Argentina at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Five men competed for Argentina in athletics. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. None of the athletes advanced to the final in any of their events; Kleger's 7th place finish in the hammer throw was the country's best result in the sport.

Men

Track & road events

Field events

Eight men represented Argentina in boxing, the maximum allowed (one per weight class). It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Avendaño and Rodríguez became the first Argentinian Olympic boxing champions.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Bronze match
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Juan José Trillo	Flyweight	Bye	Taylor (GBR) L points	Did not advance			9
Carmelo Robledo	Bantamweight	Bye	Van Rumbecke (BEL) W points	Traynor (IRL) L points	Did not advance		5
Víctor Peralta	Featherweight	Bye	Olsen (NOR) W points	Boireau (FRA) W points	Biquet (BEL) W points	van Klaveren (NED) L points
Pascual Bonfiglio	Lightweight	Resko (FIN) W points	Dübbers (GER) W points	Halaiko (USA) L points	Did not advance		5
Raúl Landini	Welterweight	Lown (USA) W points	Palm (EST) W points	Blommers (NED) W points	Smillie (CAN) W points	Morgan (NZL) L points
Humberto Curi	Middleweight	Bye	Langlet (FRA) W points	Mallin (GBR) L points	Did not advance		5
Víctor Avendaño	Light heavyweight	N/A	Ojeda (CHI) W points	Carrick (CAN) W points	McCorkindale (RSA) W points	Pistulla (GER) W points
Arturo Rodríguez	Heavyweight	N/A	Flanagan (IRL) W KO	Olij (NED) W points	Michaelsen (DEN) W points	Ramm (SWE) W KO

Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent  Belgium 2 0 1.000  Canada 2 0 1.000  Chile 1 0 1.000  Denmark 1 0 1.000  Estonia 1 0 1.000  Finland 1 0 1.000  France 2 0 1.000  Germany 2 0 1.000  Great Britain 0 2 .000  Ireland 1 1 .500  Netherlands 2 1 .667  New Zealand 0 1 .000  Norway 1 0 1.000  South Africa 1 0 1.000  Sweden 1 0 1.000  United States 1 1 .500 Total 19 6 .760

Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 32 2 0 1.000 Round of 16 7 1 .875 Quarterfinals 4 3 .571 Semifinals 4 0 1.000 Final 2 2 .500 Bronze match 0 0 – Total 19 6 .760

Six cyclists, all men, represented Argentina in 1928. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

Three horse and rider pairs competed for Argentina in equestrian events in 1928, all in the jumping competition. It was the nation's debut appearance in the sport. Del Villar was the best finisher for Argentina, at 34th place in the individual jumping. The sum of the individual scores was used for the team result; Argentina came in 12th among the 14 teams.

Jumping

Nine fencers, all men, represented Argentina in 1928. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. They won the bronze medal in the team foil event, Argentina's first Olympic fencing medal.

Fencer	Event	Round 1		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
José Llauro	Épée	1 win	10	Did not advance
Oscar Martínez		5 wins	5 Q	2 wins	10	Did not advance
Antonio Villamil		4 wins	7	Did not advance
Oscar Viñas	Foil	N/A		5 wins	2 Q	1 win	8	Did not advance
Raúl Anganuzzi Carmelo Camet Roberto Larraz Héctor Lucchetti Luis Lucchetti	Team foil	3–0	1 Q	1–1	2 Q	1–0	1 Q	1–2

Argentina's Olympic football debut resulted in a silver medal.

Summary

Team	Event	Prelim.	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Argentina men's U-23	Men's tournament	Bye	United States W 11–2	Belgium W 6–3	Egypt W 6–0	Uruguay D 1–1 L 2–1

Men's tournament

Team roster

Head coach: José Lago Millan

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
-	2DF	Ludovico Bidoglio	(1900-02-05)5 February 1900 (aged 28)		Boca Juniors
-	1GK	Ángel Bossio	(1905-05-05)5 May 1905 (aged 23)		Talleres (BA)
-	3MF	Saúl Calandra	(1904-10-22)22 October 1904 (aged 23)		Estudiantes (LP)
-	4FW	Alfredo Carricaberry	(1900-10-08)8 October 1900 (aged 27)		San Lorenzo
-	4FW	Roberto Cherro	(1907-02-23)23 February 1907 (aged 21)		Boca Juniors
-	1GK	Octavio Díaz	(1900-10-07)7 October 1900 (aged 27)		Rosario Central
-	2DF	Juan Evaristo	(1902-06-20)20 June 1902 (aged 25)		Sp. Palermo
-	4FW	Manuel Ferreira	(1905-10-22)22 October 1905 (aged 22)		Estudiantes (LP)
-	4FW	Enrique Gainzarain	(1904-12-07)7 December 1904 (aged 23)		Ferro Carril Oeste
-	2DF	Alfredo Helman			Estudiantes (SdE)
-	3MF	Segundo Luna	(1902-04-20)20 April 1902 (aged 26)		Club Atlético Mitre
-	2DF	Ángel Médici	(1897-12-20)20 December 1897 (aged 30)		Boca Juniors
-	3MF	Luis Monti	(1901-05-15)15 May 1901 (aged 27)		San Lorenzo
-	3MF	Pedro Ochoa	(1900-02-22)22 February 1900 (aged 28)		Racing
-	2DF	Rodolfo Orlandini	(1905-01-01)1 January 1905 (aged 23)		Sp. Buenos Aires
-	4FW	Raimundo Orsi	(1901-12-02)2 December 1901 (aged 26)		Independiente
-	2DF	Fernando Paternoster	(1903-05-24)24 May 1903 (aged 25)		Racing
-	4FW	Feliciano Perducca	(1901-06-09)9 June 1901 (aged 26)		Boca Alumni
-	3MF	Natalio Perinetti	(1900-12-28)28 December 1900 (aged 27)		Racing
-	4FW	Domingo Tarasconi	(1903-12-20)20 December 1903 (aged 24)		Boca Juniors
-	2DF	Luis Weihmuller	(1902-08-02)2 August 1902 (aged 25)		Sp. Palermo
-	2DF	Adolfo Zumelzú	(1902-01-05)5 January 1902 (aged 26)		Sp. Palermo

Round of 16

May 29, 1928
19:00

Argentina	11–2	United States
Ferreira  9', 29' Tarasconi  24', 63', 66', 89' Orsi  41', 73' Cherro  47', 49', 57'	Report	Kuntner  55' Caroll  75'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 3,848

Referee: Paul Ruoff (SUI)

Quarterfinals

June 2, 1928
16:00

Argentina	6–3	Belgium
Tarasconi  1', 10', 75', 89' Ferreira  4' Orsi  81'	Report	R. Braine  24' Vanhalme  28' Moeschal  53'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 16,399

Referee: Gamma Malcher (ITA)

Semifinals

June 6, 1928
19:00

Argentina	6–0	Egypt
Cherro  10' Ferreira  32', 82' Tarasconi  37', 54', 61'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 7,887

Referee: Pedro Escartín (ESP)

Gold medal match

June 10, 1928
16:00

Uruguay	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
Petrone  23'	Report	Ferreira  50'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 28,253

Referee: Johannes Mutters (NED)

June 13, 1928

19:00

Uruguay	2–1	Argentina
Figueroa  17' Scarone  73'	Report	Monti  28'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 28,113

Referee: Johannes Mutters (Netherlands)

Team details

Uruguay Argentina GK Andres Mazali RB José Nasazzi (c) LB Pedro Arispe RH José Andrade CH Juan Píriz LH Álvaro Gestido OR Juan Arremón IR Héctor Scarone CF René Borjas IL Pedro Cea OL Roberto Figueroa Manager: Primo Gianotti GK Ángel Bossio RB Ludovico Bidoglio LB Fernando Paternoster RH Segundo Médici CH Luis Monti LH Juan Evaristo OR Alfredo Carricaberry IR Domingo Tarasconi CF Manuel Ferreira IL Feliciano Perducca OL Raimundo Orsi Manager: José Lago Millán Linesmen: Ulises Saucedo (Bolivia) Henri Christophe (Belgium)

Nine men (an eights boat with coxswain) represented Argentina in rowing. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. The Argentinian boat effectively placed 7th, not advancing to the third round.

Men

Five sailors represented Argentina in 1928. It was the nation's debut in the sport.

Four men represented Argentina in swimming in 1928. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. Alberto Zorrilla competed in all three freestyle races, advancing to the final in each and taking gold in the middle distance. It was Argentina's first medal in swimming.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Francisco Uranga	100 m freestyle	1:05.6	2 Q	Unknown	4	Did not advance
Alberto Zorrilla		1:01.8	1 Q	1:01.6	2 Q	1:01.6	7
Alberto Zorrilla	400 m freestyle	5:19.2	1 Q	5:11.4	1 Q	5:01.6 OR
Alberto Zorrilla	1500 m freestyle	22:21.2	1 Q	21:17.0	2 Q	21:23.8	5
Amilcar Álvarez Francisco Uranga Emilio Vives Alberto Zorrilla	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	N/A		Unknown	4	Did not advance

Argentina competed in Olympic water polo for the first time. They were defeated by Hungary 14–0 in the first round.

Summary

Team	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Argentina men's	Men's tournament	Hungary L 0–14	Did not advance			9

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Team roster

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
		Mario Bistoletti			?		2	0
	GK	Ricardo Bustamante			?		2	0
		Carlos Castro			?		2	0
		Jorge Moreau	1908		?		2	0
		Luciano Rovere			?		2	0
		S. Stipanicic			?		2	0
		Francisco Uranga			?		2	0
		César Vásquez			?		2	0

Round of 16

4 August 1928	OR p. 808	Hungary	14–0	Argentina	Amsterdam Referees: C. Minnes Jr. (NED)
		Scoring by half: 9–0, 5–0

Two men represented Argentina in weightlifting in 1928. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

Five men represented Argentina in wrestling in 1928. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Rey was the only Argentine wrestler to win a bout, though Walzer's bye in the second round of the middleweight competition actually gave the latter man a slightly better ranking than Rey.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Eduardo Bosc	−58 kg	Lindelöf (SWE) L Fall 3pts	Leucht (GER) L Fall 6pts	Did not advance				N/A	14
Ricardo Rey	−62 kg	Bieri (SUI) W Fall 0pts	Steinig (GER) L Fall 3pts	Meyer (DEN) L Fall 6pts	Did not advance				10
Alberto Barbieri	−67.5 kg	Westerlund (FIN) L Fall 3pts	Błażyca (POL) L Fall 6pts	Did not advance					13
Antonio Walzer	−75 kg	Frei (SUI) L Decision 3pts	Bye	Kokkinen (FIN) L Fall 6pts	Did not advance			N/A	9
Jorge Briola	+82.5 kg	Çoban (TUR) L Decision 3pts	Zvejnieks (LAT) L Fall 6pts	Did not advance				N/A	11