Sixteen players competed in the qualifying round of the 1953 Argentine Grand Prix, with Italian driver and Formula One World Champion Alberto Ascari leading the pack.
Alberto Ascari Juan Manuel Fangio Luigi Villoresi Nino Farina Jose Froilan Gonzalez Mike Hawthorn Maurice Trintignant Robert Manzon Oscar Alfredo Galvez Carlos Menditeguy Jean Behra Alan Brown Adolfo Schwelm Cruz Felice Bonetto John Barber 
