Argentina at the 1984 Summer Olympics

IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
Website	www.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in Los Angeles
Competitors	81 (71 men and 10 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Ricardo Ibarra
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Argentina competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States, after having boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics. 81 competitors, 71 men and 10 women, took part in 70 events in 14 sports.^[1]

Athletics

Further information: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rubén Aguiar	Marathon	N/A				2:31:18	59
Pedro Cáceres	3000 m steeplechase	8:50.02	10	did not advance
Julio César Gómez	5000 m	14:28.48	11	did not advance
Julio César Gómez	10000 m	29:58.06	12	N/A		did not advance
Omar Ortega	1500 m	DNF	–	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Liliana Arigoni	High jump	1.80	24	N/A		did not advance
Beatriz Capotosto	100 m hurdles	13.90	4	did not advance
Liliana Góngora	1500 m	4:28.02	9	N/A		did not advance
Liliana Góngora	3000 m	9:41:14	9	N/A		did not advance

Key

DNF – Did not finish

Boxing

Further information: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	First Round	Second Round	Third Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rubén Carballo	Flyweight	Bye	Ramírez (DOM) L (RSC)	did not advance
Pedro Ruben Decima	Bantamweight	Bye	Mukuta (ZAI) W 5–0	Öner (TUR) W 4–1	Walters (CAN) L 0–5	did not advance
Daniel Domínguez	Welterweight	Léon (MEX) L 0–5	did not advance
Gustavo Ollo	Light Middleweight	Bye	Galeano (PAR) W 5–0	Zielonka (FRG) L 0–5	did not advance
Antonio Corti	Middleweight	N/A	Bauer (FRG) W 5–0	Škaro (YUG) L 1–4	did not advance
Roberto Oviedo	Light Heavyweight	N/A	Bye	Wilson (GBR) L (RSC)	did not advance

Key

RSC – Referee stopped contest

Canoeing

Further information: Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Atilio Vásquez	Men's K-1 500 m	1:58.18	7	1:53.71	3 Q	1:56.06	5	did not advance
Atilio Vásquez	Men's K-1 1000 m	4:03.86	5	4:04.42	2 Q	4:07.15	5	did not advance

Cycling

Further information: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Luis Biera	Men's road race	–	DNF

Track

Sprints

Athlete	Event	First Round (Repechage)		Second Round (Repechage)	1/8 Finals (Repechage)	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Time	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marcelo Alexandre	Men's sprint	11.87	1 Q	12.68 Q	12.30 Q	Vails (USA) L 0–2	did not advance
Claudio Iannone	Men's sprint	11.51	2 1 Q	11.79 Q	DNQ	did not advance

Pursuits

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1st round		Semifinals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Pedro Caino	Men's individual pursuit	OVT		Did not advance
Gabriel Curuchet	Men's individual pursuit	4:55.07	16 Q	Hegg (USA) 4:51.04	2	Did not advance
Pedro Caino, Gabriel Curuchet, Juan Curuchet, Eduardo Trillini	Men's team pursuit	4:32.25	9	Did not advance

Points races

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Finals
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Juan Curuchet	Men's points race	35 (–1 lap)	2 Q	20 (–1 lap)	5
Juan Carlos Haedo	Men's points race	19 (–1 lap)	7 Q	1 (–3 lap)	20

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time Speed (Km/h)	Rank
Marcelo Alexandre	Men's time trial	1:07.29 53.499	7

Key

DNF – Did not finish
DNQ – Did not qualify
OVT – Overtaken

Diving

Further information: Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Events	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Verónica Ribot	Women's platform	324.21	15	did not advance
Verónica Ribot	Women's springboard	443.25	9 Q	422.52	12

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Show jumping

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Round 1		Round 2			Final
Athlete	Horse	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Justo Albarracín	Collon Cura de Tatu	26.50	40	did not advance
Martín Mallo	Gonzo	Retired		did not advance
Eduardo Zone	Cardal	48.25	=46	did not advance

Team

Athlete	Horse	Round 1		Round 2			Final
Athlete	Horse	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Justo Albarracín Martín Mallo Adrián Melosi Eduardo Zone	Collon Cura de Tatu Who Knows Lilly Gonzo Cardal	85.75	15	Did not advance

Fencing

Further information: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round 1		Preliminary round 2		Preliminary round 3		1/16 finals (Repechage)	1/8 finals (Repechage)	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	W–L Record	Group Rank	W–L Record	Overall Rank	W–L Record	Overall Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
José María Casanovas	Sabre	0–5	6	did not advance
Csaba Gaspar	Individual épée	0–4	4	did not advance
Sergio Luchetti	Individual épée	2–3	2 Q	0–5	46	did not advance
Sergio Luchetti	Individual foil	3–2	4 Q	1–3	34	did not advance
Marcelo Magnasco	Individual épée	1–3	5	did not advance
Atilio Tass	Sabre	2–3	5 Q	1–3	25	did not advance
Sergio Turiace	Individual foil	1–4	4 Q	0–4	38	did not advance
Csaba Gaspar, Sergio Luchetti, Marcelo Magnasco, Sergio Turiace	Team épée	0–3	4	N/A						did not advance
Csaba Gaspar, Sergio Luchetti, Marcelo Magnasco, Sergio Turiace	Team foil	0–2	3	N/A						did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round 1		Preliminary round 2		Preliminary round 3		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	W–L Record	Group Rank	W–L Record	Overall Rank	W–L Record	Overall Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Sandra Giancola	Individual foil	0–6	6	did not advance
Silvana Giancola	Individual foil	1–5	6	did not advance
María Alicia Sinigaglia	Individual foil	2–4	5	did not advance
Sandra Giancola, Silvana Giancola, María Alicia Sinigaglia	Team foil	0–3	4	N/A						did not advance

Judo

Further information: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jorge di Noco	Men's -60 kg	Yeung (HKG) W	Liddie (USA) L	did not advance
Alejandro Strático	Men's -86 kg	Vincent (NZL) L	did not advance
Fabián Lannutti	Men's -95 kg	Jensen (DEN) L	did not advance
Ricardo Andersen	Men's +95 kg	N/A	Nelson (USA) L	did not advance					N/A

Rowing

Further information: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ricardo Ibarra	Men's single sculls	7:27.60	1 Q	Bye		7:22.42	2 Q	7:14.59	5
Rubén D'Andrilli Claudio Guindón	Men's coxless pair	7:00.87	4	7:04.33	2 Q	7:08.35	5	7:05.01	10
Oscar Bonini Gustavo Calderón Omar Ferrari Federico Lungwitz	Men's quadruple sculls	6:28.20	5	6:29.36	4	did not advance

Sailing

Further information: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Race							Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Score	Rank
Jorge García Velazco	Windglider	23.0	15.0	22.4 YMP	29.0	24.0	21.0	(31.0)	134.4	17
Carlos A. Irigoyen, Gonzalo Heredia	470	(35.0) DSQ	5.7	14.0	19.0	16.0	16.0	20.0	90.7	10
Martín Ferrari, Sergio Sinistri	Tornado	21.0	20.0	18.0	19.0	10.0	20.0	(23.0)	108.0	15
Pedro Ferrero, Alberto Llorens, Carlos Sanguinetti	Soling	21.0	21.0	18.0	5.7	20.0	(23.0)	8.0	93.7	13

Key

YMP – Yacht materially prejudiced
DSQ – Disqualified

Shooting

Further information: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Total Points	Rank
Ernesto Alais	Men's 50 m pistol	550	=22
Walter Bauza	Men's 50 m pistol	550	=22
Daniel Felizia	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol	580	28
Leopoldo Fossati	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol	578	=32
Firmo Roberti	Skeet	192	=13
Ricardo Rusticucci	Men's 10 m air rifle	577	=20
	Men's 50 m rifle prone	588	=30
	Men's 50 m rifle three positions	1126	34

Swimming

Further information: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Julio César Falón	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:07.80	34	did not advance
Julio César Falón	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:30.40	34	did not advance
Fabián Ferrari	Men's 100 m freestyle	53.69	38	did not advance
Fabián Ferrari	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:59.39	43	did not advance
Luis Juncos	Men's 100 m butterfly	56.86	30	did not advance
Luis Juncos	Men's 200 m medley	2:12.83	29	did not advance
Alejandro Lecot	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:05.74	26	did not advance
Alejandro Lecot	Men's 1500 m freestyle	15:49.94	20	did not advance
Alicia María Boscatto	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:14.45	21	did not advance
Alicia María Boscatto	Women's 200 m breaststroke	2:36.38	11	did not advance
Virginia Sachero	Women's 100 m freestyle	1:00.53	27	did not advance
Virginia Sachero	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:12.32	27	did not advance

Key

DSQ – Disqualified

Volleyball

Main articles: Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics and Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight
1	Esteban de Palma	18 January 1967	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (200 lb)
2	Daniel Castellani	21 March 1961	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	83 kg (183 lb)
3	Esteban Martínez	25 September 1961	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	87 kg (192 lb)
4	Carlos Wagenpfeil	16 June 1957	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	83 kg (183 lb)
5	Daniel Colla	23 February 1964	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	80 kg (180 lb)
6	Alejandro Diz	26 March 1965	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (200 lb)
7	Hugo Conte	14 April 1963	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	90 kg (200 lb)
8	Waldo Kantor	11 January 1960	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	74 kg (163 lb)
9	Raúl Quiroga	26 January 1962	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	93 kg (205 lb)
10	Jon Uriarte	15 October 1961	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	91 kg (201 lb)
11	Alcides Cuminetti	19 January 1960	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
12	Leonardo Wiernes	1 February 1963	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	4	3	1	7	10	4	2.500	191	144	1.326	Semifinals
2	United States	4	3	1	7	9	4	2.250	168	117	1.436	Semifinals
3	South Korea	4	3	1	7	9	6	1.500	203	162	1.253	5th–8th semifinals
4	Argentina	4	1	3	5	7	9	0.778	184	207	0.889	5th–8th semifinals
5	Tunisia	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	64	180	0.356	9th place match

Source:^{[citation needed]}

July 29, 1984	United States	3–1	Argentina
	(15–6, 15–7, 10–15, 15–8)

July 31, 1984	Argentina	1–3	Brazil
	(8–15, 8–15, 18–16, 13–15)

August 4, 1984	Tunisia	0–3	Argentina
	(9–15, 7–15, 3–15)

August 6, 1984	South Korea	2–3	Argentina
	(6–15, 16–14, 15–13, 7–15, 12–15)

5th to 8th place classification

August 8, 1984	Japan	1–3	Argentina
	(15–9, 10–15, 10–15, 11–15)

5th place match

August 10, 1984	South Korea	3–1	Argentina
	(15–13, 9–15, 15–9, 15–7)

Wrestling

Further information: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Daniel Navarrete	Men's freestyle 62 kg	Sartoro (FRA) L La Bruna (ITA) L	Did not advance
Daniel Navarrete	Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg	Gabriel (FRG) L Jalabert (FRA) L	Did not advance
Boris Goldstein	Men's freestyle 68 kg	Betancourt (PUR) L Şeker (TUR) L	Did not advance
Boris Goldstein	Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg	Al-Nakdali (SYR) L Sipilä (FIN) L	Did not advance
Oscar Strático	Men's freestyle 74 kg	Olawale (NGR) L Bambe (CMR) L	Did not advance
Oscar Strático	Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg	Helbing (FRG) L Tallroth (SWE) L	Did not advance

References

External links

Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States

Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States
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Argentina at the Olympics

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Argentina did not participate in 1980 due to a boycott.