# Argentina at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Argentina competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the nation's fifth appearance out of eight editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina sent its second national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Argentino), 81 athletes (all males) that competed in 41 events in 12 sports. Argentina competed in equestrian, football, sailing, water polo, and wrestling for the first time. Argentina won 3 gold medals, its first Olympic championships in boxing (2 gold medals) and swimming. The team also won its first medals in fencing (a bronze) and football (a silver).

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Víctor Avendaño | Boxing | Men's light heavyweight | August 11 |
| Gold | Arturo Rodríguez | Boxing | Men's heavyweight | August 11 |
| Gold | Alberto Zorrilla | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle | August 9 |
| Silver | Víctor Peralta | Boxing | Men's featherweight | August 11 |
| Silver | Raúl Landini | Boxing | Men's welterweight | August 11 |
| Silver | Argentina national football team Ludovico BidoglioÁngel BossioSaúl CalandraAlfredo CarricaberryRoberto CherroOctavio DíazJuan EvaristoManuel FerreiraEnrique GainzarainAlfredo HelmanSegundo LunaÁngel MediciLuis MontiPedro OchoaRodolfo OrlandiniRaimundo OrsiFernando PaternosterFeliciano PerduccaNatalio PerinettiDomingo TarasconiLuis WeihmullerAdolfo Zumelzú | Football | Football | June 13 |
| Bronze | Raúl Anganuzzi, Carmelo Camet, Roberto Larraz, Héctor Lucchetti, Luis Lucchetti | Fencing | Men's team foil | July 30 |

## Athletics

Five men competed for Argentina in athletics. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. None of the athletes advanced to the final in any of their events; Kleger's 7th-place finish in the hammer throw was the country's best result in the sport.

### Men
   ### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Eduardo Albe | 100 m | Unknown | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alberto Barucco | 100 m | Unknown | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juan Bautista Pina | 100 m | 11.0 | 1 Q | Unknown | 2 Q | 11.0 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alberto Barucco | 200 m | Unknown | 2 Q | Unknown | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juan Bautista Pina | 200 m | Unknown | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Serafín Dengra | 800 m | — | — | 2:01.2 | 1 Q | Unknown | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Leopoldo Ledesma | 800 m | — | — | Unknown | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Serafín Dengra | 1500 m | — | — | — | — | Unknown | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Leopoldo Ledesma | 1500 m | — | — | — | — | Unknown | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Valerio Vallania | 110 m hurdles | — | — | DQ | – | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

   ### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Valerio Vallania | High jump | 1.77 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Federico Kleger | Hammer throw | 46.61 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

Eight men represented Argentina in boxing, the maximum allowed (one per weight class). It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Avendaño and Rodríguez became the first Argentinian Olympic boxing champions.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / Bronze match | Final / Bronze match |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Juan José Trillo | Flyweight | Bye | Taylor (GBR) L points | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Carmelo Robledo | Bantamweight | Bye | Van Rumbecke (BEL) W points | Traynor (IRL) L points | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Víctor Peralta | Featherweight | Bye | Olsen (NOR) W points | Boireau (FRA) W points | Biquet (BEL) W points | van Klaveren (NED) L points | |
| Pascual Bonfiglio | Lightweight | Resko (FIN) W points | Dübbers (GER) W points | Halaiko (USA) L points | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Raúl Landini | Welterweight | Lown (USA) W points | Palm (EST) W points | Blommers (NED) W points | Smillie (CAN) W points | Morgan (NZL) L points | |
| Humberto Curi | Middleweight | Bye | Langlet (FRA) W points | Mallin (GBR) L points | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Víctor Avendaño | Light heavyweight | — | Ojeda (CHI) W points | Carrick (CAN) W points | McCorkindale (RSA) W points | Pistulla (GER) W points | |
| Arturo Rodríguez | Heavyweight | — | Flanagan (IRL) W KO | Olij (NED) W points | Michaelsen (DEN) W points | Ramm (SWE) W KO | |
| Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent |
| Belgium | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Canada | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Chile | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Estonia | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Finland | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| France | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Germany | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1 | .667 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Norway | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| United States | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Total | 19 | 6 | .760 |
| Round | Wins | Losses | Percent |
| Round of 32 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Round of 16 | 7 | 1 | .875 |
| Quarterfinals | 4 | 3 | .571 |
| Semifinals | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Final | 2 | 2 | .500 |
| Bronze match | 0 | 0 | – |
| Total | 19 | 6 | .760 |

## Cycling

Six cyclists, all men, represented Argentina in 1928. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

### Road
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Francisco Bonvehi | Road race | 5:14:39 | 20 |
| Luis de Meyer | Road race | 5:28:48 | 41 |
| José López | Road race | 5:14:57 | 21 |
| Cosme Saavedra | Road race | 5:13:19 | 15 |
| Francisco Bonvehi José López Cosme Saavedra | Team road race | 15:42:55 | 8 |

### Track
#### Time trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Francisco Rodríguez | Time trial | 1:18.4 | 8 |

#### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | 1st Round | Repechage 1 | Repechage Final | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
| Antonio Malvassi | Sprint | 2 r | 1 R | 2 Q | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Equestrian

Three horse and rider pairs competed for Argentina in equestrian events in 1928, all in the jumping competition. It was the nation's debut appearance in the sport. Del Villar was the best finisher for Argentina, at 34th place in the individual jumping. The sum of the individual scores was used for the team result; Argentina came in 12th among the 14 teams.

### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Final | Final | Final | 1st re-ride | 1st re-ride | 2nd re-ride | 2nd re-ride |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Time | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Raúl Antoli | Turbion | Individual | 1:45 | 20 | 40 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Amabrio del Villar | Talán-Talán | Individual | 1:49 | 121⁄4 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Víctor Fernández | Silencio | Individual | 1:27 | 26 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Raúl Antoli Amabrio del Villar Víctor Fernández | Turbion Talán-Talán Silencio | Team | – | 581⁄4 | 12 | — | — | — | — |

## Fencing

Nine fencers, all men, represented Argentina in 1928. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. They won the bronze medal in the team foil event, Argentina's first Olympic fencing medal.
| Fencer | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Fencer | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| José Llauro | Épée | 1 win | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Oscar Martínez | Épée | 5 wins | 5 Q | 2 wins | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Antonio Villamil | Épée | 4 wins | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Oscar Viñas | Foil | — | — | 5 wins | 2 Q | 1 win | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Raúl Anganuzzi Carmelo Camet Roberto Larraz Héctor Lucchetti Luis Lucchetti | Team foil | 3–0 | 1 Q | 1–1 | 2 Q | 1–0 | 1 Q | 1–2 | |

## Football

Argentina's Olympic football debut resulted in a silver medal.

### Summary

| Team | Event | Prelim. | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Argentina men's U-23 | Men's tournament | Bye | United States W 11–2 | Belgium W 6–3 | Egypt W 6–0 | Uruguay D 1–1 L 2–1 | |

### Men's tournament
   ### Team roster

Head coach: José Lago Millán
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| - | 2DF | Ludovico Bidoglio | (1900-02-05)5 February 1900 (aged 28) | Boca Juniors |
| 1 | 1GK | Ángel Bossio | (1905-05-05)5 May 1905 (aged 23) | Talleres (BA) |
| - | 3MF | Saúl Calandra | (1904-10-22)22 October 1904 (aged 23) | Estudiantes (LP) |
| - | 4FW | Alfredo Carricaberry | (1900-10-08)8 October 1900 (aged 27) | San Lorenzo |
| - | 4FW | Roberto Cherro | (1907-02-23)23 February 1907 (aged 21) | Boca Juniors |
| 12 | 1GK | Octavio Díaz | (1900-10-07)7 October 1900 (aged 27) | Rosario Central |
| - | 2DF | Juan Evaristo | (1902-06-20)20 June 1902 (aged 25) | Sp. Palermo |
| - | 4FW | Manuel Ferreira | (1905-10-22)22 October 1905 (aged 22) | Estudiantes (LP) |
| - | 4FW | Enrique Gainzarain | (1904-12-07)7 December 1904 (aged 23) | Ferro Carril Oeste |
| - | 2DF | Alberto Helman | | Estudiantes (SdE) |
| - | 3MF | Segundo Luna | (1902-04-20)20 April 1902 (aged 26) | Club Atlético Mitre |
| - | 2DF | Ángel Médici | (1897-12-20)20 December 1897 (aged 30) | Boca Juniors |
| - | 3MF | Luis Monti | (1901-05-15)15 May 1901 (aged 27) | San Lorenzo |
| - | 3MF | Pedro Ochoa | (1900-02-22)22 February 1900 (aged 28) | Racing |
| - | 2DF | Rodolfo Orlandini | (1905-01-01)1 January 1905 (aged 23) | Sp. Buenos Aires |
| - | 4FW | Raimundo Orsi | (1901-12-02)2 December 1901 (aged 26) | Independiente |
| - | 2DF | Fernando Paternoster | (1903-05-24)24 May 1903 (aged 25) | Racing |
| - | 4FW | Feliciano Perducca | (1901-06-09)9 June 1901 (aged 26) | Boca Alumni |
| - | 3MF | Natalio Perinetti | (1900-12-28)28 December 1900 (aged 27) | Racing |
| - | 4FW | Domingo Tarasconi | (1903-12-20)20 December 1903 (aged 24) | Boca Juniors |
| - | 2DF | Luis Weihmuller | (1902-08-02)2 August 1902 (aged 25) | Sp. Palermo |
| - | 2DF | Adolfo Zumelzú | (1902-01-05)5 January 1902 (aged 26) | Sp. Palermo |

   ### Round of 16
### Gold medal match

Team details :
| Uruguay | Argentina |
* Linesmen:
* Ulises Saucedo (Bolivia)
* Henri Christophe (Belgium)

## Rowing

Nine men (an eights boat with coxswain) represented Argentina in rowing. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. The Argentinian boat effectively placed 7th, not advancing to the third round.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ernesto Black Irving Bond Pedro Brise Lázaro Iturrieta Gustavo Lanusse Armin Meyer Federico Probst Leonel Sutton Alberto Errecalde (cox) | Eights | 7:10.0 | 1 Q | Bye | Bye | 6:53.4 | 2 R | 6:33.0 | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Sailing

Five sailors represented Argentina in 1928. It was the nation's debut in the sport.
| Sailor | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Sailor | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 6 | Race 7 | Rank |
| Rafael Iglesias Miguel Bosch Pedro Dates Horacio Seeber Carlos Serantes | 8 metre class | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 |

## Swimming

Four men represented Argentina in swimming in 1928. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. Alberto Zorrilla competed in all three freestyle races, advancing to the final in each and taking gold in the middle distance. It was Argentina's first medal in swimming.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Francisco Uranga | 100 m freestyle | 1:05.6 | 2 Q | Unknown | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alberto Zorrilla | 100 m freestyle | 1:01.8 | 1 Q | 1:01.6 | 2 Q | 1:01.6 | 7 |
| Alberto Zorrilla | 400 m freestyle | 5:19.2 | 1 Q | 5:11.4 | 1 Q | 5:01.6 OR | |
| Alberto Zorrilla | 1500 m freestyle | 22:21.2 | 1 Q | 21:17.0 | 2 Q | 21:23.8 | 5 |
| Amilcar Álvarez Francisco Uranga Emilio Vives Alberto Zorrilla | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | — | — | Unknown | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Water polo

Argentina competed in Olympic water polo for the first time. They were defeated by Hungary 14–0 in the first round.

### Summary

* FT – After full time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Argentina men's | Men's tournament | Hungary L 0–14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |

### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

Head coach:
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Caps | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
| | Mario Bistoletti | | ? | 2 | 0 |
| GK | Ricardo Bustamante | | ? | 2 | 0 |
| | Carlos Castro | | ? | 2 | 0 |
| | Jorge Moreau | 1908 | ? | 2 | 0 |
| | Luciano Rovere | | ? | 2 | 0 |
| | S. Stipanicic | | ? | 2 | 0 |
| | Francisco Uranga | | ? | 2 | 0 |
| | César Vásquez | | ? | 2 | 0 |

#### Round of 16

| 4 August 1928 | OR p. 808 | Hungary | 14–0 | Argentina | Amsterdam Referees: C. Minnes Jr. (NED) |
| Amsterdam Referees: C. Minnes Jr. (NED) |||

## Weightlifting

Two men represented Argentina in weightlifting in 1928. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.
| Athlete | Event | Press | Press | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Casimiro Vega | Men's −60 kg | 60 | 20 | 67.5 | 20 | 95 | 19 | 222.5 | 21 |
| Alfredo Pianta | Men's −75 kg | 75 | 19 | 90 | 10 | 120 | 6 | 285 | 9 |

## Wrestling

Five men represented Argentina in wrestling in 1928. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Rey was the only Argentine wrestler to win a bout, though Walzer's bye in the second round of the middleweight competition actually gave the latter man a slightly better ranking than Rey.

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Eduardo Bosc | −58 kg | Lindelöf (SWE) L Fall 3pts | Leucht (GER) L Fall 6pts | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 14 |
| Ricardo Rey | −62 kg | Bieri (SUI) W Fall 0pts | Steinig (GER) L Fall 3pts | Meyer (DEN) L Fall 6pts | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |
| Alberto Barbieri | −67.5 kg | Westerlund (FIN) L Fall 3pts | Błażyca (POL) L Fall 6pts | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Antonio Walzer | −75 kg | Frei (SUI) L Decision 3pts | Bye | Kokkinen (FIN) L Fall 6pts | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 9 |
| Jorge Briola | +82.5 kg | Çoban (TUR) L Decision 3pts | Zvejnieks (LAT) L Fall 6pts | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 11 |