Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	ARG
Nocname:	Argentine Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1996
Website:
Location:	Atlanta
Competitors:	179 (132 men and 47 women)
Sports:	20
Flagbearer:	Carolina Mariani
Rank:	54
Gold:	0
Silver:	2
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900

Argentina competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 178 competitors, 131 men and 47 women, took part in 101 events in 20 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				August 3
				July 29
				August 2

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	4	4	8
Basketball	12	0	12
Beach volleyball	2	0	2
Boxing	5	–	5
Canoeing	4	0	4
Cycling	9	1	10
Equestrian	5	0	5
Fencing	1	3	4
Field hockey	16	16	32
Football	18	0	18
Gymnastics	1	1	2
Judo	7	1	8
Rowing	17	5	22
Sailing	6	4	10
Shooting	3	3	6
Swimming	2	5	7
Tennis	4	4	8
Volleyball	12	0	12
Weightlifting	3	–	3
Wrestling	1	–	1
Total	132	47	179

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrés Charadia	Hammer	65.26	17	N/A				did not advance
Carlos Gats	100 m	10.57	3	did not advance
	200 m	20.82	4 Q	20.84	7	did not advance
Marcelo Pugliese	Discus	56.72	29	N/A				did not advance
Antonio Silio	Marathon	N/A						did not finish

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrea Ávila	Long jump	6.00	31	N/A				did not advance
Griselda González	Marathon	N/A						2:35:12	19
Liliana Martinelli	Discus	55.68	35	N/A				did not advance
Marta Orellana	800 m	2:04.99	–	N/A				did not advance

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

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Head coach

• Guillermo Vecchio

Assistant coaches

• Rubén Magnano
• Fernando Duró

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Preliminary round

9th to 12th place classification

9th place classification

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Omar Andrés Narváez	Flyweight	W	L	did not advance
Pablo Chacón	Featherweight	W	W	W	L	did not advance
Fabrizio Nieva	Lightweight	W	L	did not advance
Guillermo Saputo	Welterweight	L	did not advance
Oscar Gómez	Light Middleweight	L (RSC)	did not advance

Key:

• RSC – Referee stopped contest

Canoeing

Flatwater

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Javier Correa	Men's K-1 500 m	1:42.691	4	1:44.076	3 Q	1:42.071	7	did not advance
Abelardo Sztrum	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:50.547	3 Q	Bye	3:44.587	6	did not advance
Diego Cánepa, Sergio Mangín	Men's K-2 500 m	1:38.594	6	1:39.535	4 Q	1:37.177	9	did not advance
Javier Correa, Abelardo Sztrum	Men's K-2 1000 m	3:49.864	5	3:34.244	1 Q	3:28.128	9	did not advance

Cycling

Mountain bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lautaro Chávez	Men's cross-country	DNF
Sandra Ambrosio	Women's cross-country	DNF

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Gustavo Artacho	Men's road race	DNF
Rubén Pegorín	Men's road race	DNF

Track

Pursuits

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ángel Colla	Men's 1000 m time trial	align=center colspan=6	N/A	1:06.619	17
Walter Pérez	Men's individual pursuit	4:30.715	7	4:22.826	8	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Gabriel Curuchet, Gonzalo García, Walter Pérez, Edgardo Simón	Men's team pursuit	4:20.840	14	align=center colspan=6	did not advance

Points races

Key:

• DNF – Did not finish
• OVT – Overtaken

Equestrian

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifying		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Julio Albarracín	Dinastía Pampero	Show jumping	12.00	=59	did not advance
Federico Castaing	Landlord	Show jumping	28.00	79	did not advance
Oscar Fuentes	Henry J. Speed	Show jumping	12.75	=67	did not advance
Ricardo Kierkegaard	Renomme	Show jumping	4.50	35	did not advance

Fencing

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Leandro Marchetti	Men's individual foil	W 15–13	L 1–15	did not advance
Alejandra Carbone	Women's individual foil	L 4–15	did not advance
Yanina Iannuzzi	Women's individual foil	L 7–15	did not advance
Dolores Pampin	Women's individual foil	L 8–15	did not advance
Alejandra Carbone, Yanina Iannuzzi, Dolores Pampin	Women's team foil	N/A		L 20–45	did not advance

Field hockey

Men

See main article: Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Team roster and tournament statisticsCoach: Miguel MacCormick

No.	Player	GP	G	S	FG	PC	PS
1	(GK)	7	0	0
2		5	0	0
3		7	0	0
4		5	0	0	1
5		7	0	1
6		7	0	1
7		6	1	2	1
8		7	1	7	1
9		7	5	12	3	2	1
10		6	0	1
11		7	4	13	3	1
12		6	0	1
13		1	0	0
14		5	2	5	2
15		7	0	0
16		7	1	2	1
Team totals		7	16	45	12	3	1

Legend:

Preliminary Round (Pool A)

width=175	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	Pts
align=left style="background:#ccffcc;"		5	4	0	1	14	5	8
align=left style="background:#ccffcc;"		5	3	1	1	10	3	7
	5	2	2	1	8	3	5
	5	2	1	2	11	8	5
	5	2	0	3	9	13	4
	5	0	0	5	3	23	0

Qualified for semifinals

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9th to 12th place classification

9th place match

Women

Team roster and tournament statisticsCoach: Rodolfo Mendoza

No.	Player	GP	G	S	FG	PC	PS
1	(GK)	4	0	0
2		7	2	0		2
3		7	0	1
4		7	0	0
5		7	0	1
6		7	0	0
7		7	0	0
8		7	0	2
9		6	0	7
10		7	2	7	2
11	(C)	7	2	4		1	1
12		7	1	4		1
13		3	0	0
14		5	0	1
15		2	0	1
16		6	0	0
Team totals		7	7	28	2	3	1

Preliminary Round

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"		Competed for the gold medal
width=10px bgcolor="#ffdab9"		Competed for the bronze medal

width=175	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	Pts
align=left style="background:#ccffcc;"		7	6	1	0	24	4	13
align=left style="background:#ccffcc;"		7	4	2	1	18	9	10
align=left style="background:#ffdab9;"		7	3	2	2	12	11	8
align=left style="background:#ffdab9;"		7	3	2	2	15	15	8
	7	2	2	3	8	11	6
	7	2	1	4	10	11	5
	7	2	1	4	7	21	5
	7	0	1	6	5	17	1

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Football

See main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Squad

Over aged players are marked with * (max 3).

Matches played in parentheses denotes player came from the bench.

width=5%		width=17% align=left	Name	width=26% align=left	Club	width=22% align=left	Date of Birth	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	Goals	width=5%	Y	width=5%	Y/R	width=5%	R
Goalkeepers
1			1996 7, mf=yes	1	0	1	0	0
12			1996 7, mf=yes	5	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2			1996 7, mf=yes	6	0	0	0	0
3	José Chamot		1996 7, mf=yes	5	0	2	0	0
4			1996 7, mf=yes	6	0	0	0	0
6	Roberto Sensini		1996 7, mf=yes	5	0	1	0	0
Midfielders
5			1996 7, mf=yes	6	0	1	0	0
8	Diego Simeone		1996 7, mf=yes	3 (3)	1	1	0	0
11			1996 7, mf=yes	4	0	1	0	0
13			1996 7, mf=yes	1	0	0	0	0
14		Banfield	1996 7, mf=yes	1 (1)	0	1	0	0
15		Vélez Sársfield	1996 7, mf=yes	3 (1)	0	1	0	0
15		River Plate	1996 7, mf=yes	(4)	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7		Valencia	1996 7, mf=yes	5 (1)	2	0	0	0
9		Parma	1996 7, mf=yes	6	6	1	0	0
10		Valencia	1996 7, mf=yes	6	2	1	0	0
16		Real Zaragoza	1996 7, mf=yes	2 (3)	1	0	0	0
17		Racing Club	1996 7, mf=yes	1 (1)	0	1	0	0
Coach
			1996 7, mf=yes

ResultsPreliminaries

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Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold Medal match

Silver Medal

Gymnastics

Artistic

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic team all-around and Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around.

Athlete	Event	Apparatus								Qualification		Final
		Floor	Pommel Horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel Bars	Horizontal Bar	Uneven bars	Balance beam	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Marcelo Palacio	Men's all-around	17.450	16.875	17.325	17.875	17.100	17.400	align=center colspan="2"	N/A	104.025	70	align=center colspan="2" rowspan="7"	did not advance
	Floor	17.450	align=center colspan="7"	N/A	17.450	89
	Pommel horse	N/A	16.875	align=center colspan="6"	N/A	16.875	86
	Rings	align=center colspan="2"	N/A	17.325	align=center colspan="5"	N/A	17.325	90
	Vault	align=center colspan="3"	N/A	17.785	align=center colspan="4"	N/A	17.785	94
	Parallel bars	align=center colspan="4"	N/A	17.100	align=center colspan="3"	N/A	17.100	90
	Horizontal bar	align=center colspan="5"	N/A	17.400	align=center colspan="2"	N/A	17.400	86
Ana Destéfano	Women's all-around	18.537	align=center colspan="2"	N/A	18.724	align=center colspan="2"	N/A	18.737	16.774	72.772	65	align=center colspan="2" rowspan="5"	did not advance
	Floor	18.537	align=center colspan="7"	N/A	18.537	71
	Vault	align=center colspan="3"	N/A	18.724	align=center colspan="4"	N/A	18.724	61
	Uneven bars	align=center colspan="6"	N/A	18.737	N/A	18.737	57
	Balance beam	align=center colspan="7"	N/A	16.774	16.774	86

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Bronze
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jorge Lencina	-60 kg	L	did not advance
Francisco Morales	-65 kg		did not advance
Sebastián Alquati	-71 kg	L	did not advance	L	did not advance
Dario García	-78 kg	W	W	L	did not advance	Bye	W	L
Pablo Elisii	-86 kg	L	L	did not advance
Alejandro Bender	-95 kg	L	did not advance	W	W	L	did not advance
Orlando Baccino	+95 kg	L	did not advance

Women

Rowing

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sergio Fernández González	Single sculls	7:37.53	2	7:42.63	1 Q	7:23.70	5	did not advance
Fernando Zapata, Agustín Rocha	Lightweight double sculls	7:07.50	4	6:28.08	3	did not advance
Walter Balunek, Carlos Palavecino	Coxless pair	6:56.03	3	7:10.57	3 Q	7:14.59	6	did not advance
Santiago Fernández, Rubén Knulst, Carlos Pages, Guillermo Pfaab	Quadruple sculls	6:16.16	4	5:52.89	4	did not advance
Mariano Kowalczyk, Daniel Scuri, Horacio Sicilia, Mariano Sosa	Coxless four	6:33.29	5	6:37.85	5	did not advance
Jorge Enríquez, Hernán Legizamón, Gabriel Scortiguini, Federico Querín	Lightweight coxless four	6:43.58	6	6:09.86	5	did not advance

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ana Urbano	Single sculls	8:42.59	5	9:04.66	5	did not advance
Dolores Amaya, María Garisoain	Double sculls	7:57.05	4	8:09.24	4	did not advance
Lorena Corengia, Julieta Ramírez	Coxless pair	8:12.58	5	8:35.53	4	did not advance

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Carlos Espínola	Mistral	2	4	4	2	3	(6)	(47) PMS	2	2	N/A	19
Santiago Lange	Laser	4	1	5	14	23	11	19	(57) DSQ	2	19	4	79	9
Martín Billoch, Martín Rodríguez	470	12	(23)	1	(22)	20	3	4	12	1	8	12	73	7
Guillermo Calegari, Mauro Maiola	Star	17	17	(23)	(22)	19	22	18	17	19	17	N/A	146	22

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Serena Amato	Europe	8	(17)	8	8	(16)	15	6	5	1	16	14	81	8
Mónica Fechino	Mistral	17	18	10	18	(25)	16	(20)	15	14	N/A	108	17
Paula Reinoso, Sofía Usandizaga	470	(23) PMS	16	16	(22)	22	20	17	20	22	17	20.50	170.50	22

Key

• DSQ – Disqualified
• PMS – Premature start

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Ricardo Rusticucci	10 m air rifle	585	=26	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance	=26
	50 m rifle three positions	1139	45	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance	45
Angel Velarte	10 m air rifle	577	=38	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance	=38
	50 m rifle three positions	1142	44	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance	44
Marcelo Gil	Skeet	113	=45	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance	=45

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Amelia Fournel	10 m air rifle	392	=13	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance	=13
Cristina Gallo	10 m air pistol	374	29	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance	29
	25 m pistol	565	33	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance	33
Lorena Guado	10 m air pistol	371	=32	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance	=32
	25 m pistol	569	29	align=center colspan="2"	did not advance	29

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Agustín Fiorilli	400 m freestyle	4:02.53	28	did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:51.85	26	did not advance
José Meolans	50 m freestyle	23.21	23	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	52.02	45	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	56.02	38	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Valeria Alvarez	50 m freestyle	27.12	39	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	59.26	43	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:06.38	30	did not advance
Alicia Barrancos	400 m freestyle	4:22.11	28	did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:48.54	17	did not advance
María del Pilar Pereyra	100 m butterfly	1:03.98	33	did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:19.57	28	did not advance
María Carolina Santa Cruz	100 m breaststroke	1:16.19	42	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:37.85	32	did not advance
Valeria Álvarez, Alicia Barrancos, María Bertelloti, María del Pilar Pereyra	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:46.36	21	did not advance
Valeria Álvarez, María Bertelloti, María del Pilar Pereyra, María Santa Cruz	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:27.99	23	did not advance

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gastón Etlis	Singles	L 4–6, 3–6	align=center colspan=5	did not advance	=33
Javier Frana	Singles	L 6–4, 5–7, 3–6	align=center colspan=5	did not advance	=33
Hernán Gumy	Singles	L 4–6, 0–6	align=center colspan=5	did not advance	=33
Javier Frana, Luis Lobo	Doubles	N/A	L 3–6, 6–7^(6–8)	align=center colspan=4	did not advance	=17

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Inés Gorrochategui	Singles	W 6–2, 1–6, 6–1	W 6–4, 1–6, 7–5	L 0–6, 3–6	align=center colspan=3	did not advance	=9
Florencia Labat	Singles	W 6–2, 7–5	L 6–7^(7–9), 1–6	align=center colspan=4	did not advance	=17
Gabriela Sabatini	Singles	W 7–5, 6–2	W 6–4, 6–0	L 3–6, 3–6	align=center colspan=3	did not advance	=9
Gabriela Sabatini, Patricia Tarabini	Doubles	N/A	L 7–5, 3–6, 4–6	align=center colspan=4	did not advance	=17

Volleyball

Indoor

Roster

Coach: Alberto Armoa

Group play

Quarterfinal

5th to 8th place classification

8th place match

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
width=30%	Gustavo Majauskas	Men's –64 kg	125.0	160.0	285.0	20
width=30%	Marcelo Gandolfo	Men's –70 kg	120.0	140.0	160.0	24
width=30%	Gabriel Lemme	Men's –70 kg	0.0	0.0	0.0	DNQ

Key

• DNQ – Did not qualify

See also

• Argentina at the 1995 Pan American Games

Notes and References

1. Web site: Argentina at the 1996 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044233/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ARG/summer/1996/ . dead . April 17, 2020 . February 4, 2012 . sports-reference.com.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/ARG/editions/24 Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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