Argentina at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany was the nation's seventh appearance out of ten editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina sent to the 1936 Summer Olympics its fourth national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Argentino) of 51 athletes (50 men and the first woman), who competed in 31 events in 8 sports. The flag bearer was Juan Carlos Zabala, the gold medalist in the preceding Summer Olympic Games marathon.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEvent Boxing Men's Featherweight Polo Men's Team Competition Boxing Men's Heavyweight Swimming Women's 100m Freestyle Boxing Men's Middleweight Boxing Men's Light Heavyweight Rowing Men's coxless pair
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankTomás Beswick100 m10.93did not advance200 m22.12 QNT6did not advanceJuan Carlos Anderson400 m49.42 Q48.72 Q48.55did not advance800 m1:55.11 Qcolspan=2 1:54.83 QNT7Juan Carlos Zabala10000 mcolspan=6 31:22.06Marathoncolspan=6 DNFAntonio Fondevilla100 m11.03did not advance200 mNT6did not advanceCarlos Hofmeister200 m22.33 QNT6did not advanceJuan Lavenás110 m hurdles15.12 Qcolspan=2 15.66did not advance400 m hurdles54.52 Qcolspan=2 54.55did not advanceLuis OlivaMarathoncolspan=6 DNFAntonio Sande100 m11.24did not advanceAntonio SandeTomás BeswickAntonio FondevillaCarlos Hofmeister4 × 100 m relay41.96 Qcolspan=4 42.24
Boxing
Fencing
Eleven fencers, all men, represented Argentina in 1936.
Men's foil Roberto Larraz Ángel Gorordo Rodolfo Valenzuela
Men's team foil Roberto Larraz Héctor Lucchetti Ángel Gorordo Luis Lucchetti Rodolfo Valenzuela Manuel Torrente
Men's épée Antonio Villamil Raúl Saucedo
Men's team épée Raúl Saucedo Luis Lucchetti Antonio Villamil Roberto Larraz Héctor Lucchetti
Men's sabre Vicente Krause José Manuel Brunet Carmelo Merlo
Polo Men's tournament
Roster
Luis Duggan Roberto Cavanagh Andrés Gazzotti
Manuel Andrada Enrique J. Alberdi Diego Cavanagh
Juan Nelson Juan Jose Reynal
First round
Gold medal match
Rowing
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAntonio GiorgioSingle sculls7:33.003 R7:38.701 Q8:18.403 Q8:57.506Horacio PodestáJulio CuratellaCoxless pair7:20.002 qcolspan=2 9:11.401 Q8:23.00
Sailing
Open AthleteEventRaceFinal rank1234567ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankJulio SieburgerClaudio BincazGermán FrersEdelf HosmannJorge Linck6 Metre5 885211854958 76524Rufino Rodríguez de la TorreMario Ortiz SauzeLuis Domingo AguirreHipolito Ezequiel Gil ElizaldeRafael Ernesto IglesiasGuillermo Peralta Ramos8 Metre8 374749283657 4257
Shooting
Five shooters represented Argentina in 1936. Men AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Shoot offFinalScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreRankLorenzo Amaya25 m rapid fire pistol181did not advance1928Carlos Balestrini185did not advance2319Guillermo Canciani50 metre rifle pronecolspan="5" 28844Miguel Lonegro50 m pistolcolspan="5" 51327Juan Rostagnocolspan="5" 51918
Swimming
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJeannette Campbell100 metre freestyle1:06.81 Q1:06.61 Q1:06.4
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