Argentina at the 1960 Summer Olympics
# Argentina at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Argentina at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy was the eleventh appearance out of fourteen editions of the 1960 Summer Olympics. Argentina sent to the 1960 Summer Olympics its eighth national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Argentino), 91 athletes (all men), something which had not happened since the 1932 Games in Los Angeles and which has not happened since. Ironically, the flag bearer, a woman named Cristina Hardekopf, was a diver but was not included in the delegation as a participating athlete. However, Jorge Somlay, a rower, participated as Argentina's youngest Olympic competitor at only 13 years old.

The Olympic team won two medals, one bronze and one silver, and five Olympic diplomas. They placed 27th in total medal count over 83 participating countries.

The silver medal was one in yachting and the bronze in boxing, giving Argentina half of its medals and 3 out of five of its Olympic Diplomas (something which was usual until the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City).

Argentina's performance in the games forms part of a period of scarce results, which was affected by scarce support for the Olympic Games by the state as well as other political reasons. Repeating what happened in the 1956 Games in Melbourne, Argentina did not win a single gold medal, and the two medals that they did win were far below their average winnings of 4-7 medals in all of the games from 1924 to 1952. In 2004 Argentina's Olympic success recovered to the levels it had during the 1924-1952 period.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Silver | Héctor Calegaris Jorge del Río Salas Jorge Salas Chávez | Sailing | Men's Dragon | September 3 |
| Bronze | Abel Laudonio | Boxing | Men's lightweight | September 7 |

## Athletics

| Athletes | Events | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Events | Result | Rank |
| Osvaldo Suárez | Men's marathon | 2:21.26.6 | 9 |
| Gumersindo Gómez | Men's marathon | 2:23.00.0 | 15 |
| Walter Lemos | Men's marathon | 2:36.55.0 | 50 |
| Guillermo Weller | Men's 50km walk | DSQ | DSQ |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Category | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Category | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Miguel Angel Botta | Flyweight | Bye | Macalalad (PHI) W 3–2 | Illkhanouf (IRI) W default | Török (HUN) L 0–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Carlos Cañete | Bantamweight | Bye | Haga (JPN) L 0–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Carlos Aro | Featherweight | - | Baranyai (HUN) W 4–0–1 | Nikanorov (URS) L 1–0–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Abel Laudonio | Lightweight | Bye | Töre (TCH) W 5–0 | Næss (NOR) W TKO | Barannikov (URS) W 5–0 | Lopopolo (ITA) L 1–1–3 | Did not advance | |
| Luis Aranda | Light Welterweight | Bye | Reyes (MEX) W 4–1 | Brandi (ITA) L 1–0–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Aurelio González | Welterweight | Bye | Mitsev (BUL) L 1–2–2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Celedonio Lima | Light Middleweight | - | Bye | Alleyne (CAN) W TKO | McClure (USA) L 1–1–3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rodolfo Loza | Middleweight | - | Lucas (CHI) L 1–1–3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rafael Gargiulo | Light Heavyweight | - | Bye | Leite (BRA) W TKO | Saraudi (ITA) L 2–3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Eduardo Corletti | Heavyweight | - | Bye | Sretenović (YUG) L 1–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Cycling

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ricardo Senn | Individual road race | 4:21:38 | 44 |
| Ricardo Senn Gabriel Niell Federico Cortés Pedro Simionato | Team time trial | 2:24:13.47 | 12 |

### Track

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alberto Trillo Ernesto Contreras Héctor Acosta Juan Brotto | Team Pursuit | 4:44.44 | 4:38.17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |

## Diving

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary Round | Preliminary Round | Qualifying Round | Qualifying Round | Final Round | Final Round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Cristina Hardekopf | Women's 3 m springboard | 41.87 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Equestrian

Dressage

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualifying Round | Qualifying Round | Qualifying Round | Final Round | Final Round | Final Round | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Points | Rank |
| Jorge Cavoti | Vidriero | Individual | 293 | 247 | 288 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 828 | 15th |

Eventing

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Jumping | Jumping | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| César Madelón | Ceibera | Individual | 130.50 | 36th | 174.80 | 35th | 2.00 | 10th | 307.30 | 29th |
| Ignacio Verdura | Desidia | Individual | 103.50 | 16th | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Fernando Urdapilleta | Febo II | Individual | 116.01 | 22nd | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carlos Moratorio | Mesonero | Individual | 143.01 | 55th | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| César Madelón Ignacio Verdura Fernando Urdapilleta Carlos Moratorio | as above | Team | 350.01 | 9th | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Penalties | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Rank |
| Naldo Dasso | Final | Individual | 4 | 24 | 7th |
| Carlos D'Elia | Stromboli | Individual | 16 | 20 | 13th |
| Ernesto Hartkopf | Baltasar | Individual | 19.25 | 24.25 | 19th |
| Naldo Dasso Jorge Lucardi Carlos D'Elia | as above | Team | Eliminated | Eliminated | - |
| Naldo Dasso Jorge Lucardi Carlos D'Elia | as above | Team | 12 | 20 | - |
| Naldo Dasso Jorge Lucardi Carlos D'Elia | as above | Team | 29.5 | 26 | - |

## Fencing

Six fencers, all men, represented Argentina in 1960.

Individual

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Pool | W-L | Rank | Pool | W-L | Rank | Pool | W-L | Rank | Pool | W-L | Rank | Pool | W-L | Rank | Rank |
| Alberto Balestrini | Men's épée | I | 6–0 | 1st Q | 2 | 1–3 | 5th | 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 | =25th |
| Raúl Martínez | Men's épée | C | 3–3 | 4th | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | =37th |
| Juan Larrea | Men's sabre | E | 2–3 | 4th | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | =37th |
| Daniel Sande | Men's sabre | F | 3–1 | 3rd Q | 5 | 1–4 | 5th | 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 | =25th |
| Gustavo Vassallo | Men's sabre | G | 2–3 (1–1)* | 4th | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | =37th |

* Note: Gustavo Vassallo was given a chance to advance to the second round in a Fence-Off (barrage) against Aleksandar Vasin from Yugoslavia, and Palle Frey of Denmark, but was eliminated.

Team

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Groups | Elimination Groups | Round Two | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Rafael González Juan Larrea Daniel Sande Gustavo Vassallo | Men's team sabre | Soviet Union (URS) L 1–9 | 2 Q | Germany (GER) L 4–9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | =9th |

## Football

Argentina qualified their men's team to compete in the 1960 Summer Olympics. They were unable to progress through the group stage after beating Tunisia, and Poland, but losing to Denmark. 18-year-old Juan Carlos Oleniak scored the most goals for Argentina with four.

Head coach: Ernesto Duchini

| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | 1960 club |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3MF | Alberto Rendo | (1940-01-03)3 January 1940 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | Huracán |
| 3MF | Carlos Bilardo | (1939-03-16)16 March 1939 (aged 21) | 2 | 1 | San Lorenzo de Almagro |
| 2DF | Carlos Gurdiña | (1938-12-29)29 December 1938 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Huracán |
| 1GK | Carlos Saldías | (1939-02-25)25 February 1939 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Sacachispas |
| 3MF | Domingo Lejona | (1938-02-02)2 February 1938 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (La Plata) |
| 4FW | Guillermo Lorenzo | (1939-01-05)5 January 1939 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Boca Juniors |
| 3MF | Hugo Zarich | (1940-03-17)17 March 1940 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | River Plate |
| 2DF | José Díaz | (1938-04-20)20 April 1938 (aged 22) | 3 | 0 | Lanús |
| 2DF | Juan Carlos Stauskas | (1939-08-06)6 August 1939 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | River Plate |
| 4FW | Juan Carlos Oleniak | (1942-03-06)6 March 1942 (aged 18) | 3 | 4 | Racing |
| 2DF | Julio Mattos | (1940-03-30)30 March 1940 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Argentinos Juniors |
| 4FW | Mario Desiderio | (1938-02-01)1 February 1938 (aged 22) | 2 | 0 | Estudiantes de La Plata |
| 1GK | Marwell Periotti | (1939-05-25)25 May 1939 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | San Lorenzo de Almagro |
| 2DF | Pedro de Ciancio | (1938-02-16)16 February 1938 (aged 22) | 3 | 0 | Racing |
| 4FW | Raúl Adolfo Pérez | (1939-11-11)11 November 1939 (aged 20) | 3 | 1 | Boca Juniors |
| 2DF | Roberto Blanco | (1938-11-26)26 November 1938 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Racing |
| 4FW | Roberto Bonnano | (1938-03-16)16 March 1938 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | Vélez Sárfield |
| 2DF | Salvador Ginel | (1938-04-01)1 April 1938 (aged 22) | 3 | 0 | Atlético Tucumán |

### Results

Group Stage

Argentina failed to reach Semi-Finals.

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
| Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |

## Gymnastics

One male gymnast represented Argentina at the 1960 Games. Juan Caviglia competed in the individual all-around event which included the floor, pommel horse, rings, vault, and the parallel bars, horizontal bar. Caviglia's best result came in the floor in which he placed 92nd overall.

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying Round | Qualifying Round | Final Round | Final Round | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Compulsory Points | Optional Points | Compulsory Points | Optional Points | Points | Rank |
| Juan Caviglia | Men's individual all-around | 46.00 | 48.15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 94.15 | 116th |
| Juan Caviglia | Men's floor | 8.35 | 9.00 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17.35 | 92nd |
| Juan Caviglia | Men's pommel horse | 7.60 | 6.90 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16.30 | 114th |
| Juan Caviglia | Men's rings | 7.20 | 8.20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15.40 | 119th |
| Juan Caviglia | Men's vault | 7.40 | 8.90 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16.30 | 117th |
| Juan Caviglia | Men's parallel bars | 7.10 | 7.00 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14.10 | 122nd |
| Juan Caviglia | Men's horizontal bar | 8.35 | 8.15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16.50 | 104th |

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Argentina at the 1960 Games, Luis Ribera, Carlos Stricker, and Raúl Bauza competed in both the men's individual, and the men's team events.

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Riding | Riding | Riding | Fencing | Fencing | Shooting | Shooting | Swimming | Swimming | Swimming | Cross Country | Cross Country | Cross Country | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Luis Ribera | Celollo | Individual | 8:09.0 | 1,153 | 3rd | 770 | 17th | 880 | 8th | 4:09.9 | 955 | 15th | 15:45.0 | 865 | 38th | 4,623 | 13th |
| Carlos Stricker | Celia | Individual | 8:33.0 | 1,081 | 15th | 724 | 24th | 700 | 39th | 4:05.1 | 975 | 7th | 16:01.2 | 817 | 45th | 4,021 | 36th |
| Raúl Bauza | Vegliato | Individual | 8:15.2 | 1,135 | 6th | 448 | 51st | 360 | 56th | 4:08.8 | 970 | 13th | 16:37.0 | 709 | 49th | 3,888 | 40th |
| Luis Ribera Carlos Stricker Raúl Bauza | as above | Team | - | 3,369 | 3rd | 1,804 | 10th | 1,940 | 14th | - | 2,890 | 3rd | - | 2,391 | 14th | 12,394 | 10th |

## Rowing

Argentina had nine male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1960.

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 Repechage | Round 1 Repechage | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Group Rank | Time | Group Rank | Time | Group Rank | Time | Rank |
| Pablo Ferrero Ricardo González | Men's coxless pair | 7:17.70 | 2nd | 7:28.84 | 2nd | 7:48.48 | 6th | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Osvaldo Cavagnaro Mario Maire Jorge Somlay | Men's coxed pair | 8:02.36 | 4th | 7:59.33 | 3rd | - | - | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juan Huber Héctor Moni Angel Pontarolo Vicente Vansteenkiste | Men's coxless four | 6:52.32 | 5th | 6:56.35 | 4th | - | - | 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 | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Ricardo Boneo | Finn | 323 | 21st | 469 | 15th | 691 | 9th | 1,168 | 3rd | 303 | 22nd | 0 | DSQ | 0 | DNS | 2,954 | 19th |
| Roberto Mieres Victor H. Fragola | Star | 286 | 17th | 174 | 22nd | 286 | 17th | 154 | 23rd | 370 | 14th | 370 | 14th | 261 | 18th | 1,747 | 17th |
| Jorge Salas Chavez Héctor Calegaris Jorge del Río Sálas | Dragon | 356 | 15th | 1,532 | 1st | 1,231 | 2nd | 833 | 5th | 1,231 | 2nd | 0 | DSQ | 532 | 10th | 5,715 | |
| Roberto Sieburger Carlos Sieburger Enrique Sieburger, Jr. | 5.5 Metre | 426 | 9th | 1,079 | 2nd | 602 | 6th | 1,079 | 2nd | 681 | 5th | 426 | 9th | 535 | 7th | 4,402 | 4th |

## Shooting

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Group Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jorge di Giandoménico | 50m rifle three positions | 543 | 19th | 1,117 | 33rd |
| Jorge di Giandoménico | 300m rifle three positions | 548 | 10th | 1,088 | 22nd |
| Pedro Armella | 50m rifle three positions | 554 | 13th | 1,106 | 34th |
| Pedro Armella | 300m rifle three positions | 548 | 10th | 1,078 | 25th |
| Cirilo Nassiff | 50m rifle prone | 380 | 26th | 573 | 40th |
| Melchor López | 50m rifle prone | 379 | 28th | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Oscar Cervo | 25m rapid fire pistol | - | - | 567 | 32nd |
| Juan Gindre | Trap | - | - | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juan Ángel Martini, Sr. | Trap | - | - | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Group Rank | Time | Group Rank | Time | Rank |
| Fernando Fanjul | Men's 200m butterfly | 2:25.2 | 3rd | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luis Nicolao | Men's 200m butterfly | 2:23.9 | 2nd | 2:26.8 | 7th | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luis Nicolao | Men's 100m freestyle | 1:00.2 | 6th | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pedro Diz | Men's 100m backstroke | 1:04.7 | 2nd | 1:05.0 | 6th | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Water polo

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 6 |
| United Team of Germany (EUA) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 4 |
| Argentina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 1 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 1 |

## Wrestling

### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Final round | Final round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Final round Result | Rank |
| Juan Rolón | −73 kg | Sultan Mohammad Dost (AFG) W P | Muhammad Bashir (PAK) L D | Doug Blubaugh (USA) L WO | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15 |
| Julio Graffigna | −79 kg | Hasan Güngör (TUR) L F | Fred Thomas (RSA) L P | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15 |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Final round | Final round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Final round Result | Rank |
| Juan Rolón | −73 kg | Franz Berger (AUT) L D | Stevan Horvat (YUG) L F | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 24 |
| Julio Graffigna | −87 kg | José Panizo (ESP) L F | WD | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
