Argentina at the 1960 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:ARG
Nocname:Argentine Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1960
Website: 
Location:Rome
Competitors:92
Sports:14
Flagbearer:Cristina Hardekopf
Rank:30
Gold:0
Silver:1
Bronze:1
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1900

Argentina at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy was the eleventh appearance out of fourteen editions of the 1960 Summer Olympics.Argentina sent to the 1960 Summer Olympics its eighth national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Argentino), 91 athletes (all 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

See main article: 1960 Summer Olympics medal table.

MedalNameSportEventDate
September 3
September 7

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

AthletesEventsFinal
ResultRank
Osvaldo SuárezMen's marathon2:21.26.69
Gumersindo Gómez2:23.00.015
Walter Lemos2:36.55.050
Guillermo WellerMen's 50km walk

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

AthleteCategoryRound of 32Round of 16Round of 8QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Miguel Angel BottaFlyweight
W 3–2
W default
L 0–5		did not advance
Carlos CañeteBantamweight
L 0–5		did not advance
Carlos AroFeatherweightalign=center-
W 4–0–1
L 1–0–4		did not advance
Abel LaudonioLightweight
W 5–0
W TKO
W 5–0
L 1–1–3		Did not advance
Luis ArandaLight Welterweight
W 4–1
L 1–0–4		did not advance
Aurelio GonzálezWelterweight
L 1–2–2		did not advance
Celedonio LimaLight Middleweightalign=center-
W TKO
L 1–1–3		did not advance
Rodolfo LozaMiddleweightalign=center-
L 1–1–3		did not advance
Rafael GargiuloLight Heavyweightalign=center-
W TKO
L 2–3		did not advance
Eduardo CorlettiHeavyweightalign=center-
L 1–4		did not advance

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Ricardo SennIndividual road race4:21:3844
Ricardo Senn
Gabriel Niell
Federico Cortés
Pedro Simionato		Team time trial2:24:13.4712

Track

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Dressage

Eventing

AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotal
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRank
César MadelónCeiberaIndividual130.5036th174.8035th2.0010th307.3029th
Ignacio VerduraDesidiaIndividual103.5016thDid not advance
Fernando UrdapilletaFebo IIIndividual116.0122ndDid not advance
Carlos MoratorioMesoneroIndividual143.0155thDid not advance
César Madelón
Ignacio Verdura
Fernando Urdapilleta
Carlos Moratorio		as aboveTeam350.019thDid not advance

Jumping

AthleteHorseEventPenaltiesRank
Round 1Round 2
Naldo DassoFinalIndividual4247th
Carlos D'EliaStromboliIndividual162013th
Ernesto HartkopfBaltasarIndividual19.2524.2519th
Naldo Dasso
Jorge Lucardi
Carlos D'Elia		as aboveTeamEliminatedrowspan=3 align=center-
1220
29.526

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Six fencers, all men, represented Argentina in 1960.

Individual

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsRank
PoolW-LRankPoolW-LRankPoolW-LRankPoolW-LRankPoolW-LRank
Alberto BalestriniMen's épéeI6–01st Q21–35thDid not advance=25th
Raúl MartínezC3–34thDid not advance=37th
Juan LarreaMen's sabreE2–34thDid not advance=37th
Daniel SandeF3–13rd Q51–45thDid not advance=25th
Gustavo VassalloG2–3
(1–1)*		4thDid not advance=37th

Team

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

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

Results

Group Stage

Argentina failed to reach Semi-Finals.

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Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

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.

AthleteEventQualifying RoundFinal RoundTotal
Compulsory PointsOptional PointsCompulsory PointsOptional PointsPointsRank
Juan CavigliaMen's individual all-around46.0048.15Did not advance94.15116th
Men's floor8.359.00Did not advance17.3592nd
Men's pommel horse7.606.90Did not advance16.30114th
Men's rings7.208.20Did not advance15.40119th
Men's vault7.408.90Did not advance16.30117th
Men's parallel bars7.107.00Did not advance14.10122nd
Men's horizontal bar8.358.15Did not advance16.50104th

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics. 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.

AthleteHorseEventRidingFencingShootingSwimmingCross CountryFinal
TimePointsRankPointsRankPointsRankTimePointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Luis RiberaCelolloIndividual8:09.01,1533rd77017th8808th4:09.995515th15:45.086538th4,62313th
Carlos StrickerCelia8:33.01,08115th72424th70039th4:05.19757th16:01.281745th4,02136th
Raúl BauzaVegliato8:15.21,1356th44851st36056th4:08.897013th16:37.070949th3,88840th
Luis Ribera
Carlos Stricker
Raúl Bauza		as aboveTeamalign=center-3,3693rd1,80410th1,94014thalign=center-2,8903rdalign=center-2,39114th12,39410th

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Argentina had nine male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1960.[4]

AthleteEventRound 1Round 1 RepechageSemi-FinalFinal
TimeGroup
Rank		TimeGroup
Rank		TimeGroup
Rank		TimeRank
Pablo Ferrero
Ricardo González		Men's coxless pair7:17.702nd7:28.842nd7:48.486thDid not advance
Osvaldo Cavagnaro
Mario Maire
Jorge Somlay		Men's coxed pair8:02.364th7:59.333rdcolspan=2 align=center-Did not advance
Juan Huber
Héctor Moni
Angel Pontarolo
Vicente Vansteenkiste		Men's coxless four6:52.325th6:56.354thcolspan=2 align=center-Did not advance

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

AthleteClassRace IRace IIRace IIIRace IVRace VRace VIRace VIIFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Ricardo BoneoFinn32321st46915th6919th1,1683rd30322nd0DSQ0DNS2,95419th
Roberto Mieres
Victor H. Fragola		Star28617th17422nd28617th15423rd37014th37014th26118th1,74717th
Jorge Salas Chavez
Héctor Calegaris
Jorge del Río Sálas		Dragon35615th1,5321st1,2312nd8335th1,2312nd0DSQ53210th5,715
Roberto Sieburger
Carlos Sieburger
Enrique Sieburger, Jr.		5.5 Metre4269th1,0792nd6026th1,0792nd6815th4269th5357th4,4024th

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

AthleteEventQualifyingFinal
PointsGroup
Rank		PointsRank
Jorge di Giandoménico50m rifle three positions54319th1,11733rd
300m rifle three positions54810th1,08822nd
Pedro Armella50m rifle three positions55413th1,10634th
300m rifle three positions54810th1,07825th
Cirilo Nassiff50m rifle prone38026th57340th
Melchor López37928thDid not advance
Oscar Cervo25m rapid fire pistolcolspan=2 align=center-56732nd
Juan GindreTrapcolspan=2 align=center-Did not advance
Juan Ángel Martini, Sr.colspan=2 align=center-Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

AthleteEventRound 1Semi-FinalFinal
TimeGroup
Rank		TimeGroup
Rank		TimeRank
Fernando FanjulMen's 200m butterfly2:25.23rdDid not advance
Luis Nicolao2:23.92nd2:26.87thDid not advance
Men's 100m freestyle1:00.26thDid not advance
Pedro DizMen's 100m backstroke1:04.72nd1:05.0 6thDid not advance

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Group B

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle
AthleteEventElimination PoolFinal round
Round 1
Result		Round 2
Result		Round 3
Result		Round 4
Result		Round 5
Result		Round 6
Result		Final round
Result		Rank
Juan Rolón−73 kg
W P
L D
L WO 		Did not advance15
Julio Graffigna−79 kg
L F
L P		Did not advance15
Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventElimination PoolFinal round
Round 1
Result		Round 2
Result		Round 3
Result		Round 4
Result		Round 5
Result		Round 6
Result		Final round
Result		Rank
Juan Rolón−73 kg
L D
L F		Did not advance24
Julio Graffigna−87 kg
L F		WDDid not advance17

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Christina Hardekopf Biography. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010738/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/christina-hardekopf-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18.
  2. Book: 1960 United States Olympic Book. The United States Olympic Association. 1961. New Haven, Connecticut. 193.
  3. Book: 1960 United States Olympic Book. The United States Olympic Association. 1961. New Haven, Connecticut. 99.
  4. Argentina Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170754/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ARG/summer/1960/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 February 2018.

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