Argentina at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Argentina at the
1948 Summer Olympics
IOC codeARG
NOCArgentine Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in London
Competitors199 (188 men and 11 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearerAlfredo Yantorno
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
7
Summer Olympics appearances (
overview)

Argentina at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England was the nation's eighth appearance out of eleven editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina sent to the 1948 Summer Olympics its fifth national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Argentino) of 199 athletes (188 men and 11 women) who competed in 101 events in 16 sports.[1] It would not be until the 2016 Summer Olympics that the athlete delegation were surpassed. The medals haul of 3 golds, 3 silvers, and a bronze tied the medals haul in 1928. The achievement of 7 medals in an edition of the Olympics has yet to be matched.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Delfo Cabrera Athletics Men's marathon 7 August
 Gold Pascual Pérez Boxing
Men's flyweight
13 August
 Gold Rafael Iglesias Boxing
Men's heavyweight
13 August
 Silver Noemí Simonetto Athletics Women's long jump 4 August
 Silver Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol 4 August
 Silver Sailing
Men's 6 m class
12 August
 Bronze
Mauro Cia
Boxing
Men's light heavyweight
13 August

Athletics

Delfo Cabrera about to win the marathon.
Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
  • NP = Not placed
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Gerardo Bönnhoff 100 m 10.8 2 Q 5 did not advance
Fernando Lapuente 4 did not advance
Carlos Isaac
4 did not advance
Gerardo Bönnhoff 200 m 22.2 1 Q 4 did not advance
Guillermo Geary 23.0 3 did not advance
Antonio Pocovi 400 m 50.7 3 did not advance
Guillermo Evans 51.8 5 did not advance
Adan Torres 800 m 1:56.7 5 did not advance
Guillermo Avalos 1:56.6 5 did not advance
Melchor Palmeiro 1500 m 4:01.6 5 did not advance
Ricardo Bralo 10000 m NP
Eusebio Guiñez NP
Delfo Cabrera Marathon 2-34:51.6 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Eusebio Guiñez 2-36:36.0 5
Armando Sensini 2-39:30.0 9
Alberto Triulzi 110 m hurdles 14.6 1 Q 14.6 3 Q 14.6 4
Hermelindo Alberti 400 m hurdles 54.6 3 did not advance
Sixto Ibáñez 50 km walk DNF
Carlos Isaac
Fernando Lapuente
4 × 100 m relay
42.4 3 did not advance
Antonio Pocovi
Hermelindo Alberti
Guillermo Evans
Guillermo Avalos
4 × 400 m relay
3:21.2 3 did not advance
Men
Field Events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Enrique Kistenmacher Long Jump 7.18 5 Q 6.80 10
Emilio Malchiodi Shot Put NP did not advance
Juan Kahnert NP did not advance
Emilio Malchiodi Discus Throw 42.98 18 did not advance
Juan Fuse Hammer Throw 46.95 20 did not advance
Ricardo Héber Javelin Throw 60.82 13 did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Enrique Kistenmacher Result 10.9 7.08 12.67 1.70 50.5 16.3 41.11 3.20 45.06 4:49.6 6929 4
Points 872 825 684 671 845 736 744 575 499 478
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Noemí Simonetto 100 m 13.1 3 did not advance
Noemí Simonetto 80 m Hurdles 11.8 3 Q 11.87 4 did not advance
Women
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Noemí Simonetto long jump 5.56 3 Q 5.60 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ingeborg Mello Shot put 12.085 9
Ingeborg Mello Discus throw 38.44 8

Basketball

This was the first time Argentina sent a team to the Olympics, the team consisted of 14 players

Team Roster

Argentina men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
F/C 3 Oscar Furlong 20 – (1927-10-22)22 October 1927
4 Bruno Varani 22 – (1925-09-16)16 September 1925
G
5 Ricardo González 23 – (1925-05-12)12 May 1925
6 Rafael Lledó 26 – (1922-03-02)2 March 1922
7 Arturo Ruffa 21 – (1926-12-25)25 December 1926
8 Manuel Guerrero
9 León Martinetti 21 – (1926-07-31)31 July 1926
10 Rubén Menini 24 – (1924-02-20)20 February 1924
11 Juan Uder 21 – (1927-04-24)24 April 1927
12 Tomás Vio 27 – (1921-07-25)25 July 1921
13 Leopoldo Contarbio 21 – (1927-04-29)29 April 1927
14 Jorge Nuré 21 – (1926-09-24)24 September 1926
15 Raúl Calvo 31 – (1917-05-08)8 May 1917
16 Oscar Pérez 25 – (1922-11-04)4 November 1922
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 30 July 1948

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 5 5 0 325 167 +158 10
 Czechoslovakia 5 4 1 217 190 +27 9
 Argentina 5 3 2 236 199 +37 8
 Peru 5 2 3 198 187 +11 7
 Egypt 5 1 4 162 256 −94 6
 Switzerland 5 0 5 120 269 −149 5

Preliminary Round (Group C)

July 31
11:40
 Argentina 57–38  Egypt
Scoring by half: 26-27, 31–11
Pts: Furlong
21
August 02
11:40
 Argentina 49–23   Switzerland
Scoring by half: 28-13, 21–10
11
August 03
11:40
 Argentina 57–59  United States
Scoring by half: 33-26, 24-33
Pts: Furlong
18
August 05
15:20
 Argentina 42–34  Peru
Scoring by half: 21-18, 21–16
Pts: Lledó
12
August 06
21:00
 Argentina 41–45  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 19-20, 22-25
Uder
12
  • Classification Matches
    • 9th/16th place
August 07
21:00
 Argentina 43–45  Philippines
Scoring by half: 23-21, 20-24
Pts: Furlong
11
    • 13th/16th place
August 10
15:20
 Argentina 34–35  Cuba
Scoring by half: 17-14, 17-21
Pts: Furlong
17
    • 15th/16th place: Defeated Hungary (walk-over) → Fifteenth place
August 13
 Argentina 2–0  Hungary

Boxing

Pascual Pérez during the gold medal fight.
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Pascual Pérez
Flyweight
 Adolfo (PHI)
W RSC 2
 Williams (RSA)
W RSC 3
 Bollaert (BEL)
W PTS
 Majdloch (TCH)
W PTS
 Bandinelli (ITA)
W PTS
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Arnoldo Parés
Bantamweight
 Toweel (RSA)
W PTS
 Carruthers (AUS)
L PTS
did not advance
Francisco Núñez
Featherweight
 Bose (IND)
W PTS
 Vidella (CHI)
W PTS
 Kerschbaumer (AUT)
W
 Shepherd (RSA)
L PTS
3rd/4th place
 Antkiewicz (POL)
L PTS
Manuel López
Lightweight
 Rahimiha (IRI)
W PTS
 Smith (USA)
L PTS
did not advance
Eladio Herrera
Welterweight
Bye  Loayza (CHI)
W PTS
 Herring (USA)
L PTS
did not advance
Héctor García
Middleweight
 Higham (AUS)
W PTS
 Wright (GBR)
L RSC-2
did not advance
Mauro Cia
Light heavyweight
 Quentemeijer (NED)
W PTS
 Posse (URU)
W DSQ-3
 Szymura (POL)
W PTS
 Hunter (RSA)
L PTS
3rd/4th place
 Holmes (AUS)
W RSC-3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rafael Iglesias
Heavyweight
Bye  Rubio (ESP)
W PTS
 Baccilieri (URU)
W PTS
 Arthur (RSA)
W PTS
 Nilsson (SWE)
W KO-2
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Cycling

Road races

Individual times added to together for team race, 3 times needed for team event.

Cyclist Event Final
Result Rank
Ceferino Peroné Road race 5:33:15.4 21
Dante Benvenuti Road race 5:33:15.4 22
Miguel Sevillano Road race 5:33:15.4 23
Mario Mathieu Road race did not finish
Ceferino Peroné
Dante Benvenuti
Miguel Sevillano
Mario Mathieu
Team road race 16:39:46.2 7
Track

Ranks given are within the heat.

Cyclist Event First round First repechage Quarterfinals Second repechage Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Clodomiro Cortoni Sprint 12.4 1 Q Advanced directly Unknown 2 did not advance
Jorge Sobrevila
Time trial
n/a 1:17.9 13
Oscar Giacché
Miguel Passi
Tandem Sprint Unknown 2 Unknown 3 did not advance
Roberto Guerrero
Julio Alba
Ambrosio Aimar
Enrique Molina
Team pursuit 5:17.1 2 did not advance

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Overall
Score Rank
Justo Iturralde Pajarito Individual 397.0 11
Humberto Terzano Bienvenido 327.0 16
Oscar Goulú Grillo 281.5 17
Justo Iturralde
Humberto Terzano
Oscar Goulú
See above Team 1,005.5 4

Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Overall
Faults Rank
Rafael Campos
Santa Fe Individual 24.0 15
Néstor Alvarado Mineral DNF
Pascual Pistarini Canguro DNF
Rafael Campos
Néstor Alvarado
Pascual Pistarini
See above Team DNF

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Overall
Score Rank
Francisco Carrere Rosario Individual 59.00 10
Julio César Sagasta Cherenda Cue 92.50 18
José Manuel Sagasta Mandinga DNF
Francisco Carrere
Julio César Sagasta
José Manuel Sagasta
See above Team DNF

Fencing

19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Argentina in 1948. The results are the pool results and placings.

Men
Fencer Events Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Result Pool place Result Pool place Result Pool place Result Rank
Félix Galimi Foil 5-1 2 6-1 1 1-5 7 Did not advance
Manuel Torrente Foil 5-2 3 1-5 6 Did not advance
Fulvio Galimi Foil 6-1 2 1-5 7 Did not advance
Raúl Saucedo Épée 3-3 3 4-3 2 1-6 7 Did not advance
Antonio Villamil Épée 6-1 1 3-3 4 Did not advance
Vito Simonetti Épée 2-4 4 1-3 6 Did not advance
Edgardo Pomini Sabre 5-0 1 3-4 5 Did not advance
Fernando Huergo Sabre 3-2 2 2-4 6 Did not advance
Jorge Cermesoni Sabre 4-1 1 1-6 8 Did not advance
José Rodríguez
Fulvio Galimi
Manuel Torrente
Félix Galimi
Team Foil n/a 1–0 1 0-1 2 did not advance
Adolfo Guido Lavalle
Team Épée 2-0 1 0-2 3 Did not advance
Team Sabre 1-0 2 2-0 1 0-2 4 Did not advance
Women
Fencer Events Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Result Pool place Result Pool place Result Pool place Result Rank
Irma de Antequeda Foil 4-2 3 2-3 4 Did not advance
Elsa Irigoyen Foil 2-3 4 1-4 5 Did not advance
Nélida Fullone Foil 1-4 6 Did not advance

Field hockey

This was the first time Argentina had competed in this event at the Olympic Stage.

Men's tournament

Head coach:

Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Roberto Anderson ? 3 1
Luis Bianchi ? 3 0
Juan Brigo ? 3 0
Carlos Mercali ? 3 0
Roberto Márquez
? 3 2
Tommie Quinn August 19, 1927 20 ? Hurling Club 3 0
Valerio Sánchez ? 1 0
Luis Scally June 26, 1915 33 ? Hurling Club 3 0
Tommy Scally June 28, 1927 21 ? Hurling Club 3 2
Tomás Wade ? Hurling Club 3 0
Jorge Wilson ? 2 0
Ángel Zucchi ? 3 0

Group A

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts India Argentina Austria Spain
1.  India (IND) 3 3 0 0 19 1 6 X 9:1 8:0 2:0
2.  Argentina (ARG) 3 1 1 1 5 12 3 1:9 X 1:1 3:2
3.  Austria (AUT) 3 0 2 1 2 10 2 0:8 1:1 X 1:1
4.  Spain (ESP) 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 0:2 2:3 1:1 X

Gymnastics

Artistic

Gymnast Event Final
Score Rank
Arturo Amos All-around 176.85 89
Horizontal bar 29.55 85
Parallel bars 31.25 83
Pommel horse 23.35 97
Rings 26.10 106
Floor exercise 32.30 76
Vault 34.30 77
Pedro Lonchibuco All-around 154.20 102
Horizontal bar 20.50 104
Parallel bars 28.30 98
Pommel horse 18.50 105
Rings 32.20 83
Floor exercise 25.75 103
Vault 28.95 102
Enrique Rapesta All-around 148.90 106
Horizontal bar 25.05 97
Parallel bars 25.00 104
Pommel horse 21.50 100
Rings 30.25 97
Floor exercise 24.50 107
Vault 22.60 111
César Bonoris All-around 139.65 108
Horizontal bar 22.20 101
Parallel bars 28.45 96
Pommel horse 14.00 113
Rings 22.50 110
Floor exercise 23.00 112
Vault 29.50 100
Jorge Soler
All-around 134.30 113
Horizontal bar 21.40 102
Parallel bars 20.50 112
Pommel horse 17.00 107
Rings 22.80 109
Floor exercise 23.30 110
Vault 29.30 101
Roberto Núñez All-around 109.95 115
Horizontal bar 14.40 116
Parallel bars 18.50 113
Pommel horse 12.00 117
Rings 19.00 113
Floor exercise 21.75 113
Vault 24.30 109
Jorge Vidal All-around 37.30 121
Horizontal bar 6.00 120
Parallel bars 6.50 121
Pommel horse 11.80 119
Rings 8.00 121
Vault 5.00 120
Team
863.85 15

Modern pentathlon

A point-for-place system was used, with the lowest total score winning.

Pentathlete Final
Riding Fencing Shooting Swimming Running Total Rank
Enrique Wirth 9 17 29 25 13 93 11
Augusto Premoli 5 11 35 33 25 109 21
Horacio Siburu 13 28 30 18 38 127 32

Rowing

Argentina had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1948.[2]

Ranks given are within the heat.

Rower Event First round Repechage Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Tranquilo Cappozzo Single sculls 7:38.9 2 r 7:45.0 1 Q 8:12.6 2 did not advance
Ángel Malvicino
Teodoro Nölting
Double sculls 7:08.0 2 r 7:07.1 3 did not advance
Oscar Moreno
Carlos Sambuceti
Coxless pair 7:54.2 3 r 7:45.7 3 did not advance
Pedro Towers
Ramón Porcel
Juan Parker
Coxed pair walkover N/A 8:27.7 2 did not advance
Oscar Almirón
Coxless four 6:51.0 2 r 6:50.9 2 did not advance
Carlos Semino
Carlos Crosta
Adolfo Yedro
Ítalo Sartori
Ricardo Boneo
Coxed four 7:07.9 2 r 7:00.1 2 did not advance
Eight 6:10.5 3 r 6:12.6 2 did not advance

Sailing

Athlete Class Race I Race II Race III Race IV Race V Race VI Race VII Total
Points
[3]
Total
-1
[4]
Rank
Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points
Jorge Emilio Brauer
Firefly
16 219 DNF 0 12 344 6 645 DNF 0 10 423 6 645 2276 2276 17
Hipolito Ezequiel Gil Elizalde
Star
14 185 10 331 10 331 7 486 13 217 DNF 0 DNS 0 1550 1550 16
Swallow
11 206 14 101 13 133 DNF 0 7 402 10 247 10 247 1336 1336 14
Jorge del Río Sálas
Dragon
6 402 5 481 8 277 4 578 9 226 2 879 DNF 0 2843 2843 7
6 m class
3 665 3 665 3 665 2 841 1 1142 4 540 1 1142 5660 5120 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Shooting

Twelve shooters represented Argentina in 1948.

Shooter Event Final
Score Rank
Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente 25 m rapid fire pistol 571 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
José Roger 513 45
Dionisio Fernández 511 50
Federico Grüben 50 m pistol, prone 527 9
Oscar Bidegain 523 16
Juan Rostagno 507 35
Pablo Cagnasso
300 m rifle 3 positions
1075 12
Ricardo Grimau 1074 13
Abel Ortíz
1073 14
Julio Nolasco
50 m rifle, prone
585 44
Antonio Ando 584 48
David Schiaffino 583 49

Swimming

This was the 5th time Argentina had sent a team of swimmers to the Olympics, the team of 17 consisted of 11 men and 6 women.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men
Swimmer Event Heats Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Horacio White 100 m freestyle 1:00.2 1 Q 1:00.4 5 did not advance
Augusto Cantón 1:01.8 5 did not advance
Mario Chávez
100 m backstroke 1:09.7 2 Q 1:09.8 5 q 1.09.0 4
José Vegazzi 1:13.8 3 did not advance
Federico Neumayer 1:11.8 4 did not advance
Carlos Espejo 200 m breaststroke 2:55.0 3 did not advance
César Benetti 3:00.6 5 did not advance
Alfredo Yantorno 400 m freestyle 4:53.8 1 Q 4:57.3 4 q 4:58.7 8
José Durañona 5:05.8 4 did not advance
Juan Garay 5:10.4 5 did not advance
1500 m freestyle 21:33.2 5 did not advance
Adolfo Mancuso 21:16.7 5 did not advance
Horacio White
José Durañona
Juan Garay
Alfredo Yantorno
Augusto Cantón
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 9:16.9 3 Q N/A 9:19.2 6
Women
Swimmer Event Heats Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Eileen Holt 100 m freestyle 1:12.0 5 did not advance
Adriana Camelli 1:16.5 6 did not advance
Enriqueta Duarte 1:14.9 7 did not advance
Beryl Marshall 100 m backstroke 1:20.9 4 Q 1:20.7 8 did not advance
Liliana Gonzalias 1:26.9 6 did not advance
Dorotea Turnbull 200 m breaststroke 3:12.2 5 Q 3:14.4 7 did not advance
Eileen Holt 400 m freestyle 5:44.9 6 q 5:52.4 8 did not advance
Enriqueta Duarte 6:14.4 7 did not advance
Eileen Holt
Enriqueta Duarte
Liliana Gonzalias
Adriana Camelli
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 4:59.5 5 did not advance

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Rubén Maidana January 12, 1923 25 ? Argentina Regattas Santa Fe 3 ?
Ladislao Szabo April 11, 1923 25 ? 3 ?
Hugo Prono February 23, 1923 25 ? 3 ?
Osvaldo Codaro December 9, 1930 30 ? 3 ?
Carlos Visentin
November 28, 1918 29 ? 3 ?
Marcelo Visentin
May 30, 1914 34 ? 3 ?
Anibál Filiberti March 31, 1914 34 ? 3 ?

Round 1

Group F

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts France Argentina Greece
1.  France (FRA) 2 2 0 0 11 2 4 X 4:1 7:1
2.  Argentina (ARG) 2 1 0 1 7 6 2 1:4 X 6:2
3.  Greece (GRE) 2 0 0 2 3 13 0 1:7 2:6 X

Round 2

Group J

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts France Egypt Argentina
1.  France (FRA) 2 1 1 0 7 4 3 X 3:3 4:1
2.  Egypt (EGY) 2 0 2 0 7 7 2 3:3 X 4:4
3.  Argentina (ARG) 2 0 1 1 5 8 1 1:4 4:4 X

Weightlifting

Lifter Event Final
Kg Rank
Alfonso Fiorentino Featherweight 260 21
Salvador Lo Presti Lightweight 300 18
Hugo D'Atri 295 20
Julio Bonnet Middleweight 312.5 18
Juan Russo 310 20
Osvaldo Forte Light Heavyweight 367.5 5
Hugo Vallarino Heavyweight 357.5 11
Leopoldo Briola 347.5 13

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Manuel Varela
−52 kg
 Szilagyi (HUN)
L Fall
 Sidani (LIB)
W Fall
 Clausen (NOR)
L 0-3
did not advance 7
Elvidio Flamini −57 kg BYE  Elias (AUT)
L 0-3
 Irvine (GBR)
W Fall
 Hassan (EGY)
L Fall
did not advance 5
Omar Blebel −62 kg  Dijk (NED)
L 0-3
 Gryllos (GRE)
L 1-2
did not advance 13
Luis Rosado −67 kg  Damage (LIB)
L Fall
 Petmezas (GRE)
L Fall
did not advance 13
Alberto Longarella −73 kg  Diggelmann (SUI)
W 2-1
 Chesneau (FRA)
L 0-3
 Männikkö (FIN)
L Fall
did not advance 10
Alberto Bolzi −79 kg  Gallegati (ITA)
L Fall
 Tayfur (TUR)
L Fall
did not advance 10
Adolfo Ramirez
−87 kg  Avcioğlu-Çakmak (TUR)
L 0-3
 Kovács (HUN)
L 0-3
did not advance 11
Ernesto Noya +87 kg  Kangasniemi (FIN)
L Fall
 Tarányi (HUN)
L Fall
did not advance 7

References

  1. ^ "Argentina at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Argentina Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  3. ^ The 1948 Olympic scoring system was used.
  4. ^ Total after applying discard.