Argentina at the 1952 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:ARG
Nocname:Argentine Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1952
Website: 
Location:Helsinki
Competitors:123 (115 men and 8 women)
Sports:15
Flagbearer:Delfo Cabrera
Rank:19
Gold:1
Silver:2
Bronze:2
Officials:58
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1900

Argentina at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland was the nation's ninth appearance out of twelve editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina sent to the 1952 Summer Olympics its sixth national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Argentino), 123 athletes (115 men and the 8 woman), who competed in 77 events in 15 sports They brought home five medals: 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze.[1] The flag bearer was Delfo Cabrera, the gold medalist in the immediately previous Summer Olympic Games marathon.

Medalists

See main article: 1952 Summer Olympics medal table.

MedalNameSportEvent
Men's double sculls
Men's Marathon
Men's Light Heavyweight
Men's Light Middleweight
Men's Heavyweight

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Track CompetitionMen's 1.000m Time Trial

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Argentina in 1952.

Individual
Team

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Argentina had nine male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1952.[2]

Men's double sculls
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed four

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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AthleteEventRaceFinal rank
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ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank
Carlos Miguel Benn PottFinn22 20625150DNF0241682416822206 22206110425
Jorge Emilio Brauer
Alfredo Vallebona
Star10 42319 144DNF 013 30911 38211 382 17 193183316
Roberto Sieburger
Jorge del Río Sálas
H. Campi
Dragon7 4862 10302 10304 7292 1030 2 1030 7 48653354
Rodolfo Albino Vollenweider
Tomas Galfrascoli
Ludovico Enrique Kempter
5.5 Metre3 8289 3514 7037 4602 10047 460 6 52739825
Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre
Enrique Sieburger, Sr.
Werner von Foerster
Horacio Monti
Hércules Morini
6 Metre6 364 28414 5406 3645 4432 841 8 23933935

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Seven shooters represented Argentina in 1952.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
Trap

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Men's 100 metres Freestyle

Men's 400 metres Freestyle

Men's 4×200 metres Freestyle Relay

Men's 100 metres Backstroke

Men's 200 metres Breaststroke

Women's 100 metres Freestyle

Women's 400 metres Freestyle

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Argentina at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090237/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ARG/summer/1952/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 21 February 2015 . sports-reference.com.
  2. Argentina Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182848/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ARG/summer/1952/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 10 March 2018.