Argentina at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Argentina competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China, from 8 to 24 August 2008. 137 athletes qualified for the Olympic Games in 19 sports.^[1] Manu Ginóbili, basketball player and gold medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Argentina at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
Website	www.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in Beijing
Competitors	137 in 19 sports
Flag bearers	Manu Ginóbili (opening) Juan Curuchet (closing)
Medals Ranked 35th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 4 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Walter Pérez Juan Curuchet	Cycling	Men's madison	August 19
Gold	Argentina national football team Lautaro Acosta Sergio Agüero Éver Banega Diego Buonanotte Ángel Di María Federico Fazio Fernando Gago Ezequiel Garay Ezequiel Lavezzi Javier Mascherano Lionel Messi Luciano Fabián Monzón Nicolás Pareja Juan Román Riquelme Sergio Romero José Ernesto Sosa Óscar Ustari Pablo Zabaleta	Football	Men's tournament	August 23
Bronze	Paula Pareto	Judo	Women's 48 kg	August 9
Bronze	Carlos Espínola Santiago Lange	Sailing	Men's Tornado	August 21
Bronze	Argentina women's hockey team Magdalena Aicega Luciana Aymar Noel Barrionuevo Claudia Burkart Soledad García Mariana González Oliva Alejandra Gulla María de la Paz Hernández Giselle Kañevsky Rosario Luchetti Mercedes Margalot Carla Rebecchi Mariana Rossi Mariné Russo Belén Succi Paola Vukojicic	Field hockey	Women's tournament	August 22
Bronze	Argentina national basketball team Carlos Delfino Manu Ginóbili Román González Juan Pedro Gutiérrez Leonardo Gutiérrez Federico Kammerichs Andrés Nocioni Fabricio Oberto Antonio Porta Pablo Prigioni Paolo Quinteros Luis Scola	Basketball	Men's tournament	August 24

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Juan Manuel Cano	20 km walk	—				1:27:17	40
Javier Carriqueo	1500 m	3:39.36	7	Did not advance
Leonardo Price	800 m	1:49.39	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jorge Balliengo	Discus throw	58.82	30	Did not advance
Germán Chiaraviglio	Pole vault	NM	—	Did not advance
Juan Ignacio Cerra	Hammer throw	70.16	30	Did not advance
Germán Lauro	Shot put	19.07	32	Did not advance
Pablo Pietrobelli	Javelin throw	69.09	34	Did not advance

Women

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Rocío Comba	Discus throw	51.36	36	Did not advance
Alejandra García	Pole vault	4.15	31	Did not advance
Jennifer Dahlgren	Hammer throw	66.35	29	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Argentina's men's basketball team, the defending Olympic champions, qualified for the Olympics by placing second at the FIBA Americas Championship 2007, and marked its fifth Olympic appearance.

The women's team finished fourth at the FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2007, and will be one of twelve teams vying for the final five Olympic spots at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008.

Roster

The following is the Argentina roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Argentina men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F/C 4 Luis Scola (C) 28 – (1980-04-30)April 30, 1980 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Houston Rockets SG 5 Manu Ginóbili 31 – (1977-07-28)July 28, 1977 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) San Antonio Spurs C 6 Román González 30 – (1978-01-28)January 28, 1978 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Peñarol C 7 Fabricio Oberto 33 – (1975-03-21)March 21, 1975 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) San Antonio Spurs PG 8 Pablo Prigioni 31 – (1977-05-17)May 17, 1977 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) TAU Cerámica PG 9 Antonio Porta 24 – (1983-10-28)October 28, 1983 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Spartak Saint Petersburg SG 10 Carlos Delfino 25 – (1982-08-29)August 29, 1982 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Khimki PG 11 Paolo Quinteros 29 – (1979-01-15)January 15, 1979 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Basket Zaragoza PF 12 Leonardo Gutiérrez 30 – (1978-05-16)May 16, 1978 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Atenas SF 13 Andrés Nocioni 28 – (1979-11-30)November 30, 1979 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Chicago Bulls C 14 Juan Pedro Gutiérrez 24 – (1983-10-10)October 10, 1983 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Granada SF 15 Federico Kammerichs 28 – (1980-06-21)June 21, 1980 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Regatas	Head coach Sergio Hernández Assistant coach(es) Julio Lamas Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	5	4	1	425	400	+25	9[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Argentina	5	4	1	425	361	+64	9[a]
3	Croatia	5	3	2	399	380	+19	8[b]
4	Australia	5	3	2	457	405	+52	8[b]
5	Russia	5	1	4	387	406	−19	6
6	Iran	5	0	5	323	464	−141	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Argentina
2. Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Australia

10 August 2008 16:45

Report

Lithuania	79–75	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 20–19, 17–15, 28–30
Pts: Kleiza 13 Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 8		Pts: Ginobili 19 Rebs: Oberto 11 Asts: Oberto, Prigioni 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

12 August 2008 22:15

Report

Argentina	85–68	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 23–11, 16–18, 24–17, 22–22
Pts: Ginobili 21 Rebs: Nocioni 8 Asts: Ginobili 7		Pts: Mills 22 Rebs: Andersen 6 Asts: Bogut, Bruton 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)

14 August 2008 22:15

Report

Argentina	77–53	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 19–9, 19–16, 18–15
Pts: Nocioni 18 Rebs: Nocioni 8 Asts: Ginobili 8		Pts: Tomas, Banić 9 Rebs: Banić 6 Asts: Ukić 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Juan Carlos Arteaga (ESP)

16 August 2008 16:45

Report

Iran	82–97	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 19–23, 24–30, 25–25
Pts: Haddadi 21 Rebs: Haddadi 16 Asts: Kamrani 4		Pts: Ginobili 32 Rebs: Scola 7 Asts: Prigioni 6

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)

18 August 2008 22:15

Report

Argentina	91–79	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 18–23, 27–25, 19–15
Pts: Scola 37 Rebs: Nocioni 9 Asts: Prigioni 10		Pts: Kirilenko 23 Rebs: Kirilenko 9 Asts: Holden 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

Quarterfinals

20 August 2008 22:15

Report

Argentina	80–78	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 17–17, 17–15, 24–23
Scoring by half: 39–40, 41–38
Pts: Ginobili 24 Rebs: Scola 8 Asts: Prigioni 3		Pts: Fotsis 17 Rebs: Fotsis 10 Asts: Papaloukas 4

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

Semifinals

22 August 2008 22:00

Report

Argentina	81–101	United States
Scoring by quarter: 11–30, 29–19, 24–29, 17–23
Scoring by half: 40–49, 41–52
Pts: Scola 28 Rebs: Scola 11 Asts: Prigioni 3		Pts: Anthony 21 Rebs: Bosh 10 Asts: Kidd 7

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA)

Bronze medal game

24 August 2008 12:00

Report

Lithuania	75–87	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 13–22, 15–22, 26–19
Scoring by half: 34–46, 41–41
Pts: Šiškauskas 15 Rebs: Šiškauskas, K. Lavrinovič 6 Asts: Jasikevičius 3		Pts: Delfino 20 Rebs: Delfino 10 Asts: Prigioni 7

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Argentina had one boxer qualify for the Olympics. Ezequiel Maderna earned a spot in the middleweight competition after coming in second at the 2nd AIBA American Olympic Qualifying Tournament.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ezequiel Maderna	Middleweight	Estrada (USA) L 2–10	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Miguel Correa	Men's K-1 500 m	1:39.781	5 QS	1:46.422	7	Did not advance
	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:45.695	6 QS	3:51.715	9	Did not advance
Estefania Fontanini	Women's K-1 500 m	2:00.291	8	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alejandro Borrajo	Men's road race	Did not finish
Juan José Haedo		Did not finish
Matías Médici	Men's road race	Did not finish
	Men's time trial	1:07:53	30

Track

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Juan Curuchet	Men's points race	1	0	18
Juan Curuchet Walter Pérez	Men's madison	8	0

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Darío Gasco	Men's cross-country	2:07:04	27

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Cristian Becerine	Men's BMX	37.253	27	11	2 Q	15	5	Did not advance
Ramiro Marino		36.768	21	20	8	Did not advance
Gabriela Díaz	Women's BMX	37.590	5	—		13	3 Q	39.747	5
María Belén Dutto		40.193	14	—		20	7	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
José Larocca	Royal Power	Individual	14	66	16	30	59	Did not advance								30	59

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alberto González Viaggio	Individual foil	Zhu J (CHN) L 2–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Argentina qualified a team to the women's field hockey tournament. In the group play, they won three matches and drew two, finishing second in the group. This qualified them for the semifinal, which they lost to the Netherlands. In the bronze medal match however, they defeated Germany, winning the bronze medal and finishing third in the tournament.

Women's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Argentine roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Head Coach: Gabriel Minadeo

1. Belén Succi (GK)
3. Magdalena Aicega (c)
4. Rosario Luchetti
7. Alejandra Gulla
8. Luciana Aymar
10. Agustina García
11. Carla Rebecchi
12. Mariana González Oliva
14. Mercedes Margalot
15. María de la Paz Hernández
16. Mariana Rossi
18. Paola Vukojicic (GK)
19. Mariné Russo
24. Claudia Burkart
26. Giselle Kañevsky
27. Noel Barrionuevo

Reserve:

9. Silvina D'Elía
25. Agustina Bouza

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Germany	5	4	0	1	12	8	+4	12	Advanced to semifinals
Argentina	5	3	2	0	13	7	+6	11
Great Britain	5	2	2	1	7	9	−2	8
United States	5	1	3	1	9	8	+1	6
Japan	5	1	1	3	5	7	−2	4
New Zealand	5	0	0	5	6	13	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

10 August 2008 18:30 Argentina  2–2  United States Rebecchi  5', 11' Report Smith  18' Loy  64' Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Carol Metchette (IRL)

12 August 2008 08:30 Argentina  2–2  Great Britain García  10' Gulla  27' Report Thomas  49' Clewlow  51' Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Stella Bartlema (NED)

14 August 2008 18:30 Japan  1–2  Argentina Miura  64' Report Gulla  38' Burkart  51' Umpires: Miao Lin (CHN) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

16 August 2008 18:00 Germany  0–4  Argentina Report Burkart  38' Gulla  49', 66' Aymar  68' Umpires: Lisa Roach (AUS) Chieko Soma (JPN)

18 August 2008 20:30 Argentina  3–2  New Zealand Rebecchi  15' García  43' Hernández  46' Report Roberts  33' Igasan  61' Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

Semifinal

20 August 2008 20:30 Netherlands  5–2  Argentina Paumen  9', 25', 47' Agliotti  31' Hoog  68' Report Russo  59' Gulla  69' Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Sarah Garnett (NZL)

Bronze medal match

22 August 2008 18:00 Germany  1–3  Argentina Kühn  45' Report Luchetti  11' Rebecchi  22' Barrionuevo  63' Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

Football

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

Sergio Batista, head coach of the men's football team, announced his final squad for the Olympics on 3 July.^[5] Pareja takes the place of Burdisso, whose club did not grant permission. The following is the Argentina squad in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Head coach: Sergio Batista

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Óscar Ustari	(1986-07-03)3 July 1986 (aged 22)	1	0	Getafe
2	2DF	Ezequiel Garay	(1986-10-10)10 October 1986 (aged 21)	1	0	Real Madrid
3	2DF	Fabián Monzón	(1987-04-13)13 April 1987 (aged 21)	0	0	Boca Juniors
4	2DF	Pablo Zabaleta	(1985-01-16)16 January 1985 (aged 23)	5	0	Espanyol
5	3MF	Fernando Gago	(1986-04-10)10 April 1986 (aged 22)	9	0	Real Madrid
6	2DF	Federico Fazio	(1987-03-17)17 March 1987 (aged 21)	0	0	Sevilla
7	3MF	José Sosa	(1985-06-19)19 June 1985 (aged 23)	2	0	Bayern Munich
8	3MF	Éver Banega	(1988-06-29)29 June 1988 (aged 20)	0	0	Valencia
9	4FW	Ezequiel Lavezzi	(1985-05-03)3 May 1985 (aged 23)	2	0	Napoli
10	3MF	Juan Román Riquelme* (c)	(1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 30)	42	18	Boca Juniors
11	3MF	Ángel Di María	(1988-02-14)14 February 1988 (aged 20)	0	0	Benfica
12	2DF	Nicolás Pareja*	(1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 24)	0	0	Anderlecht
13	4FW	Lautaro Acosta	(1988-03-14)14 March 1988 (aged 20)	0	0	Sevilla
14	3MF	Javier Mascherano*	(1984-06-08)8 June 1984 (aged 24)	37	2	Liverpool
15	4FW	Lionel Messi	(1987-06-24)24 June 1987 (aged 21)	26	8	Barcelona
16	4FW	Sergio Agüero	(1988-06-02)2 June 1988 (aged 20)	7	2	Atlético Madrid
17	4FW	Diego Buonanotte	(1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 20)	0	0	River Plate
18	1GK	Sergio Romero	(1987-02-22)22 February 1987 (aged 21)	0	0	AZ
22	1GK	Nicolás Navarro[n 1]	(1985-03-25)25 March 1985 (aged 23)	0	0	Napoli

* Over-aged player.

Notes

1. Replaces Óscar Ustari who was injured during the competition

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Ivory Coast	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Australia	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
4	Serbia	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source: ^[7]

Ivory Coast	1–2	Argentina
Cissé 53'	Report	Messi 43' Acosta 86'

7 August 2008

19:45

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 43,266

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Argentina	1–0	Australia
Lavezzi 76'	Report

10 August 2008

17:00

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 38,182

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Argentina	2–0	Serbia
Lavezzi 13' (pen.) Buonanotte 84'	Report

13 August 2008

19:45

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 53,668

Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

Quarterfinals

Argentina	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
Messi 14' Di María 105'	Report	Bakkal 36'

16 August 2008

21:00

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 51,366

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Semifinals

Argentina	3–0	Brazil
Agüero 52', 58' Riquelme 76' (pen.)	Report

19 August 2008

21:00

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 52,968

Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

Gold medal game

Nigeria	0–1	Argentina
	Report	Di María 58'

23 August 2008

12:00

Beijing National Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 89,102

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Source for cards:^[8]

Team details

Nigeria GK 1 Ambruse Vanzekin DF 5 Dele Adeleye DF 4 Onyekachi Apam  68' DF 2 Chibuzor Okonkwo DF 13 Olubayo Adefemi MF 8 Sani Kaita MF 12 Ajilore Oluwafemi MF 11 Solomon Okoronkwo  64' FW 9 Victor Obinna  51' FW 14 Peter Odemwingie FW 10 Isaac Promise (c)  70' Substitutes: FW 16 Victor Anichebe  64' MF 17 Emmanuel Ekpo  70' Manager: Samson Siasia Argentina GK 18 Sergio Romero DF 4 Pablo Zabaleta DF 2 Ezequiel Garay DF 12 Nicolás Pareja DF 3 Luciano Monzón  81' MF 11 Ángel Di María  88' MF 14 Javier Mascherano MF 5 Fernando Gago MF 10 Juan Román Riquelme (c)  82' FW 15 Lionel Messi  90' FW 16 Sergio Agüero  79' Substitutes: MF 7 José Sosa  79' MF 8 Ever Banega  88' FW 9 Ezequiel Lavezzi  90' Manager: Sergio Batista

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

Head coach: Carlos Borrello

Argentina named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.^[9][10]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Guadalupe Calello	(1990-04-13)13 April 1990 (aged 18)			River Plate
2	2DF	Eva González	(1987-09-02)2 September 1987 (aged 20)			Boca Juniors
3	2DF	Yesica Arrien	(1980-07-01)1 July 1980 (aged 28)			Estudiantes de La Plata
4	3MF	Florencia Mandrile	(1988-02-10)10 February 1988 (aged 20)			San Lorenzo de Almagro
5	2DF	Marisa Gerez (captain)	(1976-11-03)3 November 1976 (aged 31)			Boca Juniors
6	2DF	Gabriela Chávez	(1989-04-09)9 April 1989 (aged 19)			Independiente
7	4FW	Ludmila Manicler	(1987-07-06)6 July 1987 (aged 21)			Independiente
8	4FW	Emilia Mendieta	(1988-02-04)4 February 1988 (aged 20)			River Plate
9	4FW	Belén Potassa	(1988-12-12)12 December 1988 (aged 19)			San Lorenzo de Almagro
10	3MF	Mariela Coronel	(1981-06-20)20 June 1981 (aged 27)			Prainsa Zaragoza
11	3MF	Fabiana Vallejos	(1985-07-30)30 July 1985 (aged 23)			Boca Juniors
12	2DF	Daiana Cardone	(1989-01-01)1 January 1989 (aged 19)			Independiente
13	3MF	Florencia Quiñones	(1986-08-26)26 August 1986 (aged 21)			San Lorenzo de Almagro
14	4FW	Andrea Ojeda	(1985-01-17)17 January 1985 (aged 23)			Boca Juniors
15	4FW	Mercedes Pereyra	(1987-05-07)7 May 1987 (aged 21)			River Plate
16	3MF	Gimena Blanco	(1987-12-05)5 December 1987 (aged 20)			River Plate
17	4FW	Analía Almeida	(1985-08-19)19 August 1985 (aged 22)			San Lorenzo de Almagro
18	1GK	Vanina Correa	(1983-08-14)14 August 1983 (aged 24)			Boca Juniors

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Argentina	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source: ^[11]

Argentina	1–2	Canada
Manicler 85'	Report	Chapman 27' Lang 72'

6 August 2008

17:00

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 23,201

Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

Sweden	1–0	Argentina
Fischer 57'	Report

9 August 2008

17:00

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 38,293

Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

China	2–0	Argentina
Quiñones 52' (o.g.) Gu Yasha 90'	Report

12 August 2008

19:45

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Attendance: 31,492

Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miguel Albarracín	−60 kg	Bye	Choi M-H (KOR) L 0000–1000	Did not advance			Akhondzadeh (IRI) L 0002–0020	Did not advance
Mariano Bertolotti	−73 kg	—	Guilheiro (BRA) L 0010–0100	Did not advance
Emmanuel Lucenti	−81 kg	Bye	Burton (GBR) L 0010–0010	Did not advance
Diego Rosati	−90 kg	—	Olson (USA) W 0001–0000	Pershin (RUS) L 0000–1000	Did not advance		Trezise (RSA) W 1000–0000	Kazusionak (BLR) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Eduardo Costa	−100 kg	—	Palkovacs (SVK) W 0110–0100	Matyjaszek (POL) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Sandro López	+100 kg	Bye	Zegarra (PER) L 0001–1001	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paula Pareto	−48 kg	Bye	Day (AUS) W 1000–0000	Tani (JPN) L 0000–0001	Did not advance	Bye	Wu Sg (CHN) W 0100–0001	Csernoviczki (HUN) W 0110–0001	Pak O-S (PRK) W 0100–0001
Daniela Krukower	−63 kg	Arlove (AUS) W 1000–0000	Won O-I (PRK) L 0010–0020	Did not advance		Bye	Willeboordse (NED) L 0000–0230	Did not advance
Lorena Briceño	−78 kg	Bye	Possamaï (FRA) L 0000–0001	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Santiago Fernández	Single sculls	7:38.87	4 QF	7:27.60	6 SC/D	Withdrew

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
María Gabriela Best	Single sculls	7:58.60	4 QF	7:46.45	5 SC/D	8:09.61	3 FC	7:45.21	16

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Mariano Reutemann	RS:X	25	18	19	23	25	15	16	16	16	20	EL	168	21
Julio Alsogaray	Laser	1	12	10	28	14	1	2	32	16	CAN	8	92	7
Javier Conte Juan de la Fuente	470	14	14	4	11	19	9	7	30	5	9	18	110	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Florencia Gutiérrez	RS:X	27	19	27	20	23	26	23	DNF	24	27	EL	216	25
Cecilia Carranza	Laser Radial	15	8	9	20	8	15	6	DNF	23	CAN	EL	104	12t
Consuelo Monsegur Maria Fernanda Sesto	470	16	18	17	12	10	16	14	4	10	14	EL	113	16

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Carlos Espínola Santiago Lange	Tornado	13	1	1	12	4	6	9	1	9	1	6	56

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Juan Carlos Dasque	Trap	115	19	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Damián Blaum	10 km open water	—				1:55:48.6	24
Sergio Ferreyra	100 m breaststroke	1:03.65	52	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:20.10	52	Did not advance
Andrés José González	200 m butterfly	2:00.36	33	Did not advance
José Meolans	50 m freestyle	22.58	35	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	49.50	35	Did not advance
Eduardo Germán Otero	100 m backstroke	56.74	40	Did not advance
Juan Martín Pereyra	400 m freestyle	3:59.35	35	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:49.57	34	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Georgina Bardach	200 m butterfly	DNS		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:25.74	37	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	5:00.87	36	—		Did not advance
Cecilia Biagioli	400 m freestyle	4:19.85	34	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:50.18	31	—		Did not advance
Antonella Bogarín	10 km open water	—				2:11:35.9	24
Agustina de Giovanni	200 m breaststroke	2:34.94	37	Did not advance
Liliana Guiscardo	100 m breaststroke	1:11.43	37	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Liu Song	Men's singles	Bye	Jang S-M (PRK) L 2–4	Did not advance
Pablo Tabachnik		Lashin (EGY) L 2–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vanina Sánchez	Women's −67 kg	Guler (TUR) W 4–0	Sergerie (CAN) L 0–3	Did not advance	Morgan (AUS) L 2–9	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Agustín Calleri	Singles	Mullings (BAH) W 6–1, 6–1	Lu Y-h (TPE) L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Guillermo Cañas		Niemeyer (CAN) W 3–6, 4–2r	Simon (FRA) L 5–7, 1–6	Did not advance
Juan Mónaco		Čilić (CRO) L 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6	Did not advance
David Nalbandian		Zeng Sx (CHN) W 6–2, 6–1	Massú (CHI) W 7–6(7–0), 6–1	Monfils (FRA) L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Agustín Calleri Juan Mónaco	Doubles	—	Guccione / Hewitt (AUS) L 4–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–8	Did not advance
Guillermo Cañas David Nalbandian		—	Darcis / Rochus (BEL) L 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 3–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gisela Dulko	Singles	Dellacqua (AUS) L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Gisela Dulko Betina Jozami	Doubles	—	Obziler / Pe'er (ISR) W 6–3, 6–2	Vesnina / Zvonareva (RUS) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Beach

The men's beach volleyball team Conde-Baracetti (Martín Conde and Mariano Baracetti) qualified to represent Argentina.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mariano Baracetti Martín Conde	Men's	Pool B  Heuscher – Heyer (SUI) L 0 – 2 (13–21, 17–21)  Pļaviņš – Samoilovs (LAT) W 2 – 0 (23–21, 21–19)  Dalhausser – Rogers (USA) L 0 – 2 (12–21, 13–21)	4	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Carlos Espeleta	Men's −77 kg	140	=21	170	=18	310	19
Nora Koppel	Women's −75 kg	Did not compete

See also

• Argentina at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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