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Argentina at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Argentina at the
1952 Summer Olympics
IOC codeARG
NOCArgentine Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in Helsinki
Competitors123 (115 men and 8 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer Delfo Cabrera
Officials58
Medals
Ranked 19th
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Argentina at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland was the nation's ninth appearance out of twelve editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina sent to the 1952 Summer Olympics its sixth national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Argentino), 123 athletes (115 men and the 8 woman), who competed in 77 events in 15 sports They brought home five medals: 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze.[1] The flag bearer was Delfo Cabrera, the gold medalist in the immediately previous Summer Olympic Games marathon.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Tranquilo Cappozzo
Eduardo Guerrero
Rowing Men's double sculls
 Silver Reinaldo Gorno Athletics Men's Marathon
 Silver Antonio Pacenza Boxing Men's Light Heavyweight
 Bronze Eladio Herrera Boxing Men's Light Middleweight
 Bronze Humberto Selvetti Weightlifting Men's Heavyweight

Athletics

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Basketball

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Men's Team Competition

Boxing

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Cycling

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Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

Equestrian

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Fencing

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Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil

Gymnastics

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Modern pentathlon

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Three male pentathletes represented Argentina in 1952.

Individual
Team

Rowing

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Argentina had nine male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1952.[2]

Men's double sculls
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed four

Sailing

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Open
Athlete Event Race Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Carlos Miguel Benn Pott Finn 22 206 25 150 DNF 0 24 168 24 168 22 206 22 206 1104 25
Jorge Emilio Brauer
Alfredo Vallebona
Star 10 423 19 144 DNF 0 13 309 11 382 11 382 17 193 1833 16
Roberto Sieburger
Jorge del Río Sálas
H. Campi
Dragon 7 486 2 1030 2 1030 4 729 2 1030 2 1030 7 486 5335 4
Rodolfo Albino Vollenweider
Tomas Galfrascoli
Ludovico Enrique Kempter
5.5 Metre 3 828 9 351 4 703 7 460 2 1004 7 460 6 527 3982 5
Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre
Enrique Sieburger, Sr.
Werner von Foerster
Horacio Monti
Hércules Morini
6 Metre 6 364 2 841 4 540 6 364 5 443 2 841 8 239 3393 5

Shooting

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Seven shooters represented Argentina in 1952.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
Trap

Swimming

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Men's 100 metres Freestyle

Men's 400 metres Freestyle

Men's 4×200 metres Freestyle Relay

Men's 100 metres Backstroke

Men's 200 metres Breaststroke

Women's 100 metres Freestyle

Women's 400 metres Freestyle

Water polo

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Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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References

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  1. ^ "Argentina at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Argentina Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.