Argentina at the 1932 Summer Olympics

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Sporting event delegation

Argentina at the 1932 Summer Olympics

IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
Website	www.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in Los Angeles
Competitors	33 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Alberto Zorrilla
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Argentina at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California was the nation's sixth appearance out of nine editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina sent to the 1932 Summer Olympics its third national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Argentino), 33 athletes (all males) that competed in 30 events in 6 sports: athletics, boxing, fencing, shooting, swimming, and weightlifting. They brought home 4 Olympic medals: one gold medal in the marathon, and 2 gold medals and one silver medal in boxing.

Medalists

Main article: 1932 Summer Olympics medal table

Argentina finished in 11th position in the final medal rankings, with three gold medals and one silver medal.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Juan Carlos Zabala	Athletics	Men's Marathon
Gold	Carmelo Robledo	Boxing	Men's Featherweight
Gold	Santiago Lovell	Boxing	Men's Heavyweight
Silver	Amado Azar	Boxing	Men's Featherweight

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Juan José Trillo	Flyweight	Werner Spannagel (GER) L PTS	Did not advance
Carlos Pereyra	Bantamweight	Patrick Hughes (IRL) W PTS	Joseph Lang (USA) L WO	Did not advance
Carmelo Robledo	Featherweight	BYE	Ernest Smith (IRL) W PTS	Allan Carlsson (SWE) W PTS	Josef Schleinkofer (GER) W PTS
Eduardo Vargas	Lightweight	Frankie Genovese (CAN) L PTS	Did not advance
Luis Sardella	Welterweight	Edward Flynn (USA) L PTS	Did not advance
Amado Azar	Middleweight	BYE	Aldo Longinotti (ITA) W PTS	Roger Michelot (FRA) W PTS	Carmen Barth (USA) L PTS
Rafael Lang	Light heavyweight	BYE	Peter Jørgensen (DEN) L PTS	Did not advance		5
Santiago Lovell	Heavyweight	BYE	Gunnar Bärlund (FIN) W PTS	George Maughan (CAN) W TKO	Luigi Rovati (ITA) W PTS

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, all men, represented Argentina in 1932.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Raúl Saucedo, Roberto Larraz, Rodolfo Valenzuela, Ángel Gorordo

Men's épée

Raúl Saucedo

Men's sabre

Carmelo Merlo

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Two shooters represented Argentina in 1932.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Antonio Daneri	50 m rifle, prone	286	16
Sigfrido Vogel	50 m rifle, prone	281	22

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Leopoldo Tahier	100 metre freestyle	1:05.3	5	Did not advance
Alfredo Rocca	100 metre freestyle	1:04.2	3	Did not advance
Justo José Caraballo	200 metre breaststroke	2:55.2	3	Did not advance
Carlos Kennedy Leopoldo Tahier Roberto Peper Alfredo Rocca	4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	—				10:13.1	6

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Julio Juaneda	75 kg	75	7	90	7	120	6	285	6

References

"Argentina at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2015.

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Argentina at the Olympics

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Argentina did not participate in 1980 due to a boycott.

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