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. No medals were won by Argentine athletes for the first time since 1920.
| Argentina at the 1976 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ARG |
| NOC | Argentine Olympic Committee |
| in Montreal Canada | |
| Competitors | 69 (65 men and 4 women) in 12 sports |
| Flag bearer | Hugo Aberastegui |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Athletics
- Men
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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| 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
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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| 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
Dressage
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualifying round | Final | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
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| 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
| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||||||
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| 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
Head Coach: Mario Ranalli
- Group play
| Team | Pts | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
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| 1 | Netherlands | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| 2 | Australia | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 |
| 3 | India | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 |
| 4 | Malaysia | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Canada | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Argentina | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Qualified for semifinals
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Judo
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze medal | Final | |
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| 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 | |||||
| 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
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Open
| Athlete | Event | Race | Final rank | ||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Juan C. Firpo | Finn | 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 | 24.0 | 18 | 20.0 | 14 | 21.0 | 15 | 20.0 | 14 | 25.0 | 19 | 138.0 | 20 | ||
Shooting
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Total | Rank |
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| 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
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Conrado Porta | 100 m backstroke | 1:01.13 | 31 | did not advance | |||
| 200 m backstroke | 2:09.75 | 18 | N/a | did not advance | |||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Claudia Bellotto | 100 m backstroke | 1:10.27 | 28 | did not advance | |||
| 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
- Men's freestyle
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Final | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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.
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