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 |
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 | Jose Maria Larocca Horse: Finn Lente |
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 |
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| 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 |
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 Laser | Francisco Guaragna | |
| Women’s Laser Radial | Lucia Falasca | |
| Men’s Finn | Facundo Olezza | |
| Mixed Nacra 17 Foiling | 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 |
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 |