Argentina at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Argentina
games=2008 Summer
competitors= 137
sports= 19
flagbearer= Manu Ginóbili
gold=2
silver=
bronze=4
total=6
rank=34
officials=

Argentina competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. As of July 23, 137 athletes qualified for the Olympic Games, in 19 sports. [ [http://www.coarg.org.ar/nota_act_0081.html COA Notas de Actualidad ] ]

Medalists

Basketball

Argentina's men's basketball team, the defending Olympic champions, qualified for the Olympics by placing second at the FIBA Americas Championship 2007. It will be the men's team's 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.

Results

Group Stage

Women

Mountain biking

Men

Equestrian

Individual Jumping

:colorbox|#ccffcc Qualified for semifinals

hockeybox
date=August 10, 2008
time=18:30
team1=fhw-rt|ARG
score=2 – 2
team2=fhw|USA
goals1= Rebecchi fhg|PC|5 fhg|FG|11
goals2= Smith fhg|PC|18
Loy fhg|FG|64
discipline1= Aymar fhcard|G|30 fhcard|G|49
discipline2= Lingo fhcard|G|5
Barber fhcard|G|21 fhcard|Y|59
Bashore fhcard|Y|44
umpires=Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Carol Metchette (IRL)----hockeybox
date=August 12, 2008
time=08:30
team1=fhw-rt|ARG
score=2 – 2
team2=fhw|GBR
goals1= Garcia fhg|PC|10
Gulla fhg|PC|27
goals2= Thomas fhg|PC|49
Clewlow fhg|PC|51
discipline1= Luchetti fhcard|G|31
Gonzalez Oliva fhcard|Y|44
Margalot fhcard|G|51
discipline2= Cullen fhcard|G|31
umpires=Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Stella Bartlema (NED)----hockeybox
date=August 14, 2008
time=18:30
team1=fhw-rt|JPN
score=1 – 2
team2=fhw|ARG
goals1= Miura fhg|PC|64
goals2= Gulla fhg|FG|38
Burkart fhg|PC|51
discipline2= Aymar fhcard|G|12
Luchetti fhcard|G|57
Gulla fhcard|Y|68
umpires= Miao Lin (CHN)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)----hockeybox
date=August 16, 2008
time=18:00
team1=fhw-rt|GER
score=0 – 4
team2=fhw|ARG
goals1=
goals2= Burkart fhg|PC|38
Gulla fhg|FG|49 fhg|FG|66
Aymar fhg|FG|68
discipline2= Hernández fhcard|G|15
umpires= Lisa Roach (AUS)
Chieko Soma (JPN)----hockeybox
date=August 18, 2008
time=20:30
team1=fhw-rt|ARG
score=3 – 2
team2=fhw|NZL
goals1= Rebecchi fhg|FG|15
Garcia fhg|FG|43
Hernandez fhg|FG|46
goals2= Roberts fhg|FG|33
Igasan fhg|PC|61
umpires= Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Marelize de Klerk----Semifinals

hockeybox
date=August 20, 2008
time=20:30
team1=fhw-rt|NED
score=5 – 2
team2=fhw|ARG
goals1= Paumen fhg|PC|9 fhg|PC|25 fhg|PC|47
Agliotti fhg|FG|31
Hoog fhg|FG|68
goals2= Russo fhg|FG|59
Gulla fhg|FG|69
discipline2= Gulla fhcard|G|32 fhcard|Y|62
umpires= Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Sarah Garnett (NZL)----Final - Bronze Medal Match

hockeybox
date=August 22, 2008
time=18:00
team1=fhw-rt|GER
score=1-3
team2=fhw|ARG
goals1= Kūhn fhg|FG|45
goals2= Luchetti fhg|PC|11
Rebecchi fhg|FG|22
Barrionuevo fhg|PC|63
discipline1= Kūhn fhcard|G|19
discipline2= Aicega fhcard|G|58
umpires= Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

Football

Men's team

Roster

Men's Head Coach Sergio Batista announced his final squad for the Olympics on July 3. [ [http://www.infobae.com/contenidos/389603-101098-0-Batista-confirm%C3%B3-el-seleccionado-argentino-Beijing Batista confirmó el seleccionado argentino para Beijing] es icon] Pareja takes the place of Burdisso, whose club did not grant permission.

:"Over aged players are marked with * (max 3)."

Results

Group Stage

Rowing

Men

Women

Swimming

Tennis

;Total athletes - 9

Men

Weightlifting

Men

Women

Day-by-Day

6th August

* Football - Women's team Group Stage against Canada flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|CAN

7th August

* Football - Men's team Group Stage against Ivory Coast flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|CIV

8th August

9th August

* Cycling - Road Race Men's Final

* Beach Volleyball - Men's team against Swirzerland flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|SUI

* Boxing - Men's Middleweight Round of 32 Ezequiel Maderna against Shawn Estrada flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|USA

* Cycling - Men's road race Final (Alejandro Borrajo, Juan José Haedo & Matías Medici)

* Football - Women's team Group Stage against Sweden flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|SWE

* Judo - Men's 60kg Round 0f 32 Miguel Albarracín against Choi Min-Ho flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|KOR

* Judo - Men's 60kg First Repechage Round Miguel Albarracín against Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|IRI

* Judo - Women's 48kg Round of 16 Paula Pareto against Tiffany Day flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|AUS

* Judo - Women's 48kg Quarterfinals Paula Pareto against Ryoko Tani flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|JPN

* Judo - Women's 48kg First Repechage Round Paula Pareto against Wu Shugen flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|CHN

* Judo - Women's 48kg Repechage Semifinals Paula Pareto against Eva Csernoviczki flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|HUN

* Judo - Women's 48kg Repechage Final Medal Match Paula Pareto against Ok Song Pak flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|PRK

* Rowing - Men's Single Sculls Heats (Santiago Fernández)

* Rowing - Women's Single Sculls Heats (Gabriela Best)

* Shooting - Men's trap Qualification day 1 (Juan Carlos Dasque)

* Swimming - Men's 400m freestyle Heats (Juan Martín Pereyra)

* Swimming - Men's 100m breaststroke Heats (Sergio Andrés Ferreyra)

* Swimming - Women's 400m individual medley Heats (Georgina Bardach)

10th August

* Basketball - Men's team Group Stage against Lithuania flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|LTU

* Field Hockey - Women's team Group Stage against United States flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|USA

* Football - Men's team Group Stage against Australia flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|AUS

* Shooting - Men's trap Qualification day 2 (Juan Carlos Dasque)

* Swimming - Men's 100m backstroke Heats (Eduardo Germán Otero)

* Swimming - Women's 400m freestyle Heats (Cecilia Biagioli)

* Swimming - Women's 100m breaststroke Heats (Liliana Guiscardo)

* Tennis - Men's singles First round Canas Guillermo against Niemeyer Frederic flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|CAN

11th August

* Beach Volleyball - Men's team against Latvia flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|LAT

* Judo - Men's 73kg Round of 32 Mariano Bertolotti against Leandro Guilheiro flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|BRA

* Rowing - Men's Single Sculls Quarterfinals (Santiago Fernández)

* Rowing - Women's Single Sculls Quarterfinals (Gabriela Best)

* Sailing - RS:X Women Race 01 & 02 (Florencia Gutierrez)

* Sailing - RS:X Men Race 01 & 02 (Mariano Reutemann)

* Sailing - 470 Men Race 01 & 02 (Javier Conte & Juan de la Fuente)

* Sailing - 470 Women Race 01 & 02 (Monsegur Consuela & Maria Fernanda Sesto)

* Swimming - Men's 200m butterfly Heats (Andrés González)

* Swimming - Women's 200m individual medley Heats (Georgina Bardach)

* Tennis - Men's singles First round Moncaco Juan against Cilic Marin flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|CRO

* Tennis - Men's doubles First round team against Belgium flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|BEL

* Tennis - Men's singles First round Calleri Agustin against Mullings Devin flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|BAH

* Tennis - Men's singles First round David Nalbandian against Zeng Shaoxuan flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|CHN

* Tennis - Men's doubles First round team against Australia flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|AUS

* Tennis - Women's singles First round Dulko Gisela against Dellacqua Caset flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|AUS

12th August

* Basketball - Men's team Group Stage against Australia flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|AUS

* Field Hockey - Women's team Group Stage against United Kingdom flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|GBR

* Football - Women's team Group Stage against China flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|CHN

* Judo - Men's 81kg Round of 32 Emmanuel Lucenti against Euan Burton flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|GBR

* Judo - Women's 63kg Round of 32 Daniela Krukower against Catherine Arlove flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|AUS

* Judo - Women's 63kg Round of 16 Daniela Krukower against Won Ok-Im flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|PRK

* Judo - Women's 63kg Repechage Quarterfinals Daniela Krukower against Elisabeth Willeboordse flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|NED

* Sailing - RS:X Women Race 03 & 04 (Florencia Gutierrez)

* Sailing - 470 Men Race 03 & 04 (Javier Conte & Juan de la Fuente)

* Sailing - 470 Women Race 03 & 04 (Monsegur Consuela & Maria Fernanda Sesto)

* Sailing - RS:X Men Race 03 & 04 (Mariano Reutemann)

* Sailing - Men's Laser Race 01 & 02 (Julio Alsogaray)

* Sailing - Women's Laser Redial Race 01 & 02 (Cecilia Carranza)

* Swimming - Men's 200m breaststroke Heats (Sergio Andrés Ferreyra)

* Swimming - Women's 200m butterfly Heats (Georgina Bardach)

* Swimming - Men's 100m freestyle Heats (José Meolans)

* Tennis - Women's doubles First round team against Israel flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|ISR

* Tennis - Men's singles Second round David Nalbandian against Nicolás Massúflagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|CHI

* Tennis - Men's singles Second round Agustin Calleri against Lu Yen-Hsun flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|TPE

* Tennis - Men's singles Second round Guillermo Canas against Simon Gilles flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|FRA

13th August

* Beach Volleyball - Men's team against United States flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|USA

* Fencing - Men's Individual Foil Round of 32 Alberto Viaggio against Zhu Jun flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|CHN

* Football - Men's team Group Stage against Serbia flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|SRB

* Judo - Men's 90kg Round of 32 Diego Rosatti against Brian Olson flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|USA

* Judo - Men's 90kg Round of 16 Diego Rosatti against Ivan Pershin flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|RUS

* Judo - Men's 90kg First Repechage Round Diego Rosatti against Patrick Trezise flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|RSA

* Judo - Men's 90kg Repechage Quarterfinals Diego Rosatti against Andrei Kazusionak flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|BLR

* Rowing - Women's Single Sculls Semifinals (Gabriela Best)

* Sailing - 470 Men Race 05 & 06 (Javier Conte & Juan de la Fuente)

* Sailing - 470 Women Race 05 & 06 (Monsegur Consuela & Maria Fernanda Sesto)

* Sailing - Men's Laser Race 03 (Julio Alsogaray)

* Sailing - Women's Laser Redial Race 03 (Cecilia Carranza)

* Swimming - Women's 200m breaststroke Heats (Agustina De Giovanni)

* Tennis - Women's doubles team against Russia flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|RUS

* Tennis - Men's singles Third Round Nalbandian David against Monfils Gael flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|FRA

* Weightlifting - 77 kg. Men's Finals (Carlos Espeleta)

14th August

* Basketball - Men's team Group Stage against Croatia flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|CRO

* Field Hockey - Women's team Group Stage against Japan flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|JPN

* Judo - Men's 100kg Round of 32 Eduardo Costa against Zoltan Palkovacs flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|SVK

* Judo - Men's 100kg Round of 16 Eduardo Costa against Przemyslaw Matyjaszek flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|POL

* Judo - Women's 78kg Round of 32 Lorena Briceño against Stephanie Possamai flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|FRA

* Swimming - Men's 50m freestyle Heats (José Meolans)

* Swimming - Women's 800m freestyle Heats (Cecilia Biagioli)

15th August

* Athletics - Men's Shot put Heats (Germán Luján Lauro)

* Athletics - Men's Hammer throw Heats (Juan Cerra)

* Athletics - Men's 1500m Heats (Javier Carriqueo)

* Athletics - Women's Discus throw Heats (Barbara Rocio Comba)

* Equestrian - Men's Individual Jumping 1st Qualifier (José María Larocca)

* Judo - Men's +100kg Round of 32 Sandro Lopez against Carlos Zegarra flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|PER

* Rowing - Women's Single Sculls Final C (Gabriela Best)

* Sailing - Tornado Men Race 01 (Carlos Espínola & Santiago Lange)

* Sailing - RS:X Women Race 05 (Florencia Gutierrez)

* Sailing - 470 Men Race 07 (Javier Conte & Juan de la Fuente)

* Sailing - 470 Women Race 07 & 08 (Monsegur Consuela & Maria Fernanda Sesto)

* Sailing - Men's Laser Race 04 (Julio Alsogaray)

* Sailing - Women's Laser Redial Race 04 (Cecilia Carranza)

* Sailing - RS:X Men Race 05 (Mariano Reutemann)

* Swimming - Men's 1500m freestyle Heats (Juan Martín Pereyra)

* Weightlifting - 75 kg. Women's Finals (Nora Koppel)

16th August

* Athletics - Men's 20km race walk Finals(Juan Manuel Cano)

* Athletics - Men's Discus throw Heats (Jorge Balliengo)

* Athletics - Women's Pole Vault Heats (Alejandra García)

* Basketball - Men's team Group Stage against Iran flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|IRI

* Cycling - Men's points race Final (Juan Curuchet)

* Field Hockey - Women's team Group Stage against Germany flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|GER

* Football - Men's team Quarterfinals against Netherlands flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|NED

* Sailing - Tornado Men Race 02 & 03 (Carlos Espínola & Santiago Lange)

* Sailing - 470 Men Race 08 & 09 & 10 (Javier Conte & Juan de la Fuente)

* Sailing - 470 Women Race 09 & 10 (Monsegur Consuela & Maria Fernanda Sesto)

* Sailing - Men's Laser Race 05 (Julio Alsogaray)

* Sailing - Women's Laser Redial Race 05 (Cecilia Carranza)

17th August

* Equestrian - Men's Individual Jumping 2nd Qualifier (José María Larocca)

* Sailing - Tornado Men Race 04 (Carlos Espínola & Santiago Lange)

* Sailing - RS:X Women Race 06 & 07 (Florencia Gutierrez)

* Sailing - RS:X Men Race 06 & 07 (Mariano Reutemann)

* Sailing - Men's Laser Race 06 (Julio Alsogaray)

* Sailing - Women's Laser Redial Race 06 (Cecilia Carranza)

18th August

* Athletics - Women's Hammer throw Heats (Jennifer Dahlgren)

* Basketball - Men's team Group Stage against Russia flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|RUS

* Canoe-Kayak Flatwater - Men's K1 1000m Heats (Miguel Correa)

* Field Hockey - Women's team Group Stage against New Zealand flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|NZL

* Sailing - Tornado Men Race 05 & 06 & 07 (Carlos Espínola & Santiago Lange)

* Sailing - RS:X Women Race 08 & 09 (Florencia Gutierrez)

* Sailing - 470 Men Final Medal race (Javier Conte & Juan de la Fuente)

* Sailing - Men's Laser Race 07 & 08 & 09 (Julio Alsogaray)

* Sailing - Women's Laser Redial Race 07 & 08 & 09 (Cecilia Carranza)

* Sailing - RS:X Men Race 08 & 09 (Mariano Reutemann)

19th August

* Canoe-Kayak Flatwater - Men's K1 500m Heats (Miguel Correa)

* Canoe-Kayak Flatwater - Women's K1 500m Heats (Estefania Fontanini)

* Cycling - Men's madison Final (Juan Curuchet & Walter Pérez)

* Football - Men's team Semifinals against Brazil flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|BRA

* Sailing - RS:X Women Race 10 (Florencia Gutierrez)

* Sailing - Men's Laser Final Medal Race (Julio Alsogaray)

* Sailing - RS:X Men Race 10 (Mariano Reutemann)

* Table Tennis - Individual Men's Preliminaries Pablo Tabachnik against El-Sayed Lashin flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|EGY

* Table Tennis - Individual Men's First Round Liu Song against Jang Song Man flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|PRK

20th August

* Athletics - Men's 800m Heats (Leonardo Price)

* Athletics - Men's Pole Vault Heats (German Chiaraviglio)

* Basketball - Men's team Quarterfinals against Greece flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|GRE

* Canoe-Kayak Flatwater - Men's K1 1000m Semifinals (Miguel Correa)

* Cycling - Men's BMX Quarterfinals 1st, 2nd and 3rd run (Darío Gasco & Ramiro Marino Cristian)

* Field Hockey - Women's team Semifinals against Netherlands flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|NED

* Sailing - Tornado Men Race 08 & 09 & 10 (Carlos Espínola & Santiago Lange)

* Swimming - Women's marathon 10km Final (Antonella Bogarín)

21st August

* Athletics - Men's Javelin throw Heats (Pablo Pietrobelli)

* Canoe-Kayak Flatwater - Men's K1 500m Semifinals (Miguel Correa)

* Sailing - Tornado Men Final Medal Match (Carlos Espínola & Santiago Lange)

* Swimming - Men's marathon 10km Final (Damián Blaum)

22nd August

* Basketball - Men's team Semifinals against United States flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|USA

* Cycling - Men's BMX Semifinals 1st, 2nd and 3rd run (Ramiro Marino Cristian)

* Cycling - Women's BMX Semifinals 1st, 2nd and 3rd run (Díaz María Belén Dutto & Becerine Gabriela)

* Field Hockey - Women's team Final Medal Match against Germany flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|GER

* Taekwondo - Women's 67 kg. Round of 16 Vanina Sánchez against Sibel Guler flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|TUR

23rd August

* Cycling - Men's cross country Final (Luciano Caracioli)

* Football - Men's team Final Medal Match against Nigeria flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|NGR

24th August

* Basketball - Men's team Final Medal Match against Lithuania flagicon|ARG vs. flagicon|LTU

ee also

* Argentina at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

References