Argentina

History

Argentina made its Summer Olympic debut in 1900 and appeared at most subsequent games with the exceptions of 1904, 1912 and the United States led boycott of 1980. By sending over 100 athletes since 1996 Argentina usually has one of the largest delegations at the games. These athletes compete in a wide variety of sports, including in a diverse set of team sports that rivals even the largest and most successful nations.

Among Pan American nations Argentina is one of the most successful, winning a total of 74 medals. This was done across 17 current sports and the discontinued polo. Their first medal was won in 1924 and they continued to medal at each Olympics they participated in with the exception of 1976 and 1984. With 24 medals, boxing is their most successful sport; however, most of those medals were won during the early days of Argentina’s Olympic experience. Since 1968 the nation has only won a single medal in the sport. Sailing is a more recent successful sport where the nation won eight of its ten medals since 1996. Argentina’s has also enjoyed recent success in team sports where they medaled ten times in basketball, field hockey and football since 1996. The most successful Argentine athletes are sailor Carlos Espínola with two silvers and two bronzes (1996-2008) and field hockey player Luciana Aymar with two silvers and two bronzes (2000-2012).

Qualified Quotas

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s Marathon Joaquin Arbe
Eulalio Munoz

Basketball

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s Tournament Agustin Caffaro
Luca Vildoza
Luis Scola
Facundo Campazzo
Nicolas Laprovittola
Nicolas Brussino
Maximo Fjellerup
Marcos Delia
Gabriel Deck
Lucio Redico
Patricio Garino
Gallizzi Tayavek

Canoeing

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s K1 1000m Agustin Vernice

Cycling

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s Road Race Qualified Via Rankings

Equestrian

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Individual Jumping From Team Quota
From Team Quota
From Team Quota
Team Jumping Jose Maria Larocca
Horse: Finn Lente
Matias Albarracin
Horse: Cannavaro 9
Carlos Cremona
Horse: Quicksilver VA
Martin Dopazo
Horse: Call Again Cevin

Field Hockey

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s Tournament Juan Vivaldi
Pedro Ibarra
Nicolas Keenan
Maico Casella
Matias Paredes
Lucas Vila
Jose Tolini
Ignacio Ortiz
Juan Lopez
Matias Rey
Lucas Martinez
Nicolas Cicileo
Agustin Mazzilli
Federico Fernandez
Agustin Bugallo
Martin Ferreiro
Women’s Tournament Belen Succi
Sofia Toccalino
Rosario Luchetti
Agostina Alonso
Giselle Kanevsky
Carla Rebecchi
Maria Granatto
Victoria Sauze
Agustina Albertarrio
Victoria Granatto
Eugenia Trinchinetti
Micaela Retegui
Silvina d’Elia
Noel Barrionuevo
Julieta Jankunas
Valentina Costa

Football

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s Tournament Adolfo Gaich
Agustin Urzi
Alexis Mac Allister
Claudio Bravo
Facundo Cambeses
Facundo Medina
Facundo Mura
Fausto Vera
Gaston Togni
Hernan de la Fuente
Joaquin Blazquez
Juan Brunetta
Juan Pablo Cozzani
Julian Alvarez
Marcelo Herrera
Matías Zaracho
Maximiliano Centurion
Nahuel Bustos
Nazareno Colombo
Nehuen Perez
Nicolas Capaldo
Tomas Belmonte
Valentin Castellanos

Gymnastics

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Women’s Artistic Individual Events Martina Dominici

Handball

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s Tournament Matias Schulz
Federico Fernandez
Federico Pizarro
Sebastian Simonet
Pablo Vainstein
Diego Simonet
Ignacio Pizarro
Pablo Simonet
Santiago Baronetto
Lucas Moscariello
Gonzalo Carou
Guillermo Fischer
Leone Maciel
Nicolas Bonanno

Modern Pentathlon

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual Sergio Villamayor

Rugby Sevens

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s Tournament Felipe Del Mestre
Luciano Gonzalez
Matias Osadczuk
Lautaro Bazan Velez
Santiago Alvarez
Francisco Ulloa
Santiago Mare
Tomas Vanni
Gaston Revol
Maximo Provenzano
German Schulz
Fernando Luna
Franco Sabato

Sailing

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s RS:X Francisco Saubidet Francisco Saubidet
Women’s RS:X Maria Celia Tejerina Maria Celia Tejerina
Men’s Laser Francisco Guaragna Francisco Guaragna
Women’s Laser Radial Lucia Falasca Lucia Falasca
Men’s Finn Facundo Olezza Facundo Olezza
Women’s 470 Maria Belen Tavella
Lourdes Hartkopf		 Maria Belen Tavella
Lourdes Hartkopf
Women’s 49erFX Victoria Travascio
Sol Branz		 Victoria Travascio
Sol Branz
Mixed Nacra 17 Foiling Santiago Lange
Cecilia Carranza Saroli		 Santiago Lange
Cecilia Carranza Saroli

Shooting

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Alexis Eberhardt
Women’s 10m Air Rifle Fernanda Russo
Women’s Skeet Melisa Gil

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s 100m Butterfly Santiago Grassi

Women’s Events

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Women’s 400m Freestyle Delfina Pignatiello
Women’s 800m Freestyle Delfina Pignatiello
Women’s 1500m Freestyle Delfina Pignatiello
Women’s 100m Breaststroke Julia Sebastian
Women’s 200m Breaststroke Julia Sebastian

Taekwondo

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s -58kg Lucas Guzman

Tennis

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Women’s Singles Nadia Podoroska

Volleyball

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s Indoor Volleyball Federico Pereyra
Nicolas Uriarte
Cristian Poglajen
Facundo Conte
Agustin Loser
Santiago Danani
Sebastian Sole
Bruno Lima
Ezequiel Palacios
Pablo Crer
Luciano De Cecco
Alexis Gonzalez
Nicolas Mendez
Martin Ramos
Women’s Indoor Volleyball Elina Rodriguez
Paula Yamila Nizetich
Daniela Bulaich Simian
Lucia Fresco
Daniela Nielson Ramella
Azul Benitez
Agnes Victoria Michel Tosi
Mariangeles Cossar
Julieta Lazcano
Tatiana Rizzo
Bianca Farriol
Victoria Mayer
Sol Piccolo
Candelaria Herrera

Wrestling

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s Freestyle -65kg Agustin Destribats