Argentina at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Argentina at the 1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
Website	www.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in Rome
Competitors	92 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Cristina Hardekopf
Medals Ranked 30th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Argentina's participation in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, marked the eighth Olympic performance officially organized by the Argentine Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Argentino). The delegation consisted of 91 athletes, all of whom were men, something which had not happened since the 1932 Games in Los Angeles and which has not happened since. Ironically, the flag bearer, a woman named Cristina Hardekopf,^[1] was a diver but was not included in the delegation as a participating athlete. However, Jorge Somlay, a rower, participated as Argentina's youngest Olympic competitor at only 13 years old.

The Olympic team won two medals, one bronze and one silver, and five Olympic diplomas. They placed 27th in total medal count over 83 participating countries.

The silver medal was one in yachting^[2] and the bronze in boxing,^[3] giving Argentina half of its medals and 3 out of five of its Olympic Diplomas (something which was usual until the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City).

Argentina's performance in the games forms part of a period of scarce results, which was affected by scarce support for the Olympic Games by the state as well as other political reasons. Repeating what happened in the 1956 Games in Melbourne, Argentina did not win a single gold medal, and the two medals that they did win were far below their average winnings of 4-7 medals in all of the games from 1924 to 1952. In 2004 Argentina's Olympic success recovered to the levels it had during the 1924-1952 period.

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Héctor Calegaris Jorge del Río Salas Jorge Salas Chávez	Sailing	Men's Dragon	September 3
Bronze	Abel Laudonio	Boxing	Men's lightweight	September 7

Athletics[]

Athletes	Events	Final
		Result	Rank
Osvaldo Suárez	Men's marathon	2:21.26.6	9
Gumersindo Gómez		2:23.00.0	15
Walter Lemos		2:36.55.0	50
Guillermo Weller	Men's 50km walk	DSQ

Boxing[]

Athlete	Category	Round of 32	Round of 16	Round of 8	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miguel Angel Botta	Flyweight	Bye	Macalalad (PHI) W 3–2	Illkhanouf (IRI) W default	Török (HUN) L 0–5	Did not advance
Carlos Cañete	Bantamweight	Bye	Haga (JPN) L 0–5	Did not advance
Carlos Aro	Featherweight	-	Baranyai (HUN) W 4–0–1	Nikanorov (URS) L 1–0–4	Did not advance
Abel Laudonio	Lightweight	Bye	Töre (TCH) W 5–0	Næss (NOR) W TKO	Barannikov (URS) W 5–0	Lopopolo (ITA) L 1–1–3	Did not advance
Luis Aranda	Light Welterweight	Bye	Reyes (MEX) W 4–1	Brandi (ITA) L 1–0–4	Did not advance
Aurelio González	Welterweight	Bye	Mitsev (BUL) L 1–2–2	Did not advance
Celedonio Lima	Light Middleweight	-	Bye	Alleyne (CAN) W TKO	McClure (USA) L 1–1–3	Did not advance
Rodolfo Loza	Middleweight	-	Lucas (CHI) L 1–1–3	Did not advance
Rafael Gargiulo	Light Heavyweight	-	Bye	Leite (BRA) W TKO	Saraudi (ITA) L 2–3	Did not advance
Eduardo Corletti	Heavyweight	-	Bye	Sretenović (YUG) L 1–4	Did not advance

Cycling[]

Road[]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ricardo Senn	Individual road race	4:21:38	44
Ricardo Senn Gabriel Niell Federico Cortés Pedro Simionato	Team time trial	2:24:13.47	12

Track[]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Alberto Trillo Ernesto Contreras Héctor Acosta Juan Brotto	Team Pursuit	4:44.44	4:38.17	Did not advance		5

Diving[]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Round		Qualifying Round		Final Round
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Cristina Hardekopf	Women's 3 m springboard	41.87	18	Did not advance

Equestrian[]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifying Round			Final Round			Total
			Judge 1	Judge 2	Judge 3	Judge 1	Judge 2	Judge 3	Points	Rank
Jorge Cavoti	Vidriero	Individual	293	247	288	Did not advance			828	15th

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
César Madelón	Ceibera	Individual	130.50	36th	174.80	35th	2.00	10th	307.30	29th
Ignacio Verdura	Desidia	Individual	103.50	16th	Did not advance
Fernando Urdapilleta	Febo II	Individual	116.01	22nd	Did not advance
Carlos Moratorio	Mesonero	Individual	143.01	55th	Did not advance
César Madelón Ignacio Verdura Fernando Urdapilleta Carlos Moratorio	as above	Team	350.01	9th	Did not advance

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties		Rank
			Round 1	Round 2
Naldo Dasso	Final	Individual	4	24	7th
Carlos D'Elia	Stromboli	Individual	16	20	13th
Ernesto Hartkopf	Baltasar	Individual	19.25	24.25	19th
Naldo Dasso Jorge Lucardi Carlos D'Elia	as above	Team	Eliminated		-
			12	20
			29.5	26

Fencing[]

Six fencers, all men, represented Argentina in 1960.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Round 2			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals			Rank
		Pool	W-L	Rank	Pool	W-L	Rank	Pool	W-L	Rank	Pool	W-L	Rank	Pool	W-L	Rank
Alberto Balestrini	Men's épée	I	6–0	1st Q	2	1–3	5th	Did not advance									=25th
Raúl Martínez		C	3–3	4th	Did not advance												=37th
Juan Larrea	Men's sabre	E	2–3	4th	Did not advance												=37th
Daniel Sande		F	3–1	3rd Q	5	1–4	5th	Did not advance									=25th
Gustavo Vassallo		G	2–3 (1–1)*	4th	Did not advance												=37th

• Note: Gustavo Vassallo was given a chance to advance to the second round in a Fence-Off (barrage) against Aleksandar Vasin from Yugoslavia, and Palle Frey of Denmark, but was eliminated.

Team

Athlete	Event	Elimination Groups		Round Two	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Rafael González Juan Larrea Daniel Sande Gustavo Vassallo	Men's team sabre	Soviet Union (URS) L 1–9	2 Q	Germany (GER) L 4–9	Did not advance			=9th

Football[]

Argentina qualified their men's team to compete in the 1960 Summer Olympics. They were unable to progress through the group stage after beating Tunisia, and Poland, but losing to Denmark. 18-year-old Juan Carlos Oleniak scored the most goals for Argentina with four.

Head coach: Ernesto Duchini

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	1960 club
	3MF	Alberto Rendo	(1940-01-03)3 January 1940 (aged 20)	1	0	Huracán
	3MF	Carlos Bilardo	(1939-03-16)16 March 1939 (aged 21)	2	1	San Lorenzo de Almagro
	2DF		(1938-12-29)29 December 1938 (aged 21)	0	0	Huracán
	1GK		(1939-02-25)25 February 1939 (aged 21)	0	0	Sacachispas
	3MF	Domingo Lejona	(1938-02-02)2 February 1938 (aged 22)	0	0	Gimnasia y Esgrima (La Plata)
	4FW	Guillermo Lorenzo	(1939-01-05)5 January 1939 (aged 21)	0	0	Boca Juniors
	3MF	Hugo Zarich	(1940-03-17)17 March 1940 (aged 20)	2	0	River Plate
	2DF	José Díaz	(1938-04-20)20 April 1938 (aged 22)	3	0	Lanús
	2DF	Juan Carlos Stauskas	(1939-08-06)6 August 1939 (aged 21)	3	0	River Plate
	4FW	Juan Carlos Oleniak	(1942-03-06)6 March 1942 (aged 18)	3	4	Racing
	2DF	Julio Mattos	(1940-03-30)30 March 1940 (aged 20)	0	0	Argentinos Juniors
	4FW	Mario Desiderio	(1938-02-01)1 February 1938 (aged 22)	2	0	Estudiantes de La Plata
	1GK	Marwell Periotti	(1939-05-25)25 May 1939 (aged 21)	3	0	San Lorenzo de Almagro
	2DF	Pedro de Ciancio	(1938-02-16)16 February 1938 (aged 22)	3	0	Racing
	4FW	Raúl Adolfo Pérez	(1939-11-11)11 November 1939 (aged 20)	3	1	Boca Juniors
	2DF	Roberto Blanco	(1938-11-26)26 November 1938 (aged 21)	3	0	Racing
	4FW	Roberto Bonnano	(1938-03-16)16 March 1938 (aged 22)	1	0	Vélez Sárfield
	2DF	Salvador Ginel	(1938-04-01)1 April 1938 (aged 22)	3	0	Atlético Tucumán

Results[]

Group Stage

Argentina failed to reach Semi-Finals.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	6
Argentina	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4
Poland	3	1	0	2	7	5	−2	2
Tunisia	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

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Gymnastics[]

One male gymnast represented Argentina at the 1960 Games. Juan Caviglia competed in the individual all-around event which included the floor, pommel horse, rings, vault, and the parallel bars, horizontal bar. Caviglia's best result came in the floor in which he placed 92nd overall.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying Round		Final Round		Total
		Compulsory Points	Optional Points	Compulsory Points	Optional Points	Points	Rank
Juan Caviglia	Men's individual all-around	46.00	48.15	Did not advance		94.15	116th
	Men's floor	8.35	9.00	Did not advance		17.35	92nd
	Men's pommel horse	7.60	6.90	Did not advance		16.30	114th
	Men's rings	7.20	8.20	Did not advance		15.40	119th
	Men's vault	7.40	8.90	Did not advance		16.30	117th
	Men's parallel bars	7.10	7.00	Did not advance		14.10	122nd
	Men's horizontal bar	8.35	8.15	Did not advance		16.50	104th

Modern pentathlon[]

Three male pentathletes represented Argentina at the 1960 Games, Luis Ribera, Carlos Stricker, and Raúl Bauza competed in both the men's individual, and the men's team events.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Riding			Fencing		Shooting		Swimming			Cross Country			Final
			Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Luis Ribera	Celollo	Individual	8:09.0	1,153	3rd	770	17th	880	8th	4:09.9	955	15th	15:45.0	865	38th	4,623	13th
Carlos Stricker	Celia		8:33.0	1,081	15th	724	24th	700	39th	4:05.1	975	7th	16:01.2	817	45th	4,021	36th
Raúl Bauza	Vegliato		8:15.2	1,135	6th	448	51st	360	56th	4:08.8	970	13th	16:37.0	709	49th	3,888	40th
Luis Ribera Carlos Stricker Raúl Bauza	as above	Team	-	3,369	3rd	1,804	10th	1,940	14th	-	2,890	3rd	-	2,391	14th	12,394	10th

Rowing[]

Argentina had nine male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1960.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 1 Repechage		Semi-Final		Final
		Time	Group Rank	Time	Group Rank	Time	Group Rank	Time	Rank
Pablo Ferrero Ricardo González	Men's coxless pair	7:17.70	2nd	7:28.84	2nd	7:48.48	6th	Did not advance
Osvaldo Cavagnaro Mario Maire Jorge Somlay	Men's coxed pair	8:02.36	4th	7:59.33	3rd	-		Did not advance
Juan Huber Héctor Moni Angel Pontarolo Vicente Vansteenkiste	Men's coxless four	6:52.32	5th	6:56.35	4th	-		Did not advance

Sailing[]

Athlete	Class	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ricardo Boneo	Finn	323	21st	469	15th	691	9th	1,168	3rd	303	22nd	0	DSQ	0	DNS	2,954	19th
Roberto Mieres Victor H. Fragola	Star	286	17th	174	22nd	286	17th	154	23rd	370	14th	370	14th	261	18th	1,747	17th
Jorge Salas Chavez Héctor Calegaris Jorge del Río Sálas	Dragon	356	15th	1,532	1st	1,231	2nd	833	5th	1,231	2nd	0	DSQ	532	10th	5,715
Roberto Sieburger Carlos Sieburger Enrique Sieburger, Jr.	5.5 Metre	426	9th	1,079	2nd	602	6th	1,079	2nd	681	5th	426	9th	535	7th	4,402	4th

Shooting[]

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Group Rank	Points	Rank
Jorge di Giandoménico	50m rifle three positions	543	19th	1,117	33rd
	300m rifle three positions	548	10th	1,088	22nd
Pedro Armella	50m rifle three positions	554	13th	1,106	34th
	300m rifle three positions	548	10th	1,078	25th
Cirilo Nassiff	50m rifle prone	380	26th	573	40th
Melchor López		379	28th	Did not advance
Oscar Cervo	25m rapid fire pistol	-		567	32nd
Juan Gindre	Trap	-		Did not advance
Juan Ángel Martini, Sr.		-		Did not advance

Swimming[]

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semi-Final		Final
		Time	Group Rank	Time	Group Rank	Time	Rank
Fernando Fanjul	Men's 200m butterfly	2:25.2	3rd	Did not advance
Luis Nicolao		2:23.9	2nd	2:26.8	7th	Did not advance
	Men's 100m freestyle	1:00.2	6th	Did not advance
Pedro Diz	Men's 100m backstroke	1:04.7	2nd	1:05.0	6th	Did not advance

Water polo[]

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Wrestling[]

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References[]

External links[]

• Olympic Games Official Report 1960 Rome-Volume I
• Olympic Games Official Report 1960 Rome-Volume II (Part 1)