# Argentina at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Argentina competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 102 competitors, 96 men and 6 women, took part in 78 events in 14 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Carlos Moratorio | Equestrian | Individual eventing | 19 October |

## Athletics

Argentina was represented by two male and four female athletes.
Men:
* 400 metres - Juan Carlos Dyrzka (eliminated in round 1, 6th place in heat 3)
* Marathon - Osvaldo Suárez (did not finish)
* 110 metres hurdles - Juan Carlos Dyrzka (eliminated in round 1, 7th place in heat 2)
* 400 metres hurdles - Juan Carlos Dyrzka (eliminated in round 2, 8th place in heat 2)
Women:
* 100 metres - Margarita Formeiro (eliminated in round 1, 7th place in heat 6)
* 200 metres - Susana Ritchie (eliminated in round 1, 5th place in heat 2)
* 4 × 100 metres relay - Argentina was eliminated in round 1 (5th place in heat 2)
       Margarita Formeiro, Susana Ritchie, Evelia Farina, Alicia Kaufmanas; (Emilia Dyrzka and Marta Buongiorno did not compete)
* Long jump - Evelia Farina (26th place); Alicia Kaufmanas (30th place)

## Boxing

Argentina was represented by 10 male boxers.
* Flyweight - Luis Romo (=17th place)
* Bantamweight - Abel Almaraz (=9th place)
* Featherweight - Hugo Martínez (=17th place)
* Lightweight - Héctor Pace (=9th place)
* Light welterweight - Roberto Amaya (=17th place)
* Welterweight - Felipe Pereyra (=9th place)
* Light middleweight - José Roberto Chirino (=9th place)
* Middleweight - Juan Aguilar (=9th place)
* Light heavyweight - Rafael Gargiulo (=5th place)
* Heavyweight - Santiago Lovell Jr. (=5th place)

## Cycling

Ten cyclists represented Argentina in 1964.

### Individual road race

* Delmo Delmastro
* Roberto Breppe
* Rubén Placanica

### Team time trial

* Héctor Acosta
* Roberto Breppe
* Delmo Delmastro
* Rubén Placanica

### Sprint

* Oscar García
* Carlos Alberto Vázquez

### 1000m time trial

* Carlos Alberto Vázquez

### Team pursuit

* Carlos Alberto Álvarez
* Ernesto Contreras
* Juan Alberto Merlos
* Alberto Trillo

## Equestrian

The Argentinian equestrian team contained 8 horsemen.
Dressage:
* Individual, Open - Francisco D'Alessandri (13th place)
Eventing:
* Individual, Open - Carlos Moratorio (2nd place) Silver Medal
       Elvio Flores (17th place); Juan Gesualdi (29th place); Julio Henry (did not finish)
* Team, Open - Argentina: 6th place
       Carlos Moratorio, Elvio Flores, Juan Gesualdi, Julio Henry
Jumping:
* Individual, Open - Jorge Cánaves (12th place); Hugo Arrambide (17th place); Carlos César Delía (or Delia) (22nd place)
* Team, Open - Argentina: 5th place
       Jorge Cánaves, Hugo Arrambide, Carlos César Delía

## Fencing

Eleven fencers, ten men and one woman, represented Argentina in 1964.

### Men's foil

* Orlando Nannini
* Jesús Taboada
* Adolfo Bisellach

### Men's team foil

* Adolfo Bisellach, Jesús Taboada, Alberto Lanteri, Orlando Nannini, Félix Galimi

### Men's épée

* Zelmar Casco
* Francisco Serp
* Jesús Taboada

### Men's team épée

* Félix Galimi, Zelmar Casco, Jesús Taboada, Francisco Serp

### Men's sabre

* Alberto Lanteri
* Rafael González
* Juan Carlos Frecia

### Men's team sabre

* Rafael González, Juan Carlos Frecia, Julian Velásquez, Alberto Lanteri

### Women's foil

* María Romano

## Football

The Argentinian football tean finished in =9th place.
    Agustín Cejas, Andrés Bertolotti, Antonio Cabrera, Carlos Alberto Bulla, Héctor Ochoa, Horacio Morales, José Malleo, Juan Carlos Domínguez, Juan Risso, Miguel Mori, Miguel Tojo, Néstor Manfredi, Otto Sesana, Roberto Perfumo
    Francisco Brandán, José Miguel Marín, Emilio Antonio Pazos, Ricardo Pérez, Juan Carlos Sconfianza - did not compete

## Gymnastics

Argentina was represented by one male gymnast.
* Individual all-around - Carlos Pizzini (112th place)
* Floor exercise - Carlos Pizzini (112th place)
* Vault - Carlos Pizzini (=90th place)
* Parallel bars - Carlos Pizzini (106th place)
* Horizontal bar - Carlos Pizzini (122nd place)
* Rings - Carlos Pizzini (=111 place)
* Pommel horse - Carlos Pizzini (=101st place)

## Judo

Argentina was represented by three male competitors.
* Lightweight - Oscar Karpenkopf otherwise Óscar Karpencopf (=9th place)
* Middleweight - Rodolfo Pérez (=5th place)
* Heavyweight - Miguel Casella otherwise Michel Angel Casella (=6th place)

## Rowing

Argentina was represented by 12 male competitors.
* Single Sculls - Alberto Demiddi (4th place)
* Double Sculls - Juan Carlos Gómez and José María Robledo (12th place)
* Coxless Pairs - Carlos Montaldo and Ricardo Durán (did not start) DNS r3/3
* Coxed Pairs - Natalio Rossi, Juan Pedro Lier and Oscar Rompani (did not start) DNS r3/3
* Coxless Fours - Juan Francisco Zanassi, Atilio Ensunza, Jorge Meana, Juan Alberto Iannuzzi (4th place; heat 2 of round 3)

## 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 |
| Ricardo Boneo | Finn | 20 | 318 | 23 | 258 | 25 | 222 | 19 | 341 | 25 | 222 | 28 | 172 | 25 | 222 | 1583 | 26 |
| Roberto Sieburger Arnoldo Pekelharing | Star | 14 | 185 | 15 | 155 | 6 | 553 | 16 | 127 | 12 | 252 | 13 | 218 | 15 | 155 | 1518 | 12 |
| Jorge Salas Chávez Jorge del Río Sálas Rodolfo Rivademar | Dragon | 7 | 618 | 3 | 986 | 18 | 207 | 12 | 384 | 15 | 287 | 11 | 421 | 3 | 986 | 3682 | 10 |

## Shooting

Eight shooters represented Argentina in 1964.

### 25 m pistol

* Manuel José Fernández
* Juan Carlos Oxoby

### 50 m pistol

* Humberto Aspitia

### 50 m rifle, three positions

* Eduardo Armella

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Melchor López
* Cirilo Nassiff

### Trap

* Juan Ángel Martini, Sr.
* José Passera

## Swimming

Argentina was represented by 6 male swimmers and one female swimmer.
Men:
* 100 metres Freestyle - Luis Nicolao (=26th place); Carlos van der Maath (45th place)
* 400 metres Freestyle - Carlos van der Maath (25th place); Luis Nicolao (did not compete)
* 1,500 metres Freestyle - Ricardo Morello (28th place)
* 200 metres Backstroke - Carlos van der Maath (16th place); Pedro Diz (=26th place)
* 200 metres Breaststroke - Miguel Ángel Navarro (31st place)
* 200 metres Butterfly - Luis Nicolao (11th place)
* 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay - Argentina: 11th place
    Carlos van der Maath, Miguel Ángel Navarro, Luis Nicolao, Alfredo Bourdillón
Women:
* 100 metres Backstroke - Susana Peper (25th place)
* 200 metres Breaststroke - Susana Peper (22nd place)

## Weightlifting

Argentina was represented by two male weightlifters.
* Light heavyweight - Martín Eguiguren (did not finish)
* Heavyweight - Humberto Selvetti (17th place)

## Wrestling

Four wrestlers competed on behalf of Argentina.
Greco-Roman:
* Featherweight - Rubén Leibovich - eliminated in 2nd round
* Lightweight - Raúl Romero - eliminated in 1st round
* Welterweight - Carlos Alberto Vario - eliminated in 2nd round
* Middleweight - Julio Graffigna - eliminated in 2nd round
Freestyle:
* Bantamweight - Rubén Leibovich - eliminated in 2nd round
* Featherweight - Raúl Romero - eliminated in 2nd round
* Lightweight - Carlos Alberto Vario - eliminated in 4th round
* Welterweight - Julio Graffigna - eliminated in 3rd round