Argentina at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Argentina at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England was the nation's eighth appearance out of eleven editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina sent to the 1948 Summer Olympics its fifth national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Argentino) of 199 athletes (188 men and 11 women) who competed in 101 events in 16 sports. It would not be until the 2016 Summer Olympics that the athlete delegation were surpassed. The medals haul of 3 golds, 3 silvers, and a bronze tied the medals haul in 1928. The achievement of 7 medals in an edition of the Olympics has yet to be matched.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	Men's marathon	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Boxing	Men's flyweight	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Boxing	Men's heavyweight	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Noemí Simonetto	Athletics	Women's long jump	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente	Shooting	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Enrique Adolfo Sieburger	Sailing	Men's 6 m class	Template:Dts
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Boxing	Men's light heavyweight	Template:Dts

Athletics

File:Delfo Cabrera gana la maratón 1948.png

Delfo Cabrera about to win the marathon.

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
• NP = Not placed

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gerardo Bönnhoff	100 m	10.8	2 Q		5	did not advance
Fernando Lapuente			4	did not advance
Carlos Isaac			4	did not advance
Gerardo Bönnhoff	200 m	22.2	1 Q		4	did not advance
Guillermo Geary		23.0	3	did not advance
Antonio Pocovi	400 m	50.7	3	did not advance
Guillermo Evans		51.8	5	did not advance
Adan Torres	800 m	1:56.7	5	—		did not advance
Guillermo Avalos		1:56.6	5	—		did not advance
Melchor Palmeiro	1500 m	4:01.6	5	—				did not advance
Ricardo Bralo	10000 m	—							NP
Eusebio Guiñez		—							NP
Delfo Cabrera	Marathon	—						2-34:51.6
Eusebio Guiñez		—						2-36:36.0	5
Armando Sensini		—						2-39:30.0	9
Alberto Triulzi	110 m hurdles	14.6	1 Q	—		14.6	3 Q	14.6	4
Hermelindo Alberti	400 m hurdles	54.6	3	did not advance
Sixto Ibáñez	50 km walk	—							DNF
Gerardo Bönnhoff Alberto Biedermann Carlos Isaac Fernando Lapuente	4 × 100 m relay	42.4	3	—				did not advance
Antonio Pocovi Hermelindo Alberti Guillermo Evans Guillermo Avalos	4 × 400 m relay	3:21.2	3	—				did not advance

Men

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Enrique Kistenmacher	Long Jump	7.18	5 Q	6.80	10
Emilio Malchiodi	Shot Put		NP	did not advance
Juan Kahnert			NP	did not advance
Emilio Malchiodi	Discus Throw	42.98	18	did not advance
Juan Fuse	Hammer Throw	46.95	20	did not advance
Ricardo Héber	Javelin Throw	60.82	13	did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Enrique Kistenmacher	Result	10.9	7.08	12.67	1.70	50.5	16.3	41.11	3.20	45.06	4:49.6	6929	4
	Points	872	825	684	671	845	736	744	575	499	478

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Noemí Simonetto	100 m	13.1	3	—		did not advance
Noemí Simonetto	80 m Hurdles	11.8	3 Q	—		11.87	4	did not advance

Women

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Noemí Simonetto	long jump	5.56	3 Q	5.60
Ingeborg Mello	Shot put	—		12.085	9
Ingeborg Mello	Discus throw	—		38.44	8

Basketball

This was the first time Argentina sent a team to the Olympics, the team consisted of 14 players

Team Roster {{#section:Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters|ARG}}

Group C

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Preliminary Round (Group C)

July 31 11:40

Argentina	57–38	Egypt
Scoring by half: 26-27, 31–11
Pts: Furlong 21

Harringay Arena, London

August 02 11:40

Argentina	49–23	Switzerland
Scoring by half: 28-13, 21–10
Pts: Guerrero 11

Harringay Arena, London

August 03 11:40

Argentina	57–59	United States
Scoring by half: 33-26, 24-33
Pts: Furlong 18

Harringay Arena, London

August 05 15:20

Argentina	42–34	Peru
Scoring by half: 21-18, 21–16
Pts: Lledó 12

Harringay Arena, London

August 06 21:00

Argentina	41–45	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 19-20, 22-25
Pts: Uder 12

Harringay Arena, London

• Classification Matches
  • 9th/16th place

August 07 21:00

Argentina	43–45	Philippines
Scoring by half: 23-21, 20-24
Pts: Furlong 11

Harringay Arena, London

• • 13th/16th place

August 10 15:20

Argentina	34–35	Cuba
Scoring by half: 17-14, 17-21
Pts: Furlong 17

Harringay Arena, London

• • 15th/16th place: Defeated Hungary (walk-over) → Fifteenth place

August 13

Argentina

2–0

Hungary

Harringay Arena, London

Boxing

File:Pascual Perez contra Bandinelli - Final Londres 1948.jpg

Pascual Pérez during the gold medal fight.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pascual Pérez	Flyweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete W RSC 2	Template:FlagIOCathlete W RSC 3	Template:FlagIOCathlete W PTS	Template:FlagIOCathlete W PTS	Template:FlagIOCathlete W PTS
Arnoldo Parés	Bantamweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete W PTS	Template:FlagIOCathlete L PTS	did not advance
Francisco Núñez	Featherweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete W PTS	Template:FlagIOCathlete W PTS	Template:FlagIOCathlete W	Template:FlagIOCathlete L PTS	3rd/4th place Template:FlagIOCathlete L PTS
Manuel López	Lightweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete W PTS	Template:FlagIOCathlete L PTS	did not advance
Eladio Herrera	Welterweight	Bye	Template:FlagIOCathlete W PTS	Template:FlagIOCathlete L PTS	did not advance
Héctor García	Middleweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete W PTS	Template:FlagIOCathlete L RSC-2	did not advance
Mauro Cia	Light heavyweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete W PTS	Template:FlagIOCathlete W DSQ-3	Template:FlagIOCathlete W PTS	Template:FlagIOCathlete L PTS	3rd/4th place Template:FlagIOCathlete W RSC-3
Rafael Iglesias	Heavyweight	Bye	Template:FlagIOCathlete W PTS	Template:FlagIOCathlete W PTS	Template:FlagIOCathlete W PTS	Template:FlagIOCathlete W KO-2

Cycling

Road races

Individual times added together for team race, 3 times needed for team event.

Cyclist	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Ceferino Peroné	Road race	5:33:15.4	21
Dante Benvenuti	Road race	5:33:15.4	22
Miguel Sevillano	Road race	5:33:15.4	23
Mario Mathieu	Road race	did not finish
Ceferino Peroné Dante Benvenuti Miguel Sevillano Mario Mathieu	Team road race	16:39:46.2	7

Track

Ranks given are within the heat.

Cyclist	Event	First round		First repechage		Quarterfinals		Second repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Clodomiro Cortoni	Sprint	12.4	1 Q	Advanced directly		Unknown	2	did not advance
Jorge Sobrevila	Time trial	n/a										1:17.9	13
Oscar Giacché Miguel Passi	Tandem Sprint	Unknown	2	Unknown	3	did not advance
Roberto Guerrero Julio Alba Ambrosio Aimar Enrique Molina	Team pursuit	5:17.1	2	did not advance

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Overall
			Score	Rank
Justo Iturralde	Pajarito	Individual	397.0	11
Humberto Terzano	Bienvenido		327.0	16
Oscar Goulú	Grillo		281.5	17
Justo Iturralde Humberto Terzano Oscar Goulú	See above	Team	1,005.5	4

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Overall
			Faults	Rank
Rafael Campos	Santa Fe	Individual	24.0	15
Néstor Alvarado	Mineral			DNF
Pascual Pistarini	Canguro			DNF
Rafael Campos Néstor Alvarado Pascual Pistarini	See above	Team		DNF

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Overall
			Score	Rank
Francisco Carrere	Rosario	Individual	59.00	10
Julio César Sagasta	Cherenda Cue		92.50	18
José Manuel Sagasta	Mandinga			DNF
Francisco Carrere Julio César Sagasta José Manuel Sagasta	See above	Team		DNF

Fencing

Template:Main article 19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Argentina in 1948. The results are the pool results and placings.

Men

Fencer	Events	Round 1		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Pool place	Result	Pool place	Result	Pool place	Result	Rank
Félix Galimi	Foil	5-1	2	6-1	1	1-5	7	Did not advance
Manuel Torrente	Foil	5-2	3	1-5	6	Did not advance
Fulvio Galimi	Foil	6-1	2	1-5	7	Did not advance
Raúl Saucedo	Épée	3-3	3	4-3	2	1-6	7	Did not advance
Antonio Villamil	Épée	6-1	1	3-3	4	Did not advance
Vito Simonetti	Épée	2-4	4	1-3	6	Did not advance
Edgardo Pomini	Sabre	5-0	1	3-4	5	Did not advance
Fernando Huergo	Sabre	3-2	2	2-4	6	Did not advance
Jorge Cermesoni	Sabre	4-1	1	1-6	8	Did not advance
José Rodríguez Fulvio Galimi Manuel Torrente Félix Galimi	Team Foil	n/a		1–0	1	0-1	2	did not advance
Vito Simonetti Antonio Villamil Raúl Saucedo Floro Diaz Jorge Balza Adolfo Guido Lavalle	Team Épée	2-0	1	0-2	3	Did not advance
Manuel Agüero José D'Andrea Edgardo Pomini Jorge Cermesoni Fernando Huergo Daniel Sande	Team Sabre	1-0	2	2-0	1	0-2	4	Did not advance

Women

Fencer	Events	Round 1		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Pool place	Result	Pool place	Result	Pool place	Result	Rank
Irma de Antequeda	Foil	4-2	3	2-3	4	Did not advance
Elsa Irigoyen	Foil	2-3	4	1-4	5	Did not advance
Nélida Fullone	Foil	1-4	6	Did not advance

Field hockey

This was the first time Argentina had competed in this event at the Olympic Stage.

Men's tournament

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	Roberto Anderson			?		3	1
	Luis Bianchi			?		3	0
	Juan Brigo			?		3	0
	Carlos Mercali			?		3	0
	Roberto Márquez			?		3	2
	Tommie Quinn	August 19, 1927	20	?	Hurling Club	3	0
	Valerio Sánchez			?		1	0
	Luis Scally	June 26, 1915	33	?	Hurling Club	3	0
	Tommy Scally	June 28, 1927	21	?	Hurling Club	3	2
	Tomás Wade			?	Hurling Club	3	0
	Jorge Wilson			?		2	0
	Ángel Zucchi			?		3	0

Group A

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts		Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon
1.	Template:FlagIOCteam	3	3	0	0	19	1	6		X	9:1	8:0	2:0
2.	Template:FlagIOCteam	3	1	1	1	5	12	3		1:9	X	1:1	3:2
3.	Template:FlagIOCteam	3	0	2	1	2	10	2		0:8	1:1	X	1:1
4.	Template:FlagIOCteam	3	0	1	2	3	6	1		0:2	2:3	1:1	X

Gymnastics

Artistic

Gymnast	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Arturo Amos	All-around	176.85	89
	Horizontal bar	29.55	85
	Parallel bars	31.25	83
	Pommel horse	23.35	97
	Rings	26.10	106
	Floor exercise	32.30	76
	Vault	34.30	77
Pedro Lonchibuco	All-around	154.20	102
	Horizontal bar	20.50	104
	Parallel bars	28.30	98
	Pommel horse	18.50	105
	Rings	32.20	83
	Floor exercise	25.75	103
	Vault	28.95	102
Enrique Rapesta	All-around	148.90	106
	Horizontal bar	25.05	97
	Parallel bars	25.00	104
	Pommel horse	21.50	100
	Rings	30.25	97
	Floor exercise	24.50	107
	Vault	22.60	111
César Bonoris	All-around	139.65	108
	Horizontal bar	22.20	101
	Parallel bars	28.45	96
	Pommel horse	14.00	113
	Rings	22.50	110
	Floor exercise	23.00	112
	Vault	29.50	100
Jorge Soler	All-around	134.30	113
	Horizontal bar	21.40	102
	Parallel bars	20.50	112
	Pommel horse	17.00	107
	Rings	22.80	109
	Floor exercise	23.30	110
	Vault	29.30	101
Roberto Núñez	All-around	109.95	115
	Horizontal bar	14.40	116
	Parallel bars	18.50	113
	Pommel horse	12.00	117
	Rings	19.00	113
	Floor exercise	21.75	113
	Vault	24.30	109
Jorge Vidal	All-around	37.30	121
	Horizontal bar	6.00	120
	Parallel bars	6.50	121
	Pommel horse	11.80	119
	Rings	8.00	121
	Vault	5.00	120
Arturo Amos Pedro Lonchibuco Enrique Rapesta César Bonoris Jorge Soler Roberto Núñez Jorge Vidal	Team	863.85	15

Modern pentathlon

A point-for-place system was used, with the lowest total score winning.

Pentathlete	Final
	Riding	Fencing	Shooting	Swimming	Running	Total	Rank
Enrique Wirth	9	17	29	25	13	93	11
Augusto Premoli	5	11	35	33	25	109	21
Horacio Siburu	13	28	30	18	38	127	32

Rowing

Argentina had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1948.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Rower	Event	First round		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tranquilo Cappozzo	Single sculls	7:38.9	2 r	7:45.0	1 Q	8:12.6	2	did not advance
Ángel Malvicino Teodoro Nölting	Double sculls	7:08.0	2 r	7:07.1	3	did not advance
Oscar Moreno Carlos Sambuceti	Coxless pair	7:54.2	3 r	7:45.7	3	did not advance
Pedro Towers Ramón Porcel Juan Parker	Coxed pair	walkover		N/A		8:27.7	2	did not advance
Julio Curatella Alberto Madero Oscar Zolezzi Oscar Almirón	Coxless four	6:51.0	2 r	6:50.9	2	did not advance
Carlos Semino Carlos Crosta Adolfo Yedro Ítalo Sartori Ricardo Boneo	Coxed four	7:07.9	2 r	7:00.1	2	did not advance
Luis Pechenino Juan Antonio Aichino Rubén Cabral Christian Bove Enrique Lingenfelder Carlos Amado Pascual Batista Mario Guerci Manuel Fernández	Eight	6:10.5	3 r	6:12.6	2	did not advance

Sailing

Athlete	Class	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Total Points	Total -1	Rank
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
Jorge Emilio Brauer	Firefly	16	219	DNF	0	12	344	6	645	DNF	0	10	423	6	645	2276	2276	17
J. Piacentini A. Carrasco Hipolito Ezequiel Gil Elizalde	Star	14	185	10	331	10	331	7	486	13	217	DNF	0	DNS	0	1550	1550	16
J. Cibert S. Merlo M. Lawrence Horacio Monti	Swallow	11	206	14	101	13	133	DNF	0	7	402	10	247	10	247	1336	1336	14
Roberto Sieburger Jorge Salas Chávez Jorge del Río Sálas	Dragon	6	402	5	481	8	277	4	578	9	226	2	879	DNF	0	2843	2843	7
Enrique Sieburger, Sr. Enrique Sieburger, Jr. Emilio Homps Rodolfo Rivademar Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre Julio Sieburger	6 m class	3	665	3	665	3	665	2	841	1	1142	4	540	1	1142	5660	5120

Shooting

Template:Main article Twelve shooters represented Argentina in 1948.

Shooter	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente	25 m rapid fire pistol	571
José Roger		513	45
Dionisio Fernández		511	50
Federico Grüben	50 m pistol, prone	527	9
Oscar Bidegain		523	16
Juan Rostagno		507	35
Pablo Cagnasso	300 m rifle 3 positions	1075	12
Ricardo Grimau		1074	13
Abel Ortíz		1073	14
Julio Nolasco	50 m rifle, prone	585	44
Antonio Ando		584	48
David Schiaffino		583	49

Swimming

This was the 5th time Argentina had sent a team of swimmers to the Olympics, the team of 17 consisted of 11 men and 6 women.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men

Swimmer	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Horacio White	100 m freestyle	1:00.2	1 Q	1:00.4	5	did not advance
Augusto Cantón		1:01.8	5	did not advance
Mario Chávez	100 m backstroke	1:09.7	2 Q	1:09.8	5 q	1.09.0	4
José Vegazzi		1:13.8	3	did not advance
Federico Neumayer		1:11.8	4	did not advance
Carlos Espejo	200 m breaststroke	2:55.0	3	did not advance
César Benetti		3:00.6	5	did not advance
Alfredo Yantorno	400 m freestyle	4:53.8	1 Q	4:57.3	4 q	4:58.7	8
José Durañona		5:05.8	4	did not advance
Juan Garay		5:10.4	5	did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	21:33.2	5	did not advance
Adolfo Mancuso		21:16.7	5	did not advance
Horacio White José Durañona Juan Garay Alfredo Yantorno Augusto Cantón	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	9:16.9	3 Q	N/A		9:19.2	6

Women

Swimmer	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Eileen Holt	100 m freestyle	1:12.0	5	did not advance
Adriana Camelli		1:16.5	6	did not advance
Enriqueta Duarte		1:14.9	7	did not advance
Beryl Marshall	100 m backstroke	1:20.9	4 Q	1:20.7	8	did not advance
Liliana Gonzalias		1:26.9	6	did not advance
Dorotea Turnbull	200 m breaststroke	3:12.2	5 Q	3:14.4	7	did not advance
Eileen Holt	400 m freestyle	5:44.9	6 q	5:52.4	8	did not advance
Enriqueta Duarte		6:14.4	7	did not advance
Eileen Holt Enriqueta Duarte Liliana Gonzalias Adriana Camelli	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:59.5	5	did not advance

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
		Rubén Maidana	January 12, 1923	25	?	Template:Flagicon Regattas Santa Fe	3	?
		Ladislao Szabo	April 11, 1923	25	?		3	?
		Hugo Prono	February 23, 1923	25	?		3	?
		Osvaldo Codaro	December 9, 1930	30	?		3	?
		Carlos Visentin	November 28, 1918	29	?		3	?
		Marcelo Visentin	May 30, 1914	34	?		3	?
		Anibál Filiberti	March 31, 1914	34	?		3	?

Round 1

Group F

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts		Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon
1.	Template:FlagIOCteam	2	2	0	0	11	2	4		X	4:1	7:1
2.	Template:FlagIOCteam	2	1	0	1	7	6	2		1:4	X	6:2
3.	Template:FlagIOCteam	2	0	0	2	3	13	0		1:7	2:6	X

Round 2

Group J

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts		Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon
1.	Template:FlagIOCteam	2	1	1	0	7	4	3		X	3:3	4:1
2.	Template:FlagIOCteam	2	0	2	0	7	7	2		3:3	X	4:4
3.	Template:FlagIOCteam	2	0	1	1	5	8	1		1:4	4:4	X

Weightlifting

Lifter	Event	Final
		Kg	Rank
Alfonso Fiorentino	Featherweight	260	21
Salvador Lo Presti	Lightweight	300	18
Hugo D'Atri		295	20
Julio Bonnet	Middleweight	312.5	18
Juan Russo		310	20
Osvaldo Forte	Light Heavyweight	367.5	5
Hugo Vallarino	Heavyweight	357.5	11
Leopoldo Briola		347.5	13

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Manuel Varela	−52 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Fall	Template:FlagIOCathlete W Fall	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0-3	did not advance			7
Elvidio Flamini	−57 kg	BYE	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIOCathlete W Fall	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Fall	did not advance		5
Omar Blebel	−62 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1-2	did not advance				13
Luis Rosado	−67 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Fall	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Fall	did not advance				13
Alberto Longarella	−73 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 2-1	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Fall	did not advance			10
Alberto Bolzi	−79 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Fall	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Fall	did not advance				10
Adolfo Ramirez	−87 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0-3	did not advance				11
Ernesto Noya	+87 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Fall	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Fall	did not advance				7