Argentina at the
2008 Summer Olympics
IOC codeARG
NOCArgentine Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in Beijing
Competitors137 in 19 sports
Flag bearers Manu Ginóbili (opening)
Juan Curuchet (closing)
Medals
Ranked 35th
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
4
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Argentina competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China, from 8 to 24 August 2008. 137 athletes qualified for the Olympic Games in 19 sports.[1] Manu Ginóbili, basketball player and gold medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Walter Pérez
Juan Curuchet		 Cycling Men's madison August 19
 Gold Argentina national football team
 Football Men's tournament August 23
 Bronze Paula Pareto Judo Women's 48 kg
 Bronze Carlos Espínola
Santiago Lange		 Sailing Men's Tornado August 21
 Bronze Argentina women's hockey team
 Field hockey Women's tournament August 22
 Bronze Argentina national basketball team
 Basketball Men's tournament August 24

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Key
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Juan Manuel Cano 20 km walk — 1:27:17 40
Javier Carriqueo 1500 m 3:39.36 7 Did not advance
Leonardo Price 800 m 1:49.39 6 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Jorge Balliengo Discus throw 58.82 30 Did not advance
Germán Chiaraviglio Pole vault NM — Did not advance
Juan Ignacio Cerra Hammer throw 70.16 30 Did not advance
Germán Lauro Shot put 19.07 32 Did not advance
Pablo Pietrobelli Javelin throw 69.09 34 Did not advance
Women
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Rocío Comba Discus throw 51.36 36 Did not advance
Alejandra García Pole vault 4.15 31 Did not advance
Jennifer Dahlgren Hammer throw 66.35 29 Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Argentina's men's basketball team, the defending Olympic champions, qualified for the Olympics by placing second at the FIBA Americas Championship 2007, and marked its fifth Olympic appearance.

The women's team finished fourth at the FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2007, and will be one of twelve teams vying for the final five Olympic spots at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008.

Roster

The following is the Argentina roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]

Argentina men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
F/C 4 Luis Scola (C) 28 – (1980-04-30)April 30, 1980 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Houston Rockets United States
SG 5 Manu Ginóbili 31 – (1977-07-28)July 28, 1977 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) San Antonio Spurs United States
C 6 Román González 30 – (1978-01-28)January 28, 1978 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Peñarol Argentina
C 7 Fabricio Oberto 33 – (1975-03-21)March 21, 1975 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) San Antonio Spurs United States
PG 8 Pablo Prigioni 31 – (1977-05-17)May 17, 1977 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) TAU Cerámica Spain
PG 9 Antonio Porta 24 – (1983-10-28)October 28, 1983 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Spartak Saint Petersburg Russia
SG 10 Carlos Delfino 25 – (1982-08-29)August 29, 1982 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Khimki Russia
PG 11 Paolo Quinteros 29 – (1979-01-15)January 15, 1979 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Basket Zaragoza Spain
PF 12 Leonardo Gutiérrez 30 – (1978-05-16)May 16, 1978 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Atenas Argentina
SF 13 Andrés Nocioni 28 – (1979-11-30)November 30, 1979 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Chicago Bulls United States
C 14 Juan Pedro Gutiérrez 24 – (1983-10-10)October 10, 1983 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Granada Spain
SF 15 Federico Kammerichs 28 – (1980-06-21)June 21, 1980 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Regatas Argentina
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on August 9, 2008
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Lithuania 5 4 1 425 400 +25 9[a] Quarterfinals
2  Argentina 5 4 1 425 361 +64 9[a]
3  Croatia 5 3 2 399 380 +19 8[b]
4  Australia 5 3 2 457 405 +52 8[b]
5  Russia 5 1 4 387 406 −19 6
6  Iran 5 0 5 323 464 −141 5
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Argentina
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Australia
10 August 2008
16:45
Lithuania  79–75  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 20–19, 17–15, 28–30
Pts: Kleiza 13
Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 7
Asts: Jasikevičius 8		 Pts: Ginobili 19
Rebs: Oberto 11
Asts: Oberto, Prigioni 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)
12 August 2008
22:15
Argentina  85–68  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 23–11, 16–18, 24–17, 22–22
Pts: Ginobili 21
Rebs: Nocioni 8
Asts: Ginobili 7		 Pts: Mills 22
Rebs: Andersen 6
Asts: Bogut, Bruton 2
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
14 August 2008
22:15
Argentina  77–53  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 19–9, 19–16, 18–15
Pts: Nocioni 18
Rebs: Nocioni 8
Asts: Ginobili 8		 Pts: Tomas, Banić 9
Rebs: Banić 6
Asts: Ukić 2
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Juan Carlos Arteaga (ESP)
16 August 2008
16:45
Iran  82–97  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 19–23, 24–30, 25–25
Pts: Haddadi 21
Rebs: Haddadi 16
Asts: Kamrani 4		 Pts: Ginobili 32
Rebs: Scola 7
Asts: Prigioni 6
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
18 August 2008
22:15
Argentina  91–79  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 18–23, 27–25, 19–15
Pts: Scola 37
Rebs: Nocioni 9
Asts: Prigioni 10		 Pts: Kirilenko 23
Rebs: Kirilenko 9
Asts: Holden 5
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)
Quarterfinals
20 August 2008
22:15
Argentina  80–78  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 17–17, 17–15, 24–23
Scoring by half: 39–40, 41–38
Pts: Ginobili 24
Rebs: Scola 8
Asts: Prigioni 3		 Pts: Fotsis 17
Rebs: Fotsis 10
Asts: Papaloukas 4
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)
Semifinals
22 August 2008
22:00
Argentina  81–101  United States
Scoring by quarter: 11–30, 29–19, 24–29, 17–23
Scoring by half: 40–49, 41–52
Pts: Scola 28
Rebs: Scola 11
Asts: Prigioni 3		 Pts: Anthony 21
Rebs: Bosh 10
Asts: Kidd 7
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA)
Bronze medal game
24 August 2008
12:00
Lithuania  75–87  Argentina 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 13–22, 15–22, 26–19
Scoring by half: 34–46, 41–41
Pts: Šiškauskas 15
Rebs: Šiškauskas, K. Lavrinovič 6
Asts: Jasikevičius 3		 Pts: Delfino 20
Rebs: Delfino 10
Asts: Prigioni 7
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Argentina had one boxer qualify for the Olympics. Ezequiel Maderna earned a spot in the middleweight competition after coming in second at the 2nd AIBA American Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[3]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ezequiel Maderna Middleweight  Estrada (USA)
L 2–10 		Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Miguel Correa Men's K-1 500 m 1:39.781 5 QS 1:46.422 7 Did not advance
Men's K-1 1000 m 3:45.695 6 QS 3:51.715 9 Did not advance
Estefania Fontanini Women's K-1 500 m 2:00.291 8 Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Alejandro Borrajo Men's road race Did not finish
Juan José Haedo Did not finish
Matías Médici Men's road race Did not finish
Men's time trial 1:07:53 30

Track

Omnium
Athlete Event Points Laps Rank
Juan Curuchet Men's points race 1 0 18
Juan Curuchet
Walter Pérez 		Men's madison 8 0 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Mountain biking

Athlete Event Time Rank
Darío Gasco Men's cross-country 2:07:04 27

BMX

Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Result Rank Points Rank Points Rank Result Rank
Cristian Becerine Men's BMX 37.253 27 11 2 Q 15 5 Did not advance
Ramiro Marino 36.768 21 20 8 Did not advance
Gabriela Díaz Women's BMX 37.590 5 — 13 3 Q 39.747 5
María Belén Dutto 40.193 14 — 20 7 Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Show jumping

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Total
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round A Round B
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
José Larocca Royal Power Individual 14 66 16 30 59 Did not advance 30 59

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Alberto González Viaggio Individual foil  Zhu J (CHN)
L 2–15 		Did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Argentina qualified a team to the women's field hockey tournament. In the group play, they won three matches and drew two, finishing second in the group. This qualified them for the semifinal, which they lost to the Netherlands. In the bronze medal match however, they defeated Germany, winning the bronze medal and finishing third in the tournament.

Women's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Roster

The following is the Argentine roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[4]

Head Coach: Gabriel Minadeo

  1. Belén Succi (GK)
  3. Magdalena Aicega (c)
  4. Rosario Luchetti
  6. Alejandra Gulla
  7. Luciana Aymar
  9. Agustina García
  10. Carla Rebecchi
  11. Mariana González Oliva
  13. Mercedes Margalot
  14. María de la Paz Hernández
  15. Mariana Rossi
  17. Paola Vukojicic (GK)
  18. Mariné Russo
  20. Claudia Burkart
  22. Giselle Kañevsky
  23. Noel Barrionuevo

Reserve:

  2. Silvina D'Elía
  4. Agustina Bouza
Group play
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Germany 5 4 0 1 12 8 +4 12 Advanced to semifinals
 Argentina 5 3 2 0 13 7 +6 11
 Great Britain 5 2 2 1 7 9 −2 8
 United States 5 1 3 1 9 8 +1 6
 Japan 5 1 1 3 5 7 −2 4
 New Zealand 5 0 0 5 6 13 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
10 August 2008
18:30
Argentina  2–2  United States
Rebecchi field hockey ball 5', 11' Report Smith field hockey ball 18'
Loy field hockey ball 64'
Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Carol Metchette (IRL)
12 August 2008
08:30
Argentina  2–2  Great Britain
García field hockey ball 10'
Gulla field hockey ball 27' 		Report Thomas field hockey ball 49'
Clewlow field hockey ball 51'
Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Stella Bartlema (NED)
14 August 2008
18:30
Japan  1–2  Argentina
Miura field hockey ball 64' Report Gulla field hockey ball 38'
Burkart field hockey ball 51'
Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
16 August 2008
18:00
Germany  0–4  Argentina
Report Burkart field hockey ball 38'
Gulla field hockey ball 49', 66'
Aymar field hockey ball 68'
Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Chieko Soma (JPN)
18 August 2008
20:30
Argentina  3–2  New Zealand
Rebecchi field hockey ball 15'
García field hockey ball 43'
Hernández field hockey ball 46' 		Report Roberts field hockey ball 33'
Igasan field hockey ball 61'
Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Semifinal
20 August 2008
20:30
Netherlands  5–2  Argentina
Paumen field hockey ball 9', 25', 47'
Agliotti field hockey ball 31'
Hoog field hockey ball 68' 		Report Russo field hockey ball 59'
Gulla field hockey ball 69'
Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Bronze medal match
22 August 2008
18:00
Germany  1–3  Argentina 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kühn field hockey ball 45' Report Luchetti field hockey ball 11'
Rebecchi field hockey ball 22'
Barrionuevo field hockey ball 63'
Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

Football

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Roster

Sergio Batista, head coach of the men's football team, announced his final squad for the Olympics on 3 July.[5] Pareja takes the place of Burdisso, whose club did not grant permission. The following is the Argentina squad in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[6]

Head coach: Sergio Batista

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Óscar Ustari (1986-07-03)3 July 1986 (aged 22) 1 0 Spain Getafe
2 2DF Ezequiel Garay (1986-10-10)10 October 1986 (aged 21) 1 0 Spain Real Madrid
3 2DF Fabián Monzón (1987-04-13)13 April 1987 (aged 21) 0 0 Argentina Boca Juniors
4 2DF Pablo Zabaleta (1985-01-16)16 January 1985 (aged 23) 5 0 Spain Espanyol
5 3MF Fernando Gago (1986-04-10)10 April 1986 (aged 22) 9 0 Spain Real Madrid
6 2DF Federico Fazio (1987-03-17)17 March 1987 (aged 21) 0 0 Spain Sevilla
7 3MF José Sosa (1985-06-19)19 June 1985 (aged 23) 2 0 Germany Bayern Munich
8 3MF Éver Banega (1988-06-29)29 June 1988 (aged 20) 0 0 Spain Valencia
9 4FW Ezequiel Lavezzi (1985-05-03)3 May 1985 (aged 23) 2 0 Italy Napoli
10 3MF Juan Román Riquelme* (c) (1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 30) 42 18 Argentina Boca Juniors
11 3MF Ángel Di María (1988-02-14)14 February 1988 (aged 20) 0 0 Portugal Benfica
12 2DF Nicolás Pareja* (1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 24) 0 0 Belgium Anderlecht
13 4FW Lautaro Acosta (1988-03-14)14 March 1988 (aged 20) 0 0 Spain Sevilla
14 3MF Javier Mascherano* (1984-06-08)8 June 1984 (aged 24) 37 2 England Liverpool
15 4FW Lionel Messi (1987-06-24)24 June 1987 (aged 21) 26 8 Spain Barcelona
16 4FW Sergio Agüero (1988-06-02)2 June 1988 (aged 20) 7 2 Spain Atlético Madrid
17 4FW Diego Buonanotte (1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 20) 0 0 Argentina River Plate
18 1GK Sergio Romero (1987-02-22)22 February 1987 (aged 21) 0 0 Netherlands AZ
22 1GK Nicolás Navarro[n 1] (1985-03-25)25 March 1985 (aged 23) 0 0 Italy Napoli

* Over-aged player.

Notes
  1. ^ Replaces Óscar Ustari who was injured during the competition
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2  Ivory Coast 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3  Australia 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
4  Serbia 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Source: [7]
Ivory Coast 1–2 Argentina
Cissé 53' Report Messi 43'
Acosta 86'
Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 43,266
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Argentina 1–0 Australia
Lavezzi 76' Report
Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 38,182
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Argentina 2–0 Serbia
Lavezzi 13' (pen.)
Buonanotte 84'		 Report
Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 53,668
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)
Quarterfinals
Argentina 2–1 (a.e.t.) Netherlands
Messi 14'
Di María 105'		 Report Bakkal 36'
Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 51,366
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
Semifinals
Argentina 3–0 Brazil
Agüero 52', 58'
Riquelme 76' (pen.)		 Report
Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 52,968
Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)
Gold medal game
Nigeria 0–1 Argentina
Report Di María 58'
Beijing National Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 89,102
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Source for cards:[8]

Team details

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Roster

Head coach: Carlos Borrello

Argentina named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.[9][10]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Guadalupe Calello (1990-04-13)13 April 1990 (aged 18) Argentina River Plate
2 2DF Eva González (1987-09-02)2 September 1987 (aged 20) Argentina Boca Juniors
3 2DF Yesica Arrien (1980-07-01)1 July 1980 (aged 28) Argentina Estudiantes de La Plata
4 3MF Florencia Mandrile (1988-02-10)10 February 1988 (aged 20) Argentina San Lorenzo de Almagro
5 2DF Marisa Gerez (captain) (1976-11-03)3 November 1976 (aged 31) Argentina Boca Juniors
6 2DF Gabriela Chávez (1989-04-09)9 April 1989 (aged 19) Argentina Independiente
7 4FW Ludmila Manicler (1987-07-06)6 July 1987 (aged 21) Argentina Independiente
8 4FW Emilia Mendieta (1988-02-04)4 February 1988 (aged 20) Argentina River Plate
9 4FW Belén Potassa (1988-12-12)12 December 1988 (aged 19) Argentina San Lorenzo de Almagro
10 3MF Mariela Coronel (1981-06-20)20 June 1981 (aged 27) Spain Prainsa Zaragoza
11 3MF Fabiana Vallejos (1985-07-30)30 July 1985 (aged 23) Argentina Boca Juniors
12 2DF Daiana Cardone (1989-01-01)1 January 1989 (aged 19) Argentina Independiente
13 3MF Florencia Quiñones (1986-08-26)26 August 1986 (aged 21) Argentina San Lorenzo de Almagro
14 4FW Andrea Ojeda (1985-01-17)17 January 1985 (aged 23) Argentina Boca Juniors
15 4FW Mercedes Pereyra (1987-05-07)7 May 1987 (aged 21) Argentina River Plate
16 3MF Gimena Blanco (1987-12-05)5 December 1987 (aged 20) Argentina River Plate
17 4FW Analía Almeida (1985-08-19)19 August 1985 (aged 22) Argentina San Lorenzo de Almagro
18 1GK Vanina Correa (1983-08-14)14 August 1983 (aged 24) Argentina Boca Juniors
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3  Canada 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4  Argentina 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: [11]
Argentina 1–2 Canada
Manicler 85' Report Chapman 27'
Lang 72'
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 23,201
Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)
Sweden 1–0 Argentina
Fischer 57' Report
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 38,293
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)
China 2–0 Argentina
Quiñones 52' (o.g.)
Gu Yasha 90'		 Report
Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao
Attendance: 31,492
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Miguel Albarracín −60 kg Bye  Choi M-H (KOR)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance  Akhondzadeh (IRI)
L 0002–0020 		Did not advance
Mariano Bertolotti −73 kg —  Guilheiro (BRA)
L 0010–0100 		Did not advance
Emmanuel Lucenti −81 kg Bye  Burton (GBR)
L 0010–0010 		Did not advance
Diego Rosati −90 kg —  Olson (USA)
W 0001–0000 		 Pershin (RUS)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance  Trezise (RSA)
W 1000–0000 		 Kazusionak (BLR)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance
Eduardo Costa −100 kg —  Palkovacs (SVK)
W 0110–0100 		 Matyjaszek (POL)
L 0000–1001 		Did not advance
Sandro López +100 kg Bye  Zegarra (PER)
L 0001–1001 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Paula Pareto −48 kg Bye  Day (AUS)
W 1000–0000 		 Tani (JPN)
L 0000–0001 		Did not advance Bye  Wu Sg (CHN)
W 0100–0001 		 Csernoviczki (HUN)
W 0110–0001 		 Pak O-S (PRK)
W 0100–0001 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Daniela Krukower −63 kg  Arlove (AUS)
W 1000–0000 		 Won O-I (PRK)
L 0010–0020 		Did not advance Bye  Willeboordse (NED)
L 0000–0230 		Did not advance
Lorena Briceño −78 kg Bye  Possamaï (FRA)
L 0000–0001 		Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Santiago Fernández Single sculls 7:38.87 4 QF 7:27.60 6 SC/D Withdrew
Women
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
María Gabriela Best Single sculls 7:58.60 4 QF 7:46.45 5 SC/D 8:09.61 3 FC 7:45.21 16

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Mariano Reutemann RS:X 25 18 19 23 25 15 16 16 16 20 EL 168 21
Julio Alsogaray Laser 1 12 10 28 14 1 2 32 16 CAN 8 92 7
Javier Conte
Juan de la Fuente 		470 14 14 4 11 19 9 7 30 5 9 18 110 10
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Florencia Gutiérrez RS:X 27 19 27 20 23 26 23 DNF 24 27 EL 216 25
Cecilia Carranza Laser Radial 15 8 9 20 8 15 6 DNF 23 CAN EL 104 12t
Consuelo Monsegur
Maria Fernanda Sesto 		470 16 18 17 12 10 16 14 4 10 14 EL 113 16
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Carlos Espínola
Santiago Lange 		Tornado 13 1 1 12 4 6 9 1 9 1 6 56 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Juan Carlos Dasque Trap 115 19 Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Damián Blaum 10 km open water — 1:55:48.6 24
Sergio Ferreyra 100 m breaststroke 1:03.65 52 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:20.10 52 Did not advance
Andrés José González 200 m butterfly 2:00.36 33 Did not advance
José Meolans 50 m freestyle 22.58 35 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 49.50 35 Did not advance
Eduardo Germán Otero 100 m backstroke 56.74 40 Did not advance
Juan Martín Pereyra 400 m freestyle 3:59.35 35 — Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 15:49.57 34 — Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Georgina Bardach 200 m butterfly DNS Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:25.74 37 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 5:00.87 36 — Did not advance
Cecilia Biagioli 400 m freestyle 4:19.85 34 — Did not advance
800 m freestyle 8:50.18 31 — Did not advance
Antonella Bogarín 10 km open water — 2:11:35.9 24
Agustina de Giovanni 200 m breaststroke 2:34.94 37 Did not advance
Liliana Guiscardo 100 m breaststroke 1:11.43 37 Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Liu Song Men's singles Bye  Jang S-M (PRK)
L 2–4 		Did not advance
Pablo Tabachnik  Lashin (EGY)
L 2–4 		Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Vanina Sánchez Women's −67 kg  Guler (TUR)
W 4–0 		 Sergerie (CAN)
L 0–3 		Did not advance  Morgan (AUS)
L 2–9 		Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Agustín Calleri Singles  Mullings (BAH)
W 6–1, 6–1 		 Lu Y-h (TPE)
L 4–6, 4–6 		Did not advance
Guillermo Cañas  Niemeyer (CAN)
W 3–6, 4–2r 		 Simon (FRA)
L 5–7, 1–6 		Did not advance
Juan Mónaco  Čilić (CRO)
L 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6 		Did not advance
David Nalbandian  Zeng Sx (CHN)
W 6–2, 6–1 		 Massú (CHI)
W 7–6(7–0), 6–1 		 Monfils (FRA)
L 4–6, 4–6 		Did not advance
Agustín Calleri
Juan Mónaco 		Doubles —  Guccione /
Hewitt (AUS)
L 4–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–8 		Did not advance
Guillermo Cañas
David Nalbandian 		—  Darcis /
Rochus (BEL)
L 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 3–6 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Gisela Dulko Singles  Dellacqua (AUS)
L 3–6, 4–6 		Did not advance
Gisela Dulko
Betina Jozami 		Doubles —  Obziler /
Pe'er (ISR)
W 6–3, 6–2 		 Vesnina /
Zvonareva (RUS)
L 2–6, 3–6 		Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Beach

The men's beach volleyball team Conde-Baracetti (Martín Conde and Mariano Baracetti) qualified to represent Argentina.[12]

Athlete Event Preliminary round Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Mariano Baracetti
Martín Conde 		Men's Pool B
 Heuscher – Heyer (SUI)
L 0 – 2 (13–21, 17–21)
 Pļaviņš – Samoilovs (LAT)
W 2 – 0 (23–21, 21–19)
 Dalhausser – Rogers (USA)
L 0 – 2 (12–21, 13–21) 		4 Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Carlos Espeleta Men's −77 kg 140 =21 170 =18 310 19
Nora Koppel Women's −75 kg Did not compete

See also

References

  1. ^ COA Notas de Actualidad Archived July 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "2008 Olympic Basketball Men (FIBA) – Argentina roster". FIBA. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  3. ^ 2nd AIBA American Olympic Qualifying Tournament Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ 2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling, LA84 Foundation.
  5. ^ Batista confirmó el seleccionado argentino para Beijing Archived 2008-08-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  6. ^ "Men's Olympic Football Tournament Beijing – Argentina Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  7. ^ "2008 Summer Olympics Soccer Results - Beijing, China - ESPN". www.espn.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Torneo Olímpico de Fútbol • 23 Aug 2008 • 01:00 • National Stadium (Bird's Nest)". FIFA (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Argentina – Squad List". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Team profile – Football Women: Argentina". BOCOG. 2008. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  11. ^ "2008 Summer Olympics Soccer Results - Beijing, China - ESPN". www.espn.com. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  12. ^ Current Standing Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualification Men, access date: 8 July 2008.
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