Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Argentina at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Argentina at the; 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
Website	www.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in Atlanta
Competitors	179 (132 men and 47 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearer	Carolina Mariani
Medals; Ranked 54th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 3
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Argentina competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 178 competitors, 131 men and 47 women, took part in 101 events in 20 sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Argentina national football team Matías Almeyda Roberto Ayala Christian Bassedas Carlos Bossio Pablo Cavallero José Chamot Hernán Crespo Marcelo Delgado Marcelo Gallardo Claudio López Gustavo López Hugo Morales Ariel Ortega Pablo Paz Mauricio Pineda Roberto Sensini Diego Simeone Javier Zanetti	Football	Men's tournament	August 3
Silver	Carlos Espínola	Sailing	Men's Mistral	July 29
Bronze	Pablo Chacón	Boxing	Men's featherweight	August 2

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	4	8
Basketball	12	0	12
Beach volleyball	2	0	2
Boxing	5	–	5
Canoeing	4	0	4
Cycling	9	1	10
Equestrian	5	0	5
Fencing	1	3	4
Field hockey	16	16	32
Football	18	0	18
Gymnastics	1	1	2
Judo	7	1	8
Rowing	17	5	22
Sailing	6	4	10
Shooting	3	3	6
Swimming	2	5	7
Tennis	4	4	8
Volleyball	12	0	12
Weightlifting	3	–	3
Wrestling	1	–	1
Total	132	47	179

Athletics

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrés Charadia	Hammer	65.26	17	N/A				did not advance
Carlos Gats	100 m	10.57	3	did not advance
Carlos Gats	200 m	20.82	4 Q	20.84	7	did not advance
Marcelo Pugliese	Discus	56.72	29	N/A				did not advance
Antonio Silio	Marathon	N/A						did not finish

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrea Ávila	Long jump	6.00	31	N/A				did not advance
Griselda González	Marathon	N/A						2:35:12	19
Liliana Martinelli	Discus	55.68	35	N/A				did not advance
Marta Orellana	800 m	2:04.99	–	N/A				did not advance

Basketball

Men's tournament

Squad

Argentina Men's National Basketball Team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PF	4	Marcelo Nicola	25 – (1971-05-12)May 12, 1971	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Tau Cerámica
PG	5	Daniel Farabello	22 – (1973-10-18)October 18, 1973	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Andino
PF	6	Luis Villar	29 – (1967-03-15)March 15, 1967	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Boca Juniors
SF	7	Esteban de la Fuente	27 – (1968-11-18)November 18, 1968	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	Quilmes (MdP)
SF	8	Ernesto Michel	25 – (1970-10-12)October 12, 1970	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Gimnasia (CR)
PG	9	Marcelo Milanesio	31 – (1965-02-11)February 11, 1965	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Atenas
SG	10	Juan Espil	28 – (1968-01-05)January 5, 1968	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Atenas
PF	11	Diego Osella	26 – (1969-09-14)September 14, 1969	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Atenas
C	12	Fabricio Oberto	21 – (1975-03-21)March 21, 1975	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Atenas
SF	13	Jorge Racca	24 – (1971-09-04)September 4, 1971	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Olimpia (VT)
SF	14	Esteban Pérez	27 – (1969-03-26)March 26, 1969	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Peñarol (MdP)
C	15	Rubén Wolkowyski	22 – (1973-09-30)September 30, 1973	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Quilmes (MdP)

Head coach

Guillermo Vecchio

Assistant coaches

Rubén Magnano
Fernando Duró

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	5	5	0	522	345	+177	10	Quarterfinals
2	Lithuania	5	3	2	427	354	+73	8[lower-alpha 1]
3	Croatia	5	3	2	422	386	+36	8[lower-alpha 1]
4	China	5	2	3	360	502	−142	7[lower-alpha 2]
5	Argentina	5	2	3	351	396	−45	7[lower-alpha 2]	9th place playoff
6	Angola	5	0	5	280	379	−99	5	11th place playoff

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Croatia
Head-to-head record: China 1–0 Argentina

20 July 1996

Report

United States	96–68	Argentina
Scoring by half: 46–44, 50–24
Pts: Robinson 18 Rebs: Robinson 7 Asts: Hill, Hardaway 5		Pts: Espil 27 Rebs: Nicola 4 Asts: Milanesio 7

Atlanta
Referees: Gennaro Colucci (ITA), Stylianos Koukoulekidis (GRE)

22 July 1996

Report

Argentina	65–61	Lithuania
Scoring by half: 31–25, 34–36
Pts: Espil 25 Rebs: Espil 6 Asts: Milanesio 6		Pts: Sabonis 30 Rebs: Sabonis 11 Asts: Marčiulionis 8

Atlanta
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Juan Figueroa (PUR)

24 July 1996

Report

China	87–77	Argentina
Scoring by half: 51–38, 36–39
Pts: Zheng, Hu 22 Rebs: Zheng 9 Asts: Li 5		Pts: Espil 25 Rebs: Pérez 7 Asts: Milanesio 8

Atlanta
Referees: Robert Barnett (AUS), Roman Ryzhyk (UKR)

26 July 1996

Report

Argentina	75–90	Croatia
Scoring by half: 29–43, 46–47
Pts: Espil 17 Rebs: Osella 6 Asts: Milanesio 5		Pts: Komazec 28 Rebs: Kukoč 8 Asts: Komazec, Mulaomerović 3

Atlanta
Referees: Jose Piovesan Neto (BRA), Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA)

28 July 1996

Report

Argentina	66–62	Angola
Scoring by half: 27–32, 39–30
Pts: Espil 21 Rebs: Villar 6 Asts: Osella 5		Pts: Dias 17 Rebs: Moreira Dias 7 Asts: Avô 4

Atlanta
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Chong Kyoung (KOR)

9th to 12th place classification

30 July 1996
15:00

Report

Argentina	97–79	South Korea
Scoring by half: 44–41, 53–38
Pts: Espil 26 Rebs: Pérez 9 Asts: Espil 8		Pts: J. K. Jung 17 Rebs: H. C. Chun 8 Asts: D. H. Kang 8

Atlanta
Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Zhu Jiazhong (CHN)

9th place classification

2 August 1996
12:00

Report

Argentina	87–77	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 43–38, 44–39
Pts: Espil, Osella 17 Rebs: Milanesio, Oberto 7 Asts: Milanesio, Espil 7		Pts: Ortiz 21 Rebs: Ortiz 11 Asts: Travieso 5

Atlanta
Referees: Davorin Nakic (CRO), Antonio Soares De Campos (ANG)

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Omar Andrés Narváez	Flyweight	Guzmán (DOM) W	Assous (ALG) L	did not advance
Pablo Chacón	Featherweight	Gray (JAM) W	Lebon (MRI) W	Nagy (HUN) W	Kamsing (THA) L	did not advance	Bronze
Fabrizio Nieva	Lightweight	Agentho (UGA) W	Shin (KOR) L	did not advance
Guillermo Saputo	Welterweight	Bae (KOR) L	did not advance
Oscar Gómez	Light Middleweight	Tulaganov (UKR) L (RSC)	did not advance

Key:

RSC – Referee stopped contest

Canoeing

Flatwater

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Javier Correa	Men's K-1 500 m	1:42.691	4	1:44.076	3 Q	1:42.071	7	did not advance
Abelardo Sztrum	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:50.547	3 Q	Bye		3:44.587	6	did not advance
Diego Cánepa, Sergio Mangín	Men's K-2 500 m	1:38.594	6	1:39.535	4 Q	1:37.177	9	did not advance
Javier Correa, Abelardo Sztrum	Men's K-2 1000 m	3:49.864	5	3:34.244	1 Q	3:28.128	9	did not advance

Cycling

Mountain bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lautaro Chávez	Men's cross-country	DNF
Sandra Ambrosio	Women's cross-country	DNF

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Gustavo Artacho	Men's road race	DNF
Rubén Pegorín	Men's road race	DNF

Track

Pursuits

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ángel Colla	Men's 1000 m time trial	N/A						1:06.619	17
Walter Pérez	Men's individual pursuit	4:30.715	7	4:22.826	8	did not advance
Gabriel Curuchet, Gonzalo García, Walter Pérez, Edgardo Simón	Men's team pursuit	4:20.840	14	did not advance

Points races

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Juan Curuchet	Men's points race	0	23

Key

DNF – Did not finish
OVT – Overtaken

Equestrian

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Julio Albarracín	Dinastía Pampero	Show jumping	12.00	=59	did not advance
Federico Castaing	Landlord	Show jumping	28.00	79	did not advance
Oscar Fuentes	Henry J. Speed	Show jumping	12.75	=67	did not advance
Ricardo Kierkegaard	Renomme	Show jumping	4.50	35	did not advance

Fencing

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Leandro Marchetti	Men's individual foil	Falchetto (AUT) W 15–13	Wienand (GER) L 1–15	did not advance
Alejandra Carbone	Women's individual foil	Wang (CHN) L 4–15	did not advance
Yanina Iannuzzi	Women's individual foil	Parisky (ISR) L 7–15	did not advance
Dolores Pampin	Women's individual foil	Szewczyk (POL) L 8–15	did not advance
Alejandra Carbone, Yanina Iannuzzi, Dolores Pampin	Women's team foil	N/A		Russia L 20–45	did not advance

Field hockey

Men

Team roster and tournament statistics

Coach: Miguel MacCormick

No.	Player	GP	G	S	FG	PC	PS
1	Pablo Moreira (GK)	7	0	0
2	Jorge Querejeta	5	0	0
3	Edgardo Pailos	7	0	0
4	Diego Chiodo	5	0	0	1
5	Alejandro Doherty	7	0	1
6	Fernando Moresi	7	0	1
7	Rodolfo Pérez	6	1	2	1
8	Carlos Retegui	7	1	7	1
9	Jorge Lombi	7	5	12	3	2	1
10	Gabriel Minadeo	6	0	1
11	Fernando Ferrara	7	4	13	3	1
12	Leandro Baccaro	6	0	1
13	Rodolfo Schmitt	1	0	0
14	Santiago Capurro	5	2	5	2
15	Maximiliano Caldas	7	0	0
16	Pablo Lombi	7	1	2	1
Team totals		7	16	45	12	3	1

Legend: GP – Games Played; G – Goals; S – Shots; FG – Field Goals; PC – Penalty Corners; PS – Penalty Strokes; Green Cards; Yellow Cards; Red Cards

Preliminary Round (Pool A)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Spain	5	4	0	1	14	5	8
Germany	5	3	1	1	10	3	7
India	5	2	2	1	8	3	5
Pakistan	5	2	1	2	11	8	5
Argentina	5	2	0	3	9	13	4
United States	5	0	0	5	3	23	0

Qualified for semifinals

July 20
20:00

India	0 – 1	Argentina
		P. Lombi 65'

Umpires:
Amin Ayman (EGY)
Peter von Reth (NED)

July 22
20:00

United States	2 – 5	Argentina
Mellor 39' Jennings 47'		P. Lombi 4', 11' Ferrara , Capurro 31'

Umpires:
Yuri Platonov (RUS)
Don Prior (AUS)

July 24
17:30

Spain	2 – 1	Argentina
Escarré 61' Arnau 65'		P. Lombi 20'

Umpires:
Floris Idenburg (NED)
Peter von Reth (NED)

July 26
9:00

Germany	3 – 0	Argentina
Saliger 16' Becker 19' Bellenbaum 64'

Umpires:
Floris Idenburg (NED)
Don Prior (AUS)

July 28
9:00

Pakistan	6 – 2	Argentina
Ahmed 32', 45', 65' Sarwar 51', 58' Zaman 53'		Pérez 65' J. Lombi 68'

Umpires:
Amin Ayman (EGY)
Craig Madden (GBR)

9th to 12th place classification

July 31
8:30

Argentina	4 – 4 (AET) 3 – 0 (PSO)	Malaysia
Retegui 14', 55' Ferrara 57' J. Lombi 69'		Singh 26' Siva 38' Nawawi 39' Shanmuganathan 59'

Umpires:
Kiyoshi Sana (JPN)
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)

9th place match

August 1
8:30

Argentina	3 – 2	South Africa
Ferrara 30' Capurro 36' J. Lombi 45'		Nicol 22' Hallowes 38'

Umpires:
Guillaume Langle (FRA)
Craig Madden (GBR)

Women

Team roster and tournament statistics

Coach: Rodolfo Mendoza

No.	Player	GP	G	S	FG	PC	PS
1	Mariana Arnal (GK)	4	0	0
2	Sofía MacKenzie	7	2	0		2
3	Magdalena Aicega	7	0	1
4	Silvia Corvalán	7	0	0
5	Anabel Gambero	7	0	1
6	Julieta Castellán	7	0	0
7	Gabriela Pando	7	0	0
8	Gabriela Sánchez	7	0	2
9	Vanina Oneto	6	0	7
10	Jorgelina Rimoldi	7	2	7	2
11	Karina Masotta (C)	7	2	4		1	1
12	María Castelli	7	1	4		1
13	Verónica Artica	3	0	0
14	Cecilia Rognoni	5	0	1
15	Ayelén Stepnik	2	0	1
16	Mariana González Oliva	6	0	0
Team totals		7	7	28	2	3	1

Preliminary Round

	Competed for the gold medal
	Competed for the bronze medal

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Australia	7	6	1	0	24	4	13
South Korea	7	4	2	1	18	9	10
Great Britain	7	3	2	2	12	11	8
Netherlands	7	3	2	2	15	15	8
United States	7	2	2	3	8	11	6
Germany	7	2	1	4	10	11	5
Argentina	7	2	1	4	7	21	5
Spain	7	0	1	6	5	17	1

July 20
17:30

Argentina	0 – 2	Germany
		van Kooperen 17' Lätzsch 39'

Umpires:
Renee Chatas (USA)
Janice McDonald (GBR)

July 22
09:00

Australia	7 – 1	Argentina
Farrell 9' Powell 25' Annan 34', 49', 50' Roche 61' Powell 63'		Rimoldi 43'

Umpires:
Carola Heinrichs (GER)
Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)

July 23
11:00

Spain	0 – 1	Argentina
		Rimoldi 44'

Umpires:
Miriam van Gemert (NED)
Janice McDonald (GBR)

July 25
20:00

United States	1 – 2	Argentina
Marois 26'		Masotta 6' MacKenzie 60'

Umpires:
Perl Buckley (AUS)
Carola Heinrichs (GER)

July 27
20:00

Netherlands	4 – 1	Argentina
Donners 5' de Ruiter 14', 45', 48'		Masotta 39'

Umpires:
Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)
Gina Spitareli (ITA)

July 28
20:00

Argentina	2 – 2	South Korea
MacKenzie 10' Castelli 16'		Eung Jung-Cho 33' Eung Jung-Chang 46'

Umpires:
Renee Chatas (USA)
Margaret Lanning (CAN)

July 30
9:00

Argentina	0 – 5	Great Britain
		Nicholson 8', 69' Sixsmith 13', 61', 68'

Umpires:
Perl Buckley (AUS)
Renee Chatas (USA)

Football

Squad: Over aged players are marked with * (max 3).; Matches played in parentheses denotes player came from the bench.

#	Name	Club	Date of Birth	Pld	Goals	Y	Y/R	R
Goalkeepers
1	Carlos Bossio	Estudiantes de La Plata	(1973-12-01)December 1, 1973 (aged 22)	1	0	1	0	0
12	Pablo Cavallero	Vélez Sársfield	(1974-04-13)April 13, 1974 (aged 22)	5	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	Roberto Ayala	Valencia	(1973-04-14)April 14, 1973 (aged 23)	6	0	0	0	0
3	José Chamot*	Lazio	(1969-05-17)May 17, 1969 (aged 27)	5	0	2	0	0
4	Javier Zanetti	Internazionale	(1973-08-10)August 10, 1973 (aged 22)	6	0	0	0	0
6	Roberto Sensini*	Parma	(1966-10-12)October 12, 1966 (aged 29)	5	0	1	0	0
Midfielders
5	Matías Almeyda	River Plate	(1973-12-21)December 21, 1973 (aged 22)	6	0	1	0	0
8	Diego Simeone*	Atlético Madrid	(1970-04-28)April 28, 1970 (aged 26)	3 (3)	1	1	0	0
11	Hugo Morales	Lanús	(1974-07-30)July 30, 1974 (aged 21)	4	0	1	0	0
13	Mauricio Pineda	Boca Juniors	(1975-07-13)July 13, 1975 (aged 21)	1	0	0	0	0
14	Pablo Paz	Banfield	(1973-01-27)January 27, 1973 (aged 23)	1 (1)	0	1	0	0
15	Christian Bassedas	Vélez Sársfield	(1973-02-16)February 16, 1973 (aged 23)	3 (1)	0	1	0	0
15	Marcelo Gallardo	River Plate	(1976-01-18)January 18, 1976 (aged 20)	(4)	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	Claudio López	Valencia	(1974-07-17)July 17, 1974 (aged 22)	5 (1)	2	0	0	0
9	Hernán Crespo	Parma	(1975-07-05)July 5, 1975 (aged 21)	6	6	1	0	0
10	Ariel Ortega	Valencia	(1974-03-04)March 4, 1974 (aged 22)	6	2	1	0	0
16	Gustavo López	Real Zaragoza	(1973-04-13)April 13, 1973 (aged 23)	2 (3)	1	0	0	0
17	Marcelo Delgado	Racing Club	(1973-03-24)March 24, 1973 (aged 23)	1 (1)	0	1	0	0
Coach
	Daniel Passarella		(1953-05-25)May 25, 1953 (aged 43)

Results

Preliminaries

July 20, 1996

15:00

Argentina	3–1	United States
G. López 26' Crespo 55' Simeone 90'	(Report)	Reyna 1'

Legion Field, Birmingham

Attendance: 83,183

Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Nigeria)

July 22, 1996

19:30

Argentina	1–1	Portugal
Ortega 41'	(Report)	Gomes 70'

RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 25,811

Referee: Omer Al Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)

July 24, 1996

19:30

Argentina	1–1	Tunisia
Ortega 6'	(Report)	Mkacher 75'

Legion Field, Birmingham

Attendance: 16,826

Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)

Group A
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Argentina	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5	Qualified for quarterfinals
Portugal	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Qualified for quarterfinals
United States	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: FIFA

Quarterfinals

July 27, 1996

19:30

Argentina	4–0	Spain
Crespo 46', 88' Aranzábal 53' (o. g.) C. López 66'	(Report)

Legion Field, Birmingham

Attendance: 43,507

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Semifinals

July 30, 1996

18:00

Portugal	0–2	Argentina
	(Report)	Crespo 55', 61'

Sanford Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 78,212

Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (United States)

Gold Medal match

August 3, 1996

15:45

Nigeria	3–2	Argentina
Babayaro 28' Amokachi 74' Amuneke 90'	(Report)	C. López 3' Crespo 50'

Sanford Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 86,117

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Silver Medal

Gymnastics

Artistic

Athlete	Event	Apparatus								Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Floor	Pommel Horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel Bars	Horizontal Bar	Uneven bars	Balance beam	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Marcelo Palacio	Men's all-around	17.450	16.875	17.325	17.875	17.100	17.400	N/A		104.025	70	did not advance
	Floor	17.450	N/A							17.450	89
	Pommel horse	N/A	16.875	N/A						16.875	86
	Rings	N/A		17.325	N/A					17.325	90
	Vault	N/A			17.785	N/A				17.785	94
	Parallel bars	N/A				17.100	N/A			17.100	90
	Horizontal bar	N/A					17.400	N/A		17.400	86
Ana Destéfano	Women's all-around	18.537	N/A		18.724	N/A		18.737	16.774	72.772	65	did not advance
	Floor	18.537	N/A							18.537	71
	Vault	N/A			18.724	N/A				18.724	61
	Uneven bars	N/A						18.737	N/A	18.737	57
	Balance beam	N/A							16.774	16.774	86

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Bronze
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jorge Lencina	-60 kg	Huseynov (AZE) L	did not advance
Francisco Morales	-65 kg	Revazishvili (GEO)	did not advance
Sebastián Alquati	-71 kg	Boldbataar (MGL) L	did not advance				Pedro (USA) L	did not advance
Dario García	-78 kg	Belgaïd (MAR) W	Klas (NED) W	Bouras (FRA) L	did not advance		Bye		Savchishkin (RUS) W	Uznadze (TUR) L
Pablo Elisii	-86 kg	Kaaba (MAR) L	Despaigne (CUB) L	did not advance
Alejandro Bender	-95 kg	Miguel (BRA) L	did not advance				Shakimov (KAZ) W	Felicite (MRI) W	Kovács (HUN) L	did not advance
Orlando Baccino	+95 kg	Rakhimov (TJK) L	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Bronze
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Carolina Mariani	-52 kg	Bye	Gosselin (CAN) L	Hyun (KOR) L	did not advance		Bye	Giungi (ITA) W	Sugawara (JPN) L	did not advance

Rowing

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sergio Fernández González	Single sculls	7:37.53	2	7:42.63	1 Q	7:23.70	5	did not advance
Fernando Zapata, Agustín Rocha	Lightweight double sculls	7:07.50	4	6:28.08	3	did not advance
Walter Balunek, Carlos Palavecino	Coxless pair	6:56.03	3	7:10.57	3 Q	7:14.59	6	did not advance
Santiago Fernández, Rubén Knulst, Carlos Pages, Guillermo Pfaab	Quadruple sculls	6:16.16	4	5:52.89	4	did not advance
Mariano Kowalczyk, Daniel Scuri, Horacio Sicilia, Mariano Sosa	Coxless four	6:33.29	5	6:37.85	5	did not advance
Jorge Enríquez, Hernán Legizamón, Gabriel Scortiguini, Federico Querín	Lightweight coxless four	6:43.58	6	6:09.86	5	did not advance

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ana Urbano	Single sculls	8:42.59	5	9:04.66	5	did not advance
Dolores Amaya, María Garisoain	Double sculls	7:57.05	4	8:09.24	4	did not advance
Lorena Corengia, Julieta Ramírez	Coxless pair	8:12.58	5	8:35.53	4	did not advance

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Carlos Espínola	Mistral	2	4	4	2	3	(6)	(47) PMS	2	2	N/A		19	Silver
Santiago Lange	Laser	4	1	5	14	23	11	19	(57) DSQ	2	19	4	79	9
Martín Billoch, Martín Rodríguez	470	12	(23)	1	(22)	20	3	4	12	1	8	12	73	7
Guillermo Calegari, Mauro Maiola	Star	17	17	(23)	(22)	19	22	18	17	19	17	N/A	146	22

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Serena Amato	Europe	8	(17)	8	8	(16)	15	6	5	1	16	14	81	8
Mónica Fechino	Mistral	17	18	10	18	(25)	16	(20)	15	14	N/A		108	17
Paula Reinoso, Sofía Usandizaga	470	(23) PMS	16	16	(22)	22	20	17	20	22	17	20.50	170.50	22

Key

DSQ – Disqualified
PMS – Premature start

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Ricardo Rusticucci	10 m air rifle	585	=26	did not advance		=26
Ricardo Rusticucci	50 m rifle three positions	1139	45	did not advance		45
Angel Velarte	10 m air rifle	577	=38	did not advance		=38
Angel Velarte	50 m rifle three positions	1142	44	did not advance		44
Marcelo Gil	Skeet	113	=45	did not advance		=45

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Amelia Fournel	10 m air rifle	392	=13	did not advance		=13
Cristina Gallo	10 m air pistol	374	29	did not advance		29
Cristina Gallo	25 m pistol	565	33	did not advance		33
Lorena Guado	10 m air pistol	371	=32	did not advance		=32
Lorena Guado	25 m pistol	569	29	did not advance		29

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Agustín Fiorilli	400 m freestyle	4:02.53	28	did not advance
Agustín Fiorilli	1500 m freestyle	15:51.85	26	did not advance
José Meolans	50 m freestyle	23.21	23	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	52.02	45	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	56.02	38	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Valeria Alvarez	50 m freestyle	27.12	39	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	59.26	43	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:06.38	30	did not advance
Alicia Barrancos	400 m freestyle	4:22.11	28	did not advance
Alicia Barrancos	800 m freestyle	8:48.54	17	did not advance
María del Pilar Pereyra	100 m butterfly	1:03.98	33	did not advance
María del Pilar Pereyra	200 m butterfly	2:19.57	28	did not advance
María Carolina Santa Cruz	100 m breaststroke	1:16.19	42	did not advance
María Carolina Santa Cruz	200 m breaststroke	2:37.85	32	did not advance
Valeria Álvarez, Alicia Barrancos, María Bertelloti, María del Pilar Pereyra	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:46.36	21	did not advance
Valeria Álvarez, María Bertelloti, María del Pilar Pereyra, María Santa Cruz	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:27.99	23	did not advance

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gastón Etlis	Singles	Ferreira (RSA) L 4–6, 3–6	did not advance					=33
Javier Frana	Singles	Rusedski (GBR) L 6–4, 5–7, 3–6	did not advance					=33
Hernán Gumy	Singles	Pereira (VEN) L 4–6, 0–6	did not advance					=33
Javier Frana, Luis Lobo	Doubles	N/A	Bruguera (ESP) Carbonell (ESP) L 3–6, 6–7^(6–8)	did not advance				=17

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Inés Gorrochategui	Singles	Yi (CHN) W 6–2, 1–6, 6–1	Pierce (FRA) W 6–4, 1–6, 7–5	Fernández (USA) L 0–6, 3–6	did not advance			=9
Florencia Labat	Singles	Makarova (RUS) W 6–2, 7–5	Maleeva (BUL) L 6–7^(7–9), 1–6	did not advance				=17
Gabriela Sabatini	Singles	Tauziat (FRA) W 7–5, 6–2	Gavaldón (MEX) W 6–4, 6–0	Seles (USA) L 3–6, 3–6	did not advance			=9
Gabriela Sabatini, Patricia Tarabini	Doubles	N/A	Appelmans (BEL) Courtois (BEL) L 7–5, 3–6, 4–6	did not advance				=17

Volleyball

Beach

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Standing
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Standing
Martín Conde Esteban Martínez	Men's	Bye	Álvarez – Rossell (CUB) L 11 – 15	did not advance				=13

Indoor

Roster

Coach: Alberto Armoa

Name	Date of birth
Marcos Milinkovic	December 22, 1971
Jorge Elgueta	November 21, 1969
Sebastián Jabif	January 24, 1973
Leandro Maly	January 29, 1976
Javier Weber	January 6, 1971
Fernando Borrero	December 15, 1968
Alejandro Romano	May 4, 1974
Sebastián Firpo	October 27, 1976
Pablo Pereira	January 18, 1974
Guillermo Martínez	January 18, 1969
Eduardo Rodríguez	December 15, 1971

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	5	4	1	9	12	5	2.400	233	191	1.220	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	5	3	2	8	10	6	1.667	210	187	1.123
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	8	10	8	1.250	225	212	1.061
4	Argentina	5	3	2	8	9	9	1.000	222	225	0.987
5	United States	5	2	3	7	10	9	1.111	241	233	1.034
6	Poland	5	0	5	5	1	15	0.067	151	234	0.645

Source:

July 21, 1996	Brazil	1–3	Argentina	Referees: Jarmo Salonen (Finland), Peter Henry (Canada)
	(15–9, 8–15, 14–16, 6–15)

July 23, 1996	Argentina	0–3	United States	Referees: Patrick Rachard (France), Guennadi Zharikov (Russia)
	(7–15, 8–15, 11–15)

July 25, 1996 12:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Argentina	Referees: Dean Turner (Australia), Petrus Scheffer (Netherlands)
	(10–15, 8–15, 15–11, 10–15)

July 27, 1996	Argentina	0–3	Cuba	Referees: Guennadi Zharikov (Russia), Patrick Rachard (France)
	(10–15, 12–15, 9–15)

July 29, 1996	Poland	1–3	Argentina	Referees: Abdullah Al-Khlaifi (Saudi Arabia), Petrus Scheffer (Netherlands)
	(15–7, 15–17, 10–15, 9–15)

Quarterfinal

July 31, 1996	Argentina	1–3	Italy	Referees: Barry Dragon (United States), Patrick Rachard (France)
	(15–12, 9–15, 7–15, 4–15)

5th to 8th place classification

August 1, 1996	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	Referees: Konstantinos Margaritis (Greece), Jarmo Salonen (Finland)
	(15–10, 15–3, 13–15, 15–9)

8th place match

August 2, 1996	Bulgaria	3–2	Argentina	Referees: Neill Luebke (United States), Peter Henry (Canada)
	(10–15, 10–15, 15–7, 15–7, 18–20)

Weightlifting

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Gustavo Majauskas	Men's –64 kg	125.0	160.0	285.0	20
Marcelo Gandolfo	Men's –70 kg	120.0	140.0	160.0	24
Gabriel Lemme	Men's –70 kg	0.0	0.0	0.0	DNQ

Key

DNQ – Did not qualify

Wrestling

Athlete	Event	1/8 final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Paulo Ibire	Men's freestyle 68 kg	Hwang Sang-Ho (KOR) L 0 – 7	did not advance

References

"Argentina at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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[2] Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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