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Argentina at the 1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
Website	www.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
inRome
Competitors	92 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Cristina Hardekopf
Medals Ranked 30th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Argentina at the 1960 Summer Olympics inRome,Italy was the eleventh appearance out of fourteen editions of the1960 Summer Olympics.Argentina sent to the1960 Summer Olympics its eighth national team, under the auspices of theArgentine Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Argentino), 91 athletes (all men), something which had not happened since the1932 Games in Los Angeles and which has not happened since. Ironically, the flag bearer, a woman namedCristina Hardekopf,^[1] was adiver but was not included in the delegation as a participating athlete. However, Jorge Somlay, a rower, participated as Argentina's youngest Olympic competitor at only 13 years old.

The Olympic team won two medals, one bronze and one silver, and five Olympic diplomas. They placed 27th in total medal count over 83 participating countries.

The silver medal was one inyachting^[2] and the bronze inboxing,^[3] giving Argentina half of its medals and 3 out of five of its Olympic Diplomas (something which was usual until the1968 Summer Olympics inMexico City).

Argentina's performance in the games forms part of a period of scarce results, which was affected by scarce support for the Olympic Games by the state as well as other political reasons. Repeating what happened in the1956 Games inMelbourne, Argentina did not win a single gold medal, and the two medals that they did win were far below their average winnings of 4-7 medals in all of the games from 1924 to 1952. In 2004 Argentina's Olympic success recovered to the levels it had during the 1924-1952 period.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Héctor Calegaris Jorge del Río Salas Jorge Salas Chávez	Sailing	Men's Dragon	September 3
Bronze	Abel Laudonio	Boxing	Men's lightweight	September 7

Athlete	Category	Round of 32	Round of 16	Round of 8	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miguel Angel Botta	Flyweight	Bye	Macalalad (PHI) W 3–2	Illkhanouf (IRI) W default	Török (HUN) L 0–5	did not advance
Carlos Cañete	Bantamweight	Bye	Haga (JPN) L 0–5	did not advance
Carlos Aro	Featherweight	-	Baranyai (HUN) W 4–0–1	Nikanorov (URS) L 1–0–4	did not advance
Abel Laudonio	Lightweight	Bye	Töre (TCH) W 5–0	Næss (NOR) W TKO	Barannikov (URS) W 5–0	Lopopolo (ITA) L 1–1–3	Did not advance
Luis Aranda	Light Welterweight	Bye	Reyes (MEX) W 4–1	Brandi (ITA) L 1–0–4	did not advance
Aurelio González	Welterweight	Bye	Mitsev (BUL) L 1–2–2	did not advance
Celedonio Lima	Light Middleweight	-	Bye	Alleyne (CAN) W TKO	McClure (USA) L 1–1–3	did not advance
Rodolfo Loza	Middleweight	-	Lucas (CHI) L 1–1–3	did not advance
Rafael Gargiulo	Light Heavyweight	-	Bye	Leite (BRA) W TKO	Saraudi (ITA) L 2–3	did not advance
Eduardo Corletti	Heavyweight	-	Bye	Sretenović (YUG) L 1–4	did not advance

Dressage

Eventing

Jumping

Six fencers, all men, represented Argentina in 1960.

Individual

• Note: Gustavo Vassallo was given a chance to advance to the second round in a Fence-Off (barrage) againstAleksandar Vasin fromYugoslavia, andPalle Frey ofDenmark, but was eliminated.

Team

Athlete	Event	Elimination Groups		Round Two	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Rafael González Juan Larrea Daniel Sande Gustavo Vassallo	Men's team sabre	Soviet Union (URS) L 1–9	2Q	Germany (GER) L 4–9	Did not advance			=9th

Argentina qualified their men's team to compete in the1960 Summer Olympics. They were unable to progress through the group stage after beatingTunisia, andPoland, but losing toDenmark. 18-year-oldJuan Carlos Oleniak scored the most goals for Argentina with four.

Head coach:Ernesto Duchini

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	1960 club
	3MF	Alberto Rendo	(1940-01-03)3 January 1940 (aged 20)	1	0	Huracán
	3MF	Carlos Bilardo	(1939-03-16)16 March 1939 (aged 21)	2	1	San Lorenzo de Almagro
	2DF	Carlos Gurdiña	(1938-12-29)29 December 1938 (aged 21)	0	0	Huracán
	1GK	Carlos Saldías	(1939-02-25)25 February 1939 (aged 21)	0	0	Sacachispas
	3MF	Domingo Lejona	(1938-02-02)2 February 1938 (aged 22)	0	0	Gimnasia y Esgrima (La Plata)
	4FW	Guillermo Lorenzo	(1939-01-05)5 January 1939 (aged 21)	0	0	Boca Juniors
	3MF	Hugo Zarich	(1940-03-17)17 March 1940 (aged 20)	2	0	River Plate
	2DF	José Díaz	(1938-04-20)20 April 1938 (aged 22)	3	0	Lanús
	2DF	Juan Carlos Stauskas	(1939-08-06)6 August 1939 (aged 21)	3	0	River Plate
	4FW	Juan Carlos Oleniak	(1942-03-06)6 March 1942 (aged 18)	3	4	Racing
	2DF	Julio Mattos	(1940-03-30)30 March 1940 (aged 20)	0	0	Argentinos Juniors
	4FW	Mario Desiderio	(1938-02-01)1 February 1938 (aged 22)	2	0	Estudiantes de La Plata
	1GK	Marwell Periotti	(1939-05-25)25 May 1939 (aged 21)	3	0	San Lorenzo de Almagro
	2DF	Pedro de Ciancio	(1938-02-16)16 February 1938 (aged 22)	3	0	Racing
	4FW	Raúl Adolfo Pérez	(1939-11-11)11 November 1939 (aged 20)	3	1	Boca Juniors
	2DF	Roberto Blanco	(1938-11-26)26 November 1938 (aged 21)	3	0	Racing
	4FW	Roberto Bonnano	(1938-03-16)16 March 1938 (aged 22)	1	0	Vélez Sárfield
	2DF	Salvador Ginel	(1938-04-01)1 April 1938 (aged 22)	3	0	Atlético Tucumán

Group Stage

Argentina failed to reach Semi-Finals.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	6
Argentina	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4
Poland	3	1	0	2	7	5	−2	2
Tunisia	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

26 August 1960
12:00

Denmark	3–2	Argentina
Sørensen 31' Harald Nielsen 46',85'	Report	Oleniak 20' Bilardo 88'

Rome

Referee:Liverani (ITA)

29 August 1960
12:00

Argentina	2–1	Tunisia
Oleniak 15',82'	Report	Kerrit 25'

Pescara

Referee:Zsolt (HUN)

1 September 1960
12:00

Argentina	2–0	Poland
Oleniak 38' Pérez 55'	Report

Napoli

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: S. Garan (TUR)

One male gymnast represented Argentina at the 1960 Games.Juan Caviglia competed in theindividual all-around event which included thefloor,pommel horse,rings,vault, and theparallel bars,horizontal bar. Caviglia's best result came in the floor in which he placed 92nd overall.

Three male pentathletes represented Argentina at the 1960 Games,Luis Ribera,Carlos Stricker, andRaúl Bauza competed in both themen's individual, and themen's team events.

Argentina had nine male rowers participate in three out of sevenrowing events in 1960.^[4]

Athlete	Class	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ricardo Boneo	Finn	323	21st	469	15th	691	9th	1,168	3rd	303	22nd	0	DSQ	0	DNS	2,954	19th
Roberto Mieres Victor H. Fragola	Star	286	17th	174	22nd	286	17th	154	23rd	370	14th	370	14th	261	18th	1,747	17th
Jorge Salas Chavez Héctor Calegaris Jorge del Río Sálas	Dragon	356	15th	1,532	1st	1,231	2nd	833	5th	1,231	2nd	0	DSQ	532	10th	5,715
Roberto Sieburger Carlos Sieburger Enrique Sieburger, Jr.	5.5 Metre	426	9th	1,079	2nd	602	6th	1,079	2nd	681	5th	426	9th	535	7th	4,402	4th

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	20	10	+10	6
United Team of Germany (EUA)	3	2	0	1	15	9	+6	4
Argentina	3	0	1	2	7	14	−7	1
Brazil	3	0	1	2	7	16	−9	1

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool						Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Juan Rolón	−73 kg	Sultan Mohammad Dost (AFG) W P	Muhammad Bashir (PAK) L D	Doug Blubaugh (USA) L WO	Did not advance				15
Julio Graffigna	−79 kg	Hasan Güngör (TUR) L F	Fred Thomas (RSA) L P	Did not advance					15

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool						Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Juan Rolón	−73 kg	Franz Berger (AUT) L D	Stevan Horvat (YUG) L F	Did not advance					24
Julio Graffigna	−87 kg	José Panizo (ESP) L F	WD	Did not advance					17

• Olympic Games Official Report 1960 Rome-Volume I
• Olympic Games Official Report 1960 Rome-Volume II (Part 1)

• Nations at the 1960 Summer Olympics
• Argentina at the Summer Olympics by year
• 1960 in Argentine sport
• Argentina–Italy sports relations

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