Argentina at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Argentina at the Olympic Games
Flag of Argentina IOC code  ARG NOC Comité Olímpico Argentino Website www.coarg.org.ar (Spanish)
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam
Competitors	81 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Héctor Mendez
Medals Rank: 12	Gold 3	Silver 3	Bronze 1	Total 7
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Argentina competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 81 competitors took part in 41 events in 12 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
01 ! Gold	Avendaño, VíctorVíctor Avendaño	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight	02015-08-11-0000August 11
01 ! Gold	Rodríguez, ArturoArturo Rodríguez	Boxing	Men's heavyweight	02015-08-11-0000August 11
01 ! Gold	Zorrilla, AlbertoAlberto Zorrilla	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	02015-08-09-0000August 9
02 ! Silver	Peralta, VíctorVíctor Peralta	Boxing	Men's featherweight	02015-08-11-0000August 11
02 ! Silver	Landini, RaúlRaúl Landini	Boxing	Men's welterweight	02015-08-11-0000August 11
02 ! Silver	national football team, ArgentinaArgentina national football team Ludovico Bidoglio   Ángel Medici Ángel Bossio   Luis Monti Saúl Calandra   Pedro Ochoa Alfredo Carricaberry   Rodolfo Orlandini Roberto Cherro   Raimundo Orsi Octavio Díaz   Fernando Paternoster Juan Evaristo   Feliciano Perducca Manuel Ferreira   Natalio Perinetti Enrique Gainzarain   Domingo Tarasconi Alfredo Helman   Luis Weihmuller Segundo Luna   Adolfo Zumelzú	Football		02015-06-13-0000June 13
03 ! Bronze	Anganuzzi, RaúlRaúl Anganuzzi, Carmelo Camet, Roberto Larraz, Héctor Lucchetti, Luis Lucchetti	Fencing	Men's team foil	02015-07-30-0000July 30

Athletics

100 m Juan Bautista Pina (Semifinals); Alberto Barucco (1st Round); Eduardo Albe (1st Round)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)

• Juan José Trillo
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Cuthbert Taylor (GBR), points

Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)

• Arturo Rodríguez → Gold Medal
  • First Round — Defeated Matthew Flanagan (IRL), KO-1
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Sam Olij (HOL), points
  • Semifinals — Defeated Michael Michaelsen (DEN), points
  • Final — Defeated Nils Ramm (SWE), KO-1

Cycling

Six cyclists, all men, represented Argentina in 1928.

Individual road race

• Cosme Saavedra
• Francisco Bonvehi
• José López
• Luis de Meyer

Team road race

• Cosme Saavedra
• Francisco Bonvehi
• José López
• Luis de Meyer

Sprint

• Antonio Malvassi

Time trial

• Francisco Rodríguez

Equestrian

Fencing

Nine fencers, all men, represented Argentina in 1928. They won the bronze medal in the team foil event.

Men's foil

• Oscar Viñas

Men's team foil

• Roberto Larraz, Raúl Anganuzzi, Luis Lucchetti, Héctor Lucchetti, Carmelo Camet → Bronze Medal

Men's épée

• Oscar Martínez
• Antonio Villamil
• José Llauro

Football

Rowing

Sailing

Swimming

Water Polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

Nations at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Bulgaria Canada Chile Cuba Czechoslovakia Denmark Egypt Estonia Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Haiti Hungary India Ireland Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Mexico Monaco Netherlands New Zealand Norway Panama Philippines Poland Portugal Rhodesia Romania South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United States Uruguay Yugoslavia