| Noc: | ARG |
| Nocname: | Argentine Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1968 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Mexico City |
| Competitors: | 89 (84 men and 5 women) |
| Sports: | 12 |
| Flagbearer: | Carlos Moratorio |
| Rank: | 41 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 2 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1900 |
Argentina competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 89 competitors, 84 men and 5 women, took part in 61 events in 12 sports.[1]
See main article: 1968 Summer Olympics medal table.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 October | |||||
| 19 October |
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Andrés Calonge | 100 m | 10.44 | 2 Q | 10.39 | 5 | align=center colspan=4 | did not advance | ||
| 200 m | 20.81 | 2 Q | 21.03 | 6 | align=center colspan=4 | did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Juan Carlos Dyrzka | 400 m | 47.02 | 4 Q | 46.85 | 7 | did not advance | |||
| 400 m hurdles | 49.8 | 1 Q | 48.8 | 5 | did not advance | |||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Guillermo Cuello | 800 m | did not finish | did not advance | ||||||
| 1500 m | did not start | did not advance | ||||||||
| Domingo Amaizón | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:43.06 | 12 | did not advance | ||||||
| Enrico Barney | Pole vault | 4.80 | 17 | did not advance | ||||||
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Alicia Kaufmanas | 100 m | 11.8 | 6 | align=center colspan=6 | did not advance | |||
| 200 m | 24.4 | 5 | align=center colspan=6 | did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||||
| Roberto Urretavizcaya | Light flyweight | W w/o | L 0 – 5 | did not advance | |||||
| Tito Pereyra | Flyweight | W 4 – 1 | L 0 – 5 | did not advance | |||||
| Domingo Casco | Bantamweight | W 3 – 2 | L DSQ | did not advance | |||||
| Miguel García | Featherweight | W 3 – 2 | W 5 – 0 | L 1 – 4 | did not advance | ||||
| Pedro Agüero | Lightweight | W 3 – 2 | W 5 – 0 | L 2 – 3 | did not advance | ||||
| Mario Guilloti | Welterweight | Bye | W 4 – 1 | W 5 – 0 | W 4 – 1 | L 0 – 5 | |||
| Víctor Galíndez | Light middleweight | L 0 – 5 | did not advance | ||||||
Nine cyclists represented Argentina in 1968.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Alves | Individual road race | align=center colspan=2 | did not finish | |
| Roberto Breppe | 4:48:07 | 40 | ||
| Héctor Cassina | align=center colspan=2 | did not finish | ||
| Gerardo Cavallieri | align=center colspan=2 | did not finish | ||
| José Pittaro | Individual time trial | 1:05.57 | 9 | |
| Carlos Álvarez Roberto Breppe Ernesto Contreras Juan Alberto Merlos | Team time trial | 2:15:34.24 | 7 |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 Repechage | Round 2 Repechage | 1/8 Finals Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| José Pittaro | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's sprint | 11.41 | 2 1 Q | 2 3 | did not advance | ||||||||
| Carlos Roqueiro | 11.15 | 2 1 Q | 3 2 | did not advance | ||||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Juan Alberto Merlos | Individual pursuit | 4:47.81 | 12 | did not advance | ||||||
| Carlos Álvarez Roberto Breppe Ernesto Contreras Juan Alberto Merlos | Team pursuit | 4:26.22 | 9 | did not advance | ||||||
See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Show jumping | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||||
| José Eugenio Acosta | Oligarca | align=left rowspan=4 | Individual | -110.01 | 41 | -155.20 | 34 | -12.75 | =18 | -277.96 | 29 | |
| Jorge Bedoya | Naranjo | -91.50 | 26 | did not finish | ||||||||
| Carlos Moratorio | Hijo Manso | -68.01 | =6 | -294.00 | 39 | -1.25 | 6 | -363.26 | 34 | |||
| Roberto Pistarini | Warti | -90.00 | 25 | -150.00 | 33 | did not finish | ||||||
| José Eugenio Acosta Jorge Bedoya Carlos Moratorio Roberto Pistarini | Oligarca Naranjo Hijo Manso Warti | align=left rowspan=4 | Team | -249.51 | 8 | -599.20 | 11 | did not finish | ||||
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||||
| Jorge Amaya | Gemelo | align=left rowspan=3 | Individual | did not finish | |||||
| Carlos Delía | Scandale | 8.00 | =9 | 12.00 | =11 | 20.00 | =13 | ||
| Argentino Molinuevo Jr. | Don Gustavo | 8.00 | =9 | 8.00 | =4 | 16.00 | =7 | ||
| Jorge Amaya Argentino Molinuevo Jr. Roberto Tagle | Gemelo Don Gustavo Ojo Chico | Team | 113.50 | 10 | 161.50 | 14 | 275.00 | 13 | |
See main article: article and Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Ten fencers, nine men and one woman, represented Argentina in 1968.
| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Repechage | Final round | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||
| Record | Rank | Record | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Record | Rank |
| Alberto Balestrini | Men's épée | 1W – 4L | 6 | align=center colspan=5 | did not advance | align=center | align=center colspan=7 | did not advance | ||||||
| Guillermo Obeid | 1W – 4L | 6 | align=center colspan=5 | did not advance | align=center | align=center colspan=7 | did not advance | |||||||
| Omar Vergara | 3W – 2L | 2 Q | 1W – 4L | 6 | align=center colspan=3 | did not advance | align=center | align=center colspan=7 | did not advance | |||||
| Alberto Balestrini Guillermo Obeid Guillermo Saucedo Omar Vergara | Men's team épée | 0W – 2L | 6 | align=center colspan=2 | align=center colspan=4 | did not advance | align=center colspan=3 | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | align=center colspan=2 | ||||
| Orlando Nannini | Men's foil | 1W – 4L | 6 | align=center colspan=5 | did not advance | align=center | align=center colspan=7 | did not advance | ||||||
| Evaristo Prendes | 0W – 4L | 6 | align=center colspan=5 | did not advance | align=center | align=center colspan=7 | did not advance | |||||||
| Guillermo Saucedo | 3W – 1L | 1 Q | 4W – 1L | 2 Q | L | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | align=center | L | align=center colspan=6 | did not advance | |||
| Orlando Nannini Evaristo Prendes Guillermo Saucedo Omar Vergara | Men's team foil | 0W – 2L | 3 | align=center colspan=2 | align=center colspan=4 | did not advance | align=center colspan=3 | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | align=center colspan=2 | ||||
| Juan Carlos Frecia | Men's sabre | 0W – 6L | 7 | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | align=center | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | align=center colspan=3 | align=center colspan=5 | did not advance | |||
| Alberto Lanteri | 2W – 4L | 6 | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | align=center | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | align=center colspan=3 | align=center colspan=5 | did not advance | ||||
| Román Quinos | 2W – 4L | 5 | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | align=center | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | align=center colspan=3 | align=center colspan=5 | did not advance | ||||
| Juan Carlos Frecia Alberto Lanteri Guillermo Saucedo Román Quinos | Men's team sabre | 0W – 2L | 3 | align=center colspan=2 | align=center colspan=4 | did not advance | align=center colspan=3 | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | align=center colspan=2 | ||||
| Sylvia Iannuzzi-San Martín | Women's foil | 1W – 5L | 7 | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | align=center | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | align=center colspan=3 | align=center colspan=5 | did not advance | |||
See main article: article and Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Race | Final rank | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | |||
| Alberto Obarrio | Finn | 16 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 27 | 125 | 17 | |||
| Roberto Sieburger Jorge Vago | 15 | 21 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 135 | 20 | ||||
| Héctor Schenone Boris Belada Pedro Sisti | 9 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 92 | 9 | ||||
See main article: article and Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Four shooters, all men, represented Argentina in 1968.
See main article: article and Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics.