| Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ARG |
| NOC | Argentine Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| inAtlanta | |
| Competitors | 179 (132 men and 47 women) in 20 sports |
| Flag bearer | Carolina Mariani |
| Medals Ranked 54th |
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Argentina competed at the1996 Summer Olympics inAtlanta, United States. 178 competitors, 131 men and 47 women, took part in 101 events in 20 sports.[1]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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 Silver | Argentina national football team | Football | Men's tournament | August 3 |
| Silver | Carlos Espínola | Sailing | Men's Mistral | July 29 |
 Bronze | Pablo Chacón | Boxing | Men's featherweight | August 2 |
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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| 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 |
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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| Andrés Charadia | Hammer | 65.26 | 17 | N/A | did not advance | ||||
| Carlos Gats | 100 m | 10.57 | 3 | did not advance | |||||
| 200 m | 20.82 | 4Q | 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 | ||||||
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  United States(H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 522 | 345 | +177 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 |  Lithuania | 5 | 3 | 2 | 427 | 354 | +73 | 8[a] | |
| 3 |  Croatia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 422 | 386 | +36 | 8[a] | |
| 4 |  China | 5 | 2 | 3 | 360 | 502 | −142 | 7[b] | |
| 5 |  Argentina | 5 | 2 | 3 | 351 | 396 | −45 | 7[b] | 9th place playoff |
| 6 |  Angola | 5 | 0 | 5 | 280 | 379 | −99 | 5 | 11th place playoff |
20 July 1996 (1996-07-20) |
| 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 | |
22 July 1996 (1996-07-22) |
| 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 | |
24 July 1996 (1996-07-24) |
| 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 | |
26 July 1996 (1996-07-26) |
| 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 | |
28 July 1996 (1996-07-28) |
| Argentina | 66–62 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 27–32,39–30 | ||
| Pts:Espil 21 Rebs:Villar 6 Asts:Osella 5 | Pts:Dias 17 Rebs:MoreiraDias 7 Asts:Avô 4 | |
30 July 1996 (1996-07-30) 15:00 |
| 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 | |
2 August 1996 (1996-08-02) 12:00 |
| 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 | |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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| 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:
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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| Javier Correa | Men's K-1 500 m | 1:42.691 | 4 | 1:44.076 | 3Q | 1:42.071 | 7 | did not advance | |
| Abelardo Sztrum | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:50.547 | 3Q | 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 | 4Q | 1:37.177 | 9 | did not advance | |
| Javier Correa, Abelardo Sztrum | Men's K-2 1000 m | 3:49.864 | 5 | 3:34.244 | 1Q | 3:28.128 | 9 | did not advance | |
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| Lautaro Chávez | Men's cross-country | DNF | |
| Sandra Ambrosio | Women's cross-country | DNF | |
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| Gustavo Artacho | Men's road race | DNF | |
| Rubén Pegorín | Men's road race | DNF | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||
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| 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 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
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| Juan Curuchet | Men's points race | 0 | 23 |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
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| 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 | |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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| 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 |  RussiaL 20–45 | did not advance | ||||
Coach:Miguel MacCormick
| No. | Player | GP | G | S | FG | PC | PS |  |  |  |
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| 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
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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 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 |
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| No. | Player | GP | G | S | FG | PC | PS | | | |
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| 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 | ||||
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Preliminaries
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | United States |
| Dates | July 20 – August 3 |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Nigeria (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Argentina |
| Third place |  Brazil |
| Fourth place |  Portugal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 90 (2.81 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | BebetoHernán Crespo (6 goals each) |
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The 1996 Men's Olympic Football Tournament, played as part of the1996 Summer Olympics, was hosted inBirmingham, Alabama,Washington, D.C.,Orlando, Florida,Miami, Florida andAthens, Georgia.[3][4][5][6] From1992 onwards, male competitors should be under 23 years old and starting from this tournament, a maximum of three over-23 players are allowed per squad. The tournament featured 16 national teams from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four and each group played around-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match atSanford Stadium on August 3, 1996.[7]
The match schedule of the tournament.[8]
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| 20 Sat | 21 Sun | 22 Mon | 23 Tue | 24 Wed | 25 Thu | 26 Fri | 27 Sat | 28 Sun | 29 Lun | 30 Tue | 31 Wed | 1 Thu | 2 Fri | 3 Sat |
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| G | G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | ½ | B | F |
| Athens,Georgia | Birmingham, Alabama | Miami,Florida | ||||
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| Sanford Stadium | Legion Field | Orange Bowl | ||||
| Capacity:86,100 | Capacity:81,700 | Capacity:74,476 | ||||
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| Capacity:65,000 | Capacity:56,500 | |||||
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The following 16 teams qualified for the 1996 Olympic men's football tournament:
| Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
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| Host nation | 1 | United States |
| 1996 CONCACAF Preliminary Competition | 1 |  Mexico (winner) |
| 1996 AFC Preliminary Competition | 3 | South Korea (winner) Japan (runner-up) Saudi Arabia (third-place) |
| 1996 CAF Preliminary Competition | 3 |  Ghana Tunisia Nigeria |
| 1996 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament | 2 | Brazil (winner) Argentina (runner-up) |
| CONCACAF–OFC play-off | 1 | Australia |
| 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship | 5 | Italy (winner) Spain (runner-up) France (third-place) Hungary (5th) Portugal (6th) |
| Total | 16 |
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The draw for the tournament took place on 5 May 1996. The United States, Spain, Ghana and Brazil were seeded for the draw and placed into groups A–D, respectively. The remaining teams, excluding those from Europe, were drawn away from teams of the same region.
| Pot 1: Host, Top-Seeded teams from Africa, Europe and South America | Pot 2: Asia, Non-top seeded team from South America | Pot 3: Non-top seeded teams from Europe | Pot 4: Non-top seeded teams from Africa and North America, Inter-continental playoff winner |
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1 1996 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament Champions, team not determined at time of draw.
2 CONCACAF–OFC play-off winner, team not determined at time of draw.
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| Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Qualified for quarterfinals |
| Portugal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
| Argentina | 1–1 | Portugal |
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| Ortega 45' | Report | Nuno Gomes 70' |
| United States | 2–0 | Tunisia |
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| Kirovski 38' Maisonneuve 90' | Report |
| United States | 1–1 | Portugal |
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| Maisonneuve 75' | Report | Paulo Alves 33' |
| Spain | 1–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Óscar 80' | Report |
| Australia | 2–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Tsekenis 11' Viduka 63' | Report | Al-Khilaiwi 37' |
| South Korea | 1–0 | Ghana |
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| Yoon Jong-hwan 41' (pen.) | Report |
| Italy | 2–1 | South Korea |
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| Branca 24',82' | Report | Lee Ki-hyung 62' |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
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| France | 1 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
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| Argentina | 2 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 4 | |||||||||
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| Mexico | 0 | |||||||||
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| Brazil | 3 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Brazil | 4 | |||||||||
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| Ghana | 2 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 5 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 0–2 | Nigeria |
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| Report | Okocha 20' C. Babayaro 84' |
| Nigeria | 4–3 (a.e.t./g.g.) | Brazil |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Nigeria | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 15 |
| 2 | Argentina | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 11 |
| 3 | Brazil | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 12 |
| 4 | Portugal | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 8 |
| 5 | France | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 |
| 6 | Spain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 |
| 7 | Mexico | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 5 |
| 8 | Ghana | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 |
| 9 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| 13 |  Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
| 14 | Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
| 16 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
With six goals, Hernán Crespo of Argentina and Bebeto of Brazil are the top scorers of the tournament. In total, 90 goals were scored by 55 different players, with four of them credited as own goals.
Gustavo Adrián LópezDiego SimeonePeter TsekenisMark VidukaJuninhoSylvain LegwinskiRobert PirèsAntoine SibierskiFelix AboagyeAugustine AhinfulCharles AkonnorEbenezer HaganTamás SándorTeruyoshi ItōKenichi UemuraJosé Manuel AbundisFrancisco PalenciaDaniel AmokachiEmmanuel AmunikeVictor IkpebaPaulo AlvesJosé CaladoCapuchoNuno GomesMohammed Al-KhilaiwiFuad Anwar AminLee Ki-hyungYoon Jong-hwanSantiMohamed MkacherJovan KirovskiClaudio ReynaRoberto Carlos (playing against Nigeria)Afo Dodoo (playing against Brazil)
Tadahiro Akiba (playing against Nigeria)Agustín Aranzábal (playing against Argentina)
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Silver Medal| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Qualification | Final | |||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Sergio Fernández González | Single sculls | 7:37.53 | 2 | 7:42.63 | 1Q | 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 | 3Q | 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 | |||
| Athlete(s) | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Race | Score | Rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| 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 |
| Athlete | Event | Race | Score | Rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| 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 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Total | |||
| Ricardo Rusticucci | 10 m air rifle | 585 | =26 | did not advance | =26 | |
| 50 m rifle three positions | 1139 | 45 | did not advance | 45 | ||
| Angel Velarte | 10 m air rifle | 577 | =38 | did not advance | =38 | |
| 50 m rifle three positions | 1142 | 44 | did not advance | 44 | ||
| Marcelo Gil | Skeet | 113 | =45 | did not advance | =45 | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Total | |||
| Amelia Fournel | 10 m air rifle | 392 | =13 | did not advance | =13 | |
| Cristina Gallo | 10 m air pistol | 374 | 29 | did not advance | 29 | |
| 25 m pistol | 565 | 33 | did not advance | 33 | ||
| Lorena Guado | 10 m air pistol | 371 | =32 | did not advance | =32 | |
| 25 m pistol | 569 | 29 | did not advance | 29 | ||
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Agustín Fiorilli | 400 m freestyle | 4:02.53 | 28 | did not advance | |
| 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 | ||
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 800 m freestyle | 8:48.54 | 17 | did not advance | ||
| María del Pilar Pereyra | 100 m butterfly | 1:03.98 | 33 | did not advance | |
| 200 m butterfly | 2:19.57 | 28 | did not advance | ||
| María Carolina Santa Cruz | 100 m breaststroke | 1:16.19 | 42 | did not advance | |
| 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 | |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | |||
| Martín Conde Esteban Martínez | Men's | Bye | Álvarez –Rossell (CUB) L 11 – 15 | did not advance | =13 | |||
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 |
| 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 |
| 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) | ||||
| July 31, 1996 | Argentina | 1–3 | Italy | Referees: Barry Dragon (United States), Patrick Rachard (France) |
| (15–12, 9–15, 7–15, 4–15) | ||||
| August 1, 1996 | Brazil | 3–1 | Argentina | Referees: Konstantinos Margaritis (Greece), Jarmo Salonen (Finland) |
| (15–10, 15–3, 13–15, 15–9) | ||||
| 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) | ||||
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 |
| Athlete | Event | 1/8 final | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
