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 Athletics Men's marathon Boxing Men's flyweight Boxing Men's heavyweight Noemí Simonetto Athletics Women's long jump Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz ValienteShooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol Enrique Adolfo Sieburger Sailing Men's 6 m class Boxing Men's light heavyweight
Athletics
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 AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankGerardo Bönnhoff100 m10.82 Q5did not advanceFernando Lapuente4did not advanceCarlos Isaac4did not advanceGerardo Bönnhoff200 m22.21 Q4did not advanceGuillermo Geary23.03did not advanceAntonio Pocovi400 m50.73did not advanceGuillermo Evans51.85did not advanceAdan Torres800 m1:56.75colspan=2 did not advanceGuillermo Avalos1:56.65colspan=2 did not advanceMelchor Palmeiro1500 m4:01.65colspan=4 did not advanceRicardo Bralo10000 mcolspan=6 NPEusebio Guiñezcolspan=6 NPDelfo CabreraMarathoncolspan=6 2-34:51.6Eusebio Guiñezcolspan=6 2-36:36.05Armando Sensinicolspan=6 2-39:30.09Alberto Triulzi110 m hurdles14.61 Qcolspan=2 14.63 Q14.64Hermelindo Alberti400 m hurdles54.63did not advanceSixto Ibáñez50 km walkcolspan=6 DNFGerardo BönnhoffAlberto BiedermannCarlos IsaacFernando Lapuente4 × 100 m relay42.43colspan=4 did not advanceAntonio PocoviHermelindo AlbertiGuillermo EvansGuillermo Avalos4 × 400 m relay3:21.23colspan=4 did not advance
Men Field Events
AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionEnrique KistenmacherLong Jump7.185 Q6.8010Emilio MalchiodiShot PutNPdid not advanceJuan KahnertNPdid not advanceEmilio MalchiodiDiscus Throw42.9818did not advanceJuan FuseHammer Throw46.9520did not advanceRicardo HéberJavelin Throw60.8213did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon AthleteEvent 100 m 400 m 1500 mFinalRankEnrique KistenmacherResult10.97.0812.671.7050.516.341.113.2045.064:49.669294Points872825684671845736744575499478
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankNoemí Simonetto100 m13.13colspan=2 did not advanceNoemí Simonetto80 m Hurdles11.83 Qcolspan=2 11.874did not advance
Women Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionNoemí Simonettolong jump5.563 Q5.60Ingeborg MelloShot putcolspan=2 12.0859Ingeborg MelloDiscus throwcolspan=2 38.448
Basketball
This was the first time Argentina sent a team to the Olympics, the team consisted of 14 players
Team Roster
Group C
Preliminary Round (Group C)
Classification Matches 9th/16th place
13th/16th place
15th/16th place: Defeated Hungary (walk-over) → Fifteenth place
Boxing
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankPascual PérezFlyweightW RSC 2W RSC 3W PTSW PTSW PTSArnoldo ParésBantamweightW PTSL PTSdid not advanceFrancisco NúñezFeatherweightW PTSW PTSWL PTS3rd/4th place L PTSManuel LópezLightweightW PTS L PTSdid not advanceEladio HerreraWelterweightByeW PTS L PTSdid not advanceHéctor GarcíaMiddleweightW PTSL RSC-2did not advanceMauro CiaLight heavyweightW PTSW DSQ-3W PTS L PTS3rd/4th placeW RSC-3Rafael IglesiasHeavyweightByeW PTSW PTSW PTSW KO-2
Cycling
Road races Individual times added together for team race, 3 times needed for team event.
CyclistEventFinalResultRank 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 racedid 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.
CyclistEventFirst roundFirst repechageQuarterfinalsSecond repechageSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Clodomiro Cortoni Sprint 12.4 1 Q Advanced directly Unknown 2 did not advance Jorge Sobrevila Time trialn/a 1:17.9 13 Oscar GiacchéMiguel 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 AthleteHorseEventOverallScoreRankJusto IturraldePajaritoIndividual397.011Humberto TerzanoBienvenido327.016 Oscar GoulúGrillo281.517 Justo IturraldeHumberto TerzanoOscar GoulúSee aboveTeam1,005.54
Jumping AthleteHorseEventOverallFaultsRankRafael CamposSanta FeIndividual24.015Néstor AlvaradoMineralDNFPascual PistariniCanguroDNFRafael CamposNéstor AlvaradoPascual PistariniSee aboveTeamDNF
Eventing
AthleteHorseEventOverallScoreRankFrancisco CarrereRosarioIndividual59.0010Julio César SagastaCherenda Cue92.5018 José Manuel SagastaMandingaDNF Francisco CarrereJulio César SagastaJosé Manuel SagastaSee aboveTeamDNF
Fencing
19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Argentina in 1948. The results are the pool results and placings.
Men
FencerEventsRound 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultPool placeResultPool placeResultPool placeResultRankFélix GalimiFoil 5-1 2 6-1 1 1-5 7 Did not advance Manuel TorrenteFoil 5-2 3 1-5 6 Did not advance Fulvio GalimiFoil 6-1 2 1-5 7 Did not advance Raúl SaucedoÉpée 3-3 3 4-3 2 1-6 7 Did not advance Antonio VillamilÉpée 6-1 1 3-3 4 Did not advance Vito SimonettiÉpée 2-4 4 1-3 6 Did not advance Edgardo PominiSabre 5-0 1 3-4 5 Did not advance Fernando HuergoSabre 3-2 2 2-4 6 Did not advance Jorge CermesoniSabre 4-1 1 1-6 8 Did not advanceJosé Rodríguez Fulvio Galimi Manuel Torrente Félix GalimiTeam Foil n/a 1–0 1 0-1 2did not advanceVito Simonetti Antonio Villamil Raúl Saucedo Floro Diaz Jorge Balza Adolfo Guido LavalleTeam Épée 2-0 1 0-2 3 Did not advanceManuel Agüero José D'Andrea Edgardo Pomini Jorge Cermesoni Fernando Huergo Daniel SandeTeam Sabre 1-0 2 2-0 1 0-2 4 Did not advance
Women
FencerEventsRound 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultPool placeResultPool placeResultPool placeResultRankIrma de AntequedaFoil 4-2 3 2-3 4 Did not advanceElsa IrigoyenFoil 2-3 4 1-4 5 Did not advanceNélida FulloneFoil 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.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals 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
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts 1.33001916 X9:18:02:02.31115123 1:9X1:13:23.30212102 0:81:1X1:14.3012361 0:22:31:1X
Gymnastics
Artistic
GymnastEventFinal 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.
PentathleteFinalRidingFencingShootingSwimmingRunningTotalRank 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.
RowerEventFirst roundRepechageSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Tranquilo Cappozzo Single sculls 7:38.9 2 r 7:45.0 1 Q 8:12.6 2did not advance Ángel Malvicino Teodoro Nölting Double sculls 7:08.0 2 r 7:07.1 3did not advance Oscar Moreno Carlos Sambuceti Coxless pair 7:54.2 3 r 7:45.7 3did not advance Pedro Towers Ramón Porcel Juan Parker Coxed pair walkover N/A 8:27.7 2did not advance Julio Curatella Alberto Madero Oscar Zolezzi Oscar Almirón Coxless four 6:51.0 2 r 6:50.9 2did 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
AthleteClassRace IRace IIRace IIIRace IVRace VRace VIRace VIITotalPoints The 1948 Olympic scoring system was used.Total-1Total after applying discard.RankRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPoints Jorge Emilio Brauer Firefly 16219DNF0123446645DNF01042366452276227617J. PiacentiniA. CarrascoHipolito Ezequiel Gil ElizaldeStar141851033110331748613217DNF 0DNS015501550 16J. CibertSilvio Merlo M. LawrenceHoracio MontiSwallow112061410113133DNF0740210247102471336133614Roberto SieburgerJorge Salas Chávez Jorge del Río Sálas Dragon640254818277457892262879DNF0284328437 Enrique Sieburger, Sr. Enrique Sieburger, Jr.Emilio Homps Rodolfo Rivademar Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre Julio Sieburger 6 m class36653665366528411114245401114256605120
Shooting
Twelve shooters represented Argentina in 1948.
ShooterEventFinalScoreRank Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente25 m rapid fire pistol 571 José Roger 513 45 Dionisio Fernández 511 50 Federico Grüben50 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