Argentina at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Argentina at the Olympic Games
Flag of Argentina IOC code  ARG NOC Comité Olímpico Argentino Website www.coarg.org.ar (Spanish)
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Competitors	123 (115 men and 8 women) in 15 sports
Officials	58
Flag bearer	Delfo Cabrera
Medals Rank: 19	Gold 1	Silver 2	Bronze 2	Total 5
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Argentina competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 123 competitors, 115 men and 8 women, took part in 77 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Tranquilo Cappozzo and Eduardo Guerrero — Rowing, Men's double sculls

Silver

• Reinaldo Gorno — Athletics, Men's Marathon
• Antonio Pacenza — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight

Bronze

• Eladio Herrera — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
• Humberto Selvetti — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight

Athletics

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Main Round (Group C)
  • Defeated Philippines (85-59)
  • Defeated Canada (82-81)
  • Defeated Brazil (72-56)
• Final Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Bulgaria (100-56)
  • Defeated France (61-52)
  • Lost to Uruguay (65-66)
• Semifinals
  • Lost to United States (76-85)
• Bronze Medal Match
  • Lost to Uruguay (59-68) → Fourth place
• Team Roster
  • Leopoldo Contarbio
  • Oscar Furlong
  • Juan Gazsó
  • Ricardo González
  • Rafael Lledó
  • Alberto López
  • Rubén Menini
  • Omar Monza
  • Rubén Pagliari
  • Raúl Pérez Varela
  • Ignacio Poletti
  • Juan Uder
  • Hugo del Vecchio
  • Roberto Viau

Boxing

Cycling

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Clodomiro Cortoni
  • Final — 1:13.2 (→ 4th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Antonio Giménez — 7th place

Equestrian

Fencing

Men's foil

• Fulvio Galimi
• Félix Galimi
• José Rodríguez

Men's team foil

• Fulvio Galimi, José Rodríguez, Eduardo Sastre, Félix Galimi, Santiago Massini

Men's épée

• Vito Simonetti
• Santiago Massini
• Enrique Rettberg

Men's sabre

• Daniel Sande
• José D'Andrea
• Edgardo Pomini

Men's team sabre

• Félix Galimi, José D'Andrea, Edgardo Pomini, Daniel Sande, Fulvio Galimi

Women's foil

• Elsa Irigoyen

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Argentina in 1952.

Individual

• Luis Ribera
• Carlos Velázquez
• Jorge Cáceres

Team

• Luis Ribera
• Carlos Velázquez
• Jorge Cáceres

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Seven shooters represented Argentina in 1952.

25 m pistol

• Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente
• Oscar Cervo

50 m pistol

• Carlos Choque

300 m rifle, three positions

• Pablo Cagnasso
• David Schiaffino

Trap

• Juan de Giacomo
• Fulvio Rocchi

Swimming

Men's 100 metres Freestyle

• Federico Zwanck
• Marcelo Trabucco

Men's 400 metres Freestyle

• Carlos Alberto Bonacich
• Alfredo Yantorno
• Federico Zwanck

Men's 4×200 metres Freestyle Relay

• Federico Zwanck
• Marcelo Trabucco
• Pedro Galvão
• Alfredo Yantorno

Men's 100 metres Backstroke

• Pedro Galvão

Men's 200 metres Breaststroke

• Orlando Cossani

Women's 100 metres Freestyle

• Ana María Schultz

Women's 400 metres Freestyle

• Ana María Schultz

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

1. "Argentina at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 21 February 2015.