Argentina at the 1936 Summer Olympics
# Argentina at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Argentina at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany was the nation's seventh appearance out of ten editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina sent to the 1936 Summer Olympics its fourth national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Argentino) of 51 athletes (50 men and the first woman), who competed in 31 events in 8 sports. The flag bearer was Juan Carlos Zabala, the gold medalist in the immediately previous Summer Olympic Games marathon.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Oscar Casanovas | Boxing | Men's Featherweight |
| Gold | Andrés Gazzotti Manuel Andrada Roberto Cavanagh Luis Duggan | Polo | Men's Team Competition |
| Silver | Guillermo Lovell | Boxing | Men's Heavyweight |
| Silver | Jeannette Campbell | Swimming | Women's 100m Freestyle |
| Bronze | Raúl Villarreal | Boxing | Men's Middleweight |
| Bronze | Francisco Risiglione | Boxing | Men's Light Heavyweight |
| Bronze | Julio Curatella Horacio Podestá | Rowing | Men's coxless pair |

## Athletics

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Tomás Beswick | 100 m | 10.9 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tomás Beswick | 200 m | 22.1 | 2 Q | NT | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Juan Carlos Anderson | 400 m | 49.4 | 2 Q | 48.7 | 2 Q | 48.5 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Juan Carlos Anderson | 800 m | 1:55.1 | 1 Q | — | — | 1:54.8 | 3 Q | NT | 7 |
| Juan Carlos Zabala | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31:22.0 | 6 |
| Juan Carlos Zabala | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Antonio Fondevilla | 100 m | 11.0 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Antonio Fondevilla | 200 m | NT | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Carlos Hofmeister | 200 m | 22.3 | 3 Q | NT | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Juan Lavenás | 110 m hurdles | 15.1 | 2 Q | — | — | 15.6 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Juan Lavenás | 400 m hurdles | 54.5 | 2 Q | — | — | 54.5 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Luis Oliva | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Antonio Sande | 100 m | 11.2 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Antonio Sande Tomás Beswick Antonio Fondevilla Carlos Hofmeister | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.9 | 6 Q | — | — | — | — | 42.2 | 4 |

## Fencing

Eleven fencers, all men, represented Argentina in 1936.

### Men's foil

* Roberto Larraz
* Ángel Gorordo
* Rodolfo Valenzuela

### Men's team foil

* Roberto Larraz
* Héctor Lucchetti
* Ángel Gorordo
* Luis Lucchetti
* Rodolfo Valenzuela
* Manuel Torrente

### Men's épée

* Antonio Villamil
* Raúl Saucedo

### Men's team épée

* Raúl Saucedo
* Luis Lucchetti
* Antonio Villamil
* Roberto Larraz
* Héctor Lucchetti

### Men's sabre

* Vicente Krause
* José Manuel Brunet
* Carmelo Merlo

## Polo

### Men's tournament

**Roster**

* Argentina

**First round**

* 5 August

| Argentina | 15–5 | Mexico |
| - | - | - |

* Imperial Sports Field, Berlin

**Gold medal match**

* 7 August

| Argentina | 11–0 | Great Britain |
| - | - | - |

* Imperial Sports Field, Berlin

## Rowing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Antonio Giorgio | Single sculls | 7:33.00 | 3 R | 7:38.70 | 1 Q | 8:18.40 | 3 Q | 8:57.50 | 6 |
| Horacio Podestá Julio Curatella | Coxless pair | 7:20.00 | 2 q | BYE | BYE | 9:11.40 | 1 Q | 8:23.00 | |

## Sailing

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Final rank | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | | Final rank | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Julio Sieburger Claudio Bincaz Germán Frers Edelf Hosmann Jorge Linck | 6 Metre | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 52 | 4 |
| Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre Mario Ortiz Sauze Luis Domingo Aguirre Hipolito Ezequiel Gil Elizalde Rafael Ernesto Iglesias Guillermo Peralta Ramos | 8 Metre | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 7 |

## Shooting

Five shooters represented Argentina in 1936.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Shoot off | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Rank |
| Lorenzo Amaya | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 18 | 1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 19 | 28 |
| Carlos Balestrini | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 18 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 23 | 19 |
| Guillermo Canciani | 50 metre rifle prone | — | — | — | — | — | 288 | 44 |
| Miguel Lonegro | 50 m pistol | — | — | — | — | — | 513 | 27 |
| Juan Rostagno | 50 m pistol | — | — | — | — | — | 519 | 18 |

## Swimming

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jeannette Campbell | 100 metre freestyle | 1:06.8 | 1 Q | 1:06.6 | 1 Q | 1:06.4 | |
