Argentina at the Olympics | |
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IOC code | ARG |
NOC | Argentine Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
Medals Ranked 46th |
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Summer appearances | |
Winter appearances | |
Argentina participated at the Olympic Games for the first time in 1900. It has participated at all subsequent Summer Olympics except in 1904, 1912, and the nation boycotted the Moscow Olympics due to its support for the United States in 1980. [1] It participated at the Winter Olympics in 1928, 1948, 1952 and continuously since 1960.
Argentina was one of the 12 countries – the only from Ibero-America – who founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, being represented by the first Executive Council José Benjamín Zubiaur, who served in that role until 1907. The National Olympic Committee for Argentina was created and recognized in 1923. The country had successful performances during the period 1924-1952, claiming at least one gold medal in every edition.
Starting with the 1956 Summer Olympics, Argentina suffered a gradual overall decline, a situation that reached its most critical point in the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympics. In those Games, Argentina did not win any medals. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the country claimed gold medals for the first time after 52 years. 2004 also marked the point where Argentina was surpassed by neighbor Brazil as the South American country with most golds and total medals. The Olympics hosted by Brazil in 2016 had the biggest Argentinian delegation, 213 athletes, and the country won 3 gold medals for the first time since 1948, including the first by a woman. [2] [3]
Argentine athletes have won a total of 77 medals at the Summer Olympic Games. 24 of these medals have come in boxing, Argentina has won more medals in this sport than in any other. The nation has not won yet any medals at the Winter Olympic Games.
Buenos Aires hosted the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. [4]
Highlighted in bold indicates all-time best results
Medals by Summer Sport
Medals by gender
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Medal | Name(s) | Games | Sport | Event |
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![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Men's tournament | |
![]() | Alfredo Copello | ![]() | ![]() | Men's lightweight |
![]() | Héctor Méndez | ![]() | ![]() | Men's welterweight |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Men's featherweight | |
![]() | Alfredo Porzio | ![]() | ![]() | Men's heavyweight |
![]() | Alberto Zorrilla | ![]() | ![]() | Men's 400 m freestyle |
![]() | Víctor Avendaño | ![]() | Men's light heavyweight | |
![]() | Arturo Rodríguez | ![]() | ![]() | Men's heavyweight |
![]() | Raúl Landini | ![]() | Men's welterweight | |
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| ![]() | ![]() | Men's tournament |
![]() | Raúl Anganuzzi Carmelo Camet Roberto Larraz Héctor Lucchetti Luis Lucchetti | 1928 Amsterdam ![]() | ![]() | Men's team foil |
![]() | Juan Carlos Zabala | ![]() | ![]() | Men's marathon |
![]() | Carmelo Robledo | ![]() | ![]() | Men's featherweight |
![]() | Santiago Lovell | ![]() | ![]() | Men's heavyweight |
![]() | Amado Azar | ![]() | ![]() | Men's middleweight |
![]() | Oscar Casanovas | ![]() | ![]() | Men's featherweight |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Men's tournament | |
![]() | Guillermo Lovell | ![]() | ![]() | Men's heavyweight |
![]() | Jeannette Campbell | ![]() | ![]() | Women's 100m Freestyle |
![]() | Raúl Villarreal | ![]() | ![]() | Men's middleweight |
![]() | Francisco Risiglione | ![]() | ![]() | Men's light heavyweight |
![]() | Julio Curatella Horacio Podestá | ![]() | ![]() | Men's coxless pair |
![]() | Delfo Cabrera | ![]() | ![]() | Men's marathon |
![]() | Pascual Pérez | ![]() | ![]() | Men's flyweight |
![]() | Rafael Iglesias | ![]() | ![]() | Men's heavyweight |
![]() | Noemí Simonetto | ![]() | ![]() | Women's long jump |
![]() | Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente | ![]() | ![]() | Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol |
![]() | Enrique Conrado Sieburger Enrique Adolfo Sieburger Emilio Homps Rodolfo Rivademar Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre Julio Sieburger | ![]() | ![]() | Men's 6 m class |
![]() | Mauro Cia | ![]() | ![]() | Men's light heavyweight |
![]() | Tranquilo Cappozzo Eduardo Guerrero | ![]() | ![]() | Men's double sculls |
![]() | Reinaldo Gorno | ![]() | ![]() | Men's marathon |
![]() | Antonio Pacenza | ![]() | ![]() | Men's light heavyweight |
![]() | Eladio Herrera | ![]() | ![]() | Men's light middleweight |
![]() | Humberto Selvetti | ![]() | ![]() | Men's heavyweight |
![]() | Humberto Selvetti | ![]() | ![]() | Men's heavyweight |
![]() | Víctor Zalazar | ![]() | ![]() | Men's middleweight |
![]() | Héctor Calegaris Jorge del Río Salas Jorge Salas Chávez | ![]() | ![]() | Men's Dragon |
![]() | Abel Laudonio | ![]() | ![]() | Men's lightweight |
![]() | Carlos Moratorio | ![]() | ![]() | Individual eventing |
![]() | Alberto Demiddi | ![]() | ![]() | Men's single sculls |
![]() | Mario Guilloti | ![]() | ![]() | Men's welterweight |
![]() | Alberto Demiddi | ![]() | ![]() | Men's single sculls |
![]() | Gabriela Sabatini | ![]() | ![]() | Women's singles |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Men's tournament | |
![]() | Javier Frana Christian Miniussi | ![]() | ![]() | Men's Doubles |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Men's tournament | |
![]() | Carlos Espínola | ![]() | ![]() | Men's Mistral |
![]() | Pablo Chacón | ![]() | ![]() | Men's featherweight |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Women's tournament | |
![]() | Carlos Espínola | ![]() | ![]() | Men's Mistral |
![]() | Serena Amato | ![]() | ![]() | Women's Europe |
![]() | Javier Conte Juan de la Fuente | ![]() | ![]() | Men's 470 |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Men's tournament | |
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| ![]() | ![]() | Men's tournament |
![]() | Georgina Bardach | ![]() | ![]() | Women's 400 m individual medley |
![]() | Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini | ![]() | ![]() | Women's doubles |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Women's tournament | |
![]() | Carlos Espínola Santiago Lange | ![]() | ![]() | Men's Tornado |
![]() | Walter Pérez Juan Curuchet | ![]() | ![]() | Men's madison |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Men's tournament | |
![]() | Paula Pareto | ![]() | ![]() | Women's 48 kg |
![]() | Carlos Espínola Santiago Lange | ![]() | ![]() | Men's Tornado |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Women's tournament | |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Men's tournament | |
![]() | Sebastián Crismanich | ![]() | ![]() | Men's 80 kg |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Women's tournament | |
![]() | Juan Martín del Potro | ![]() | ![]() | Men's singles |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Men's 470 | |
![]() | Paula Pareto | ![]() | ![]() | Women's 48 kg |
![]() | Santiago Lange Cecilia Carranza Saroli | ![]() | ![]() | Nacra 17 |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Men's tournament | |
![]() | Juan Martín del Potro | ![]() | ![]() | Men's singles |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Women's tournament | |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Men's tournament | |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Men's tournament |
Argentina's Olympic debut in 1900 consisted of a single fencer, Francisco Camet, who placed fifth (among a field of over 100 fencers) in the men's épée.
Games | Fencers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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![]() | 0 | 0/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 1 | 1/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0/6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 13 | 6/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 9 | 3/7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 5 | 4/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 11 | 5/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 19 | 7/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 11 | 6/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 1 | 1/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 6 | 2/8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 11 | 7/8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 10 | 7/8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 5 | 5/8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 7 | 5/8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0/8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 10 | 5/8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 2 | 3/8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 5 | 3/8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 5 | 4/10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 3 | 2/10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 1 | 1/10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 1 | 1/10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 1 | 1/10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 1 | 1/10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 1 | 1/12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Event | No. of appearances | First appearance | First medal | First gold medal | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Best finish |
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Men's foil | 8/28 | 1936 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th (2016) |
Men's team foil | 2/24 | 1936 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th (2016) |
Women's foil | 3/23 | 1936 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | QF (1936) |
Women's team foil | 0/14 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Men's épée | 9/28 | 1936 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13th (1948) |
Men's team épée | 6/25 | 1936 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9th (2016) |
Women's épée | 2/7 | 2016 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th (2016) |
Women's team épée | 1/6 | 2016 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9th (2016) |
Men's sabre | 9/29 | 1936 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | R2 (1948, 2008) |
Men's team sabre | 0/25 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Women's sabre | 2/5 | 2004 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | R1 (2004) |
Women's team sabre | 0/3 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Games | No. Sailors | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Ranking |
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1900 Paris | 0 | 0/13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1908 London | 0 | 0/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1912 Stockholm | 0 | 0/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1920 Antwerp | 0 | 0/14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1924 Paris | 6 | 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1928 Amsterdam | 5 | 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1932 Los Angeles | 0 | 0/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1936 Berlin | 11 | 2/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1948 London | 18 | 5/5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6= |
1952 Helsinki | 14 | 5/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1956 Melbourne | 6 | 3/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1960 Rome | 9 | 4/5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
1964 Tokyo | 6 | 3/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1968 Mexico City | 6 | 3/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1972 Munich | 9 | 4/6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1976 Montreal | 4 | 2/6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1980 Moscow | 0 | 0/6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1984 Los Angeles | 8 | 4/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1988 Seuls | 11 | 6/8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1992 Barcelona | 7 | 5/10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1996 Atlanta | 10 | 7/10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12= |
2000 Sydney | 11 | 7/11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
2004 Athens | 11 | 8/11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15= |
2008 Qingdoa | 10 | 7/11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14= |
2012 Weymouth | 8 | 6/10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12= |
2016 Rio | 13 | 9/10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7= |
2020 Tokyo | 11 | 8/10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 195 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
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