Argentina at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Argentina at the 1928 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
Website	www.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in Amsterdam
Competitors	81 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Héctor Méndez
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 7
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Argentina competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 81 competitors, all men, took part in 41 events in 12 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Víctor Avendaño	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight	August 11
Gold	Arturo Rodríguez	Boxing	Men's heavyweight	August 11
Gold	Alberto Zorrilla	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	August 9
Silver	Víctor Peralta	Boxing	Men's featherweight	August 11
Silver	Raúl Landini	Boxing	Men's welterweight	August 11
Silver	Argentina national football team Ludovico Bidoglio   Ángel Medici Ángel Bossio   Luis Monti Saúl Calandra   Pedro Ochoa Alfredo Carricaberry   Rodolfo Orlandini Roberto Cherro   Raimundo Orsi Octavio Díaz   Fernando Paternoster Juan Evaristo   Feliciano Perducca Manuel Ferreira   Natalio Perinetti Enrique Gainzarain   Domingo Tarasconi Alfredo Helman   Luis Weihmuller Segundo Luna   Adolfo Zumelzú	Football		June 13
Bronze	Raúl Anganuzzi, Carmelo Camet, Roberto Larraz, Héctor Lucchetti, Luis Lucchetti	Fencing	Men's team foil	July 30

Athletics

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)

• Juan José Trillo
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Cuthbert Taylor (GBR), points

Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)

• Arturo Rodríguez → Gold Medal
  • First Round — Defeated Matthew Flanagan (IRL), KO-1
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Sam Olij (HOL), points
  • Semifinals — Defeated Michael Michaelsen (DEN), points
  • Final — Defeated Nils Ramm (SWE), KO-1

Cycling

Six cyclists, all men, represented Argentina in 1928.

Individual road race

• Cosme Saavedra
• Francisco Bonvehi
• José López
• Luis de Meyer

Team road race

• Cosme Saavedra
• Francisco Bonvehi
• José López
• Luis de Meyer

Sprint

• Antonio Malvassi

Time trial

• Francisco Rodríguez

Equestrian

Fencing

Nine fencers, all men, represented Argentina in 1928. They won the bronze medal in the team foil event.

Men's foil

• Oscar Viñas

Men's team foil

• Roberto Larraz, Raúl Anganuzzi, Luis Lucchetti, Héctor Lucchetti, Carmelo Camet → Bronze Medal

Men's épée

• Oscar Martínez
• Antonio Villamil
• José Llauro

Football

Round of 16

29 May 1928 (1928-05-29)19:00

Argentina	11–2	United States
Ferreira  9', 29' Tarasconi  24', 63', 66', 89' Orsi  41', 73' Cherro  47', 49', 57'	Report	Kuntner  55' Carroll  75'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 3,848

Referee: Paul Ruoff (Switzerland)

Quarterfinals

2 June 1928 (1928-06-02)16:00

Argentina	6–3	Belgium
Tarasconi  1', 10', 75', 89' Ferreira  4' Orsi  81'	Report	R. Braine  24' Vanhalme  28' Moeschal  53'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 16,399

Referee: Achille Gama (Italy)

Semifinals

6 June 1928 (1928-06-06)19:00

Argentina	6–0	Egypt
Cherro  10' Ferreira  32', 82' Tarasconi  37', 54', 61'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 7,887

Referee: Pedro Escartín (Spain)

Gold Medal match

10 June 1928 (1928-06-10)16:00

Uruguay	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
Petrone  23'	Report	Ferreira  50'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 28,253

Referee: Johannes Mutters (Netherlands)

13 June 1928 (1928-06-13)19:00

Replay

Uruguay	2–1	Argentina
Figueroa  17' Scarone  73'	Report	Monti  28'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 28,113

Referee: Johannes Mutters (Netherlands)

Rowing

Sailing

Five sailors represented Argentina in 1928. It was the nation's debut in the sport.

Swimming

Water Polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References