Argentina at the 1948 Summer Olympics
# Argentina at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Delfo Cabrera | Athletics | Men's marathon | 7 August |
| Gold | Pascual Pérez | Boxing | Men's flyweight | 13 August |
| Gold | Rafael Iglesias | Boxing | Men's heavyweight | 13 August |
| Silver | Noemí Simonetto | Athletics | Women's long jump | 4 August |
| Silver | Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente | Shooting | Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol | 4 August |
| Silver | Enrique Conrado Sieburger Enrique Adolfo Sieburger Emilio Homps Rodolfo Rivademar Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre Julio Sieburger | Sailing | Men's 6 m class | 12 August |
| Bronze | Mauro Cia | Boxing | Men's light heavyweight | 13 August |

## 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

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Gerardo Bönnhoff | 100 m | 10.8 | 2 Q | | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Fernando Lapuente | 100 m | | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Carlos Isaac | 100 m | | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gerardo Bönnhoff | 200 m | 22.2 | 1 Q | | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Guillermo Geary | 200 m | 23.0 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Antonio Pocovi | 400 m | 50.7 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Guillermo Evans | 400 m | 51.8 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Adan Torres | 800 m | 1:56.7 | 5 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Guillermo Avalos | 800 m | 1:56.6 | 5 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Melchor Palmeiro | 1500 m | 4:01.6 | 5 | — | — | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ricardo Bralo | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | — | — | | NP |
| Eusebio Guiñez | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | — | — | | NP |
| Delfo Cabrera | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2-34:51.6 | |
| Eusebio Guiñez | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2-36:36.0 | 5 |
| Armando Sensini | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2-39:30.0 | 9 |
| Alberto Triulzi | 110 m hurdles | 14.6 | 1 Q | — | — | 14.6 | 3 Q | 14.6 | 4 |
| Hermelindo Alberti | 400 m hurdles | 54.6 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sixto Ibáñez | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | | DNF |
| Gerardo Bönnhoff Alberto Biedermann Carlos Isaac Fernando Lapuente | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Antonio Pocovi Hermelindo Alberti Guillermo Evans Guillermo Avalos | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:21.2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |

### Field Events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Enrique Kistenmacher | Long Jump | 7.18 | 5 Q | 6.80 | 10 |
| Emilio Malchiodi | Shot Put | | NP | did not advance | did not advance |
| Juan Kahnert | Shot Put | | NP | did not advance | did not advance |
| Emilio Malchiodi | Discus Throw | 42.98 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Juan Fuse | Hammer Throw | 46.95 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ricardo Héber | Javelin Throw | 60.82 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Combined events – Decathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enrique Kistenmacher | Result | 10.9 | 7.08 | 12.67 | 1.70 | 50.5 | 16.3 | 41.11 | 3.20 | 45.06 | 4:49.6 | 6929 | 4 |
| Enrique Kistenmacher | Points | 872 | 825 | 684 | 671 | 845 | 736 | 744 | 575 | 499 | 478 | 6929 | 4 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Noemí Simonetto | 100 m | 13.1 | 3 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Noemí Simonetto | 80 m Hurdles | 11.8 | 3 Q | — | — | 11.87 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Noemí Simonetto | long jump | 5.56 | 3 Q | 5.60 | |
| Ingeborg Mello | Shot put | — | — | 12.085 | 9 |
| Ingeborg Mello | Discus throw | — | — | 38.44 | 8 |

## Basketball

This was the first time Argentina sent a team to the Olympics, the team consisted of 14 players

Team Roster

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 325 | 167 | +158 | 10 |
| Czechoslovakia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 217 | 190 | +27 | 9 |
| Argentina | 5 | 3 | 2 | 236 | 199 | +37 | 8 |
| Peru | 5 | 2 | 3 | 198 | 187 | +11 | 7 |
| Egypt | 5 | 1 | 4 | 162 | 256 | −94 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 0 | 5 | 120 | 269 | −149 | 5 |

Preliminary Round (Group C)

* July 31 11:40

| Argentina | 57–38 | Egypt |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 26-27, 31–11 |||
| Pts: Furlong 21 | | |

* Harringay Arena, London
* August 02 11:40

| Argentina | 49–23 | Switzerland |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 28-13, 21–10 |||
| Pts: Guerrero 11 | | |

* Harringay Arena, London
* August 03 11:40

| Argentina | 57–59 | United States |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 33-26, 24-33 |||
| Pts: Furlong 18 | | |

* Harringay Arena, London
* August 05 15:20

| Argentina | 42–34 | Peru |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 21-18, 21–16 |||
| Pts: Lledó 12 | | |

* Harringay Arena, London
* August 06 21:00

| Argentina | 41–45 | Czechoslovakia |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 19-20, 22-25 |||
| Pts: Uder 12 | | |

* Harringay Arena, London
* Classification Matches
   * 9th/16th place
* August 07 21:00

| Argentina | 43–45 | Philippines |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 23-21, 20-24 |||
| Pts: Furlong 11 | | |

* Harringay Arena, London
   * 13th/16th place
* August 10 15:20

| Argentina | 34–35 | Cuba |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 17-14, 17-21 |||
| Pts: Furlong 17 | | |

* Harringay Arena, London
   * 15th/16th place: Defeated Hungary (walk-over) → Fifteenth place
* August 13

| Argentina | 2–0 | Hungary |
| - | - | - |

* Harringay Arena, London

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Pascual Pérez | Flyweight | Adolfo (PHI) W RSC 2 | Williams (RSA) W RSC 3 | Bollaert (BEL) W PTS | Majdloch (TCH) W PTS | Bandinelli (ITA) W PTS | |
| Arnoldo Parés | Bantamweight | Toweel (RSA) W PTS | Carruthers (AUS) L PTS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Francisco Núñez | Featherweight | Bose (IND) W PTS | Vidella (CHI) W PTS | Kerschbaumer (AUT) W | Shepherd (RSA) L PTS | 3rd/4th place Antkiewicz (POL) L PTS | |
| Manuel López | Lightweight | Rahimiha (IRI) W PTS | Smith (USA) L PTS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Eladio Herrera | Welterweight | Bye | Loayza (CHI) W PTS | Herring (USA) L PTS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Héctor García | Middleweight | Higham (AUS) W PTS | Wright (GBR) L RSC-2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mauro Cia | Light heavyweight | Quentemeijer (NED) W PTS | Posse (URU) W DSQ-3 | Szymura (POL) W PTS | Hunter (RSA) L PTS | 3rd/4th place Holmes (AUS) W RSC-3 | |
| Rafael Iglesias | Heavyweight | Bye | Rubio (ESP) W PTS | Baccilieri (URU) W PTS | Arthur (RSA) W PTS | Nilsson (SWE) W KO-2 | |

## Cycling

### Road races

Individual times added to together for team race, 3 times needed for team event.

| Cyclist | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cyclist | Event | Result | Rank |
| 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 race | did not finish | did 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.

| Cyclist | Event | First round | First round | First repechage | First repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Second repechage | Second repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cyclist | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Clodomiro Cortoni | Sprint | 12.4 | 1 Q | Advanced directly | Advanced directly | Unknown | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jorge Sobrevila | Time trial | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1:17.9 | 13 |
| Oscar Giacché Miguel Passi | Tandem Sprint | Unknown | 2 | Unknown | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roberto Guerrero Julio Alba Ambrosio Aimar Enrique Molina | Team pursuit | 5:17.1 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Equestrian

### Dressage

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Overall | Overall |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank |
| Justo Iturralde | Pajarito | Individual | 397.0 | 11 |
| Humberto Terzano | Bienvenido | Individual | 327.0 | 16 |
| Oscar Goulú | Grillo | Individual | 281.5 | 17 |
| Justo Iturralde Humberto Terzano Oscar Goulú | See above | Team | 1,005.5 | 4 |

### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Overall | Overall |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Faults | Rank |
| Rafael Campos | Santa Fe | Individual | 24.0 | 15 |
| Néstor Alvarado | Mineral | Individual | | DNF |
| Pascual Pistarini | Canguro | Individual | | DNF |
| Rafael Campos Néstor Alvarado Pascual Pistarini | See above | Team | | DNF |

### Eventing

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Overall | Overall |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank |
| Francisco Carrere | Rosario | Individual | 59.00 | 10 |
| Julio César Sagasta | Cherenda Cue | Individual | 92.50 | 18 |
| José Manuel Sagasta | Mandinga | Individual | | DNF |
| Francisco Carrere Julio César Sagasta José Manuel Sagasta | See above | Team | | DNF |

## Fencing

19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Argentina in 1948. The results are the pool results and placings.

### Men

| Fencer | Events | Round 1 | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fencer | Events | Result | Pool place | Result | Pool place | Result | Pool place | Result | Rank |
| Félix Galimi | Foil | 5-1 | 2 | 6-1 | 1 | 1-5 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Manuel Torrente | Foil | 5-2 | 3 | 1-5 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Fulvio Galimi | Foil | 6-1 | 2 | 1-5 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Raúl Saucedo | Épée | 3-3 | 3 | 4-3 | 2 | 1-6 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Antonio Villamil | Épée | 6-1 | 1 | 3-3 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vito Simonetti | Épée | 2-4 | 4 | 1-3 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Edgardo Pomini | Sabre | 5-0 | 1 | 3-4 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Fernando Huergo | Sabre | 3-2 | 2 | 2-4 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jorge Cermesoni | Sabre | 4-1 | 1 | 1-6 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| José Rodríguez Fulvio Galimi Manuel Torrente Félix Galimi | Team Foil | n/a | n/a | 1–0 | 1 | 0-1 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Vito Simonetti Antonio Villamil Raúl Saucedo Floro Diaz Jorge Balza Adolfo Guido Lavalle | Team Épée | 2-0 | 1 | 0-2 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Manuel Agüero José D'Andrea Edgardo Pomini Jorge Cermesoni Fernando Huergo Daniel Sande | Team Sabre | 1-0 | 2 | 2-0 | 1 | 0-2 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Fencer | Events | Round 1 | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fencer | Events | Result | Pool place | Result | Pool place | Result | Pool place | Result | Rank |
| Irma de Antequeda | Foil | 4-2 | 3 | 2-3 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elsa Irigoyen | Foil | 2-3 | 4 | 1-4 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nélida Fullone | Foil | 1-4 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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:

| Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | India (IND) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 6 | X | 9:1 | 8:0 | 2:0 |
| 2. | Argentina (ARG) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1:9 | X | 1:1 | 3:2 |
| 3. | Austria (AUT) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0:8 | 1:1 | X | 1:1 |
| 4. | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0:2 | 2:3 | 1:1 | X |

## Gymnastics

### Artistic

| Gymnast | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gymnast | Event | Score | Rank |
| Arturo Amos | All-around | 176.85 | 89 |
| Arturo Amos | Horizontal bar | 29.55 | 85 |
| Arturo Amos | Parallel bars | 31.25 | 83 |
| Arturo Amos | Pommel horse | 23.35 | 97 |
| Arturo Amos | Rings | 26.10 | 106 |
| Arturo Amos | Floor exercise | 32.30 | 76 |
| Arturo Amos | Vault | 34.30 | 77 |
| Pedro Lonchibuco | All-around | 154.20 | 102 |
| Pedro Lonchibuco | Horizontal bar | 20.50 | 104 |
| Pedro Lonchibuco | Parallel bars | 28.30 | 98 |
| Pedro Lonchibuco | Pommel horse | 18.50 | 105 |
| Pedro Lonchibuco | Rings | 32.20 | 83 |
| Pedro Lonchibuco | Floor exercise | 25.75 | 103 |
| Pedro Lonchibuco | Vault | 28.95 | 102 |
| Enrique Rapesta | All-around | 148.90 | 106 |
| Enrique Rapesta | Horizontal bar | 25.05 | 97 |
| Enrique Rapesta | Parallel bars | 25.00 | 104 |
| Enrique Rapesta | Pommel horse | 21.50 | 100 |
| Enrique Rapesta | Rings | 30.25 | 97 |
| Enrique Rapesta | Floor exercise | 24.50 | 107 |
| Enrique Rapesta | Vault | 22.60 | 111 |
| César Bonoris | All-around | 139.65 | 108 |
| César Bonoris | Horizontal bar | 22.20 | 101 |
| César Bonoris | Parallel bars | 28.45 | 96 |
| César Bonoris | Pommel horse | 14.00 | 113 |
| César Bonoris | Rings | 22.50 | 110 |
| César Bonoris | Floor exercise | 23.00 | 112 |
| César Bonoris | Vault | 29.50 | 100 |
| Jorge Soler | All-around | 134.30 | 113 |
| Jorge Soler | Horizontal bar | 21.40 | 102 |
| Jorge Soler | Parallel bars | 20.50 | 112 |
| Jorge Soler | Pommel horse | 17.00 | 107 |
| Jorge Soler | Rings | 22.80 | 109 |
| Jorge Soler | Floor exercise | 23.30 | 110 |
| Jorge Soler | Vault | 29.30 | 101 |
| Roberto Núñez | All-around | 109.95 | 115 |
| Roberto Núñez | Horizontal bar | 14.40 | 116 |
| Roberto Núñez | Parallel bars | 18.50 | 113 |
| Roberto Núñez | Pommel horse | 12.00 | 117 |
| Roberto Núñez | Rings | 19.00 | 113 |
| Roberto Núñez | Floor exercise | 21.75 | 113 |
| Roberto Núñez | Vault | 24.30 | 109 |
| Jorge Vidal | All-around | 37.30 | 121 |
| Jorge Vidal | Horizontal bar | 6.00 | 120 |
| Jorge Vidal | Parallel bars | 6.50 | 121 |
| Jorge Vidal | Pommel horse | 11.80 | 119 |
| Jorge Vidal | Rings | 8.00 | 121 |
| Jorge Vidal | 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.

| Pentathlete | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pentathlete | Riding | Fencing | Shooting | Swimming | Running | Total | Rank |
| 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.

| Rower | Event | First round | First round | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rower | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Tranquilo Cappozzo | Single sculls | 7:38.9 | 2 r | 7:45.0 | 1 Q | 8:12.6 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ángel Malvicino Teodoro Nölting | Double sculls | 7:08.0 | 2 r | 7:07.1 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Oscar Moreno Carlos Sambuceti | Coxless pair | 7:54.2 | 3 r | 7:45.7 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pedro Towers Ramón Porcel Juan Parker | Coxed pair | walkover | walkover | N/A | N/A | 8:27.7 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Julio Curatella Alberto Madero Oscar Zolezzi Oscar Almirón | Coxless four | 6:51.0 | 2 r | 6:50.9 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did 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 | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Sailing

| Athlete | Class | Race I | Race I | Race II | Race II | Race III | Race III | Race IV | Race IV | Race V | Race V | Race VI | Race VI | Race VII | Race VII | Total Points | Total -1 | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total Points | Total -1 | Rank |
| Jorge Emilio Brauer | Firefly | 16 | 219 | DNF | 0 | 12 | 344 | 6 | 645 | DNF | 0 | 10 | 423 | 6 | 645 | 2276 | 2276 | 17 |
| J. Piacentini A. Carrasco Hipolito Ezequiel Gil Elizalde | Star | 14 | 185 | 10 | 331 | 10 | 331 | 7 | 486 | 13 | 217 | DNF | 0 | DNS | 0 | 1550 | 1550 | 16 |
| J. Cibert S. Merlo M. Lawrence Horacio Monti | Swallow | 11 | 206 | 14 | 101 | 13 | 133 | DNF | 0 | 7 | 402 | 10 | 247 | 10 | 247 | 1336 | 1336 | 14 |
| Roberto Sieburger Jorge Salas Chávez Jorge del Río Sálas | Dragon | 6 | 402 | 5 | 481 | 8 | 277 | 4 | 578 | 9 | 226 | 2 | 879 | DNF | 0 | 2843 | 2843 | 7 |
| Enrique Sieburger, Sr. Enrique Sieburger, Jr. Emilio Homps Rodolfo Rivademar Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre Julio Sieburger | 6 m class | 3 | 665 | 3 | 665 | 3 | 665 | 2 | 841 | 1 | 1142 | 4 | 540 | 1 | 1142 | 5660 | 5120 | |

## Shooting

Twelve shooters represented Argentina in 1948.

| Shooter | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Shooter | Event | Score | Rank |
| Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 571 | |
| José Roger | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 513 | 45 |
| Dionisio Fernández | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 511 | 50 |
| Federico Grüben | 50 m pistol, prone | 527 | 9 |
| Oscar Bidegain | 50 m pistol, prone | 523 | 16 |
| Juan Rostagno | 50 m pistol, prone | 507 | 35 |
| Pablo Cagnasso | 300 m rifle 3 positions | 1075 | 12 |
| Ricardo Grimau | 300 m rifle 3 positions | 1074 | 13 |
| Abel Ortíz | 300 m rifle 3 positions | 1073 | 14 |
| Julio Nolasco | 50 m rifle, prone | 585 | 44 |
| Antonio Ando | 50 m rifle, prone | 584 | 48 |
| David Schiaffino | 50 m rifle, prone | 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

| Swimmer | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Swimmer | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Horacio White | 100 m freestyle | 1:00.2 | 1 Q | 1:00.4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Augusto Cantón | 100 m freestyle | 1:01.8 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mario Chávez | 100 m backstroke | 1:09.7 | 2 Q | 1:09.8 | 5 q | 1.09.0 | 4 |
| José Vegazzi | 100 m backstroke | 1:13.8 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Federico Neumayer | 100 m backstroke | 1:11.8 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Carlos Espejo | 200 m breaststroke | 2:55.0 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| César Benetti | 200 m breaststroke | 3:00.6 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alfredo Yantorno | 400 m freestyle | 4:53.8 | 1 Q | 4:57.3 | 4 q | 4:58.7 | 8 |
| José Durañona | 400 m freestyle | 5:05.8 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Juan Garay | 400 m freestyle | 5:10.4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Juan Garay | 1500 m freestyle | 21:33.2 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Adolfo Mancuso | 1500 m freestyle | 21:16.7 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Horacio White José Durañona Juan Garay Alfredo Yantorno Augusto Cantón | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 9:16.9 | 3 Q | N/A | N/A | 9:19.2 | 6 |

### Women

| Swimmer | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Swimmer | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Eileen Holt | 100 m freestyle | 1:12.0 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Adriana Camelli | 100 m freestyle | 1:16.5 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Enriqueta Duarte | 100 m freestyle | 1:14.9 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Beryl Marshall | 100 m backstroke | 1:20.9 | 4 Q | 1:20.7 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Liliana Gonzalias | 100 m backstroke | 1:26.9 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dorotea Turnbull | 200 m breaststroke | 3:12.2 | 5 Q | 3:14.4 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Eileen Holt | 400 m freestyle | 5:44.9 | 6 q | 5:52.4 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Enriqueta Duarte | 400 m freestyle | 6:14.4 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Eileen Holt Enriqueta Duarte Liliana Gonzalias Adriana Camelli | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 4:59.5 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Water polo

### Men's Team Competition

Head coach:

| Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rubén Maidana | January 12, 1923 | 25 | ? | Regattas Santa Fe | 3 | ? |
| Ladislao Szabo | April 11, 1923 | 25 | ? | | 3 | ? |
| Hugo Prono | February 23, 1923 | 25 | ? | | 3 | ? |
| Osvaldo Codaro | December 9, 1930 | 30 | ? | | 3 | ? |
| Carlos Visentin | November 28, 1918 | 29 | ? | | 3 | ? |
| Marcelo Visentin | May 30, 1914 | 34 | ? | | 3 | ? |
| Anibál Filiberti | March 31, 1914 | 34 | ? | | 3 | ? |

### Round 1

Group F

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | France (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | X | 4:1 | 7:1 |
| 2. | Argentina (ARG) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1:4 | X | 6:2 |
| 3. | Greece (GRE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1:7 | 2:6 | X |

### Round 2

Group J

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | X | 3:3 | 4:1 |
| 2. | Egypt (EGY) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3:3 | X | 4:4 |
| 3. | Argentina (ARG) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1:4 | 4:4 | X |

## Weightlifting

| Lifter | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Lifter | Event | Kg | Rank |
| Alfonso Fiorentino | Featherweight | 260 | 21 |
| Salvador Lo Presti | Lightweight | 300 | 18 |
| Hugo D'Atri | Lightweight | 295 | 20 |
| Julio Bonnet | Middleweight | 312.5 | 18 |
| Juan Russo | Middleweight | 310 | 20 |
| Osvaldo Forte | Light Heavyweight | 367.5 | 5 |
| Hugo Vallarino | Heavyweight | 357.5 | 11 |
| Leopoldo Briola | Heavyweight | 347.5 | 13 |

## Wrestling

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Manuel Varela | −52 kg | Szilagyi (HUN) L Fall | Sidani (LIB) W Fall | Clausen (NOR) L 0-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 7 |
| Elvidio Flamini | −57 kg | BYE | Elias (AUT) L 0-3 | Irvine (GBR) W Fall | Hassan (EGY) L Fall | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |
| Omar Blebel | −62 kg | Dijk (NED) L 0-3 | Gryllos (GRE) L 1-2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 13 |
| Luis Rosado | −67 kg | Damage (LIB) L Fall | Petmezas (GRE) L Fall | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 13 |
| Alberto Longarella | −73 kg | Diggelmann (SUI) W 2-1 | Chesneau (FRA) L 0-3 | Männikkö (FIN) L Fall | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 10 |
| Alberto Bolzi | −79 kg | Gallegati (ITA) L Fall | Tayfur (TUR) L Fall | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 10 |
| Adolfo Ramirez | −87 kg | Avcioğlu-Çakmak (TUR) L 0-3 | Kovács (HUN) L 0-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 11 |
| Ernesto Noya | +87 kg | Kangasniemi (FIN) L Fall | Tarányi (HUN) L Fall | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 7 |
