Argentina at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Argentina at the Olympic Games

Flag of Argentina
IOC code  ARG
NOC Comité Olímpico Argentino
Websitewww.coarg.org.ar (Spanish)
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors 118 (93 men and 25 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer Gabriela Sabatini
Medals
Rank: 35
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games

Argentina competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 118 competitors, 93 men and 25 women, took part in 53 events in 18 sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Sabatini, GabrielaGabriela Sabatini Tennis Women's singles October 1
 Bronze men's national volleyball team, ArgentinaArgentina men's national volleyball team
Daniel Castellani Waldo Kantor
Daniel Colla Esteban Martínez
Hugo Conte Raúl Quiroga
Juan Cuminetti Jon Uriarte
Esteban de Palma Javier Weber
Alejandro Diz Claudio Zulianello
Volleyball Men's competition October 2

Archery

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 24 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Angel Bello Men's individual 1017 81 Did not advance 81
Claudio Pafundi Men's individual 1126 75 Did not advance 75

Athletics

For more details on this topic, see Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Athlete Events Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Fernando Pastoriza Men's high jump 2.10 26 Did not advance
Andrés Charadia Men's hammer 68.26 25 Did not advance

Boxing

For more details on this topic, see Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
result
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result
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result
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result
Opposition
result
Opposition
result
Rank
Carlos Eluaiza Light flyweight Bye  Makhmutov (URS)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Domingo Damigella Featherweight  Anderson (GBR)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Jorge López Light middleweight N/A Bye  Heydeck (GDR)
L 0–5
Did not advance

Canoeing

For more details on this topic, see Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Flatwater

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Atilio Vásquez Men's K-1 1000 m 4:01.35 6 3:58.03 4 Q 3:58.03 4 Did not advance
Gustavo Cirillo
José Luis Marello
K-2 500 m 1:52.42 7 1:46.98 6 Did not advance
Gustavo Cirillo
José Luis Marello
Fernando Chaparro
Norberto Méndez
K-4 1000 m 3:23.33 5 3:24.16 4 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
María Miliauro K-1 500 m 2:12.32 6 N/A 2:11.07 4 Did not advance
Corina Martín
Verónica Arbo
K-2 500 m 1:59.38 8 2:04.72 5 Did not advance

Cycling

For more details on this topic, see Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Track

Sprints
Athlete Event Qualifying 1/16 finals
(repechage)
1/8 finals
(repechage)
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time
Speed (km/h)
Time
Speed (km/h)
Time
Speed (km/h)
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
José Lovito Men's sprint 11.187 15 Q 3
2
Did not advance
Marcelo Alexandre Men's time trial N/A 1:06.925
53.791
13
Pursuits
Athlete Event Qualifying 1st round Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Opposition
time
Rank Opposition
time
Rank Opposition
time
Rank
Gabriel Curuchet Men's individual pursuit 4:47.18 12  Dawidowicz (POL)
4:50.75
13 Did not advance
Gabriel Curuchet
Jorge Gaday
Sergio Llamazares
Rubén Priede
Men's team pursuit 4:29.90 17 Did not advance
Points races
Athlete Event Qualifying Finals
Points Rank Points Rank
Juan Curuchet Men's points race 11 (same lap) 5 Q 18 (–1 lap) 5

Diving

For more details on this topic, see Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Athlete Events Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Verónica Ribot Women's platform 377.70 8 Q 297.18 12
Women's springboard 405.87 14 Did not advance

Fencing

For more details on this topic, see Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Athlete Event Preliminary round 1 Preliminary round 2 Preliminary round 3 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
W–L
record
Group
rank
W–L
record
Overall
rank
W–L
record
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Opposition
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Sergio Turiace Men's foil 1–3 4 Q 2–3 24 Q 0–4 39 Did not advance
Men's individual épée 2–2 3 Q 0–4 57 Did not advance
Rafael di Tella Men's individual épée 3–1 3 Q 1–4 43 Q 1–5 41 Did not advance

Field hockey

Men

Team roster and tournament statistics

Coach: Luis Ciancia

Player GP G S FG PC PS
1Schmitt, OttoOtto Schmitt (GK) 40
2Siri, AlejandroAlejandro Siri 70
3Altube, MiguelMiguel Altube 70
4Mascheroni, MarceloMarcelo Mascheroni 73 3
5Garraffo, MarceloMarcelo Garraffo 61 1
6Pailos, EdgardoEdgardo Pailos 71 1
7Doherty, AlejandroAlejandro Doherty 60
8Ayala, AldoAldo Ayala 70
9Geneyro, CarlosCarlos Geneyro 74 31
10Minadeo, GabrielGabriel Minadeo 71 1
11Verga, AlejandroAlejandro Verga 72 2
12Ferrara, FernandoFernando Ferrara 73 21
13Roggero, EmanuelEmanuel Roggero 50
14Nicola, FrancoFranco Nicola 50
15Sordelli, MartínMartín Sordelli 60
16Silva, MarianoMariano Silva 10
Team totals 7 15 70 6 8 1 11 2

Legend: GP – Games Played; G – Goals; S – Shots; FG – Field Goals; PC – Penalty Corners; PS – Penalty Strokes; Green Cards; Yellow Cards; Red Cards

Preliminary Round (Pool A)
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Australia 550019310
 Netherlands 53111267
 Pakistan 53021586
 Argentina 52038124
 Spain 51136103
 Kenya 50055260
     Qualified for semifinals
September 18
Netherlands  5 – 1  Argentina

September 20
Australia  4 – 0  Argentina

September 22
Pakistan  2 – 1  Argentina

September 24
Argentina  1 – 0  Spain

September 26
Argentina  5 – 1  Kenya
5th to 8th place classification
September 28
India  6 – 6 (AET)
4 – 3 (PSO)
 Argentina
7th place match
September 30
Soviet Union  4 – 1  Argentina

Women

Team roster and tournament statistics

Coach: Miguel MacCormick

Player GP G S FG PC PS
1Mulhall, LauraLaura Mulhall (GK) 50
2Colombo, MaríaMaría Colombo 51 1
3López, MarisaMarisa López 50
4Tucat, María AlejandraMaría Alejandra Tucat50
5Carbó, VictoriaVictoria Carbó 51 1
6Richezza, MarcelaMarcela Richezza 50
7Liz, GabrielaGabriela Liz 50
8Sánchez, GabrielaGabriela Sánchez50
9Brinnand, MoiraMoira Brinnand 51 1
10Hussey, MarcelaMarcela Hussey 51 1
11Palma, AlejandraAlejandra Palma 52 1 1
12Ormaechea, LauraLaura Ormaechea 00
13Bengochea, MaríaMaría Bengochea 40
14Vergara, AlinaAlina Vergara 10
15Pazos, María GabrielaMaría Gabriela Pazos30
16Fioroni, AndreaAndrea Fioroni 10
Team totals 6 6 38 3 2 1 3

Legend: GP – Games played; G – Goals; S – Shots; FG – Field goals; PC – Penalty corners; PS – Penalty strokes; Green cards; Yellow cards; Red cards

Preliminary round (Pool A)
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Netherlands 3300926
 Great Britain 3111473
 Argentina 3102232
 United States 3012471
     Qualified for semifinals
September 21
Argentina  0 – 1  Great Britain

September 23
Argentina  2 – 1  United States

September 25
Netherlands  1 – 0  Argentina
5th to 8th place classification
September 27
Argentina  1 – 3  Canada
7th place match
September 29
United States  1 – 3 (AET)  Argentina

Football

Squad
Matches played in parenthesis denotes player came from the bench
# Name Club Date of Birth Pld Goals Y
Y/R
Yellow cardYellow cardRed card
R
Red card
Goalkeepers
1 Luis Islas Argentina Independiente December 22, 1965 (aged 22) 4 0 0 0 0
12 Fabián Cancelarich Argentina Ferro Carril Oeste December 30, 1965 (aged 22) 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 Rubén Agüero Argentina Estudiantes de La Plata February 20, 1960 (aged 28) 2 0 0 0 0
5 Alberto Boggio Argentina Rosario Central August 14, 1969 (aged 19) 0 0 0 0 0
8 Hernán Díaz Argentina Rosario Central February 26, 1965 (aged 23) 4 0 0 0 0
9 Néstor Fabbri Argentina Racing Club April 29, 1968 (aged 20) 4 1 0 0 0
11 Néstor Lorenzo Argentina Argentinos Juniors February 28, 1966 (aged 22) 4 0 0 0 0
13 Mario Lucca Argentina Vélez Sársfield August 6, 1961 (aged 27) 3(1) 0 1 0 0
14 Carlos Mayor Argentina Vélez Sársfield May 10, 1965 (aged 23) 1(1) 0 1 0 0
14 Pedro Monzón Argentina Independiente February 23, 1962 (aged 26) 2(1) 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 Claudio Cabrera Argentina Vélez Sársfield November 20, 1963 (aged 24) 1(1) 0 0 0 0
10 Daniel Hernández Argentina Independiente February 5, 1970 (aged 18) 0 0 0 0 0
16 Hugo Pérez Argentina Racing Club October 6, 1968 (aged 19) 4 0 1 0 0
17 Alejandro Ruidiaz Argentina Independiente April 15, 1981 (aged 7) 1 0 0 0 0
Forwards
3 Mauro Airez Argentina Gimnasia y Esgrima (La Plata)October 26, 1968 (aged 19) 2(1) 0 0 0 0
4 Carlos Alfaro Moreno Argentina PlatenseOctober 18, 1964 (aged 23) 4 3 0 0 0
7 Jorge Comas Argentina Boca JuniorsJune 9, 1960 (aged 28) 4 0 0 0 0
18 Alejandro Russo Argentina Estudiantes de La PlataFebruary 13, 1968 (aged 20) (2) 0 0 0 0
19 Darío Siviski Argentina San LorenzoDecember 20, 1962 (aged 25) 4 0 0 0 0
Coach
Argentina Carlos Pachamé February 25, 1944 (aged 44)
Results

Preliminaries

September 18, 1988
19:00
United States  1–1  Argentina
Windischmann  78' (Report) Alfaro Moreno  83' (pen.)
Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

September 20, 1988
19:00
Soviet Union  2–1  Argentina
Dobrovolski  7'
Mikhailichenko  22'
(Report) Alfaro Moreno  77' (pen.)
Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

September 22, 1988
17:00
South Korea  1–2  Argentina
Noh  14' (Report) Alfaro Moreno  3'
Nestor Fabbri  73'
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union 321063+35
 Argentina 31114403
 South Korea 30211212
 United States 30213522
       Qualified for quarterfinals
Quarterfinals

September 25, 1988
19:00
Brazil  1–0  Argentina
Silva  76' (Report)

Judo

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Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 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
Opposition
Result
Claudio Yafuso Men's -65 kg  Anderson (GUM)
W 1000–0000
 Yolci (TUR)
W 0001–0000
 Lee (KOR)
L 0000–0210
Did not advance  Bećanović (YUG)
W 0100–0021
 Carabetta (FRA)
L 0000–1000
Did not advance
Dario García Men's -78 kg  Attyé (SEN)
W 1000–0000
 Legień (POL)
L 0000–1000
Did not advance  Hussein (EGY)
W 0200–0000
 Doherty (CAN)
L (Chui)
Did not advance
Sandro López Men's -86 kg Bye  White (GBR)
L 0001–0010
Did not advance
Key

Rowing

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Athlete(s) Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Claudio Águila,
Daniel Scuri
Men's coxless pair 6:59.05 5 7:06.57 4 Did not advance
Rubén D'Andrilli,
Marcelo Fernández,
Sergio Fernández González,
Claudio Guindon
Men's quadruple sculls 6:04.77 4 5:58.27 3 Q 5:57.56 5 Did not advance

Sailing

For more details on this topic, see Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Gonzalo Campero Finn 26.0 29.0 13.0 (40.0)
RET
19.0 14.0 22.0 123.0 17
Jorge García Velazco Division II 11.7 17.0 5.7 (18.0) 11.7 8.0 16.0 70.1 7
Fernando García Guevara,
Diego Minguens
Tornado 30.0
RET
27.0 22.0 30.0
RET
30.0
DNC
30.0
DNC
30.0
DNC
169.0 23
Carlos Irigoyen,
Guillermo Parada
Men's 470 23.0 27.0 (29.0) 28.0 22.0 21.0 19.0 140.0 19
Julio Labandeira,
Alberto Zanetti
Star 21.0 (22.0) 21.0 16.0 21.0 19.0 21.0 119.0 16
Pedro Ferrero,
Raúl Lena,
Santiago Lange
Soling (21.0) 19.0 0.0 14.0 14.0 17.0 18.0 82.0 9
Key

Shooting

For more details on this topic, see Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final Rank
Score Rank Score Rank Score Total
Julio César Iemma Men's 50 m rifle prone 590 41 N/A Did not advance 41
Firmo Roberti Skeet 147 9 Q 49 8 Did not advance 8
Lisandro Sugezky Men's 10 m air pistol 572 31 N/A Did not advance 31
Men's 50 m pistol 539 40 N/A Did not advance 40

Swimming

For more details on this topic, see Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Athlete Events Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Valentina Aracil Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:19.60 37 Did not advance
Women's 200 m breaststroke DSQ Did not advance
Women's 200 m medley 2:31.53 30 Did not advance
Women's 400 m medley 5:19.17 28 Did not advance
Alicia Boscatto Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:15.67 33 Did not advance
Women's 200 m breaststroke 2:45.80 39 Did not advance
Key

Table tennis

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Athlete Event Preliminary round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
result
Opposition
result
Opposition
result
Opposition
result
Opposition
result
Hae-Ja Kim Women's singles  Vriesekoop (NED)
L 0–3
 Guergueltcheva (BUL)
L 0–3
 Safarova (TCH)
L 0–3
 Perkučin (YUG)
L 0–3
 Meshref (EGY)
W 3–1
Did not advance

Tennis

For more details on this topic, see Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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
Javier Frana Men's singles  Perkiss (ISR)
W 6–2, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
 Jaite (ARG)
L 2–6, 4–6, 2–6
Did not advance =17
Martín Jaite Singles  Pridham (CAN)
W 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
 Frana (ARG)
W 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
 Kim (KOR)
W 6–4, 6–1, 6–3
 Gilbert (USA)
L 7–5, 1–6, 6–7(1–7), 3–6
Did not advance =5
Javier Frana,
Martín Jaite
Men's doubles N/A  Derlin (AUS)
 Evernden (AUS)
L 4–6, 1–4 (retired)
Did not advance =17
Bettina Fulco Women's singles  Paulus (AUT)
L 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Did not advance =33
Mercedes Paz Women's singles  Tsarbopoulou (GRE)
W 7–6(9–7), 6–3
 Maleeva (BUL)
L 1–6, 2–6
Did not advance =17
Gabriela Sabatini Women's singles Bye  Goleš (YUG)
W 6–1, 6–0
 Hanika (FRG)
W 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
 Zvereva (URS)
W 6–4, 6–3
 Maleeva (BUL)
W 6–1, 6–2
 Graf (FRG)
L 3–6, 3–6
 Silver
Mercedes Paz,
Gabriela Sabatini
Women's doubles N/A  Bassett-Seguso (CAN)
 Hetherington (CAN)
L 6–7(8–10), 7–5, (18–20)
Did not advance =9

Volleyball

Roster

Coach: Luis Muchaga

Name Date of birth Height Weight
1Zulianello, ClaudioClaudio Zulianello29 May 19651.98 m (6 ft 6 in)91 kg (201 lb)
2Castellani, DanielDaniel Castellani21 March 19611.95 m (6 ft 5 in)83 kg (183 lb)
3Martínez, EstebanEsteban Martínez25 September 19611.91 m (6 ft 3 in)87 kg (192 lb)
4Diz, AlejandroAlejandro Diz26 March 19651.96 m (6 ft 5 in)90 kg (200 lb)
5Colla, DanielDaniel Colla23 February 19641.95 m (6 ft 5 in)80 kg (180 lb)
6Weber, JavierJavier Weber6 January 19661.80 m (5 ft 11 in)77 kg (170 lb)
7Conte, HugoHugo Conte14 April 19631.97 m (6 ft 6 in)90 kg (200 lb)
8Kantor, WaldoWaldo Kantor11 January 19601.78 m (5 ft 10 in)74 kg (163 lb)
9Quiroga, RaúlRaúl Quiroga26 January 19621.97 m (6 ft 6 in)93 kg (205 lb)
10Uriarte, JonJon Uriarte15 October 19611.99 m (6 ft 6 in)91 kg (201 lb)
11de Palma, EstebanEsteban de Palma18 January 19671.96 m (6 ft 5 in)90 kg (200 lb)
12Cuminetti, JuanJuan Cuminetti27 May 19671.99 m (6 ft 6 in)86 kg (190 lb)
Group play
Qualified for the semifinals
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  United States 10 5 0 15 3 5.000 263 155 1.697
2  Argentina 8 3 2 11 7 1.571 219 211 1.038
3  France 8 3 2 10 7 1.429 222 190 1.168
4  Netherlands 8 3 2 10 7 1.429 202 183 1.104
5  Japan 6 1 4 5 12 0.417 182 225 0.809
6  Tunisia 5 0 5 0 15 0.000 101 225 0.449
September 18, 1988
14:00
Tunisia  0 – 3  Argentina
Referee(s):
Cho Young-Ho (South Korea),
Surev Stepanian (Soviet Union)
5
11
6
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
15
15
15
September 19, 1988 Japan  1 – 3  Argentina
Referee(s):
Stoyan Stoyanov (Bulgaria),
Ahmed Hassan (Egypt)
11
12
15
11
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
15
15
11
15
September 22, 1988 United States  3 – 2  Argentina
Referee(s):
Ramis Samedov (Soviet Union),
Sigmund Dawiskibas (Sweden)
11
11
15
17
15
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
15
15
4
15
7
September 24, 1988 Argentina  3 – 0  Netherlands
Referee(s):
Kim Young-Dae (South Korea),
Ahmed Hassan (Egypt)
15
15
15
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
11
7
8
September 26, 1988 France  3 – 0  Argentina
Referee(s):
Cho Young-Ho (South Korea),
Abdelmajid Djeran (Tunisia)
15
15
15
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
7
5
5
Semifinal
September 30, 1988 Soviet Union  3 – 0  Argentina
Referee(s):
Cho Young-Ho (South Korea),
Ahmed Hassan (Egypt)
15
17
15
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
11
15
8
Bronze medal match
September 30, 1988 Argentina  3 – 2  Brazil
Referee(s):
Vladimir Kovalik (Czechoslovakia),
Torres Genard Arredondo (Mexico)
15
15
15
12
15
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
10
17
8
15
9

Wrestling

For more details on this topic, see Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Athlete Event Preliminary round Final
Opposition
result
Opposition
result
Daniel Iglesias Men's freestyle 82 kg  Jarju (RSA)
L
 Hussein (EGY)
W
 Lohyňa (TCH)
L
Did not advance
Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg  Kim (KOR)
L
 Mukai (JPN)
L
Did not advance
Daniel Navarrete Men's freestyle 68 kg  Brown (AUS)
L
 Al-Masri (JOR)
W
 Park (KOR)
L
Did not advance
Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg  Barcia (ESP)
L
 Hidalgo (PAN)
L
Did not advance

See also

References

  1. "Argentina at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
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