Argentina at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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| Argentina at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ARG |
| NOC | Argentine Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Melbourne/Stockholm | |
| Competitors | 28 (27 men and 1 woman) in 8 sports |
| Flag bearer | Isabel Avellán |
| Medals Ranked 29th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Argentina at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events) was the nation's tenth appearance out of thirteen editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina sent to the 1956 Summer Olympics its seventh national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Argentino), 28 athletes (27 men and the 1 woman), who competed in 27 events in 8 sports. They brought home 2 medals: 1 silver and 1 bronze.[1] The Argentine flag bearer was Isabel Avellán, the nation's first female Olympic Games flag bearer.[2]
Medalists
[edit]| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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 Silver |
Humberto Selvetti | Weightlifting | Men's Heavyweight |
 Bronze |
Víctor Zalazar | Boxing | Men's Middleweight |
Athletics
[edit]Boxing
[edit]Fencing
[edit]One fencer represented Argentina in 1956.
Modern pentathlon
[edit]One male pentathlete represented Argentina in 1956.
Sailing
[edit]- 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 | ||
| Esteban Luis Berisso | Finn | 18 | 147 | 14 | 256 | 13 | 288 | 16 | 198 | 15 | 226 | 13 | 288 | DNF | 0 | 1403 | 18 |
| Ovidio Manuel Lagos Jorge Diego Brown |
Star | 9 | 226 | 6 | 402 | 10 | 180 | DNF | 0 | 9 | 226 | DNF | 0 | 9 | 226 | 1260 | 11 |
| Jorge Salas Chávez Arnoldo Pekelharing Boris Adolfo Belada |
Dragon | 3 | 828 | 8 | 402 | 2 | 1004 | 7 | 460 | DNF | 0 | 3 | 828 | 4 | 703 | 4225 | 4 |
Shooting
[edit]Four shooters represented Argentina in 1956.
Weightlifting
[edit]Wrestling
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Argentina at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ^ "La bandera y las mujeres en el deporte argentino". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). 20 June 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
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