Argentina at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Argentina at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Argentina at the; 1976 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
in Montreal Canada
Competitors	69 (65 men and 4 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Hugo Aberastegui
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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IOC codeARG

NOCArgentine Olympic Committee

Competitors69 (65 men and 4 women) in 12 sports

Flagbearer Hugo Aberastegui

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.

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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

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

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

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

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

Argentina at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Cycling

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

Show jumping

Fencing

Field hockey

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Wrestling

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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

	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

Athlete	Event	Race														Final rank
		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		Final rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Juan C. Firpo	Finn	~~29.0~~	23	24.0	18	20.0	14	17.0	11	25.0	19	29.0	23	29.0	23	144.0	23
Pedro Ferrero Jorge Rão Andrés Robinson	Soling	~~28.0~~	22	28.0	22	24.0	18	20.0	14	21.0	15	20.0	14	25.0	19	138.0	20

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

v t e 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

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