36
Alejandro Madorno	singles	9	64

Wrestling

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Round of Hope quarterfinals		Hope round semifinals		Hope round final		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Freestyle women
Patricia Bermúdez	Class up to 48 kg	Iwona Matkowska	0: 3	eliminated														17th

rowing

Athletes	competition	leader			Reunion			Quarter finals			Semifinals			final		rank
		time	rank	qualification	time	rank	qualification	time	rank	qualification	time	rank	qualification	time	rank
Women
Lucía Palermo	One	8: 07.89 min	23	Reunion	7: 52.49 min	2	Quarter finals	8: 06.47 min	18th	Semi-finals C / D	8: 09.85 min	20th	Finale D	8: 40.38 min	21st	21st
María Laura Abalo Gabriela Best	two	7: 12.17 min	9	Reunion	7: 20.94 min	6th	Finale B	-			-			8: 03.53 min	9	9
Milka Kraljev María Clara Rohner	Lightweight double scull	7: 33.37 min	14th	Reunion	7: 40.72 min	5	Finale C	-			-			7: 44.62 min	15th	15th
Men
Santiago Fernández	One	6: 46.03 min	7th	Quarter finals	-			7: 01.57 min	8th	Semi-finals A / B	7: 29.68 min	7th	Finale B	7: 20.40 min	10	10
Cristian Rosso Ariel Suarez	Double scull	6: 13.68 min	8th	Semi-finals A / B	-			-			6: 19.40 min	1	Finale A	6: 36.36 min	4th	4th
Mario Cejas Miguel Mayol	Lightweight double scull	7: 01.76 min	20th	Reunion	6: 48.21 min	5	Semi-finals C / D	-			7: 11.46 min	16	Finale C	6: 53.71 min	17th	17th

shoot

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		Rings	rank
		Rings	rank	Rings	rank
Men
Juan Diego Angeloni	Small caliber three-position fight 50 m	580	50	eliminated		580	20th
Alex Suligoy	Small bore, lying 50 m	593	20th	eliminated		593	20th

swim

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Cecilia Biagioli	800 m freestyle	8: 33.97 min	16	-		eliminated		16
Georgina Bardach	400 m layers	4: 57.31 min	34	-		eliminated		34
Cecilia Biagioli	10 km of open water	-		-		2:01:02.2 h	17th	17th
Men
Federico Grabich	50 m freestyle	23.30 s	35	eliminated				35
Juan Martín Pereyra	400 m freestyle	3: 56.76 min	24	-		eliminated		24
Juan Martín Pereyra	1500 m freestyle	15: 36.72 min	29	-		eliminated		29
Federico Grabich	100 m back	56.56 s	41	eliminated				41

sailing

Fleet Race

Athletes	competition	qualification		Medal Race		Points	rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Jazmín López Becker	Windsurfing RS: X	215	23	-	-	215	23
Cecilia Carranza	Laser Radial	220	21st	-	-	220	21st
Consuelo Monsegur María Fernanda Sesto	470s	117	13	-	-	117	13
Men
Mariano Reutemann	Windsurfing RS: X	136	11	-	-	136	11
Julio Alsogaray	laser	162	11	-	-	162	11
Lucas Calabrese Juan de la Fuente	470s	81	3	87	3	87	bronze

Synchronized swimming

Athletes	competition	qualification						final
		Technical freestyle TK		Free freestyle FK-Q		total		Free freestyle FK-F		Total TK + FK-F
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Etel Sánchez Sofía Sánchez	duet	78,900	22nd	78.410	22nd	157.310	22nd	eliminated			22nd

Taekwondo

Athletes	competition	Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Hope round semifinals		Hope round final		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Carola López	Class up to 49 kg	Sanaa Atabrour	1-0	Lucija Zaninović	4:13	eliminated								9
Men
Sebastián Crismanich	Class up to 80 kg	Vaughn Scott	9: 5	Nesar Bahawi	9: 1	Arman Jeremjan	2: 1	-		-		Nicolás García	1-0	gold

tennis

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Bronze game		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Gisela Dulko Paola Suarez	Double	Li Na Zhang Shuai	4: 6, 2: 6	eliminated										17th
Men
Carlos Berlocq	singles	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	5: 7, 6: 7	eliminated										33
Juan Martín del Potro	singles	Ivan Dodig	6: 4, 6: 1	Andreas Seppi	6: 3, 7: 6	Gilles Simon	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 3	Kei Nishikori	6: 4, 7: 6	Roger Federer	6: 3, 6: 7, 17:19	Novak Đoković	7: 5, 6: 4	bronze
Juan Mónaco	singles	David Goffin	6: 4, 6: 1	Feliciano López	4: 6, 4: 6	eliminated								17th
David Nalbandian	singles	Janko Tipsarevic	3: 6, 4: 6	eliminated										33
David Nalbandian Eduardo Schwank	Double	Michaël Llodra Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	3: 6, 5: 7	eliminated										17th
Mixed
Gisela Dulko Juan Martín del Potro	Double	Jelena Wesnina Michail Juschny	6: 3, 7: 5	-		-		Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan	2: 6, 5: 7	eliminated

Table tennis

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Liu Song	singles	Suraju Saka	4-0	Bojan Tokič	3: 4	eliminated										33

Triathlon

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
Gonzalo Tellechea	singles	1:51:07 h	38

do gymnastics

Apparatus gymnastics

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Federico Molinari	Rings	15.333	7th	14.733	8th	8th
Federico Molinari	ground	13,433	62	eliminated

Valeria Pereyra

volleyball

competition	Men
Athletes	Gabriel Arroyo Nicolás Bruno Iván Castellani Facundo Conte Pablo Crer Luciano De Cecco Alexis González Federico Pereyra Cristian Poglajen Pablo Portela Rodrigo Quiroga Sebástian Solé
Trainer	Javier Weber
Group stage	Australia (3: 0) Italy (1: 3) Poland (0: 3) Bulgaria (3: 1) Great Britain (3: 0)
Quarter finals	Brazil (0: 3)
Semifinals	-
final	-

Web links

• Argentina - Athletes. Official London 2012 website. The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited ( LOCOG ), accessed September 25, 2012 . 
• ARGENTINA. Official website of the Olympic Movement. The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), accessed September 25, 2012 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Country: Argentina. london2012.com, accessed July 26, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Luciana Aymar, Argentina's flag bearer at London 2012. Buenos Aires Herald, June 13, 2012, accessed August 26, 2012 .