Argentina at the Olympics

Argentina, the NOK, the Comité Olímpico Argentino was founded in 1923 since 1900 athletes, sent to the Olympics. Was not taken part in the Summer Games in 1904, 1912 and 1980 and at the Winter Games in 1924, 1932, 1936 and 1956.

A total of 1699 participants were sent, of which 256 are women. Argentine athletes won a total of 70 medals in the Summer Games, Winter Games, they went far from empty. The most medals ( 24) were obtained in boxing, so Argentina is the most successful nation in this sport at the Olympics.

First medal winners and simultaneously the first Olympic champion Argentina was the polo national team, which defeated the U.S. team 6-5 on July 12, 1924. First medal winner in an individual sport was on the same day the athlete Luis Brunetto, the silver in the triple jump won. The float Alberto Zorrilla was born on August 9, 1928 the first Olympic champion Argentina in an individual sport, when he won the 400 -meter freestyle in a new Olympic record.

With two silver and two bronze medals, the hockey player Lucha Aymar and the sailors Carlos Espínola are the athletes with the most medals.

1960 took the 13 -year-old rower Jorge Somlay the youngest athletes of Argentina part. The oldest participant was 60 years in 1964 with Oscar Rompani, also a rower.

Overview of participants

Summer Games

Winter Games

List of medalists

National Olympic Committee 1960 Summer Olympics 1964 Summer Olympics 1924 Summer Olympics Juan Carlos Zabala Delfo Cabrera Carlos Moratorio 1988 Summer Olympics Gabriela Sabatini 1928 Winter Olympics 1948 Winter Olympics 1952 Winter Olympics 1960 Winter Olympics 1972 Winter Olympics 1984 Winter Olympics Cristian Javier Simari Birkner Polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics Santiago Lovell Amado Azar Polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics Guillermo Lovell Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics Rafael Iglesias (Boxer) Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics Eduardo Guerrero (rower) Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics Reinaldo Gorno Antonio Pacenza Humberto Selvetti Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics Abel Laudonio Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics Alberto Demiddi Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics Javier Frana Christian Miniussi Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics Georgina Bardach Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics Santiago Lange Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics Patricia Tarabini Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics Algeria at the Olympics Angola at the Olympics Benin at the Olympics Botswana at the Olympics Burkina Faso at the Olympics Burundi at the Olympics DR Congo at the Olympics Eritrea at the Olympics Gabon at the Olympics The Gambia at the Olympics Ghana at the Olympics Guinea at the Olympics Guinea-Bissau at the Olympics Cameroon at the Olympics Cape Verde at the Olympics Kenya at the Olympics Comoros at the Olympics Lesotho at the 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