Argentina at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland was the nation's ninth appearance out of twelve editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina sent to the 1952 Summer Olympics its sixth national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Argentino), 123 athletes (115 men and the 8 woman), who competed in 77 events in 15 sports They brought home five medals: 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. The flag bearer was Delfo Cabrera, the gold medalist in the immediately previous Summer Olympic Games marathon.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEvent Eduardo Guerrero Rowing Men's double sculls Athletics Men's Marathon Boxing Men's Light Heavyweight Eladio Herrera Boxing Men's Light Middleweight Weightlifting Men's Heavyweight
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankRomeo Galán100 m11.112 Q11.085Did not advanceMariano Acosta11.586Did not advanceEnrique BecklesDQDid not advanceGerardo Bönnhoff200 m21.721 Q21.671 Q21.753 Q21.596Enrique Beckles22.733Did not advanceRomeo GalánDNSDid not advanceDelfo Cabrera10,000 m colspan="6" DNSCorsino Fernández colspan="6" DNSReinaldo Gorno colspan="6" DNSEstanislao Kocourek110 m hurdles15.03 colspan="2" Did not advanceMariano AcostaEnrique BecklesGerardo BönnhoffRomeo Galán4 × 100 m relay41.53 Q colspan="2" 41.44Did not advanceReinaldo GornoMarathon colspan="6" 2:25:35.0Delfo Cabrera colspan="6" 2:26:42.46Corsino Fernández colspan="6" DNFGuillermo Weller50 km walk colspan="6" DNF
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankRicardo HéberJavelin throw64.821262.8215
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankLilian Heinz100 m12.73Did not advanceLilián Buglia12.33Did not advanceAna María Fontán12.95Did not advanceGladys Erbetta200 m25.64 colspan="2" Did not advanceLilian Heinz25.84 colspan="2" Did not advanceLilián BugliaDNS colspan="2" Did not advanceLilian BugliaGladys ErbettaAna María FontánLilian Heinz4 × 100 m relay47.93 colspan="4" Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankGladys ErbettaLong jump5.51125.4718Lilián Buglia5.2527Did not advanceIngeborg PfüllerShot put11.8515Did not advanceIngeborg Mello10.8219Did not advanceIngeborg MelloDiscus throw40.91539.0412Ingeborg Pfüller36.611641.737
Basketball
Men's Team Competition Main Round (Group C) Defeated Philippines (85-59) Defeated Canada (82-81) Defeated Brazil (72-56) Final Round (Group A) Defeated Bulgaria (100-56) Defeated France (61-52) Lost to Uruguay (65-66) Semifinals Lost to United States (76-85) Bronze Medal Match Lost to Uruguay (59-68) → Fourth place Team Roster Leopoldo Contarbio Oscar Furlong Juan Gazsó Ricardo González Rafael Lledó Alberto López Rubén Menini Omar Monza Rubén Pagliari Raúl Pérez Varela Ignacio Poletti Juan Uder Hugo del Vecchio Roberto Viau
Boxing
Cycling
Track Competition Men's 1.000m Time Trial Clodomiro Cortoni Final — 1:13.2 (→ 4th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race Antonio Giménez — 7th place
Equestrian
Fencing
Men's foil Fulvio Galimi Félix Galimi José Rodríguez
Men's team foil Fulvio Galimi, José Rodríguez, Eduardo Sastre, Félix Galimi, Santiago Massini
Men's épée Vito Simonetti Santiago Massini Enrique Rettberg
Men's sabre Daniel Sande José D'Andrea Edgardo Pomini
Men's team sabre Félix Galimi, José D'Andrea, Edgardo Pomini, Daniel Sande, Fulvio Galimi
Women's foil Elsa Irigoyen
Gymnastics
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Argentina in 1952.
Individual Luis Ribera Carlos Velázquez Jorge Cáceres
Team Luis Ribera Carlos Velázquez Jorge Cáceres
Rowing
Argentina had nine male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1952.
Men's double sculls Tranquilo Cappozzo Eduardo Guerrero
Men's coxless pair Alberto Madero Óscar Almirón
Men's coxed four Juan Ecker Roberto Suárez Alfredo Czerner Jorge Schneider Jorge Arripe (cox)
Sailing
Open AthleteEventRaceFinal rank1234567ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankCarlos Miguel Benn PottFinn22 20625150DNF0241682416822206 22206110425Jorge Emilio BrauerAlfredo VallebonaStar10 42319 144DNF 013 30911 38211 382 17 193183316Roberto SieburgerJorge del Río SálasH. CampiDragon7 4862 10302 10304 7292 1030 2 1030 7 48653354Rodolfo Albino VollenweiderTomas GalfrascoliLudovico Enrique Kempter5.5 Metre3 8289 3514 7037 4602 10047 460 6 52739825Rufino Rodríguez de la TorreEnrique Sieburger, Sr.Werner von FoersterHoracio MontiHércules Morini6 Metre 6 364 28414 5406 3645 4432 841 8 23933935
Shooting
Seven shooters represented Argentina in 1952.
25 m pistol Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente Oscar Cervo
50 m pistol Carlos Choque
300 m rifle, three positions Pablo Cagnasso David Schiaffino
Trap Juan de Giacomo Fulvio Rocchi
Swimming
Men Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMarcelo Trabucco100 m freestyle 1:01.5 4 Did not advanceFederico Zwanck 1:01.2 =4 Did not advanceCarlos Alberto Bonacich400 m freestyle 5:06.3 4 Did not advanceAlfredo Yantorno 4:54.5 4 Q Did not advanceFederico Zwanck 4:56.4 5 Did not advancePedro Galvão100 m backstroke 1:08.1 1 Q 1:07.7 5Orlando Cossani200 m breaststroke 2:39.6 2 Q 2:43.1 7 Did not advanceFederico ZwanckMarcelo TrabuccoPedro GalvãoAlfredo Yantorno4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:59.3 3 Q colspan=2 8:56.9 8
Women Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAna María Schultz100 m freestyle 1:10.6 3 Did not advance400 m freestyle 5:26.1 1 Q 5:22.0 3 Q 5:24.0 7
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References