Argentina at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Argentina at the
1976 Summer Olympics

IOC code

ARG

NOC

Argentinian Olympic Committee

Website

www.coarg.org.ar (Spanish)

in Montreal

Competitors

69 (65 men and 4 women) in 12 sports

Flag bearer

Hugo Aberastegui

Medals

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	0	0	0

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Argentina competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. A total of 69 competitors, 65 men and 4 women, took part in 50 events in 12 sports.^[1] No medals were won by Argentine athletes for the first time since 1920.

Athletics

For more details on this topic, see Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Juan Adolfo Turri	Men's shot put	17.76	21	N/A				Did not advance
Tito Steiner	Men's decathlon	N/A						7052	22

Decathlon

Event	Tito Steiner
Event	Result	Points
100 m hurdles (s)	11.37	717
Long jump (m)	6.73	763
Shot put (m)	13.85	719
High jump (m)	1.84	716
400 m (s)	50.30	792
110 m hurdles (s)	15.82	766
Discus throw (m)	40.26	691
Pole vault (m)	3.80	754
Javelin throw (m)	49.74	629
1500 m (s)	4:43.16	505
Total		7052

Boxing

For more details on this topic, see Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Héctor Patri	Light flyweight	Edoh (TOG) W W/O	Abdelwahab (EGY) W W/O	Maldonado (PUR) L 0 – 5	Did not advance
Luis Portillo	Light welterweight	Chanchoun (IRQ) W W/O	Sittler (AUT) W 2 – 0 (KO)	Szczerba (POL) L 0 – 5	Did not advance
Juan Domingo Suárez	Light heavyweight	Tafer (FRA) W 1 – 0 (KO)	Jakab (HUN) W 1 – 0 (KO)	Gortat (POL) L 1 – 4	Did not advance

Cycling

For more details on this topic, see Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Osvaldo Benvenuti	Men's individual road race	Did not finish
Oswaldo Frossasco	Men's individual road race	Did not finish
Juan Carlos Haedo	Men's individual road race	Did not finish
Raúl Labbate	Men's individual road race	Did not finish
Osvaldo Benvenuti	Men's 1000m time trial	2:24:48	22
Oswaldo Frossasco
Juan Carlos Haedo
Raúl Labbate

Equestrian

For more details on this topic, see Equestrian at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifying round		Final		Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Guillermo Pellegrini	Rosicler	Individual	1294	26	Did not advance

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Show jumping		Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Carlos Alfonso	Ucase	Individual	117.91	48	321.20	32	10.00	=14	449.11	27
Angel Boyenechea	Rasputin	Individual	94.16	=31	Disqualified
Rodolfo Grazzini	Veracruz	Individual	88.34	23	420.80	34	20.75	29	529.89	28
Carlos Rawson	Dos de Oro	Individual	87.50	22	Did not finish
Carlos Alfonso, Angel Boyenechea, Rodolfo Grazzini, Carlos Rawson	Ucase, Rasputin, Veracruz, Dos de Oro	Team	270.00	10	Did not finish

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifying round		Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Argentino Molinuevo, Jr.	Marsupial	Individual	8.00	=10 Q	27.50	18
Roberto Tagle	Simple	Individual	12.00	=22	Did not advance
Roberto Tagle	Simple	Team	Did not finish

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	First round		Second round		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Daniel Feraud	Men's épée	Pool 2 Jacobson (SWE) L 1 – 5 Hehn (FRG) L 1 – 5 Lukomsky (URS) W 5 – 4 Varaljay (CAN) W 5 – 5	4	Did not advance		N/A		Did not advance
Juan Daniel Pirán	Men's épée	Pool 1 Johnson (GBR) L 0 – 5 Pusch (FRG) L 1 – 5 Pezza (ITA) L 2 – 5 Tatrallyay (CAN) L 1 – 5	4	Did not advance		N/A		Did not advance
Omar Vergara	Men's épée	Pool 7 Suchanecki (SUI) W 5 – 1 Wiech (POL) W 5 – 4 Zarnegar (IRI) W 5 – 4 Edling (SWE) L 1 – 5	2 Q	Pool 6 Hehn (FRG) L 2 – 5 Boisse (FRA) L 2 – 5 Janikowski (POL) L 3 – 5 Ralph Johnson (GBR) L 1 – 5 Abushakhmetov (URS) L 3 – 5	6	N/A		Did not advance
Daniel Feraud	Men's foil	Pool 9 Reichert (FRG) L 0 – 5 Kuki (ROU) L 2 – 5 Koziejowski (POL) L 1 – 5 Jhons (CUB) L 1 – 5 Pashapour-Alamdari (IRI) L 2 – 5	6	Did not advance		N/A		Did not advance
Fernando Lupiz	Men's foil	Pool 4 Stankovych (URS) L 2 – 5 Hein (FRG) L 1 – 5 Donofrio (USA) L 4 – 5 Dal Zotto (ITA) L 4 – 5 Chan (HKG) W 5 – 4	5	Did not advance		N/A		Did not advance
Omar Vergara	Men's foil	Pool 8 Behr (FRG) L 1 – 5 Ballinger (USA) L 3 – 5 Akbari (IRI) L 4 – 5 Kawatsu (JPN) L 4 – 5 Jurka (TCH) L 0 – 5	6	Did not advance		N/A		Did not advance
Daniel Feraud, Fernando Lupiz, Juan Daniel Pirán, Omar Vergara	Men's team épée	Pool 4 Switzerland L 3 – 13 Norway L 2 – 14 Canada L 8 (66) – 8 (68)	6	Did not advance
José María Casanovas	Men's sabre	Pool 5 Krovopuskov (URS) L 0 – 5 Kovács (HUN) L 2 – 5 Salazar (CUB) L 1 – 5 Sukunda (CAN) L 4 – 5	5	Did not advance		N/A		Did not advance
Juan Gavajda	Men's sabre	Pool 5 Pop (ROU) L 0 – 5 Westbrook (USA) L 2 – 5 Marót (HUN) L 2 – 5 Mather (GBR) L 2 – 5	5	Did not advance		N/A		Did not advance
José María Casanovas, Juan Gavajda, Fernando Lupiz, Marcelo Méndez	Men's team épée	Pool 4 Hungary L 2 – 14 Poland L 6 – 10 Iran L 4 – 9	3	N/A		Did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Head Coach: Mario Ranalli

Julio César Cufre (GK)
Jorge Sabbione
Jorge Disera
Osvaldo Zanni
Jorge Ivorra
Luis Antonio Costa
Marcelo Garraffo

Flavio de Giacomi
Fernando Calp
Alberto Sabbione
Daniel Portugués
Alfredo Quaquarini
Gustavo Paolucci
César Raguso

Group play

	Team	Pts	P	W	L	GF	GA
1	Netherlands	10	5	5	0	11	3
2	Australia	6	5	3	2	14	6
3	India	6	5	3	2	12	9
4	Malaysia	4	5	2	3	3	7
5	Canada	2	5	1	4	4	11
6	Argentina	2	5	1	4	4	12

Qualified for semifinals

July 18, 1976

India	4 – 0	Argentina

July 20, 1976

Argentina	1 – 3	Canada

July 21, 1976

Malaysia	2 – 0	Argentina

July 23, 1976

Netherlands	1 – 0	Argentina

July 24, 1976

Australia	2 – 3	Argentina

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Oscar Strático	Men's -70 kg	N/A	Mackay (ECU) W	Gamba (ITA) L	Did not advance
Jorge Portelli	Men's -93 kg	Bye	Tsendaivsh (MGL) W	Starbrook (GBR) L	Did not advance
Jorge Portelli	Men's open category	N/A	Jaime Felipa (AHO) W	Ibañez (CUB) W	Wallas (AUT) W	Remfry (GBR) L	Bye	Cho (KOR) L	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ricardo Ibarra	Men's single sculls	7:17.41	1 Q	BYE		6:57.41	1 FA	8:03.05	6
Carlos Denari Marcelo Gismondi Jorge Molina Juan Tuma	Men's coxless four	6:49.33	5	6:30.56	6	Did not advance
Hugo Aberastegui Hugo Constantini Ignacio Ruiz Raúl Tettamanti Jorge Segurado	Men's coxed four	7:04.38	5	6:26.89	4	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Juan C. Firpo	Finn	~~29.0~~	24.0	20.0	17.0	25.0	29.0	29.0	144.0	23
Pedro Ferrero, Jorge Rão, Andrés Robinson	Finn	~~28.0~~	28.0	24.0	20.0	21.0	20.0	25.0	138.0	20

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Total	Rank
Osvaldo Scandola	25 m rapid-fire pistol	294	291	N/A				585	=27
Oscar Yuston	25 m rapid-fire pistol	283	282	N/A				565	40
Juan Casey	50 m free pistol	83	90	89	89	86	78	515	=43
Jorge di Giandoménico	50 m rifle 3 positions	271	279	274	282	N/A		1,106	=51
Ricardo Rusticucci	50 m rifle prone	96	97	97	98	99	96	583	=57
Firmo Roberti	Skeet	N/A						193	=11

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Conrado Porta	100 m backstroke	1:01.13	31	Did not advance
Conrado Porta	200 m backstroke	2:09.75	18	N/A		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Claudia Bellotto	100 m backstroke	1:10.27	28	Did not advance
Claudia Bellotto	200 m backstroke	2:32.60	28	N/A		Did not advance
Susana Coppo	100 m freestyle	1:02.46	40	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:19.26	37	N/A		Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:57.41	28	N/A		Did not advance
Rossana Juncos	100 m freestyle	1:01.89	42	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:21.53	35	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:06.76	33	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:28.81	30	Did not advance
Patricia Spohn	200 m breaststroke	2:59.51	38	N/A		Did not advance
Claudia Bellotto, Susana Coppo, Rosanna Juncos, Patricia Spohn	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:14.57	12	N/A		Did not advance
Claudia Bellotto, Susana Coppo, Rosanna Juncos, Patricia Spohn	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:41.82	16	N/A		Did not advance

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sergio Fiszman	–68 kg	Gilligan (GBR) L (TF)	Mané (SEN) W (TF)	Navaei (IRI) L (TF)	Did not advance
Daniel Verník	–100 kg	N'Diaye (SEN) W (TF)	Yarygin (URS) L (TF)	Drozda (TCH) L (TF)	Did not advance
Carlos Braconi	+100 kg	Isogai (JPN) L (TF)	Sakho (SEN) L (TF)	Did not advance

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sergio Fiszman	–68 kg	Toma (HUN) L (TF)	Nedev (BUL) L (TF)	Did not advance
Daniel Verník	–100 kg	Bye	Skrzydlewski (POL) L (TF)	Schäfer (FRG) L (TF)	Did not advance	N/A		Did not advance
Carlos Braconi	+100 kg	Gundersen (NOR) L (DQ)	Kolchynskiy (URS) L (TF)	Did not advance		N/A		Did not advance

Key

DQ – Won/lost by passivity.
TF – Won/lost by fall.

References

↑ "Argentina at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-04-02.

Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada

Africa	Cameroon* Egypt* Ivory Coast Morocco* Senegal Tunisia* *withdrew from Games after competition began

America	Antigua Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Suriname Trinidad-Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands

Asia	Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Nepal Pakistan Philippines Saudi Arabia Singapore Thailand

Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France East Germany West Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea

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