Argentina competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.IOC announces new dates for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Olympic.org. Retrieved 1 June 2025. Since making its official debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, Argentina has participated in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exceptions of 1904 in St. Louis, 1912 in Stockholm, and the 1980 Games in Moscow, which it boycotted in support of the United States-led boycott. At the Tokyo Games, Argentina failed to win a gold medal for the first time since the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event DateField hockeyWomen's tournamentRugby sevensMen's tournamentVolleyballMen's tournament
Competitors The following lists the total number of competitors participating in the Games. Reserve players in field hockey, football, and handball are not included in these figures.
SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 3 2 5Basketball 12 0 12Boxing 4 1 5Canoeing 3 1 4Cycling 2 1 3Equestrian 4 0 4Fencing 0 1 1Field hockey 18 18 36Football 22 0 22Golf 0 1 1Gymnastics 0 1 1Handball 16 0 16Judo 1 1 2Modern pentathlon 1 0 1Rowing 0 2 2Rugby sevens 13 0 13Sailing 4 7 11Shooting 2 2 4Surfing 1 0 1Swimming 1 4 5Table tennis 2 0 2Taekwondo 1 0 1Tennis 6 1 7Triathlon 0 1 1Volleyball 14 14 28Wrestling 1 0 1 Total 131 58 189
Athletics
These Argentine athletes met the established entry criteria for the following track and field events, either by achieving qualifying times or through world rankings, with a maximum of three competitors eligible to participate in each event.
Track & road events AthleteEventHeat FinalResultRankResultRankJoaquín ArbeMen's marathonrowspan=2 colspan=2 2:21:1553Eulalio Muñoz2:16:3531Belén CasettaWomen's 3000 m steeplechase9:52.8912Did not advanceMarcela Cristina GómezWomen's marathoncolspan=2 2:44:0961
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionGermán ChiaraviglioMen's pole vaultDid not advance
Basketball
Men's tournament
Argentina men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the quarterfinal stage as one of the two top-ranked squads from the Americas at the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Boxing
Argentina qualified three male boxers for the Olympic tournament, each representing a different weight class. Due to the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Ramón Quiroga (men's flyweight), Mirko Cuello (men's featherweight), and Francisco Verón (men's middleweight) were selected based on their placement among the top five in their respective weight divisions within the IOC Boxing Task Force Rankings for the Americas, thereby securing spots on the Argentine Olympic squad.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankRamón QuirogaMen's flyweightL 0–5Did not advanceMirko CuelloMen's featherweightW 3–2L 1–4Did not advanceBrian ArreguiMen's welterweightL 2–3Did not advanceFrancisco VerónMen's middleweightW 5–0L 2–3Did not advanceDayana SánchezWomen's lightweightL 0–5Did not advance
Canoeing
Slalom With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Championships, Argentina accepted an invitation from the International Canoe Federation to send a canoeist in the men's slalom K-1 to the Games, as the highest-ranked eligible nation from the Americas in the federation's international rankings.
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRankLucas RossiMen's K-1103.021998.291698.2921Did not advance
Sprint Argentina qualified a single boat in the men's K-1 1000 m for the Games by finishing ninth overall and seventh among those nations eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Championships, two more boats (men's & women's K-1 200 m) were awarded to the Argentine roster based on the results at the 2019 Worlds.
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRubén RézolaMen's K-1 200 m35.0592 Qcolspan=2 36.5527 FB36.77515Agustín VerniceMen's K-1 1000 m3:40.4302 Qcolspan=2 3:24.7344 Q3:28.5038Brenda RojasWomen's K-1 200 m43.802644.8766Did not advanceWomen's K-1 500 m1:54.54141:51.82231:58.3017Did not advance Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
Road Argentina entered one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.
AthleteEventTimeRankEduardo SepúlvedaMen's road raceDid not finish
Mountain biking Argentina qualified one mountain biker for the women's Olympic cross-country race, as a result of her nation's sixteenth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021.
AthleteEventTimeRankSofía Gómez VillafañeWomen's cross-country1:25:1323
BMX Argentina received one men's quota spot each for BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's eighth-place finish in the UCI BMX Olympic Qualification List of June 1, 2021.
AthleteEventQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankResultRankNicolás TorresMen's race134 Q135Did not advance
Equestrian
With Canada's expulsion from the Games over a positive doping test on the female rider, Argentina received an unused berth to send a squad of three equestrian riders into the Olympic team jumping competition by finishing fifth at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.
Jumping AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTimeRankMartin DopazoQuintinoIndividual10=52Did not advanceJosé Maria LaroccaFinn Lente8=44Did not advanceFabian SejanesEmir13=57Did not advanceMatias AlbarracinMartin DopazoJosé Maria LaroccaFabian SejanesCannavaroQuintinoFinn LenteEmirTeam2710 Q49263.077
Fencing
Argentina entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Two-time Olympian María Belén Pérez Maurice claimed a spot in the women's sabre by winning the final match at the Pan American Zonal Qualifier in San José, Costa Rica.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankMaría Belén Pérez MauriceWomen's sabreL 12–15Did not advance
Field hockey
Summary
TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankArgentina men'sMen's tournamentD 1–1W 2–1L 2–5L 1–3W 4–13L 1–3did not advance7Argentina women'sWomen's tournamentL 0–3W 3–0W 3–2W 2–1L 0–23W 3–0W 2–1L 1–3
Men's tournament
Argentina men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the final match of the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Women's tournament
Argentina women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the final match of the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Gold medal game
Football
Summary
TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankArgentina men'sMen's tournamentL 0–2W 1–0D 1–13did not advance
Men's tournament
Argentina men's football team qualified for the Olympics by securing an outright berth as the final stage winner at the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament in Colombia.
Team roster
Group play
Golf
Argentina entered one golfer into the Olympic tournament. Magdalena Simmermacher (world no. 399) received a spare berth declined by one of the top 60 original official entrants to compete in the women's event, as the next highest-ranked golfer vying for qualification based on the IGF World Rankings. Emiliano Grillo was initially selected to compete in the men's event but chose not to play.
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRankMagdalena SimmermacherWomen's76707876300 +1658
Gymnastics
Artistic Argentina entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Seventeen-year-old Martina Dominici booked a spot in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing seventh out of the twenty gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. On 23 June 2021, Dominici was reportedly tested positive for a banned substance, while deliberately waiting for the results of her appeal to compete at the Olympics; otherwise, her spot would be allocated to Abigail Magistrati, the nation's next highest-ranked gymnast at the 2019 World Championships.
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankAbigail MagistratiAll-around13.36611.53311.23312.13348.26569did not advance
Handball
Summary
TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankArgentina men'sMen's tournamentL 27–33L 25–33L 23–27L 23–25L 27–366Did not advance
Men's tournament
Argentina men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the final match of the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima.
Team roster
Group play
Judo
Argentina qualified two judoka (one per gender) for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Remarkably going to her fourth consecutive Games, Paula Pareto was officially selected among the top 18 judoka to defend her title in the women's extra-lightweight category (48 kg) based on the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021, while her fellow Olympian Emmanuel Lucenti (men's half-middleweight, 81 kg) accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankEmmanuel LucentiMen's −81 kgL 00–10Did not advancePaula ParetoWomen's −48 kgW 10–00W 10–00L 00–10L 00–10Did not advance7
Modern pentathlon
Argentine athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Sergio Villamayor secured a selection in men's event by winning the bronze medal and finishing among the top two for Latin America at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima.
AthleteEventFencing(épée one touch)Swimming(200 m freestyle)Riding(show jumping)Combined: shooting/running(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)Total pointsFinal rankRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP PointsSergio VillamayorMen's11–240331662:10.3435290302727011:42.6127598132430
Rowing
Argentina qualified one boat in the women's lightweight double sculls for the Games by winning the gold medal and securing the first of three berths available at the 2021 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMilka KraljevEvelyn SilvestroWomen's lightweight double sculls7:29.276 R7:39.534 FCcolspan=2 7:05.8213 Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Rugby sevens
Men's tournament
Argentina national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing a lone outright berth at the 2019 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Santiago, Chile.
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