Argentina at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Argentina
games=1988 Summer
competitors=118 (93 men and 25 women)
sports=18
flagbearer=Gabriela Sabatini
gold=0
silver=1
bronze=1
total=2

Argentina competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Medalists

Argentina finished in 35th position in the final medal rankings, with one silver medal and one bronze medal.

Silver

*Gabriela Sabatini — Tennis, Women's singles

Bronze

*Daniel Castellani, Daniel Colla, Hugo Conte, Juan Cuminetti, Esteban de Palma, Alejandro Diz, Waldo Kantor, Esteban Martínez, Raúl Quiroga, Jon Uriarte, Javier Weber, and Claudio Zulianello — Volleyball, men's team competition

Results and competitors by event

Archery

Argentina first appeared at the Olympic archery competition in 1988. The nation sent two men, neither of whom advanced past the preliminary round.

Men's individual competition:
*Claudio Pafundi - Preliminary round (→ 75th place)
*Angel Bello - Preliminary round (→ 81st place)

Athletics

Men's Hammer Throw
* Andrés Charadia:* Qualifying Heat — 68.26m (→ did not advance)

Men's competition
*Fernando Pastoriza

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)
* Carlos Eluaiza
*# First Round — Bye
*# Second Round — Lost to Alexander Makhmutov (URS), 0:5

Men's Featherweight (– 57kg)
* Domingo Damigella
*# First Round — Lost to David Anderson (GBR), 1:4

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71kg)
* Jorge López
*# First Round — Lost to Raymond Downey (CAN), 0:5

Men's Heavyweight (– 91kg)
* Juan Antonio Diaz
*# First Round — Bye
*# Second Round — Lost to Maik Heydeck (GDR), 0:5

Canoeing

Women’s Competition
*Verónica Arbo
*Corina Martín García
*María de los Ángeles Millauro

Men’s Competition
*Gustavo Cirillo
*Fernando Chaparro
*José Marello
*Norberto Méndez
*Atilio Vásquez

Cycling

Men’s competition
*Marcelo Alexandre
*Gabriel Curuchet
*Juan Curuchet
*Gustavo Faris
*Jorge Gaday
*Sergio Llamazares
*Rubén Priede

Fencing

Men’s competition
*Rafael Di Tella
*Sergio Turiace

Football (soccer)

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group C):* Argentina — United States 1-1:* Argentina — Soviet Union 1-2:* Argentina — South Korea 2-1
*Quarter Finals :* Argentina — Brazil 0-1 (→ did not advance)
*Team Roster:* ( 1.) Luis Islas (gk):* ( 2.) Rubén Agüero :* ( 3.) Mauro Airez :* ( 4.) Carlos Alfaro Moreno :* ( 5.) Alberto Boggio :* ( 6.) Claudio Cabrera :* ( 7.) Jorge Comas :* ( 8.) Hernán Diaz :* ( 9.) Néstor Fabbri :* (10.) Daniel Aníbal Hernández :* (11.) Néstor Lorenzo :* (12.) Fabián Cancelarich :* (13.) Mario Lucca :* (14.) Carlos Mayor :* (15.) Pedro Monzón :* (16.) Hugo Pérez :* (17.) Alejandro Ruidiaz :* (18.) Alejandro Russo :* (19.) Darío Siviski
*Head Coach: Carlos Pachamé

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A):* Argentina — The Netherlands 1-5:* Argentina — Australia 0-4:* Argentina — Pakistan 1-2:* Argentina — Spain 1-0:* Argentina — Kenya 5-1
*Classification Matches:* 5th-8th place: Argentina — India 6-6 (India wins after penalty strokes, 3-4):* 7th-8th place: Argentina — Soviet Union 1-4 (→ 8th place)
*Team Roster:* ( 1.) Otto Schmitt (gk):* ( 2.) Alejandro Siri:* ( 3.) Miguel Altube:* ( 4.) Marcelo Mascheroni:* ( 5.) Marcelo Garraffo :* ( 6.) Edgardo Pailos:* ( 7.) Alejandro Doherty:* ( 8.) Aldo Ayala:* ( 9.) Carlos Geneyro:* (10.) Gabriel Minadeo:* (11.) Alejandro Verga:* (12.) Fernando Ferrara:* (13.) Emanuel Roggero (gk):* (14.) Franco Nicola:* (15.) Martín Sordelli:* (16.) Mariano Silva
*Head Coach: Luis Ciancia

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary round (Group A):* Argentina — Great Britain 0-1:* Argentina — United States 2-1:* Argentina — Netherlands 0-1
*Classification Matches:* 5th-8th place: Argentina — Canada 1-3:* 7th-8th place: Argentina — United States 3-1 (→ 7th place)
*Team Roster:* ( 1.) Laura Mulhall (gk):* ( 2.) María Colombo de Serrano:* ( 3.) Marisa López:* ( 4.) Alejandra María Tucat:* ( 5.) Victoria Carbo:* ( 6.) Fabiana Marcela Richezza:* ( 7.) Gabriela Liz :* ( 8.) Gabriela Sánchez:* ( 9.) Moira Brinnand:* (10.) Marcela Hussey:* (11.) Alejandra Palma:* (12.) Laura Ormaechea (gk):* (13.) Veronica María Bengochea:* (14.) Alina Vergara:* (15.) Gabriela María Pazos :* (16.) Andrea Fioroni
*Head Coach: Miguel MacCormick

Judo

Men’s competition
*Dario García
*Sandro López
*Luis Portelli
*Claudio Yafuso

Rowing

Men’s competition
*Claudio Águila
*Rubén Díandrilli
*Sergio Fernández
*Claudio Guindon
*Daniel Scuri
*Marcelo Fernández

ailing

Men’s competition
*Gonzalo Campero
*Pedro Ferrero
*Fernando García Guevara
*Jorge García Velazco
*Carlos Irigoyen
*Julio Labandeira
*Santiago Lange
*Raúl Lena
*Diego Minguens
*Guillermo Parada
*Alberto Zanetti

wimming

Women's 100m breaststroke
* Alicia Boscatto
*# Heat – 1:15.67 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

* Valentina Aracil
*# Heat – 1:19.60 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Women's 200m breaststroke
* Alicia Boscatto
*# Heat – 2:45.80 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

* Valentina Aracil
*# Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 200m individual medley
* Valentina Aracil
*# Heat – 2:31.53 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 400m individual medley
* Valentina Aracil
*# Heat – 5:19.17 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's Alternate Member
*Verónica Ribot

Table tennis

Men’s competition
*Hae Kim Shim
*Martín Paradela

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition
* Javier Frana
*# First round — Defeated Shahar Perkiss (Israel) 6-2 4-6 6-4 6-4
*# Second round — Lost to Martín Jaite (Argentina) 2-6 4-6 2-6

* Martín Jaite
*# First round — Defeated Chris Pridham (Canada) 6-1 6-3 6-2
*# Second round — Defeated Javier Frana (Argentina) 6-2 6-4 6-2
*# Third round — Defeated Bong-Soo Kim (South Korea) 6-4 6-1 6-3
*# Quarterfinals — Lost to Brad Gilbert (United States) 7-5 1-6 6-7 3-6

Men's Doubles Competition
* Javier Frana and Martin Jaite
*# First Round – Lost to Bruce Derlin and Kelly Evernden (Argentina) 4-6 1-4 retired
Women’s Singles Competition
*Betina Fulco
*# First round — Lost to Barbara Paulus (Austria) 6-7 4-6

*Mercedes Paz
*# First round — Defeated Olga Tsarbopoulou (Greece) 6-7 3-6
*# Second round — Lost to Manuela Maleeva (Switzerland) 1-6 2-6

*Gabriela Sabatini → Silver Medal
*# First round — Bye
*# Second round — Defeated Sabrina Goles (Yugoslavia) 6-1 6-0
*# Third round — Defeated Sylvia Hanika (Germany) 1-6 6-4 6-2
*# Quarterfinals — Defeated Natasha Zvereva (Soviet Union) 6-4 6-3
*# Semifinals — Defeated Manuela Maleeva (Switzerland) 6-1 6-1
*# Final — Lost to Steffi Graf (Germany) 3-6 3-6

hooting

Men’s Competition
*Julio Iemma
*Rimo Roberti
*Lisandro Sugezky
*Ángel Bello
*Claudio Pafundi

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round:* Defeated Tunisia (3-0):* Defeated The Netherlands (3-0):* Defeated Japan (3-1):* Lost to United States (2-3):* Lost to France (0-3)
*Semi Finals:* Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
*Bronze Medal Match:* Defeated Brazil (3-2) → Bronze Medal
*Team Roster:* ( 1.) Claudio Zulianello:* ( 2.) Daniel Castellani :* ( 3.) Esteban Martínez:* ( 4.) Alejandro Diz:* ( 5.) Daniel Colla:* ( 6.) Javier Weber:* ( 7.) Hugo Conte:* ( 8.) Waldo Kantor:* ( 9.) Raúl Quiroga:* (10.) Jon Uriarte :* (11.) Juan Cuminetti:* (12.) Esteban de Palma
*Head coach: Luis Muchaga

Wrestling

Men’s Competition
*Daniel Iglesias
*Daniel Navarrete

References

* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ARG/summer/1988/ SportsReference]