Argentina at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Argentina at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Argentina at the; 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
Website	www.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in Munich
Competitors	92 (88 men and 4 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Carlos Delía
Medals; Ranked 33rd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Argentina competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 92 competitors, 88 men and 4 women, took part in 62 events in 12 sports.[1]

the team of Argentina (at the background track on the right) entering in the opening ceremony

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Alberto Demiddi	Rowing	Men's single sculls

Athletics

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrés Calonge	100 m	10.73	4	did not advance
Andrés Calonge	200 m	21.39	3 Q	21.11	6	did not advance
Carlos Dalurzo	800 m	1:50.6	5	—		did not advance
Nazario Araujo	Marathon	—						did not finish
Ramón Cabrera		—						2:42:37.2	55
Fernando Molina		—						2:38:18.6	53
Adalberto Scorza	50 km walk	—						4:42:41.4	28
Luis Barrionuevo	High jump	1.90	=36	—				did not advance
José Vallejo	Hammer throw	60.08	30	—				did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Irene Fitzer	100 m	12.51	8	did not advance

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carlos Leyes	Light flyweight	—	Ivanov (URS) L 0 – 5	did not advance
Mario Ortíz	Featherweight	Bye	Vellón (PUR) W 4 – 1	Lindberg (FIN) L 1 – 4	did not advance
Antonio Comaschi	Lightweight	Bye	Altanhuiag (MGL) L 0 – 5	did not advance
Walter Gómez	Light Welterweight	—	Pierwieniecki (POL) W 5 – 0	Angelov (BUL) L 1 – 4	did not advance
Miguel Angel Cuello	Light Heavyweight	—	Sachse (GDR) W 4 – 1	Culineac (ROU) W (TKO-2)	Parlov (YUG) L (W/O)	did not advance

Cycling

Eight cyclists represented Argentina in 1972.

Road race, time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Roberto Breppe	Men's individual road race	did not finish
Fernando Jiménez	Men's 1000m time trial	1:10.30	21

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Round 1 Repechage		Round 2 Repechage		1/8 Finals Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Víctor Limba	Men's sprint		2 DSQ	did not advance
Carlos Reybaud	Men's sprint	11.50	1 Q		2 2	did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Carlos Alvarez	Men's individual pursuit		6 Q	4:57.09	2	did not advance
Carlos Alvarez Raúl Gómez Raúl Halket Ismael Torres	Men's team pursuit		16	did not advance

Equestrian

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Show jumping		Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
José Eugenio Acosta	Saxofón	Individual	-85.00	71	did not finish
Carlos Alvarado	Rastreador	Individual	-64.33	=47	did not finish
Alejandro Guglielmi	Aguilucho	Individual	-59.67	=35	did not finish
Gerardo Jáuregui	Constanza	Individual	-77.67	66	-23.25	42	-200.40	47	-301.32	47
José Eugenio Acosta Carlos Alvarado Alejandro Guglielmi Gerardo Jáuregui	Saxofón Rastreador Aguilucho Constanza	Team	-201.67	18	54.40	11	did not finish

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifying round		Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Hugo Arrambide	Camalote	Individual	12.00	=22	did not advance
Carlos Delía	Cardón	Individual	12.25	29	did not advance
Jorge Llambí	Okey Amigo	Individual	12.00	=22	did not finish
Hugo Arrambide Jorge Llambí Argentino Molinuevo, Jr. Roberto Tagle	Camalote Okey Amigo Abracadabra Simple	Team	12.00	=22	did not finish

Fencing

Athlete	Event	First round		Second round		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Record	Rank	Record	Rank	Record	Rank	Record	Rank	Record	Rank
Daniel Feraud	Men's épée	2W – 3L	4 Q	0W – 5L	6	did not advance
Fernando Lupiz	Men's foil	3W – 3L	5	did not advance
Fernando Lupiz	Men's sabre	1W – 4L	5	did not advance
Guillermo Saucedo	Men's épée	2W – 3L	5	did not advance
	Men's foil	4W – 2L	3 Q	3W – 2L	3 Q	0W – 5L	6	did not advance
	Men's sabre	1W – 4L	5	did not advance
Omar Vergara	Men's épée	2W – 2L	4 Q	3W – 2L	4	did not advance
Omar Vergara	Men's foil	2W – 3L	4 Q	0W – 5L	6	did not advance
Daniel Feraud Fernando Lupiz Guillermo Saucedo Omar Vergara	Men's team épée	0W – 4L	4	did not advance
Sylvia Iannuzzi-San Martín	Women's foil	1W – 4L	6	—		did not advance

Field hockey

Ernesto Barreiros
Fernando Calp
Julio César Cufre
Flavio de Giacomi
Gerardo Lorenzo
Luis Antonio Costa
Héctor Marinoni
Osvaldo Monti

Jorge Piccioli
Daniel Portugués
Alfredo Quaquarini
Horacio Rognoni
Alberto Sabbione
Jorge Sabbione
Gabriel Scally
Ovidio Sodor

Group play

	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
1	West Germany	13	7	6	1	0	17	5
2	Pakistan	11	7	5	1	1	17	6
3	Malaysia	9	7	4	1	2	9	7
4	Spain	8	7	2	4	1	9	8
5	Belgium	5	7	2	1	4	8	14
6	France	4	7	2	0	5	6	13
7	Argentina	3	7	0	3	4	4	9
8	Uganda	3	7	0	3	4	6	14

Qualified for semifinals

August 27, 1972

Spain	1 – 1	Argentina

August 28, 1972

Belgium	1 – 1	Argentina

August 29, 1972

West Germany	2 – 1	Argentina

August 31, 1972

Argentina	0 – 0	Uganda

September 1, 1972

Pakistan	3 – 1	Argentina

September 3, 1972

France	1 – 0	Argentina

September 4, 1972

Malaysia	1 – 0	Argentina

Judo

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Antonio Gallina	Men's -80 kg	Bye	Ipacs (HUN) L	did not advance
Antonio Gallina	Men's open category	—	Bye	Shinomaki (JPN) L	did not advance

Rowing

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alberto Demiddi	Men's single sculls	7:46.09	1 Q	BYE		8:10.01	1 FA	7:11.53
Ricardo Ibarra Jorge Imaz	Men's double sculls	7:18.28	4	7:22.15	3	did not advance
Rafael Garba Raúl Mazerati Pedro Yucciolino	Men's double sculls	8:20.19	5	8:31.51	4	did not advance
José Manuel Bugia Oscar de Andrés Tomás Forray Luciano Wilk	Men's double sculls	6:59.72	3	7:12.74	3	did not advance
Hugo Aberastegui Héctor Biassini Oscar de Dios Juan Carlos Estol Alfredo Martín Raúl Mazerati Ricardo José Rodríguez Ignacio Ruiz Guillermo Segurado	Men's eight	6:20.31	3 Q	Bye		6:47.72	6	did not advance

Sailing

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Roberto Haas	Finn	29.0	37.0	~~41.0~~	34.0	29.0	41.0	34.0	204.0	32
Guillermo Calegari Luis Schenone	Star	~~23.0~~	23.0	21.0	22.0	23.0	23.0	22.0	134.0	18
Ricardo Boneo Pedro Ferrero Héctor Campos	Soling	~~30.0~~	31.0	27.0	13.0	22.0	22.0	—	114.0	22
César Sebök Jorge Alberto Salas Pedro Sisti	Dragon	25.0	~~32.0~~	27.0	27.0	18.0	26.0	—	123.0	23

Shooting

Five male shooters represented Argentina in 1972.

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Nelson Torno	25 m rapid fire pistol	569	48
Jorge di Giandoménico	50 m rifle three positions	1,098	52
Ricardo Rusticucci	50 m rifle prone	592	38
Enrique Rebora	50 m running target	547	11
Firmo Roberti	Skeet	188	26

Swimming

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Osvaldo Boretto	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:09.64	24	did not advance
Osvaldo Boretto	Men's 200 m breaststroke	DSQ		—		did not advance
Gustavo González	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:21.22	34	—		did not advance
	Men's 1500 m freestyle	17:23.53	27	—		did not advance
	Men's 100 m backstroke	1:04.16	31	did not advance
	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:19.74	26	—		did not advance
Silvia Borgini	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:23.11	27	—		did not advance
	Women's 800 m freestyle	10:06.39	30	—		did not advance
	Women's 400 m individual medley	5:44.22	38	—		did not advance
Patricia López	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:59.68	31	—		did not advance
	Women's 800 m freestyle	10:09.19	33	—		did not advance
	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:12.13	31	did not advance
	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:33.41	30	—		did not advance
	Women's 200 m individual medley	2:42.08	41	—		did not advance

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eduardo Maggiolo	–57 kg	Fuentes (GUA) W (P)	Barry (AUS) W (TF)	Sanders (USA) L (TF)	Premnath (IND) L (TF)	did not advance
Nestor González	–74 kg	Nitschke (GDR) L (TF)	Musil (TCH) L (TF)	did not advance
Jesús Blanco	–82 kg	Martinetti (SUI) L (P)	Iorga (ROU) L (TF)	did not advance

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eduardo Maggiolo	–57 kg	Grilo (POR) L (P)	Veil (FRG) L (TF)	did not advance
Nestor González	–74 kg	Türüt (TUR) L (TF)	Mácha (TCH) L (TF)	did not advance			—		did not advance
Jesús Blanco	–82 kg	Yağmur (TUR) L (TF)	Robinson (USA) L (TF)	did not advance			—		did not advance

Key

DQ – Won/lost by passivity.
TF – Won/lost by fall.
P – Won/lost by points.

References

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